Back to Search

Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’

Title	Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Author	the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the process of recruiting the instructors
Publication Date:	30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	596
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/L/PS/12/2006
Record ID	vdc_100000000555.0x000220
Library Location	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.
Date	30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the process of recruiting the instructors, negotiating their terms and conditions, drafting their contracts, renewing their contracts, replacement of staff, and issues arising during the course of their employment. A number of draft contracts can be found within – in some cases both English and Persian language versions of the contract are included. The instructors are employed in connection with the purchase of eight Hawker Hind aircraft in 1937, and correspondence relating to this purchase can also be found within the file. There is also some discussion surrounding the question of policy regarding the employment of British nationals in Afghanistan. The majority of the correspondence is between officials of the Foreign Office (Laurence Collier), 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. (predominantly Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold and George Edmond Crombie), HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), and the British companies concerned. However, contributions from officials of the Air Ministry, the Afghan Legation in London, and officials of the Government of India have also been filed within. 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.

View in source Qatar Digital Library Qatar Digital Library - Ottoman library catalog search

Qatar Digital Library

Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’

Author the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the process of recruiting the instructors

Publication Date 30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 596

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/L/PS/12/2006

Record ID vdc_100000000555.0x000220

Library Location 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.

Date 30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the process of recruiting the instructors, negotiating their terms and conditions, drafting their contracts, renewing their contracts, replacement of staff, and issues arising during the course of their employment. A number of draft contracts can be found within – in some cases both English and Persian language versions of the contract are included. The instructors are employed in connection with the purchase of eight Hawker Hind aircraft in 1937, and correspondence relating to this purchase can also be found within the file. There is also some discussion surrounding the question of policy regarding the employment of British nationals in Afghanistan. The majority of the correspondence is between officials of the Foreign Office (Laurence Collier), 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. (predominantly Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold and George Edmond Crombie), HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), and the British companies concerned. However, contributions from officials of the Air Ministry, the Afghan Legation in London, and officials of the Government of India have also been filed within. 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.