'File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators' [‎11r] (26/292)

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The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The correspondents include:

• 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;
• Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire;
• British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr];
• Government of India, Political and Foreign Departments;
• British Embassy at Baghdad;
• Air Officer Commanding, Hinaidi, Iraq;
• Foreign Office;
• Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
• Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain;
• 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. , Muscat.

Also included as enclosures are letters from Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], the British Embassy at Alexandria, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, and the French Embassy in London.

The papers cover the British effort to get a general ban on private aircraft flying over or landing in Bahrain and Muscat. Also included are the papers relating to permission for specific flights, including those of the following people:

• Maurice Wilson (British), travelling to India and then Mount Everest;
• R N Chawla (Indian), travelling around the world;
• Lord Sempill (British), travelling to Baghdad;
• Hassan Anis Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. (Egyptian), travelling around the Arabian Peninsula;
• Amelia Earhart (American), travelling from Karachi to Aden;
• M and Mme Genin (French), travelling to Saigon;
• André Gueit and Jean Laurent (French), travelling to Saigon.

Folios 134-41 are internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 volume (142 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-133 and between ff 134-141; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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