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

51. IOR/R/15/6/107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/107
Title:
File 2/25 II. Aviation. B. Royal Air Force. 3. (o) Shuwaimiyah Landing Ground and Petrol Store.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the construction of a Royal Air Force landing ground and petrol store at Shuwaimiyah, south-east Oman. The correspondence in the file covers the following: the urgency to establish operational airfield at Shuwaimiya...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1938-18 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/6/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/110
Title:
‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1944-12 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/6/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/114
Title:
‘File 2/40 II AIR FACILITIES (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME II’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the Muscat Civil Air Agreement. The correspondence includes draft copies of the agreement, which contains the following: The heads of agreement between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Sultan o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1946-7 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (256 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/6/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/115
Title:
File 2/40 IV. AIR FACILITIES. (Air Agreement)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters that are related to the following: the use and control of the airfields in the Persian Gulf; the Royal Air Force (RAF) obtaining permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman for the use of certain areas in Salalah, Dhofar and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1947-24 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

55. WOMAT/RAS/ADE/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/RAS/ADE/3
Title:
Aden West of Mukalla. Plotted from Air-Photos by R[oyal].A[ir].F[orce]. Aden. [1929]
Scope & Content:
Bromide copy of composite produced from three sheets at an original scale of 1:253,440. Covers an area approximately twenty miles west of Mukalla in southern Aden Protectorate and extending a further hundred miles westwards and eighty miles northwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by forms lines,...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

56. WOMAT/RAS/ADE/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/RAS/ADE/4
Title:
'Yafa District, 80 Miles N[orth].N[orth].E[ast]. of Aden. Compiled from Air Photographs and Sketches by F[light]/L[ieutenant]. A.R.M. Rickards.'
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of approximately twenty-five miles by forty miles in Yafa District, western Aden Protectorate. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, tracks, settlements, cultivation and place names, and includes topographical notes. Eastern margin trimmed. 'From Air Ministry original. (Amplifi...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

57. WOMAT/RAS/ADE/6

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/RAS/ADE/6
Title:
'Sketch Map of Nisab-Wadi Beihan Route'. Created by Flight Lieutenant A R M Rickards, Royal Air Force.
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of approximately sixty miles by eighty miles in western Aden Protectorate, and depicts an expedition route from Nisab 50 miles westwards to Wadi Beihan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, settlements, landing grounds, place names and the expedition route, and...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931?
Extent:
1 map sheet