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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Admiralty, 1708-1964 Place Jufair, Bahrain

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3859
Title:
Coll 30/126 'Persian Gulf. Construction of Naval Bases at Khor Quwai & Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction of a British naval base at Khor Kuwai (occasionally spelt Quwai in the file) in Oman in 1936 and its subsequent closure in 1947. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, the Admiralty, the Political Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-21 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)