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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [227r] (466/506)
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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— 1 ^ f iraq CoiamcLnd,
Hinaidi.
15tu June # 1951,
1 ' 1 reueived a cop^ of Prior 1 8 report to you
dated Z7th M«y # 1931, D.O. No. C/62.
^ ^ irs ^ 0 1 ^11 1 would li^@ to tnaiisi nim tor iiis
valuable aasistanoe and excellent report.
3- as regards lias al xuiaimaa. .its report is
a little pesBiiuiatic as to Uie iimediate possibility o£
mar^iag the aerodrome. I jTully realise the diifioulties,
but as it is necessary to establish tnis air route we snail
have to find souae way oi surmounting tnem.
4. In tne first pxace as regards tne aiar an^s. xie
mentions pillai^s. There will be no need to put up piliars
ox any kixid. It would be suiiicient to ma^e a circle ia
the middle o£ the landing ground. mat perhaps may avoid
giving the impz^ession that there is any intention to en
close an area ol ground to *vhioh a claim mi^ht later be
preferred.
5. I understand from para. 7 that ne does not thinK
that purchase or rent is possible. The alternative appears
to be (a) fran& negotiation and explanation accompanied, if
necessary, by gifts, (by force.
regards (a), I was struct daring my last visit
by the Shaikh*s obvious fear of tae iersians. His anxiety
/in
ur/.c.-v. Fowle,
AQ tg. .ion* bie political Kesiaent,
The Ite^idency,
B U n H I H
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/119
- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence