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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [121r] (241/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934. It was written in English. 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Amir of Haaa my inoito them against him and this gradual
expansion of our aorial intorosts has undoubtedly aroused
increasing alarm*
6. A visit from you mould,I fear,produce no useful result,
for ar^r discussion would inevitably disclose more fully how
limited the help we axe offering i8,and there is no hope what
ever that he will agree to^in its limited form. In fact I had
realised that my errand would be fruitless the moment I read
the letters. It remains to oonsider what is to be done. I
outlined the possibilities in my telegram of the 17th August
and have little to add to it.
7. If Riyan,(b miles west from Dohah) ,\&ioh is the only
possible aerodrome for miles around,is essential,it will hare
to be narked without the dhaikh^ cooperation,a proceeding which
will be both arduous and difficult in this weather. It appears,
I however,that Im erial Airways obvious route is down the
western shore of the alar . eninsula and that they will pro
bably cross it somewhere near the ilior Ode id. Phe chart is a
t —-
far better guide than the map to the actual coastline,and should
be studied in preference to it. The western side of the j enin-
sula is far more level than the eastern side and moreover this
route will give them the shortest sea crossing.
8. Too much weight should not be attached to security.
Thaikh Abdulla has little control over his tribes in any part
of the peninsula,but so far as I have soon thoir numbers are
tfftaii and they are of a peaceful disposition and most unlixely
to attack a giant aeroplane. It should be remembered that both
Zubara and Dohat Faiahakh arc only some four-and-a-half hours
by air from 3aara and a flying boat would probably reach them
very much sooner than any assistance the fihaikh could give.
Be lag near the sea, spare parts and supplies could much more
easily be sent from Bahrain.
9. If the liyan aerodrome also is r<K uired it could be
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Qatar, if an offer of British protection is to be made to the Shaikh of Qatar in return for an oil concession for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In respect of this second topic, the file also contains material regarding a reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Air Force over Qatar on the 9 May 1934 to identify suitable sites for such facilities. It includes a copy of a report on the reconnaissance – submitted by Bomber Squadron No 84, Shaibah, Iraq – on folios 27-32, along with a tracing of Qatar (folio 7) and a number of aerial photographs (folios 8-22) referenced in the report.
A draft copy of the Qatar Oil Concession can be found on folios 93-101, and notes of amendments proposed by the British Government can be found on folios 80-89. In addition, a number of 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. memoranda have also been included towards the back of the file: El Qatar, 1908-16 (folio 167), The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs, 1908-28 (folios 168-71), and a Précis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 164-67).
The main correspondents are as follows: the 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Air Ministry, and 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. .
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.
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- 1 file (171 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1956
- Title
- Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 23r:92v, 102r:172v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence