Publication Date
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
142
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00019c
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
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume is arranged in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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