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‘File 7/1 III R.A.F. air bases – Muharraq’ [16r] (31/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1944-28 Sep 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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I mentioned to you that I had received a letter
from the Royal Air Force about completing their records
of Air Ministry land purchased or leased In Bahrain.
2. We agreed, I think, that you would arrange for
a title deed to be drawn up covering the land presented
to the Royal Air Force by His Highness, known In our
files and correspondence as Plot •C*.
3. I have also been asked If the Bahrain Government
Land Department have made a recent survey of Muharraq
Island, In which case Air Headquarters would be grateful
for a 1/2600 scale plan showing the boundaries of the
airfield in relation to the adjoining lands. If this
could be supplied. It might hasten the R.A.F. survey of
the boundaries of the station,which has been hanging fire
so long,and the Inclusion In such a plan of the pumping
stations and other external buildings would enable me
to point out the delay there has been In this matter.
Yours sincerely,
C.D. Belgrave, Esq., C.B.E.,
Adviser to the Government of Bahrain,
Bahrain.
±S.8 7>
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The file’s contents are related to the acquisition by the RAF of a plot of land in between the existing RAF and civil aerodromes on Muharraq island. The principle correspondents in the file are the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain during 1945, Cornelius James Pelly.
Belgrave’s original proposal for the Bahrain Government to sell or lease the land in question (marked as plot C on Belgrave’s hand-drawn map, folio 3) was met favourably by the British Government. Plans for the acquisition proceeded, until it became clear that Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah did not want to sell or lease the land (folio 7), causing some confusion before Shaikh Salmān eventually opted to make a gift the land to the RAF A map of the area, showing RAF property, land leased for civil aviation purposes, and the new plot of land gifted to the RAF by Shaikh Salmān, is on folio 17. Five years after the transfer, officials at Air Headquarters requested copies of the title deeds of the land from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. . Their request is enclosed in the file, accompanied by a map of Muharraq (folio 15) showing the plots of land owned by the RAF and civilian air authorities. A key to the map (folio 13) is also included.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the file are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. A second incomplete foliation sequence with significant gaps is also present between ff. 2-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Folios 15 and 17 are fold-outs.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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