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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name RAF Muharraq, British airbase, 1943-1971

1. IOR/R/15/2/262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/262
Title:
‘File 7/1 III R.A.F. air bases – Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents are related to the acquisition by the RAF of a plot of land in between the existing RAF and civil aerodromes on Muharraq island. The principle correspondents in the file are the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1944-28 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/271
Title:
‘File 7/5 Proposal to base R.A.F. squadron in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and blueprint plans, related to the acquisition of land at Muharraq for the establishment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Bahrain. The plan to establish an RAF squadron at Bahrain was precipitated by the relocation of Squadron 203 from Basra to Aden, with Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1935-29 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/281
Title:
‘File 7/15 Improvements to Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns the physical expansion of the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Muharraq. Correspondence discusses the local labour requirements (up to 2500 men) for construction works, the encroachment of the site and its buildings onto adjoining land, the condition of the ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1945-9 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/289
Title:
‘File 7/27 Closing down of Royal Air Force station, Muharraq in 1947 and arrangements for maintaining and servicing Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to the cessation of Royal Air Force (RAF) activities at Muharraq, as well as at Sharjah. Correspondence takes place between the Political Resident and Political Agent, and various representatives of the RAF and civil aviation authorities. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1947-17 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/528

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/528
Title:
‘File 13/23 Survey of P.G. [Persian Gulf] Aerodromes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the arrival in Bahrain in January 1947, of a survey party, who are touring the head of the Persian Gulf to assess the region’s aerodromes. The principal correspondents in the file are the Bahrain Political Agent, Captain Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1946-3 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692
Title:
File 22 Meteorological
Scope & Content:
The meteorological correspondence subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to the set-up and day-to-day operation of the Bahrain meteorological observatory between 1927 and 1948. They also contain meteorological statistical data from the observatory (as well as corresponding mete...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1927-1950
Extent:
4 files (1001 folios)

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