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1991. IOR/L/PS/12/1968

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1968
Title:
Coll 5/22 ‘Proposed air service in the Hadramaut’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence forwarded on to the India Office by either the Colonial Office or the Air Ministry. This correspondence concerns two independent requests for the purchase of aircraft for use in the Hadramaut. The first being a request from Sultan bin Ghalib on behalf of Sayed Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1927-22 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

1992. IOR/L/PS/12/1969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1969
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Alleged violation of the Saudi Arabian frontier by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to incidents involving British aircraft in, or in the vicinity of, Saudi Arabia – Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932; the incidents predominantly take the form of forced landings by aircraft of either the Royal Air Force (RAF) or of Imperial Airways. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1930-29 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

1993. IOR/L/PS/12/1970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1970
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by an American aircraft in Tibet on 30 November 1943, and the subsequent rescue of the airmen and their return to India. A detailed account of the incident can be found in a letter written by George Sheriff, Head of the British Mission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1943-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

1994. IOR/L/PS/12/1971

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1971
Title:
Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to an enquiry made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, regarding the purchase of a private aircraft. The practical and political aspects of this request are considered by some of the correspondents: the Air Ministry, the Department of Over...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1932-7 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

1995. IOR/L/PS/12/1972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional referen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

1996. IOR/L/PS/12/1973

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1973
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing Ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement; Cessation of "C" class service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the provision of civil air services to Bahrain. It therefore covers a range of related topics such as the amendment and renewal of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement, money due to the Ruler of Bahrain under the agreement, amendments to landing fees, aviat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1945-26 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (173 folios)

1997. IOR/L/PS/12/1974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1974
Title:
Coll 5/25(1) ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain & Koweit Civil Air Agreements; Morton's Air Services Ltd’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with flights by Morton's Airlines over the Arabian Coast route, and an amendment to article three of the Bahrain and Kuwait Civil Air Agreements removing the words 'by the Sheikh'. The main correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Ministry of Civil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1946-20 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

1998. IOR/L/PS/12/1975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1975
Title:
Coll 5/25 ’Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain Civil Air Agreement – Landing Ground at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from R Dewhurst, Director of Accounts in the Commonwealth Relations Office, addressed to the Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited. It details the sums due to the Shaikh of Bahrain under the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement for the lease of the aerodrome and services operated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

1999. IOR/L/PS/12/1976

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1976
Title:
Coll 5/26 ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of bombing aeroplanes from United States of America’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with two topics. The first is a report from G Stuart Morgan regarding the intention of Barr Shipping Corporation to deliver six American bombers to Afghanistan in 1933: see folios 28-40. The second is the gift of a PT 17 (Stearman) from the United States to the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1933-12 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

2000. IOR/L/PS/12/1977

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1977
Title:
Coll 5/27 ‘Question of retention of right to use aerial bombing for police purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and newspaper extracts related to the right of nations to utilise aerial bombardment for internal police purposes. It covers the attitude of the Iraqi and Afghan governments towards the use of air power in, or adjacent to, their territory. There is also some exam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1933-29 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

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