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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [120r] (248/506)
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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As a GQUffiiercial firm it is not our business to
investigate and follow up such complaints, but in view of
our Agent's long and satisfactory service to us, we feel
bound to give him all reasonable assistance. We need
hardly refer to the Khan Sahib's atatus in Bahrein, nor
to his services to His Britannic Majesty's Government, as
you are fully aware of these. We have therefore advised
the Khan Sahib to seek your advice and assistance, and at
the same time we have pleasure in recommending his case to
your favourable consideration.
With regard to the handling of R.A.F. supplies, it
appears to us that the Officer Commanding a03(2f.B.) Squadron
R.A*F. is not fully informed on the subject. It is outside
of our normal business activities to handle oils belonging
to other interests, and it was only at the special request of
the Air Officer Commanding, that we came to an arrangement
with the Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport to
receive here, ship to destination, store and issue supplies
to H.A.F. craft. The letter of Squadron Leader Howe dated
15th instant addressed to our Agent, with a copy to you, is
contrary to this arrangement and we cannot therefore accept
it pending reference to Air Headquarters; we have written
officially to our Agent instructing him to follow our previous
instructions, which means that he will not be able to act in
accordance with Squadron Leader Howe's letter.
The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
is proceeding to Baghdad next week and
will take the opportunity of calling on Air Headquarters, to
discuss R.A*F. Gulf Supplies.
We might add that such other work as our Agent may
be asked to perform by the R.A.P. e^g. provision of transport,
he has our instructions to give his best attention to.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/119
- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
- Pages
- 119r:121r
- Author
- Mylles, Charles Clark
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