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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [82r] (170/506)
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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Toy thia landing ground la excellent for agricultural
purposes and now that water can be had anywhere In It by
sinking wella it has a considerable value, apart from its
value as a potential suburb of Manama.
3, It would be advisable,therefore, if the Boyal
Air Force wish to preserve this property in tact for their
purposes, for them to hire it, from the Bahrain Government
and hire the plots cultivated by Shaikh Sulman in order to
complete it if it does not suit them to purchase it out*
-right. Such a purchase would in any case be an excellent
investment as the land is bound to increase enormously in
value. She Bahrain Government would be quite to
hire it for a period of years, I feel certain, but it
will be seen that It will not be possible to arrange for
the 400 yards clear In each direction as desired by the
Royal Air J , orce / for gardens have already been built up to
the edge in one or two places, though in others there is
a space of some 200 - 300 yards. It would have to be
stipulated In the lease that the present open ground round
the 1800 feet enclosure should not be built on or cultivat
-ed, and this would no doubt add slightly to its price.
//. It should be noted that in demarcating area and
also the former landing ground the Bahrain Government did
not consider that they were conveying to the Royal Air
Foree any title to the land nor ae a matter of fact have
they done so. If it is considered that this site is un-
-suitable, no doubt others could be found but they will
be at least 3 • 4 miles away # as for instance east of
the fombs on the RIFA*A road, near JUDHAFS on the
BUDAUXA road or else on MUHARBAQ island. The present
situation will probably be preferred owing to its proxi-
-mity to the proposed buildings on the sea shore near the
Seaplane station,
3, As regards the possible constructions of the
Eastern
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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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- '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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