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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Royal Air Force, 1918-

21. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/118-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/118-120
Title:
File 7 Military and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Military and Marine files contain details of military affairs, especially concerning the Royal Air Force, affecting Bahrain and the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
3 files (478 folios)

23. 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)

24. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/536

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/536
Title:
‘File 13/32 Joint use of Bahrain and Sharjah airfields by civil and military aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the proposed joint-use of the aerodromes at Bahrain and Sharjah for both civil and military purposes, and are chiefly comprised of a series of papers entitled ‘General Principles and Practices to be followed at Joint-User Airfields Overseas’, issued by the Ministry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1948-2 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/1603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1603
Title:
File 17/5 II Furniture and Stores for the Political Agency, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various merchants regarding furniture and office supply orders, plus receipts and bills. The file also contains correspondence with the British Air Forces in Iraq and Bahrain regarding the supply of fire extinguishers. The following busi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1935-6 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/1676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676
Title:
File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome and landing ground at Manama and Muharraq, respectively. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Office of the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Air Officer Commanding and the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (271 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/1684

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1684
Title:
File 21/33 Labour employed by RAF [Royal Air Force]
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the employment of persons by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Bahrain. The correspondence is between: H C Parker, Air Liaison Officer in Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent in Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1945-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/1685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1685
Title:
File 21/34 Casualties sustained by the labourers in the R. A. F. and Payment of Compensation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to compensation payments to employees (or their families) who suffered injury or death while working at the Royal Air Force (RAF) camp in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Resident Agent at the RAF stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1945-7 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/1690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1690
Title:
File 22/1 II Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The correspondence and other papers contained in the file relate to the day-to-day operations of the weather observatory in Bahrain. These include the rising costs of living in Bahrain, in part a result of the growth of the oil industry, population growth and housing shortages which have caused ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1938-30 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)