Author
an agent.
at Bahrain
Publication Date
20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
271
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1676
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00019b
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome and landing ground at Manama and Muharraq, respectively. The correspondence is mostly between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain, the Office of the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Air Officer Commanding and the Chief Engineer at Iraq Command, Hinaidi, Iraq.
The papers cover several matters connected to the permissions and payments for the rent, construction, maintenance, and improvement of the airfields, as well as negotiations with the Government of Bahrain over the lease of land and the purchase of buildings. The final signed agreement for the lease of land is on folios 109-112.
Specific matters covered by the file include:
the need to use the quarantine station following an outbreak of plague in Basrah;
the clearance of reed huts from land surrounding the aerodrome in Manama;
the construction of a protective sea wall at the landing ground in Muharraq, and the dispute over an unauthorised diversion.
There are a number of plans included in the file:
plan showing the landing ground in Manama (folio 20);
an updated version of the above plan (folio 39);
plan showing RAF land around the landing site in Manama (folio 228);
plan of landing ground in Muharraq, showing proposed sea wall (folio 245).
Folios 262-72 are internal office notes.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged chronologically.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Plan showing landing ground at Bahrain
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1676, f 20
Plan showing landing ground at Bahrain
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1676, f 39
Plan showing land in Ghadaibah, Manamah
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1676, f 228
Site Plan of Landing Ground, Muharraq, Bahrain
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1676, f 245
