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1. IOR/R/15/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/28
Title:
File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf. These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Kh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1900-19 Feb 1906
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/280
Title:
‘File 7/14 I R.A.F. wards in Bahrain Govt. hospital’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to a request for new arrangements in the allocation of wards at the Bahrain Government Hospital. In March 1945 Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, formally made a request to the Political Agent at Bahrain that the one or both of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/281
Title:
‘File 7/15 Improvements to Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns the physical expansion of the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Muharraq. Correspondence discusses the local labour requirements (up to 2500 men) for construction works, the encroachment of the site and its buildings onto adjoining land, the condition of the ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1945-9 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/282
Title:
‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns plans for a new aerodrome at Manama, in order to maintain the air route through the Gulf while the runway at Muharraq was concreted to allow heavy bombers to land there. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1944-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/284
Title:
‘File 7/20 Petrol dhow at Ras-al-Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the Royal Air Force’s [RAF] decision to abandon the lease of a petrol dhow for seaplane refuelling at Ra’s al-Khaymah, originally agreed with the Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the British Overseas Airways Corporation’s [BOAC] arrangements to take over lease for t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1942-22 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/285
Title:
‘File 7/21 Hospital facilities for R.A.F. at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to arrangements during the Second World War for the use of the Bahrain State Hospital by the Royal Air Force (RAF) at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbents), the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Char...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1942-10 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/286
Title:
‘File 7/23 Emergency landing grounds at T.C. [Trucial Coast]’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the maintenance and continued use of Royal Air Force (RAF) emergency landing grounds along the Arab coast of the Gulf, and in particular those at Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas island [Şīr Banī Yās] and Doha. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1944-12 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/286, f 57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/286, f 57
Title:
Map showing location of RAF facilities at Dubai
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: The northern portion of a blueprint map showing the location of RAF facilities at Dubai creek including the Air Sea Rescue Hut and new B.O.A.C. Rest House. Includes inset indicationg Dubai location in context of Trucial Coast. Inscriptions: On verso in red crayon: ‘Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/R/15/2/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/288
Title:
‘File 7/25 Complaints regarding sale of R.A.F. stores’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to complaints raised by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, ruler of Sharjah, over the manner in which surplus Royal Air Force (RAF) equipment (including motor vehicles, spare parts, and a power plants) was sold at Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1947-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/289
Title:
‘File 7/27 Closing down of Royal Air Force station, Muharraq in 1947 and arrangements for maintaining and servicing Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to the cessation of Royal Air Force (RAF) activities at Muharraq, as well as at Sharjah. Correspondence takes place between the Political Resident and Political Agent, and various representatives of the RAF and civil aviation authorities. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1947-17 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

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