Author
HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | British Agent and Consul General, Jeddah (correspondent) | Saudi Arabia, Minister for Foreign Affairs (correspondent)
Publication Date
1926/1931
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Air force | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
700
Physical Dimensions
1 volume (700 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0001b9_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0001b9_en | IOR/L/PS/10/1167
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000466.0x0001b9_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1926/1931
Notes
The volume contains correspondence, mainly Foreign Office despatches received from Jedda, relating to the creation of the Hejaz Air Force by Ibn Saud, with the assistance of the British Government and British air personnel. The main correspondents are the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Hejaz and Nejd, the British Representative at Jedda and the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, London. The topics discussed include the selection of air bases, the purchase and supply of aircraft, bombs, machine guns, parts, stores, fuel and wireless telegraphy, the recruitment of airmen and the drafting of their employment contracts, national markings for the Hejaz aircraft and the prohibition against non-Muslim pilots from flying over the Holy Places of Islam at Mecca and Medina.The volume includes two dividers which give the subject number, the year the file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence. | 1 volume (700 folios) | The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 700; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 263-699; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
