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IOR/R/15/6/112
- Record Id:
- 040-000242602
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000318
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071578243.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/112
- Title:
- ‘File 2/40 AIR FACILITIES. (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME I (FILE 2/40)’
- Scope & Content:
-
The main correspondence in the volume is related to the discussion of proposals for a new Civil Air Agreement to be signed between the British Government and the Government of Muscat and Oman to replace the previous agreement that had lapsed in 1938. The volume includes drafts of the agreement that were shared between the Political Resident and the Political Agent at Muscat on the one hand and between the Political Agent and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman on the other hand. Drafts went back and forth among the three parties for amendments and further discussions.
The volume includes correspondence related to the following: supplying the Political Residency and the three Political Agencies, Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat with white papers on civil aviation for their records; post-war aviation plans; previous and future civil air agreements; the right of the British Government to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf (Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Trucial Shaikhdoms) in international agreements; and extracts from the draft of the Egyptian Air Navigation Regulations.
The volume includes two copies of a booklet (ff 4-8 and ff 50-54) titled the 'British Air Transport', presented by the Minister for Civil Aviation to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, March 1945; and another booklet (ff 18-49) which covers the records of the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago in December 1944, and was presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. These copies were shared with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The main correspondents in the volume are: the India Office, Whitehall; the Ministry of Civil Aviation, London; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Agency, Muscat; the Political Residency, Bushire and Bahrain; and the Government of Muscat and Oman.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242561
040-000242602 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/72-121 : File 2: Aviation
IOR/R/15/6/112 : ‘File 2/40 AIR FACILITIES. (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME I (FILE 2/40)’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0002]/038-000242561[0041]/040-000242602
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (246 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000318
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 7 Dec 1944-20 Jan 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 240; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-240; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- Subject Files: File 2/40
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folios 234-240 are file notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)