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AVIA 2/2801

This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. Those headings, and details of this file, are as follows: AERODROMES: General (Code 4/2): Persian Gulf aerodromes: air agreements with Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN (Code: 11/1): Persian Gulf aerodromes: air agreements with Britian Kuwait and Muscat. ROUTES AND SERVICES: Foreign (Code 27/2): Foreign, 1937-1939

This file concerns the revision of the civil air agreements made between the UK and Bahrain, and the UK and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/557

Bahrain airport, 1967

This file concerns Bahrain International Airport at Muharraq.
FCO 8/558

Bahrain airport, 1967

This file concerns the development of Bahrain International Airport at Muharraq.
AVIA 2/1902

ROUTES AND SERVICES: Foreign (Code 27/2): Arabian coast route- Bahrain landing ground, 1932-1936

This file concerns the development of air and naval facilities in Bahrain.
DEFE 60/172

Persian Gulf States (excluding Kuwait), Muscat and Oman: towns, 1961 Jan 01 - 1961 Dec 31

This file contains the British Intelligence Survey papers on the principal towns of the Trucial States, Qatar, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
AIR 23/636

Landing grounds on Arabian coast: Bahrain, 1934 Dec -1940 Nov

This file contains the correspondence of Air Staff Headquarters, RAF Iraq Command at Hinaidi concerning the development of air facilities in Bahrain as part of the RAF and Imperial Airways air route to India; in particular the termination of the lease for the landing ground at Manama (Bahrain) and the development of a new aerodrome at Muharraq.
AIR 28/1623

MUHARRAQ. Includes 19 photographs depicting: Military inspections at RAF Moharraq, Bahrain. Dated 1963., 1961 Feb - 1964 Sep

This file contains appendices for RAF Muharraq in Bahrain.
AIR 23/645

Development of air route along Arabian coast, 1932 Feb.-Oct.

This file contains correspondence from Air Staff Headquarters, RAF Iraq Command at Hinaidi concerning the development of the air routes which pass through the Gulf and the south coast of Arabia to India and Aden, particularly reconnaissance of potential landing grounds and anchorages for flying boats and arrangements for refuelling.
FCO 8/1620

Withdrawal of British armed forces from Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is about the withdrawal of British military forces from the Gulf, January to August 1971.
FCO 8/1619

Disposal of military assets in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is about the disposal of British military assets in the Gulf, between April and May 1971.
FCO 8/1618

Disposal of military assets in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is about the disposal of British military assets in the Gulf, between January and April 1971.
FCO 8/1648

Technical assistance to Bahrain from UK, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file relates to the UK's technical assistance programme in Bahrain, to promote economic and social development, as Britain prepares to withdraw from the Gulf. Primarily it relates to the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two Governments, eventually signed on 15 August 1971.