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11. IOR/R/15/2/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/274
Title:
‘File 7/9 Unauthorised flights by RAF’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence, papers and other items relate to unauthorised flights and emergency landings in Saudi territory by British aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Agent in Kuwait (these two posts being held by a number of in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1936-17 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. IOR/R/15/2/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/260
Title:
‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The letters, telegrams and other items in the volume relate to the acquisition of land in Bahrain for the purposes of developing British aviation (both military and civilian) and naval facilities. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1933-23 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/275
Title:
‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The letters, telegrams and other papers in the file relate to various forced landings or crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, as well as other incidents involving the RAF, in and around the Gulf, during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1940-14 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

18. 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)

19. IOR/R/15/2/266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/266
Title:
‘File 7/2 IV R.A.F. Landing Grounds & Anchorages’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers relate to the construction of air facilities along the Arab coast of the Gulf, and as such is a continuation of volumes IOR/R/15/2/263-265. The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1935-18 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

20. 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)