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1. IOR/L/PS/12/1966

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1966
Title:
Coll 5/20 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Secn: Negotiations with Trucial Sheikhs’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely made up of correspondence, with occasional internal India Office notes, and records of inter-departmental meetings. The subject matter is the establishment of an aerodrome on the Trucial Coast to facilitate the transfer of Imperial Airways' Europe-India route from Southern Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1932-6 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (636 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1972, f 245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972, f 245
Title:
‘PERSIAN GULF: PLANS OF THE NORTH EAST COAST OF BAHRAIN ISLAND’
Scope & Content:
A map included to illustrate proposals for an alighting area at Manama to facilitate the introduction of flying boat services by Imperial Airways via Bahrain. It illustrates the seaborne approaches to Bahrain Harbour and Khor Kaliya [Khawr al Qulay‘ah]. The map shows Bahrain island and the surro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/R/15/2/506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/506
Title:
‘File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the silting up of a creek at Dubai, which is of potential concern for flying boats following the Arab coast route, if they want to stop at Dubai. The file contains an assessment of the creek, made in 1941, by a chartered civil engineer named Bernard Wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)