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IOR/L/PS/12/3508B
- Record Id:
- 040-000558572
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000044
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054942572.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3508B
- Title:
- Coll 28/97A ‘Persia; Tehran. Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence summary.’
- Scope & Content:
-
Fortnightly secret summaries (monthly from September 1948) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran, Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3508A). The reports cover: the Persian Air Force, including its activities, organisation, equipment, training, pilots’ licences, and the Shah’s personal interest in flying and the Persian Air Force; Persian civil aviation, including Eagle Airlines, Iranian Airways, and the Tehran Flying Club, also referred to as the Tehran Aero Club; reports on the development and status of airfields across Persia, including descriptions of meteorological and radio facilities; weather conditions; foreign military attachés; foreign airlines, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, and Indian Overseas Airlines.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558446
040-000558572 - 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/12/3390-3550 : Political (External) Collection 28: Persia (Iran)
IOR/L/PS/12/3508B : Coll 28/97A ‘Persia; Tehran. Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence summary.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0029]/037-000558446[0126]/040-000558572
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (97 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000044
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1948-28 Sep 1949
- 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 99; 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 28/97
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Office notes at the end of the file (ff 97-98) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)