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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place Kabul, Afghanistan

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2004
Title:
Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (619 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2005
Title:
Coll 5/52(2) ‘German Air Service to the Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and extracts from intelligence summaries on the following three related topics: an application by the Reich Air Minister for a permit for Lufthansa to operate a service over India and Burma updates on the Lufthansa air service between Berlin and Kabul the progres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-11 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2006

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2006
Title:
Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. Thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2007

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2007
Title:
Coll 5/53(2) ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, contracts (with both English and Persian translation), and notes related to the employment of British nationals from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited with the Afghan Air Force. The file primarily documents the process of recruiting Harry Pearson t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1942-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (342 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2009

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2009
Title:
Coll 5/55 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Aircraft to Afghan Govt: Contract between Air Ministry & Hawker Aircraft Ltd’
Scope & Content:
The file documents the drafting of a contract between the Air Ministry and Hawker Aircraft Limited for the purchase of eight Hawker Hind aircraft, associated aviation equipment, and weaponry, for resale to the Afghan Air Force. This includes a deal for a supply of munitions from Air Ministry sto...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1937-25 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (617 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2020

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2020
Title:
Coll 5/60(1) ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of aircraft from foreign sources (1) Italy (2) Germany’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and numerous extracts from intelligence reports (mostly from Kabul and Peshawar) related to the purchase of Italian aircraft (Romeo Type 37s, Breda Type 25s and 28s) by the Afghan Government, and the subsequent deputation of an Italian Air Mission to assemble and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1937-8 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2027

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2027
Title:
Coll 5/65 ‘Loan of services of airmen of R.A.F. in India to Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the secondment of Royal Air Force personnel as instructors to the Afghan Air Force. It covers matters such as terms and conditions of employment, travel expenses (including accompanying family members), the recruitment of replacement personnel, and req...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
24 Jan 1939-11 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (346 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2028

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2028
Title:
Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’
Scope & Content:
The file is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1948-15 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2031

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2031
Title:
Coll 5/69 ‘Afghanistan: Visit of the A.O.C-in-Chief, India to Kabul in 1939’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a visit to Afghanistan by Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, Air Officer Commanding Air Forces in India, 26-27 August 1939; the stated purpose of the officer's visit to Kabul being to assess the condition of the Afghan Air Force and make recommendations for improvements. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1939-8 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2034
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1938-30 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)