'Koweit Civil Air Agreement'

Content

The file contains a typescript copy of the Koweit [Kuwait] Civil Air Agreement dated 23 May 1934, with the heading 'Amended to July 1940'.

The agreement consists of:

• Part I - air navigation regulations for civil aircraft made by Sheikh Sir Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah [Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit for the territory of Koweit;
• Part II - heads of agreement between the British Government and the Sheikh of Koweit (as amended in 1938, with subsequent amendments);
• Part III - conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit;
• Part IV - special authorisation for aircraft to land in and fly over Koweit;
• Part V - extract from Air Ministry notice to airmen (schedule I - landing fees; schedule II - housing fees);
• arrangements for use of aerodrome by military aircraft.

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 4 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.

Pagination: the file also has an original typescript pagination sequence, numbered 2-8 (folios 1-4). The numbers appear in the top centre of each page.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B434

Former external reference(s)

B. 434

History of this record

Date(s)

Jul 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Civil aviation

Places

Koweit

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