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1. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/259-293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/259-293
Title:
File 7 Royal Air Force
Scope & Content:
The files and volumes in the series deal with the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and to a lesser extent Imperial Airways/British Overseas Airways Corporation, in the Gulf, before, during and after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the files are the numerous incumben...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1950
Extent:
35 files and volumes (3,171 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1135
Title:
File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1936-10 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1136
Title:
File 4/20 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F. Hinaidi.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the payment by the Political Agency, Bahrain of expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast, particularly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Sultan bin S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1938-18 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (456 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1898
Title:
File No. E/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Director of Customs.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the distribution of fines by officials who detect offences at the customs in Bahrain. It also contains an investigation regarding kegs of mineral oil which bear the RAF mark and were said to be jettisoned, and whether they were permitted to be imported ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1932-8 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1993

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1993
Title:
Government of India, Army Department, General Staff Branch: Index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, Nos. 422-451 (Serial No. 35)
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked as secret, is an index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, numbers 422 to 451. The index consists of subjects arranged in alphabetical order. At the front of the volume is a letter from the General Headquarters of British Forces in Iraq to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:

1 volume (8 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1994
Title:
Government of India, Army Department, General Staff Branch: Index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces In Iraq, Nos. 452-464 (Serial No 18)
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked as secret, is an index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, numbers 452 to 464. The index consists of subjects arranged in alphabetical order.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1995
Title:
Government of India, Army Department, General Staff Branch: Index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, Nos. 26-50 (Serial No. 30)
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked as secret, is an index to Summaries of Intelligence from Headquarters British Forces in Iraq, numbers 26 to 50. The index consists of subjects arranged in alphabetical order.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)