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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Royal Air Force, 1918-

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/793
Title:
Mesopotamia Royal Flying Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains memoranda, correspondence and papers, regarding provision of Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) aircraft and personnel for military operations in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Notably covers: repeated requests in 1917 from General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia, for aircraft an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1917-17 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1268
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1926-20 Oct 1937
Extent:

1 file (380 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1310
Title:
File 42/1931 'Nejd-Transjordanian Raid Claims'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the subject 'Nejd-Transjordanian Raid Claims'. The papers cover: investigations into raids into Trans-Jordan in 1930-31, including the looting of seventy camels; the situation on the Nejd-Transjordanian border; and a note on policy for the control of the Trans-Jordan desert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1930-Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (461 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1150
Title:
Ext 4196/46 'Violation of Persian territory by RAF plane carrying a Persian subject on a personal visit to Jiwani'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the unauthorised entry of Persian [Iranian] territory by an Royal Air Force (RAF) plane. The main correspondents are as follows; the Agent to the Governor-General, Resident; the Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan; HM Ambassador to Iran and the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1946-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1960

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1960
Title:
Coll 5/15 (2) ‘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), and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jun 1942-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (279 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

9. 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)

10. 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)