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'File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground' [77r] (153/544)
The record is made up of 1 file (271 folios). It was created in 20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939. 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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TiJ TTT3 NALSi OF 501 TEE Baia^IOiaTT TIE OOt Tap 51 PEATS.
No.
Tapu,
Year One thousand three hundred and forty eight.
Signed 0.Dairynrole Belgrave
Adviser to the G-ovemment of
Bahrain.
Sealed Shaikh Hamad hin Isa
ill Khalifa, the Fuller of
Bahrain.
The reason of this writ is that the Government of Bahrain
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
) has sold to the Secretary of State for Air,
British Government, the Building known as the Quarantine
Station along with the open ground to its East up to the the
sea shore, situated at Ghassaihia in the Island of Manamah,
Bahrain,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which are hounded on the Forth by a
Street and than ground of Haji lousaf bin Abdul Reiman Pakhroo,
on the West by a street and then the ground of Abdullah bin
Jabar Dosri, on the South a street and then the ground of
Mohammad bin Ali Ziani and on the East sea shore, along with the,
two latrines projecting into the sea, and the measurement oi
which are shown on the plan pasted on reverse for a sum of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
thirteen thousand only which has been received by the
Government of Bahrain. The building, the.ground and the latrines
\
therefore become the property*of the purchaser with full rights •
to do whatever he likes with them without any hindrance or
dispute. And this document cancells all previous dosuments for
the property concerned. Written on the 20th Shabaan year one
thousand three hundred and forty eight.
*
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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.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1676
- Title
- 'File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground'
- Pages
- 67r:68v, 77r:77v
- Author
- Government of Bahrain
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