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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Masirah, Arabian Sea, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/6/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/91
Title:
‘File 2/15 ANNEX PETROL DUMP & LANDING GROUND AT MASIRAH.’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence between Royal Air Force commanders and the Political Agent at Muscat regarding: the deposit of petrol containers; the delivery of three keys to the petrol station at Masirah Island; and the repair to the petrol store at Umm Rasas, in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1937-29 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/93
Title:
‘File 2/15- Vol. 3. Oil. CHARTER FLIGHTS. (Masirah & Salalah refuelling).’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the subject of the refuelling of civil and foreign aircraft at the Salalah and Masirah airfields. The correspondence also discusses the proposed appointment of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company as an agent for the supply of fuel, and the Muscat and Oman G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1948-24 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/631

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/631
Title:
File 23/4 Lease of Masira Island to H.M.G.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the issues involved in the purchase or lease of Masirah Island to Her Majesty's Government including: letter (ff 4-5) from R Peel, India Office to M R Bridgeman, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Discussion of a proposal to approach the Sultan of Muscat to sell or lease Masira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1944-29 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/6/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/98
Title:
‘File 2/21 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3K) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Baital. Falaj.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) request for the acquisition of land to establish a landing ground at Bait Al-Falaj, and their request to obtain the Government of Muscat and Oman’s permission for the work to take place...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1929-18 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/514
Title:
‘File 13/5 Assistance to Imperial Airways & Accidents to their Craft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence on a number of different, air-related matters, and is not restricted to air accidents suffered by Imperial Airways aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Bahrain, and the Political Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1933-5 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/83
Title:
File 2/6 KARACHI-ADEN AIR ROUTE. II-A/8
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence mainly in the form of telegrams, and letters related to the air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd used by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The correspondence covers the following subjects: the requisitions for workers supplied on the RAF ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1942-30 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/84
Title:
File 2/6 KARACHI-ADEN AIR ROUTE. II-A/8
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and letters related to the air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras Al-Hadd used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the work in progress there. Among the issues discussed in the correspondence are the following: provid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1942-20 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1381
Title:
‘File 12/11 Piracy. (1) Alleged piracy in Muscat territory of boom belonging to Ibrahim bin Juma Doi, merchant of Muharraq Bahrain (2) Jolliboat No. 1495 BN belonging to Mohamed bin Amin of Muharraq reported missing since 2 June 1935’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1935-24 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)