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IOR/L/PS/12/2031
- Record Id:
- 040-000557050
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000239
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037388516.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2031
- Title:
- Coll 5/69 ‘Afghanistan: Visit of the A.O.C-in-Chief, India to Kabul in 1939’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is concerned with a visit to Afghanistan by Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, Air Officer Commanding Air Forces in India, 26-27 August 1939; the stated purpose of the officer's visit to Kabul being to assess the condition of the Afghan Air Force and make recommendations for improvements. A report submitted by the officer has been included: see folios 4-8.
Most of the correspondence in the file is between William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, HM Minister at Kabul, and William Rupert Hay representing the Government of India.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556965
040-000557050 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 : Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
IOR/L/PS/12/2031 : Coll 5/69 ‘Afghanistan: Visit of the A.O.C-in-Chief, India to Kabul in 1939’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0085]/040-000557050
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000239
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 15 Jul 1939-8 Feb 1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 5/69
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)