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1. IOR/L/PS/12/1972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional referen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3750
Title:
Coll 30/37 'Persian Gulf. Procedure to be adopted in negotiations with Arab & Persian Gulf Rulers'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence, minutes and telegrams emanating from the Government of India; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); and the Air Ministry, London. The papers concern negotiations with the Sheikh of Ka...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1932-16 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3782

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3782
Title:
Coll 30/65 'Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Purchase of land at Bahrain by H.M.G. for naval and R.A.F. purposes'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the purchase of land in Bahrain for the use of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force as a potential replacement for Britain's naval base on Henjam [Hengam] Island in Iran. Copies of the minutes from several meetings of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1933-14 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (473 folios)

4. 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)

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/15/2/531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/531
Title:
‘File 13/26 Refusal of Trading Facilities to inhabitants of Socotra & Mahris: Establishment of Landing Ground at Qishn’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to trading restrictions being placed upon the inhabitants of Al-Mahra [incorrectly written in some parts of the file as Manris; Al-Mahra is in present-day Yemen] and Socotra, in response to the authorities of Qishn refusing the British Government permiss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1933-8 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/532
Title:
‘File 13/28 Sharjah air agreement (aerodrome facilities at Sharjah)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the renegotiation of an air agreement with the Sheikh of Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1946-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (210 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/659
Title:
‘File 28/1 I Defence against parachutists, obstruction of aerodromes and landing grounds, etc’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and memoranda containing guidance relating to the perceived threat of enemy troops parachuting into British-Indian territory. Though the threat is most strongly perceived in the north-western provinces of India and Baluchistan, the guidance was distrib...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1940-13 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/761
Title:
‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/886
Title:
File 39/17 ARAMCO Planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) representatives regarding the use of a chartered plane to transport personnel of ARAMCO to Dhahran. The letters request permission from the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1946-2 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)