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1. IOR/R/15/2/505-537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505-537
Title:
File 13 Aviation
Scope & Content:
The confidential aviation subject files cover a range of topics related to the operation and maintenance by the British authorities of civil air operations in the Persian Gulf, concentrating chiefly on the Arab coast of the Gulf, and the aerodromes at Muharraq Island in Bahrain, and Sharjah, as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
33 volumes and files (3,202 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/533
Title:
‘File 13/29 Civil Air Attache at Baghdad’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents are a result of changes made in 1948 to the administration of civil aviation in the Middle East, with the Persian Gulf, including the Arab coast of the Gulf, falling under the remit of the Civil Air Attaché in Baghdad. As a result of the change, B G Barnard, the Civil Air Att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1948-30 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

3. 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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1948-21 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4. 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 whil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1949-23 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

5. 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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. 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 3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1945-31 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

7. 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 W...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-4 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/515

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/515
Title:
‘File 13/7 Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the drafting and implementation of Civil Aviation Agreements and Air Navigation Regulations between the British Government and Sheikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait (frequently referred to as Koweit), all of which came into effect in 1934. The principal cor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1933-10 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/513
Title:
‘File 13/4 III: Facilities for Foreign Companies using Arab Route’
Scope & Content:
The file, which is a continuation of correspondence in the volume ‘File 13/4 II Facilities for Foreign Air Company’s using Arabian Air Route’ (IOR/R/15/2/512), deals chiefly with the use of air facilities around the Arabian peninsula by United States aircraft during the Second World War. The fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1942-4 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

10. 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 Pal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1948-17 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)