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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Overseas Airways Corporation, 1939-1974

1. IOR/R/15/2/581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/581
Title:
File 18/12 Trial of Bethel, BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file refers to the arrest at Dubai of W Bethell [also spelled Bethel], a British citizen employed as a coxswain by BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation], who was accused of assaulting a supervisor and setting fire to a BOAC launch [or flying boat by one account]. The papers include corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1945-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/584
Title:
File 18/16 Trial of Hathiram, a BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file relates to enquiries into an incident at Sharjah in June 1946, in which S R Hathiram, a wireless operator with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was alleged to have carried out a physical assault on a member of the Meteorological Department, Sharjah, who he thought had attempt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1947-17 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/529
Title:
‘File 13/24 Airline route over Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter (f 1) from B S Bridge of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 18 March 1947, requesting whether the prohibited area west of a line joining Manama, Jufair and Sitra, which was in force during the war, is still in force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/571
Title:
17/24 USE OF WIRLESS FREQUENCIES FOR AIR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the proposed new radio frequencies to be used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for their air navigational aids, and enquiries to Cable and Wireless (Cecil Edward Gahan), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (L E Porter), Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1948-9 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/814

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/814
Title:
File 32/2 (4/2) Liquor Control
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the importation, consumption and licensing of alcohol (mainly referred to as liquor in file) in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) regard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 May 1932-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (166 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/445
Title:
File 10/17 (10/26) Priority air freight for BAPCO cinema films
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters between Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Political Agent in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation to transport BAPCO's films to India by air. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 6). The reference number 10/26 on the cover is cr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1945-26 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/569

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/569
Title:
File No. 17/21 WIRELESS STATION AT SHARJAH.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses rumours that the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) were to evacuate their facility at Sharjah in 1947 and that Cable and Wireless Limited were interested in taking over their wireless facilities there; however the rumours were shown to be incorrect. A series of file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1947-18 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/523

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/523
Title:
‘File 13/15 Air base at Dhahran’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the construction by the United States of an airfield at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. The majority of the correspondence in the file was received by rather than sent from the Political Agency in Bahrain. Correspondence comes from the Political Residency, o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1944-5 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/510
Title:
‘File 13/3 BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the introduction, maintenance and withdrawal of air services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in the Gulf, stopping at Bahrain, Sharjah or Dubai. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1932-20 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (226 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/858

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/858
Title:
File 37/1 (12/9 II) Visit of government officials to Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the India Office in London, the Government of India, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the British Consulate at Basra, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda, and British Overseas Airways Corporation repre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1940-12 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (242 folios)