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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1948

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1948
Title:
Coll 5/2 ‘Afghanistan: Repair by HMG of Afghan aeroplanes’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal — ultimately turned down by the Afghan Government — that the Royal Air Force (RAF) should repair ten unserviceable Afghan aircraft. The main correspondents are Richard Roy Maconachie, HM Minister at Kabul; officials of the Foreign Office; and representatives...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1931-18 Feb 1932
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1952

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1952
Title:
Coll 5/7 ‘Afghanistan: Violation of frontier by RAF machines; Special instructions to pilots; General international practice’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned broadly with three topics. The first, found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about complaints made by the Government of Afghanistan over violations of its territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, and complaints made by HM Minister at Kabul that the Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1930-20 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1959

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1959
Title:
Coll 5/15 (1) ‘Afghanistan: Violations of Afghan Frontier by, and landing in Afghanistan of British aircraft; Landing of Afghan aircraft in India’
Scope & Content:
The file is made up of correspondence generated as a result of complaints submitted by the Government of Afghanistan to the Government of India, via the British Legation at Kabul. These complaints concern allegations of violations of Afghan territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1930-29 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1984
Title:
Coll 5/33 ‘Air-route to India: Landing ground at Gwadur; Muscat Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes and correspondence related to the use of the Gwadur Aerodrome by Imperial Airways and the Royal Air Force. It also therefore covers the negotiations surrounding the Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1934), and subsequent amendments to modify the level of rent paid to the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1933-5 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1986

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1986
Title:
Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related notes on the provision of accommodation in the Sharjah Rest House for observers of the Indian Meteorological Department; the observers at Sharjah were to be transferred from Muscat. It also contains some discussion over the future of the observatories...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1934-18 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1992

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1992
Title:
Coll 5/38 ‘N.W.F.: Forced landings of British aircraft in tribal territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notifications – issued by the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India – of two forced landings in the North-West Frontier Province by Royal Air Force (RAF) planes on 9 August and 12 September 1934. A detailed account of the former incident can be found on fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1934-3 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1993

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993
Title:
Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with aviation in Gilgit, Hunza, Mir, and the surrounding area. It primarily covers three topics. The first topic is the matter of annual Royal Air Force (RAF) flights to Gilgit over the Himalayas in 1932, 1934, 1935, and 1936. It includes a report on the 1934 flight (see f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1932-9 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2002

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2002
Title:
Coll 5/49 ‘Tibet: Possibilities of air travel in’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, HM Minister at Nepal (Frederick Marshman Bailey), and HM Minister at Peking. It concerns the possibilities of flights to Lhasa in Tibet, and the absence of aircraft capab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1935-19 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)