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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [83r] (172/506)
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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Bastern and General Syndicate. They hare at present^explor-
vill
-atory lloenoe and/no doubt xiii apply for a prospecting
licenoe, and in duo couroe for a mining lioenae. Under the
latter thoy have " the right to oonotruot pipe lineo
refineries and storage tanks, railway wharves, and
jetties, tramways, roads, huildings, machinery and tele-
-graph apparatus of all kinds in any part of the terri-
-tory of the Shaikh so far as may be necessary for their
business" „ According to this clause they could presumably
erect a refinery in the middle of the aerodrome# The
only space they have so far intimated as likely to be
necessary for refineries, wharvon etc, is that part
• South oast from the bridge knovm as BADAK AL KAURI
( Shaikh Ali's bridge ) a distance of 4 miles along the
coast, and two miles in land from the high water mark. Ho
part of this area lies north of the RADAM AL KAURI, It
extends to a point opposite the southern most point of
SITRA Island •, This area I have marked in red in my
tracing but according to ny calculations this makes a die-
stance of more than four miles, though none of this would
inte/rfere with either the present, the late landing ground
or the seaplane harbour. The former is on the north side
of the harbour and as regards the latter, these construc-
-tions could not be any higher than the date trees which
at present fringe the lagoon. Their idea in selecting this
site is to have proximity to a deep water harbour for
loading their tankers and unloading their heavy machinery.
when it is definitely known that the Eastern
and General Syndicate are desirous of renewing their
ui
concession, His Excellency might insert a clause proving
that the landing ground wherever it may be, should be
kept clear of buildings etc, provided of course that the
Royal Air Force are able to make up their minds as to
their
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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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