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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/505-537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505-537
Title:
File 13 Aviation
Scope & Content:
The confidential aviation subject files cover a range of topics related to the operation and maintenance by the British authorities of civil air operations in the Persian Gulf, concentrating chiefly on the Arab coast of the Gulf, and the aerodromes at Muharraq Island in Bahrain, and Sharjah, as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
33 volumes and files (3,202 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/507
Title:
‘File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the negotiation of new or continuing civil air agreements between British Government representatives and the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arnold Crawshaw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Sep 1945-25 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/538

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/538
Title:
File 14/3 Foreign Interests - American (General)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to American influence and activities in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency at Bushire (later at Bahrain), and the India Office. The file opens with a copy (folio 3) of correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1944-17 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/742
Title:
‘File 28/48 Head: War. Priority Passages (Air)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and papers relating to requests for priority air passages, chiefly from Bahrain to Cairo, or from Karachi to Bahrain, which were received, processed and authorised through the Political Agency at Bahrain. The largest proportion of the file covers the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1943-9 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/868

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/868
Title:
File 38/11 P. C. L. Planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the movement of company (Petroleum Concessions Limited) planes in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary companies (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited and Petroleum Develop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1938-22 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/869
Title:
File 38/11 Annexe - P. C. L. Planes - Routine Correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters from Basil Lermitte and F A Ball, employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, to the Political Agent at Bahrain. The letters give notice of the arrival at Moharraq [Muharraq] aerodrome of planes chartered by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1947-3 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/915

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/915
Title:
File 43/7 Non-Scheduled Flights by USSR or any of the Satellite States' Aircraft
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by William Rupert Hay, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, for the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait to report the arrival of any unannounced flights from the USSR or its satellite states (listed as Albania, Bulgaria, Czecho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1949-2 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1167
Title:
File 4/60 I Bahrain Air Navigation Agreement Re Payments.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns payments due to the Shaikh of Bahrain (Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah) under the terms of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (also referred to in the file as the Air Navigation Agreement). The papers include correspondence from the British Residency, Bahrain (enclosing correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1950-8 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Title:
File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf region. The correspondents include: Political Agent at Bahrain; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; Government of India, Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)