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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [100r] (206/506)
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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Copy of letter Ho. 7277/29, dated the 23rd July 1929,
from The Air Staff Officer, Air Headquarters, Iraq
Command, Hoyal Air j?orce t Baghdad, to the Hon'ble the
Political He b ident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bus hire.
LANDING GROUNDS AND JPLYIHG BOAT ANCHORAGES
IN B:Rr,iAH GULJ?.
!♦ I am directed to forward to you the following
information about the above mentioned faciiititu in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
2* The Provisional scheme for the development of
the land route to India, as far as it applies to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is
Bhaibah.
Kuwait,
Bahrain.
Abu Dibai.
Muscat. (Muttrah Bayl.
3. These are the main aerodromes and refuelling
depots, but it is also intended subsequently to establish
intermediate landing grounds with fuel stocks at :~
Some point on the Hasa Coast.
Yas Island.
Sohar.
4* As you have already been informed. Air Marshal
Sir Geoffrey Salmcmd is being flown from Iraq to India
early in August, and on the rttum flight. Officer Commandi-
ing Ho. 203 (F.B.) Squadron has been instructed to land at
all the places manAJoned in paragraphs 2 and 3, with the
exception of the Hasa Coast, to make further inspections ol
landing grounds^ During his previous visits to these
places he has been more concerned with their suitability
as flying Boaf anchorages.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could
inform your Agents in these areas that Officer Commanding
No. 203 (F.B,) Squadlfbn would be grateful for any assist
ance that could be given him with regard to the tenancy of
ground he proposes to use, rents of store houses for fuel,
issuing warnings against encroachments, and the various
queries that always arise. the probable daWof his
return to Muscat should x & b be about August ibth.
6. The importance of this air route in the near
future needs no stressing and it is highly probable that
in a few years, the internal situation in Persia will
make the route by the Nothern Bhores of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
too uncertain if not actually dangertms. The adoption of
these halting places will add materially to the trade and
importance of the rulers in v/hose territory the landing
grounds are situated. In this connection I may add that
it would be a potent argument with the Bhaikh of Bahrain
if it was impressed upon him that the establishment of
the special air service for the pearling trade for which ioa
he has asked would undoubtedly bejfavilitated by the
provision
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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)
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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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- 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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