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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Imperial Airways, 1924-1939

11. 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)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/1991

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1991
Title:
Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by aircraft Helena of Imperial Airways at Jask on 16 May 1934. The flight in question was carrying the Viceroy of India, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, and his wife Marie Adelaide (Lord and Lady Willingdon): see folio 4 for a detailed account...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1934-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

13. 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)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/2003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2003
Title:
Coll 5/50 ‘Air Route to India: Authorisation for occasional flights along the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Air Ministry, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, documenting the process of obtaining special authorisation for a Christmas flight (London to Karachi via Cairo, and return) by Imperial Airways around 18-19 December 1935;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1935-23 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/2016

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2016
Title:
Coll 5/56 ‘Air Services in the Eastern Mediterranean’
Scope & Content:
The file predominantly consists of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Egypt (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson) and the Foreign Office, with significant input from the Air Ministry. The subject matter is Britain's policy towards the development of civil aviation in Egypt; British policy being to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1937-20 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022
Title:
Coll 5/61 ‘Far East: Proposed extension to Burma-Yunnan frontier of Imperial Airways to link up with Eurasia Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal to link Imperial Airways Services and those of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation and/or China National Airways at the Burma-Chinese frontier, in consideration of establishing a more direct link to Hong Kong. The file therefore contains occasional references t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-20 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3807
Title:
Coll 30/88 'Question of residence of European women on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the presence of European women in certain parts of the Persian Gulf, and fears over the effects of their interaction with local communities. Folios 19-32 relate to the concern of British officials that Imperial Airways passengers at Shargah [Sharjah] had been going into the to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1933-6 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3870
Title:
Coll 30/136 'Film productions: Facilities for film-producing units.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the making of a documentary film by the Strand Film Company, London, concerning the Imperial Airways route between the United Kingdom and Australia, which involved filming at Sharjah. The papers include: telegrams dated 1936 giving permission for the filming from the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1936-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/18/B392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B392
Title:
Wireless Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Written by the India Office it covers: an early history of wireless telegraphy in the Persian Gulf, including proposals for its use, from 1904-1915; the erection of stations at Bushire, Henjam, Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Dubai, and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] from 1915-1917; Persian request...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)