Author
the Minister for Civil Aviation to Parliament by Command of His Majesty
Publication Date
7 Dec 1944-20 Jan 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
246
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/112
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000318
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
7 Dec 1944-20 Jan 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The main correspondence in the volume is related to the discussion of proposals for a new Civil Air Agreement to be signed between the British Government and the Government of Muscat and Oman to replace the previous agreement that had lapsed in 1938. The volume includes drafts of the agreement that were shared between 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.
and 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 Muscat on the one hand and between 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.
and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman on the other hand. Drafts went back and forth among the three parties for amendments and further discussions.
The volume includes correspondence related to the following: supplying the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and the three Political Agencies, Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat with white papers on civil aviation for their records; post-war aviation plans; previous and future civil air agreements; the right of the British Government to contract engagements on behalf of the Arab Shaikhdoms of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Trucial Shaikhdoms) in international agreements; and extracts from the draft of the Egyptian Air Navigation Regulations.
The volume includes two copies of a booklet (ff 4-8 and ff 50-54) titled the 'British Air Transport', presented by the Minister for Civil Aviation to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, March 1945; and another booklet (ff 18-49) which covers the records of the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago in December 1944, and was presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. These copies were shared with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The main correspondents in the volume are: 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.
, Whitehall; the Ministry of Civil Aviation, London; the Secretary of State for India; the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat; the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Bushire and Bahrain; and the Government of Muscat and Oman.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folios 234-240 are file notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File 2/40
