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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [122r] (252/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers.
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d.o. m /c
c/o Postmaster Karachi*
I7th September 1929
My dear Howe
I enclose for your information a copy
of a letter I hace rec-ived from thebA.P.O.C. which explains
itself.
as
I replied by wire saying that .<anoo had made no com
plaint to me I presumed that he had no case since he is not
usually backward in ventilating his grievances, and that
as they had sent a representative to Air Headquarters to
discuss the matter it had no doubt been settled who was to
do your supply, I added that I was not directly concerned
but that I as affected by it as whenever any difficulties
occurred the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, as the local factotum,was invariably
invoiced, and that I would be glad to have a copy of any
arrangement that had been made.
I personally think you will find it much easier to
deal with Mespers, even if it more expensive! and I would
not recommend a change to x \anoo. lespers are the agents
for Imperial Airways and it would be convenient for than
to combine it with your
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. However the matter has
.
probably been settled long ago, and I hope tuere has been
no more trouble.
You will notice from this letter that your officers
were supposed to have been discourteous to the Ehan Sahib
himself, the head of the firm. He was,of course, in Bombay
at the time, and you or whoever it was must have seen his
nwphew, Khali1 Kanoo.
Karachi is very pleasant, but I had a poisonous
time in Kashmir, and spent most of the time on the way, and
humping the car over landslides. The ♦R.A.F anted me to wait
a day for a plane to Lahore, but as the aerodromes were under
and little hope of the rain stopping, I did not wait.
Yours sincerely
cf
m
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
- Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
- Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
- Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
- Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
- Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/119
- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:76v, 78v:84v, 86r:107v, 108ar:108av, 109r:118v, 121v:122v, 124v:163v, 163ar:163av, 164r:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:246v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence