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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Air Ministry, 1918-1964

1. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1
Title:
'MILITARY REPORT ON ’IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of Military Report on ’Iraq, Volume I: General, published in 1936 and prepared by the Command of the Air Ministry. The volume contains a variety of information about ’Iraq [Iraq], including its geography, economy, population and history. It is divided into nine chapters unde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:

1 volume (166 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2015

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2015
Title:
Coll 5/55(5) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Spitfire Aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file consists of records of cypher messages sent between the Air Ministry in London and Air Headquarters, India, concerning arrangements for the possible supply of Supermarine Spitfires – mark VIIIs – to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the supply of a demonstration aircra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1946-7 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1248/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1248/1
Title:
File 57/1928 Pt 17 'Iraq-Nejd relations: Southern Desert of Iraq.'
Scope & Content:
The part concerns the administration of the Southern Desert of Iraq, and the situation on the border between Iraq and the kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd. The papers cover: correspondence from Sir Andrew Ryan, HM Minister at Jeddah, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office concerning the Hejaz and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1930-18 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 item (36 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2014

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2014
Title:
Coll 5/55(4)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Tiger Moths’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the sale of eight de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth training aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. Topics covered include the price of aircraft and spares, supply of the aircraft (from Indian and United Kingdom stocks), and a trial of a Tiger Moth in Kabul dur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1943-23 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2011

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2011
Title:
Coll 5/55(2) ‘AFGHANISTAN: SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT TO THE AFGHAN GOVNT. SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small quantity of correspondence related to obtaining payment for ten Hawker Hind propellers supplied to the Afghan Air Force by the Air Ministry – via the Government of India – in 1946. The main correspondents are the Air Ministry and the Commonwealth Relations Office. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1948-1 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3933
Title:
Coll 30/193 ‘Persian Gulf Defence. KOWEIT.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the defence of Kuwait (also spelled Koweit and Kuweit in the file). It includes correspondence regarding the following: the preparation of a scheme for the defence of Kuwait by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; an exercise carried ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1938-20 Mar 1942
Extent:

1 file (78 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1205
Title:
File 595/1927 Pt 1 ‘Air Route to India: Arabian Coast Route.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, surveys, reports, telegrams, extracts, and minutes regarding a proposed route over the Arabian coast, as part of an air route to India. The papers notably cover the following: Discussion with the Government of Persia [Iran] on the use of the south...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1926-31 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 volume (456 folios)