‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’
IOR/L/PS/18/B441
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in c 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Air navigation regulations (PZ 4125/34) for civil aircraft flying over and landing at Kuwait [spelt Koweit throughout], dated 23 May 1934, with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait, approved by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The air navigation regulations cover: authorisation for aircraft flying over or landing in Kuwait; requirements for aircraft registration, certification, personnel and documentation; submission of licenses by aircraft personnel on the demand of the Kuwait authorities; compliance of aircraft with lights and signal regulations, as prescribed in the Convention for Regulation of Aerial Navigation (13 October 1919); access to aircraft by authorised personnel; submission of visitors to procedure prescribed by the Public Health Administration on arrival and departure; notification of intended arrival and departure to the Customs, Public Health and Police Administrations; passport and visa requirements for passengers; declaration of laws applying to the import and export of goods by land and sea being equally applicable to those goods arriving and departing by air; use of law in the event of contravention of regulations.
Conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait cover: no acceptance of liability for damage or loss of aircraft, goods or mail, or injury to passengers and aircraft personnel; landing and accommodation fees; fuel and lubricant supplies and their charges. Under the conditions are two schedules: 1) landing fees, assessed according to the maximum weight authorised by the aircraft’s airworthiness certificate; 2) housing fees, assessed according to the span and maximum length of the aircraft. An appendix includes text for the form used for the special authorisation of aircraft to land in and fly over Kuwait.
At the top of the first page there two reference numbers, created using a combination of black ink and red stamp: ‘B 441’ and ‘D 289’. The latter of these reference numbers has been struck through with black ink.
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- 2 folios
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Foliation: The paper is foliated 1 to 2, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of both rectos.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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.
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- PZ 4125/34 B 441
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- c 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B441, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000003> [accessed 19 April 2024]
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- ‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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