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IOR/R/15/2/282

Record Id:: 040-000228553
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000228236
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000099
LARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100023246269.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/282
Title:: ‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’
Scope & Content:: The file’s correspondence concerns plans for a new aerodrome at Manama, in order to maintain the air route through the Gulf while the runway at Muharraq was concreted to allow heavy bombers to land there. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. Among the issues discussed in the correspondence are: obtaining permission from the Shaikh for ground surveys to be carried out at Manama, comments on the viability of laying a new runway that would be 3500 yards long, and the rejection of offers from the USATC [United States Army Transportation Corps] to build the new aerodrome.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228529
040-000228553
Is part of:: IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/259-293 : File 7 Royal Air Force

IOR/R/15/2/282 : ‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’
Hierarchy:: 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0008]/038-000228529[0024]/040-000228553
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 file (17 folios)
Digitised Content:: https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000099
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1944
End Date:: 1946
Date Range:: 8 Dec 1944-9 Feb 1946
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Foliation: The foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1 and 1A.
Former External References:: Confidential Offices: File 7/17
Arrangement:: The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. Blue and red circled index numbers, written in crayon and ink, can also be found throughout the volume, which refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folio 17).
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Public Record(s)