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IOR/R/15/2/286
- Record Id:
- 040-000228557
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000ad
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023206840.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham until March 1945, Cornelius James Pelly from March to October 1945, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway from October 1945 to March 1947, then Pelly thereafter), the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior until May 1946, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay thereafter), and various RAF officials. The file’s contents include correspondence relating to: the organisation of reconnaissance trips to the landing strips at Abu Dhabi, Şīr Banī Yās and Doha to ascertain their condition (an undated report of the reconnaissance is included at folios 25-28); subsequent arrangements for maintenance work to be carried out; the decision to let the lease of the emergency landing strip at Kalba lapse in 1948; questions over the ownership of an RAF rest house at Dubai creek, with a map showing the location of the rest house at folio 57.
- 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
040-000228557 - 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/15/2/286 : ‘File 7/23 Emergency landing grounds at T.C. [Trucial Coast]’ - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/286, f 57 : Map showing location of RAF facilities at Dubai
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/286 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0008]/038-000228529[0028]/040-000228557
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (57 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000ad
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 7 Mar 1944-12 Jul 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. In addition, some of the folios have index numbers circled in red or blue crayon. The foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 58. The following foliation anomalies occur: no f.3.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Office: File 7/23
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes towards the end of the file (folios 53-56) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)