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Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’ [192r] (383/571)
The record is made up of 1 file (284 folios). It was created in 4 Jul 1924-21 Sep 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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are fitting up a modem telephone service in the Persian
capital. The first German all-metal aeroplane in Persia,
the "Kuckuclf 1 was sent by the firm of Junkers to Teheran
in 1923 in order to study the possibilities of flying in
Persia and on its return flight over the Caucasus accomplish
ed a remarkable record in German aviation. In connection
with this success the Kussians tried to obtain a licence for
all the korth Persian aerial lines which they wanted to worn
with Junkers aeroplanes. This licence was not granted to
them, but the Persian Ministry of War bought several all-
metal aeroplanes in 1924 and engaged 5 employees from Junkers,
In the meantime some more aeroplanes have been sold to Persia
and the aeroplanes bought are going to start shortly from Per-
-to Teheran and it is hoped that tnis llight will be
accomplished within three days, last spring Junkers worked
some trial lines in Persia for a few months - viz. Baku -
Enzeli - Teheran twice a week, Teheran-Ispahan once a week.
Thus the possibility of regular flights has been proved and
immense advantages have been gained especially in the carria§i
of mails, valuable goods and passengers. In consequence of
this success the firm of Junkers made a very favourable
contract with Persia obtaining a government subsidy for
three lines to Baku, Bagdad and Bushire. This contract
practically places for the future the monopoly of the
principal aerial routes in the hands of Junkeis* As the
British have not placed any difficulties into the way of
Junkers 1 endeavours regarding the aerial traffic, but, on
the contrary, have declared their willingness to forward
the Persian mail by their lines, it may be supposed that
Peisia will possess in a short time a perfect system of
aerial
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The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junkers in 1927 for the provision of internal air services within Persia, and the failed negotiations surrounding an attempt by the Company to renew the agreement in 1932. It therefore also contains correspondence about the subsequent withdrawal of Junkers from Persia, and subsequent attempts by Luft Hansa to replace Junkers. Correspondence in the file also discusses a proposal from Imperial Airways to establish a Trans-Persian route between the United Kingdom (UK) and India; this is mainly related to whether the experience of Junkers should be allowed to discourage this proposal.
To a lesser extent the file also covers the establishment of air mail and passenger services between Tehran and Baghdad; this ranges from a initial proposal from Airworks Limited in 1932 to the eventual establishment of a service by Iranian State Airways in 1938. Also briefly discussed is a proposal — briefly advanced by the North West Indian Trading Company — from Captain Louis Murphy in 1926 for the establishment of an air service between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashhad]: see folios 155-9.
The French content includes a draft contract between the Government of Persia and Junkers dated June 1925 (see folios 205-16), a copy of the final contract (see folios 139v-143) dated 9 February 1926, and a copy of a notice on changes to Junkers' Persian air services dated 17 October 1931. Occasional extracts can also be found in French.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the Foreign Office. The correspondence is periodically forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (284 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 285; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1953
- Title
- Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
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- 188r:193v
- Author
- Jaroljmek
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