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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Royal Air Force, 1918-

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1718
Title:
File 28/14 II Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives and recruiting agent, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Protector of Emigrants at Bombay on the emplo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1939-9 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/6/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/90
Title:
File 2/15 British Consulate Muscat Masirah and Salalah landing grounds
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Masirah, Khamis bin Hilal Al-Maj‘ali and Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the objection of some locals to the erection of the Royal Air Force (RAF) store at Masirah Island. The majority of the correspondence in the file is rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1932-19 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/103
Title:
‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1933-19 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/81
Title:
File 2/6 II/A-8- Volume II. Karachi - Aden Civil Air Route.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to the agreement between the British and the Muscat and Oman governments to build air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd and the use of those grounds by the Royal Air Force as a war measure. The volume also c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1942-5 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)