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Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’ [411r] (821/1088)
The record is made up of 1 file (542 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945. 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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broad lines suggested by 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.
- in other words,
of the application (subject to consideration of special
local circumstances) of the same principles in respect of all
civil aerodromes in the Arab States of the Gulf and to the
concent ration of control so far as possible in the hands of
the local political authorities, it being provided that the
activities of Imperial Airways should be confined to
managerial functions and that they should have no dealings
of any sort with the Arab rulers save through the political
authorities; finally, that the financial interests of the
Arab rulers should not be overlooked. The effect of these
proposals would be to place the real control in the hands of
H.M.G., although all regulations etc. would issue in the
name of the rulers. There are obvious advantages in an
arrangement of this nature from the point of view of dealing
with complaints or requests from foreign powers.
3. Colonel Fowle on his way hone discussed the matter
briefly with Air Vice Marshal Burnett, A.O.C., Iraq, who
indicated that his views on the general question were as set
out in his telegram of 4th April to the Air Ministry, of
which a copy is below. The Resident had previously himself
suggested in his telegram of 7th April to the Government of
India, on P.Z. 2028/33 below, the desirability of establishing
State aerodromes in the Arab Sheikhdoms, to be kept up by
the States Governments under the advice of Airways, who would
also have charge of wireless, and the Government of India
indicated their general agreement with his view.
4. As will be seen, there is novery substantial
difference in principle between the arrangements suggested
by the Political Department and discussed at the meeting at
the Air Ministry on 3rd April and those proposed by the
Resident. The A.O.C.’s proposals on the other hand go rather
farther. The question generally was discussed yesterday
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The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional reference is made to similar agreements with Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. It also covers the preliminary negotiations in 1933 between Imperial Airways and the Government of Bahrain, and the file contains three draft versions of this agreement: see folios 489-495, 516-518, and 533-539. The latter negotiations are superseded by negotiations for the Civil Air Agreement, following a decision to standardise civil aviation procedures across the Arab Shaikhdoms.
Issues related to Muharraq Aerodrome and the Manama Flying Boat base are also covered in the file, which includes the application of a legal definition of an aerodrome to Bahrain, and efforts to define the geographical extent of these air bases. This includes negotiations with the Government of Bahrain for the purchase of additional land round the Muharraq Airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the extension of facilities such as the pier at Manama. A sketch map produced by the Government of Bahrain in 1944 can be found on folio 133 in relation to a proposal from the British Government to acquire an area – referred to as area 'C' – adjacent to the Muharraq Aerodrome for the RAF.
A map can be found on folio 245 showing the approaches to Bahrain harbour, which is included as a result of negotiations to establish a flying boat service through Bahrain in 1937.
The Arabic language content is limited to a copy of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934), which contains both Arabic and English translations (see folios 332-348), and a few items of additional correspondence with the Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh, Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah].
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, Hugh Weightman, and Charles Geoffrey Prior), 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, 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. . Occasional reference is made to the Government of Bahrain via Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
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 (542 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 543; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1972
- Title
- Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:59v, 61r:69v, 72r:119v, 123r:131v, 134r:157v, 159r:201v, 203r:237v, 241r:244v, 246r:247v, 250r:278v, 283r:300v, 302r:319v, 321r:325v, 327r:328v, 330r:348v, 350r:359v, 361r:375v, 377r:439v, 444r:458v, 462r:468v, 473r:488v, 496r:515v, 519r:530v, 540r:543v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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