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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [97r] (200/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931. 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.
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D.O. No. C/IOO The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrein.
.
5th August, 1989#
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You will "be relieved to hear that I have persua
ded Howe to give up the idea of marking out an aerodrome at
Abu Dhabi, aM enclose a copy of a letter I sent the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent to tell him of the change in his plans. He still wants
to fly over it and photograph it, and walk round and see pos
sible sites from the ground, and so I have decided to postpone
ny recess and, subject to your approval,go back there with theia
and engage the attention of Shaikh Shakhbut while they have
a look round. I told Shalfchbut that I would come back to see
him, and as the H.A.F. have a framed photo to give him we
have an opening.
They ant to spend a night at Yas on the way
back, and netiher night will be particularly comfortable,
but I think their early steps on and near the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
should as far as possible undertaken with our assistance.
This arrangement will also give Howe time to decide something
about the aerodrome here. It is really almost impossible to
lil^p them as they change their minds so frequently and now
think that they will have their base in Khow Kaliyya and
their buildings and workshops on the edge of the sea at Qadha-
biah by SlmikhRashid , s house. I explained that they would
not get a site here free*
I am going to make Howe put into writing e%ctly
what they want and get the Bahrein Government surveyors to
mark off eaSjgctly what they want for the aerodrome# /hen this
done, we can act, and until then we shall be simply wasting
our time. The Shaikh has said that he would sell them the
quarantine buildings, and when they have seen them they may
like the idea, though they are more than a mile from the
aerodrome. The buildings are not in good repair#
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the 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. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
- Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
- Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
- Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
- Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
- Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
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- 1 volume (248 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:76v, 78v:84v, 86r:107v, 108ar:108av, 109r:118v, 121v:122v, 124v:163v, 163ar:163av, 164r:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:246v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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