![Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944' [‎141v] (282/483)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001a3/IOR_L_PS_12_2877_0285.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944' [‎141v] (282/483)")
Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944' [141v] (282/483)
The record is made up of 1 file (240 folios). It was created in 12 Sep 1933-7 Apr 1948. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
50
Command.
261. During 1935, Air Vice-Marshal W. G. S. Mitchell, C.B., C.B.E.,
D.S.O., M.C., A.E.C., was the Air Officer Commanding the British Forces in
Iraq.
Summer Training Cani'p.
262. The annual summer training camp at Ser Amadia was reopened from
the 17th June till the 23rd September. Friendly relations were maintained with
the local inhabitants, and no untoward incident occurred. One half Kurdish
company of the Iraq levies was provided for guard duties.
Royal Air Force in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
263. The importance to His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
of the Arabian coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has greatly increased during recent
years. His Majesty’s Government have accordingly given serious consideration
to the possibility of guaranteeing the security of the Trucial Sheikhs, such
guarantee to be implemented, in case of necessity, by the use of aircraft from the
landward side and of naval forces from the seaward. An agreement concluded
in 1935, whereby His Majesty’s Government undertook to protect the Sheikh of
Qatar from external aggression, may be regarded as the first step towards putting
this policy into effect.
264. The effectiveness of co-operation between the Royal Air Force and
His Majesty’s sloops in the Gulf was twice clearly demonstrated during 1935.
On the first occasion, the simultaneous appearance of a demonstration flight
and of one of His Majesty’s sloops sufficed to settle a domestic squabble between
the Sheikh of Dibai and two of his cousins; on the second, a threat that His
Majesty’s sloops would blockade his pearling fleet caused the Sheikh of Abu
Dhabi to withdraw his opposition to the erection of a petrol store on the landing
ground in his territory, in accordance with the terms of the agreement negotiated
with him at the end of 1934.
265. In order to accustom the Trucial Sheikhs to the presence of aircraft
and to demonstrate their capacity for rapid action at any point, the Air Officer
Commanding arranged for frequent visits to be made to the Gulf during 1935.
New landing grounds were prepared and all those already established up to
the boundary of the district under the Aden Command have now been visited
by air. The route to Aden can, therefore, be considered complete, both for land-
planes and seaplanes. Bomb stores are being built at Bahrein and Sharjah, and
there is already one in existence at Muscat.
266. An excellent liaison exists with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
sloops, and the senior
naval officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has assisted the Royal Air Force in every way he
can by helping forced-landed aircraft, escorting landing ground reconnaissances,
&c. In return, the Royal Air Force have frequently provided air transport for
naval personnel and urgent sick cases. Air headquarters is superintending the
construction of the new naval buildings at Bahrein.
Development of Civil Air Route.
267. A party of experts from the Air Ministry and the General Post Office
visited the Command in 1935 to make preliminary arrangements in regard to the
extended airways services beginning in 1937, by which date it is intended to carry
by air all first-class mail. Their negotiations with the Iraqi authorities are
described in paragraphs 251 to 253 above.
268. A complete list of the night flying, wireless telegraphy, navigational
and meteorological equipment required has been tabulated. It is intended to run
three landplane and two flying boat services per week through the Command, the
flying boats alighting at Lake Habbaniyah. The requirements for this alighting
area, including the maintenance of level of water in the lake (see
paragraphs 234-235), have been examined and a report submitted to the Air
Ministry.
About this item
- Content
File containing reports submitted by HM Ambassador at Baghdad to the Foreign Office, copies of which were sent to 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. for information. Comprising:
- Annual Report on Iraq for the years 1932-1938.
- Reviews of the situation in Iraq, for the years 1939-1944.
- Copy report by Captain H M Jackson, Deputy Assistant Political Adviser to the British Forces at Erbil, on the situation in the Rowandus area of Iraqi Kurdistan, 1946.
- Political review of events in Iraq during 1947.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (240 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 241; 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 2-240; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944' [141v] (282/483), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2877, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044719433.0x000055> [accessed 29 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100044719433.0x000055
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100044719433.0x000055">Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944' [‎141v] (282/483)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100044719433.0x000055"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001a3/IOR_L_PS_12_2877_0285.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001a3/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2877
- Title
- Coll 17/17 'FO Annual Reports, 1932-1938, 1947. Annual review of events 1939-1942. Political Review 1943-1944'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:241v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence