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IOR/L/PS/10/1206/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000546714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x00028e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174339809.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/1206/1
- Title:
- File 595/1927 Pt 2 ‘Air Route to India: South Persia Route’
- Scope & Content:
- This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, meetings notes, extracts, and minutes regarding the south Persia [Iran] part of an air route to India. The papers notably cover the following:
- Discussion with the Persian Government on the use of the south Persian coast for British flights
- Preparation by Imperial Airways for flights to and from Bushire [Bushehr], Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Jask, including discussion around landing grounds, permissions, and experimental flights
- Alternative air routes over central Arabia and the Arabian littoral
- References to the participation by the Persian Government in the Arms Traffic Conference in Geneva in 1925
- Negotiations between the Persian Government and Imperial Airways regarding an agreement (and later a renewal of the agreement) on the use of air routes over Persia
- French and Dutch Regulation on air routes over Persia
- Strategies for military and civil air routes
- The presence in Persia of the German airlines company Junkers, and its relationship with the Persian Government
- The possible reopening of the railway at Duzdap [Zahedan] following its recent closure, in return for an extension of the Gulf air route concessions..
- Sketch map of Iraq and Persia indicating the proposed air route (f 193)
- Memorandum on the proposed civil air route between Iraq and India (ff 160-162)
- Report by pilot Frederick Dudley Travers of Imperial Airways on his survey of the proposed air route over central Persia, which took place in June 1931 (ff 127-139)
- Notes on the air route to India, discussing the benefits and disadvantages of two possible routes: one on the Persian side of the Gulf and the other on the Arabian side (ff 68-75).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546713
041-000546714 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/1206 : File 595/1927 Pt 2-3 ‘INDIA AIR ROUTE. SOUTH PERSIA – PETROL BARGE ETC.’
IOR/L/PS/10/1206/1 : File 595/1927 Pt 2 ‘Air Route to India: South Persia Route’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[1210]/040-000546713[0001]/041-000546714
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (455 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- 15 Nov 1926-11 Aug 1931
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 595/1927 Pt 2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944
Foreign Office, 1782-1968
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iran, 1821- - Subjects:
- Air traffic