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1. IOR/R/15/2/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/509
Title:
‘File 13/2 A Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms. Routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file relates to fuelling instructions at the aerodrome in Bahrain. A copy of a letter from the Branch Manager of the BP [British Petroleum] Aviation Service, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 20 March 1949 (f 4), states that the company will permit fuelling of aircraft while p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1949-23 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. 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 30 J...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1945-31 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. 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 Whitt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/518
Title:
‘File 13/9 Unauthorised flights to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the anticipated arrival in Bahrain from Baghdad, on an Imperial Airways aircraft, of the Vice President of the American Express Company, Mr [Frank B] Harding. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Willi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-4 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/534
Title:
‘File 13/30 Flight regulations in Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of telegrams, sent from His Majesty’s Ambassador in Baghdad, relating to flight regulation changes made in the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region: A telegram dated 29 May 1948 (f 2) informs of prohibition and restrictions of entry into airspace above Egypt and Palesti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1948-17 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/537
Title:
‘File 13/33 Notices to airmen issued by the Government of Pakistan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of ‘Regulations concerning the Flight of Aircraft to or across Pakistan’, published by the Government of Pakistan in Karachi, 29 May 1948 (f 3), which draws attention to a notification on its reverse, issued by the Government of Pakistan Ministry of Communications, dated 30 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1948-21 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/517, f 124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/517, f 124
Title:
Map of flying boat facilities at Manama, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The map shows the north east area of the Bahrain islands, focusing on the waters between Manama town and Muharraq Island. The coastlines are drawn as black line, with key flying boat base features (moorings, alighting area, pier, proposed site for passenger shelter) indicated in red ink.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/R/15/2/532, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/532, f 3
Title:
Plan of RAF Station Sharjah
Scope & Content:
Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency to the Bahrain Political Agent, dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). Copy of a plan of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station at Sharjah. Individual buildings and areas are identified and numbered within the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
1 map

9. 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 current...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

10. 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. Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)