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The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 19 Jan 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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The file contains a letter from R Dewhurst, Director of Accounts in the Commonwealth Relations Office, addressed to the Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited. It details the sums due to the Shaikh of Bahrain under the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement for the lease of the aerodrome and services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) through Bahrain for the year ending 1949. It also includes the sum due for additional services operated in 1948.

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1 file (3 folios)
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The file consists of a single item with enclosure.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English in Latin script
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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.
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Archive reference
IOR/L/PS/12/1975
Former external reference(s)
Coll 5/25

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19 Jan 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

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Coll 5/25 ’Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain Civil Air Agreement – Landing Ground at Bahrain’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1975, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000201> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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