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11. IOR/R/15/2/520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/520
Title:
‘File 13/11 Air communications with Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a copy of a single letter, dated 16 May 1942, from the Political Resident, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, to Hugh Weightman, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department. In the letter Hay requests that one of the five weekly air services cur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/521

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/521
Title:
‘File 13/12 Post-war civil air services expansion’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of copies of letters and telegrams sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, and published Government white papers, relating to the development of civil aviation facilities in Bahrain in the post-Second World War period. Specific subjects covered by the file: In March ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1944-17 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

13. 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)

14. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. IOR/R/15/2/510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/510
Title:
‘File 13/3 BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the introduction, maintenance and withdrawal of air services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in the Gulf, stopping at Bahrain, Sharjah or Dubai. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1932-20 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (226 folios)

18. 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)

19. IOR/R/15/2/532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/532
Title:
‘File 13/28 Sharjah air agreement (aerodrome facilities at Sharjah)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the renegotiation of an air agreement with the Sheikh of Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1946-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (210 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/511
Title:
‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)