Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’

Content

The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahidan, Mirjarah, and Kerman – built in consequence of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran – should be retained for future civil use is also addressed by some of the correspondence.

Some of the material in the file examines the interest of the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States in Iranian civil aviation.

A report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran, has been included: see folios 119-129. An accompanying map illustrating proposed and existing air routes can be found on folio 130. The file also includes a couple of sketch maps: see folios 103 and 143.

The most recent correspondence in the file is concerned with the re-establishment of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) services in 1946 between the United Kingdom (UK) and Tehran.

The main correspondents are as follows: HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir Reader William Bullard), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of 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 representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.

There is a gap in the file for the years 1942-43 for which no papers have been included.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (181 folios)

It is grouped into

Sketch map of South Eastern Persia

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 103

‘PERSIA’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 130

Sketch map illustrating air routes in Iran

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 143

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; 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.

Written in

English 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/L/PS/12/2038

Former external reference(s)

Coll 5/76

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Jul 1941-27 May 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Landing groundsAnglo-Soviet occupation of Iran (1941-1946)Second World War (1939-1945)Civil aviationAirlines

Places

Iran

People & organisations

Air Attaché, TehranAir MinistryForeign OfficeHM Ambassador to IranBritish Overseas Airways CorporationIndian Political Service, External Affairs Department

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Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2038, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000240> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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