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6141. IOR/R/15/2/522

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/522
Title:
‘File 13/14 Customs exemption for Imperial Airways aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to a request from Imperial Airways Limited for a change in the level of customs duty payable on goods brought into Bahrain by their aircraft, which, they argue, is unreasonably high. The principal correspondents in the file are unnamed representatives of Imperial Airwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

6142. IOR/R/15/2/523

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/523
Title:
‘File 13/15 Air base at Dhahran’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the construction by the United States of an airfield at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. The majority of the correspondence in the file was received by rather than sent from the Political Agency in Bahrain. Correspondence comes from the Political Residency, o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1944-5 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

6143. IOR/R/15/2/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/524
Title:
‘File 13/16 Crash of American aircraft on T.C. [Trucial Coast]’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of telegrams sent amongst British officials in the Gulf, in response to an American aircraft reported lost along the Arab coast, while flying on en route between Abadan and Karachi. A telegram sent by the British Agent at Sharjah to the Political Agent in Bahrain, dated 3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1945-31 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6144. IOR/R/15/2/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/525
Title:
‘File 13/21 Flights by private aircraft in Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the use by private aircraft of aerodromes along the Arab coast of the Gulf, chiefly of the RAF aerodrome at Muhurraq, Bahrain, but also the RAF base at Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Acting Political Agent in Bahrain, Captai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1946-24 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

6145. IOR/R/15/2/526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/526
Title:
‘File 13/21 Private Aviation – Annex’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and letters sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, containing the details of private flights scheduled to touch down at Bahrain and/or Sharjah. Details of most incoming flights were sent by the RAF Commanding Officer at Bahrain to the Political Agency, with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1946-12 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

6146. IOR/R/15/2/527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/527
Title:
‘File 13/22 India – Persian Gulf Air Route. India – U.K. Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the status of existing, and proposals for new, air routes running along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. Aside from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain, the principal correspondents in the file are representatives ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1946-1 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

6147. 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)

6148. IOR/R/15/2/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/529
Title:
‘File 13/24 Airline route over Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter (f 1) from B S Bridge of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 18 March 1947, requesting whether the prohibited area west of a line joining Manama, Jufair and Sitra, which was in force during the war, is still in force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6149. IOR/R/15/2/530

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/530
Title:
‘File 13/25 Amounts paid at Bahrain and Sharjah under air agreements’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to two separate requests (in 1944 and 1948) for information on payments made at Bahrain and Sharjah under the respective air agreements for each place. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1944-24 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6150. 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)

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