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1. IOR/L/PS/12/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/281
Title:
PZ 1058/1939 'Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the Standard Oil Company of California's oil concession in Bahrein [Bahrain]. The correspondence is concerned with whether or not it would be appropriate for Imperial Airways to assist the Californian company in developing aerial infrastructure in Ara...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1939-23 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060
Title:
Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
Scope & Content:
This collection contains departmental correspondence and papers regarding aircraft and aviation policy in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, Arabia and Central Asia. This includes the development of civil aviation routes, the provision of military facilities, and assistance with the development ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
112 files and 2 volumes (18,919 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3508A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3508A
Title:
Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’
Scope & Content:
Weekly secret summaries (fortnightly from January 1947) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran. The reports cover: the Persian [Iranian] Air Force, including its activities on the ‘Azerbaijan front’ in late 1946, aircraft purchases, the training of pilots, and the Shah’s pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1946-9 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (137 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3508B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3508B
Title:
Coll 28/97A ‘Persia; Tehran. Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence summary.’
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly secret summaries (monthly from September 1948) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran, Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3508A). The reports co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1948-28 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)