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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [219r] (450/506)
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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2.
Khairaah for the night is raised lie will undoubtedly make
the "Bedu" an excuse for objecting to them.
4. I accompanied him to his fort to return his visit,
and he expanded cousiderably on arriving there. Se were
met outside the fort bj some 30-40 of the filthiest
bedawin I have ever seen,came,so he said,to have a truce
arranged between them. It is unfortunate that it seems
to oe my fate to make unpleasent communications to this
potentate and then to be obliged the moment be becomes
friendly.
5. On our way back from Muscat we received a message
in the air from Air Headquarters,Baghdad,which read:
Pas a v please ask Prior to
kindly caH on our behilf with regard to obtainina-
ohaiicn s concurrence m making landing ground 111
it could be explained that pilots found difficulty
in locating site 1^1 If possible arrange for work
to be commenced iorthwith under Issa'ssupervision."
I went ashore and saw 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.
^gent and asked him
whether the Shaikh had raised any objection to the land
machines visit after I had left or whether he had simply
accepted it. He immediately produced a letter from the
Shaikh to you (which is being sent by this mail) in which
he asked to be 'excused' further visits of land planes v
and said that the agreement was regarding seaplanes only.
The Khan Bahadur said that he was disturbed by the news
that pillars had been erected on Tanb (or Abu Musa,I forge
which) and considered that there was no liklihood whateve. 1
of his agreeing to marking out an aerodrome,and said tha
the only result would be to raise in an acute fora the
agreement regarding the flying boats which he has
apparently agreed to extend for four months till you
from leave. I have not seen the papers regarding the
agreement and could not therefore say anything abou IT
but after hearing Isa's views and knowing of the
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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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- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
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- 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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