Abstract: This volume compiled and published by the Air Ministry in London in August of 1929 is one of a set of ten volumes produced for British military forces in Iraq. Area 9 covers the region of central Kurdistan and is divided into chapters on history, population, political geography, physical geography, climate, communications, resources, tribes, aviation, and personalities. The volume also contains numerous maps of important Kurdish cities and towns, as well as two maps of Area 9. The content of the chapters is dominated by information meant to be useful to military units and therefore contains detailed statistics on the military preparedness of both native populations and Turkish forces in the region.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in July 1930. The volume is divided into three sections: the report; appendices; and maps.The report contains the following sub-headings: The Uqubba Incident on 1st January, 1929; Ajman Raid.List of Appendices:I. Distribution of Forces--Southern DesertII. Flying TimesIII. SignalsIV. Report on Weather Conditions in the Southern Desert--June, 1928, to May, 1929V. Medical Arrangements--Southern Desert--1928-29VI. Memorandum of Armament during Operations in the Southern Desert--June, 1928-May, 1929VII. Supply of Transport Services--Period June, 1928-May, 1929VIII. Stores Organisation and Accounting--Period June, 1928-May, 1929IX. Maintenance of Aircraft and Engines of Detachments Engaged--Period June, 1928-May, 1929.Folio 15 is a map of Basra and Hail [Ḥā’il].Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the back cover, where the folio number is on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume, marked confidential, is
Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council.The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX) with appendices, as follows:I - HistoryII - System of GovernmentIII - PopulationIV - Political GeographyV - Physical GeographyVI - Climate and MeteorologyVII - CommunicationsVIII - ResourcesIX - Armed ForcesAppendices - Weights and Measures, Coinage, Calendar and Time, Note on the state of Wahhabism viewed from a military standpoint, Note on ZakatThe volume contains the following route reports:1. 'Uqair to Riyadh, via al Hasa2. Riyadh to Wadi Fatima (near Jedda)3. Jumaima to Medina4. Riyadh to Kuwait5. Kuwait to Transjordan FrontierThe volume contains nineteen maps and plans, as follows:Imperial Air and Sea Routes (folio 29)Tribal Areas (folio 23)Administrative Divisions (folio 33)Town Plans of Jedda, Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, and Taif (folios 40, 42, 43, 45, and 46, respectively)Diagrammatic Section of Middle Sa'udi Arabia (folio 50)Physical Geography (folio 54)Chart showing Magnetic Variation in Arabia (folio 59)Communications in Sa'udi Arabia (folio 64)Diagram of Principal Watering Points, Frontier Posts and Garrisons (folio 70)Tribes of Asir (folio 76)Panorama of the town of Marat (folio 98)Panorama of Muwaih (folio 101)Sketch Plan of Muwaih (folio 100)Sketch of route Rumaihiya-Jarya (Route Report No. 4) (folio 109)General Map (folio 121)Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 122; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains a notification from the Air Ministry (folio 18) dated 10 December 1934, informing the India Office of a proposal by Imperial Airways to duplicate their service between the United Kingdom (UK) and India. It also contains an explanatory note prepared for a meeting at the Air Ministry on 22 March 1935, on the necessity of introducing night flying between Cairo and Calcutta early in 1936, in order to facilitate the Empire Air Mail Scheme: see folios 2-6. A draft memorandum for transmission to HM representatives in Egypt, Palestine, and Iraq, outlines the facilities required in these countries to enable night flying: see folios 7-16.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 15-18 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The part concerns the administration of the Southern Desert of Iraq, and the situation on the border between Iraq and the kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.The papers cover: correspondence from Sir Andrew Ryan, HM Minister at Jeddah, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office concerning the Hejaz and Nejd Government's objections to the proposed appointment by the Government of Iraq of Sherif Nasir as Kaimakam [Deputy-Governor] of the proposed new administrative organisation in the Southern Desert, 1930 (the Hejaz and Nejd Government stating that Captain John Bagot Glubb would be a more acceptable choice, folio 39); and a copy of an Air Ministry
Report on the Operations Carried out in the Southern Desert in connection with the Iraq-Najd Borders, June 1928-May 1929, issued July 1930, with map of Basra and Hail (folios 12-26), and related correspondence, 1930-33.Physical description: 1 item (36 folios)