‘File 13/7 II Civil Aerodromes and Civil Air Agreement–Bahrain’

Content

The volume is a continuation of ‘File 13/7 Civil Air Agreement’ (IOR/R/15/2/515), and contains correspondence relating to the air agreements and navigation regulations in place at the aerodromes on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and chiefly at Muharraq in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.

The subjects covered by the volume are:

• The issue of certificates of ‘special authorisation’ (of which there are examples at ff 22-24) for Imperial Airways aircraft at Muharraq;
• Discussion between British officials in the Gulf, and at 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 Air Ministry in London, on the best approach to obtain exemption from fuel duty for Imperial Airways aircraft;
• Punishment for the unauthorised landing of foreign aircraft at aerodromes in Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat, including the question of fines and practicality of imposing prison sentence (draft regulations on ff 86, 120-122);
• The question of policing, and the financing of policing, at Muharraq aerodrome, in the light of increased numbers of aircraft landing each week;
• An outbreak of smallpox at Sharjah, addressing matters including: quarantine at the Sharjah aerodrome, the wider implications of diseases and air travel, a report on the matter produced by the Office of International d’Hygiene Publique, the situation in relation to the International Sanitary Convention, and questions over whether there is a lack of an epidemiological information service in the Gulf region.

Extent and format

1 volume (308 folios)

Arrangement

The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the volume (ff 265-283) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 7-264; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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 Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/516

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Files: 13/7 II

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Jan 1935-12 Sep 1936 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Air services agreementsQuarantine

Places

Sharjah

People & organisations

Office International d'Hygiène PubliqueImperial AirwaysAdviser to the Government of Bahrain

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