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131. 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)

132. 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

133. IOR/R/15/2/287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/287
Title:
‘File 7/24 Lease of R.A.F. land to A.I.O.C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company]’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to a request made by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company [AIOC] to lease land belonging to the Air Ministry at Qadhibia [Qudaibiya], on the outskirts of Manama. A decision on the lease was deferred by the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Gallo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1946-1 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

134. IOR/R/15/2/287, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/287, f 16
Title:
‘Plan of the empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirt of Manama) – Harbour of Bahrain – which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: A tracing of a plan showing in red the extent of land at Qadhibia, south of Manama, acquired by the British Government for the purposes of a naval base. Area outlined and hatched red shows land leased to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Private properties labelled with owner...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:
1 map

135. 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)

136. 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)

137. IOR/R/15/2/290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/290
Title:
‘File 7/28 Payment of toll gate fees by R.A.F.’
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to a proposal (folio 1B) made by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield) to the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) that a monthly fee be paid by the RAF to allow their vehicles to cross the Manama-Muharraq causeway, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1942-13 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

138. IOR/R/15/2/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/291
Title:
‘File 7/29 Accidental discharge of machine guns of R.A.F. aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to an incident involving the accidental discharge of machine gun from an RAF plane at Muharraq. The incident was reported by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, who in turn reported the matter to the Political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1944-22 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

139. IOR/R/15/2/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/292
Title:
‘File 7/32 Use of Muharraq aerodrome and other RAF aerodromes by U.S.A.A.F. [United States Army Air Forces]’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file concern the British Government’s decision to permit United States military aircraft use of British military airfields around the world. Correspondence exchanged principally between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), the Bahrain Political Agent (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1948-21 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

140. IOR/R/15/2/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/293
Title:
‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

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