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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place Iraq, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1988

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1988
Title:
Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams related to the sale of ten Auster aircraft by the Government of India to the Government of Iraq; communication between the Indian and Iraqi governments is facilitated by the British Embassy in Baghdad. The file documents a delay in the release of these aircraft as a r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1948-12 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1994
Title:
Coll 5/40 ‘Air Route to India (Persian Gulf): Increase in frequency of Imperial Airways Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a notification from the Air Ministry (folio 18) dated 10 December 1934, informing the India Office of a proposal by Imperial Airways to duplicate their service between the United Kingdom (UK) and India. It also contains an explanatory note prepared for a meeting at the Air Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-22 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997
Title:
Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, meeting notes (at the Air Ministry on 9 November 1934 and 22 March 1935), and memoranda regarding proposals to introduce night flying across the Persian Gulf as part of the Empire Air Mail Scheme. The focus of the file is on the following routes: Cairo-Karachi a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1999
Title:
Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerned with meteorological services in Iran (also referred to as Persia). This includes the abandonment of stations operated by Cable and Wireless Limited at Henjam, Charbar [Chabahar], and Jask; the deputation of an Inspector of Observatories to visit station...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1935-7 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2048

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2048
Title:
Coll 5/84(3) ‘Persian Gulf-Sheikdoms: Anglo-French Air Transit Agreement (Reciprocal Military Air Transit-Rights)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to an Air Transit Agreement being negotiated between the United Kingdom (UK) and France to enable scheduled military aircraft to fly over, and land at airfields within, each other's territories. A number of drafts of this agreement can be found throughout the fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Jul 1946-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (265 folios)