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4531. IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 201
Title:
‘Nanga Parbat Range looking South. 43.I. C/4. 2.9.’
Scope & Content:
An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:21 at approximately 15,000 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat Range looking south; the tip of one of the imaging aircraft's wings is visible in the foreground. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1935
Extent:

1 photograph

4532. IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 202
Title:
‘NANGA PARBAT FROM CHILAS LOOKING SOUTH EAST. 43I. A/3. 4.7.’
Scope & Content:
An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:26 at approximately 14,200 feet. This photograph shows a view of Nanga Parbat Range looking south from Chilas; the tip of one of the imaging aircraft's wings is visible in the foreg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1935
Extent:

1 photograph

4533. IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 203
Title:
‘COUNTRY SOUTH OF CHILAS. 43I. A/3 AND A/4.’
Scope & Content:
An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Gilgit to Risalpur on 8 November 1934 at 11:30 at approximately 13,200 feet. This photograph shows three RAF Hart aircraft flying south of Chilas; the tip of one of the imaging aircraft's wings is visible in the foreground. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1935
Extent:

1 photograph

4534. 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)

4535. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4536. IOR/L/PS/12/1996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1996
Title:
Coll 5/42 Aviation in Siam
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the development of civil and military aviation in Siam [Thailand]. This includes intelligence on purchases of aircraft and weaponry from the United States for the Siamese Air Force (Siamese Royal Air Force from 1937); the file also contains a limited am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1921-14 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

4537. 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)

4538. IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40
Title:
‘MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates the telegraph lines operated by the Indo-European Telegraph Department and connected systems across Persia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Baluchistan. It also includes railway lines (dashed lines) and wireless stations (triangles). A reference key is provided, but no scale is g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 map

4539. IOR/L/PS/12/1998

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1998
Title:
Coll 5/45 ‘Persian Gulf: Replacement of sea-plane unit in the Persian Gulf by a land-plane unit based on Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a proposal to transfer Royal Air Force No 203 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron from Basra to Bahrain, and in the process convert the unit from seaplanes to landplanes. It also documents the postponement of this transfer, as a result of the outbreak of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1935-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

4540. 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)

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