'File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground' [‎11v] (22/544)

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 file (271 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 272; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-261; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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