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1. IOR/R/15/6/119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/119
Title:
‘File 2/43 JOINT USE OF AIRFIELDS BY MILITARY & CIVIL AIRCRAFT’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the principles governing the joint use of airfields in the Persian Gulf by military and civil aircrafts. The principles were laid out in an enclosure issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation/Air Ministry Co-ordinating Committee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1947-3 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/100
Title:
'File 2/21- Vol II BAITHAL- FALAJ LANDING GROUND’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the possibility of opening up an airfield at Muscat. The main correspondents in the file are: the Political Agency, Muscat; and the Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1950-2 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/108
Title:
‘File 2/27 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (4) Air facilities on the Arab Coast.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of confidential letters related to the air facilities on the Arab Coast. The correspondence includes lists of the air facilities existing or required in each region on the Arabian Coast including Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Abu Dhabi and other regions. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1933-22 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/105
Title:
'File 2/24 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE (3R) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Murbat’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the proposal of the Headquarters of the British Forces, Aden, to send by an Admiralty tanker 900 cases of petrol and fifty drums of oil to Murbat, Oman. The Sultan of Muscat and Oman was to give permission to the Wali of Murbat to arrange for the proced...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1935-12 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/6/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/102
Title:
‘File 2/22 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3L) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Sur.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the possibility of establishing a landing ground at Sur for the Royal Air Force (RAF), which was to be within easy access of the town. The proposal was dropped later owing to the Sultan’s unwillingness and the risk of creating trouble at Sur. The file ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1934-26 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1165
Title:
File 4/59 REMITTANCE TO SHARJAH FOR AIR FACILITIES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the sending of remittances by the Political Agency, Bahrain to the British Agency, Sharjah as payment to the Rulers of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Kalba, and Dubai for air facilities on the Trucial Coast. The file includes correspondence between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1948-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)