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'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement' [28r] (55/116)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 27 Apr 1950-31 Dec 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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KU,v.ilT A In KAVIa^TlON itiaULATIONS
1. Aircraft shall not fly over or lend in the territories
of Kuwait except under a special authorisation granted on
behalf of his Highness the Shaikh. An aircraft engaged in
the carriage of passengers or goods for hire or reward
shall not take on board or discharge passengers or goods at
any place within the territories of Kuwait except in
accordance with the terms of any agreement for the time
being in force between his majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom (acting in this regard on behdlf of His
Highness the bhaikh) and the Government of the country in
which the aircraft is registered or in accordance with the
special permission of the minister of Civil Aviation in tne
United Kingdom granted on behalf of His Highness the shaikh
and subject to any conditions or limitations which the
minister may specify.
2. aircraft when flying over or landing in the territories
of Kuwait shall comply with the following general regulations:
3. (i) the aircraft shall bo registered and shall bear
the prescribed nati onality and registration marks painted
on it in the prescribed manner.
(ii) The arcraft shall be certified as airworthy in
the prescribed manner, and any terms or conditions on or
subject tcwhich the certificate of airworthiness was
granted shall be duly complied with.
(iii) The personnel of the aircraft shall be of the
prescribed number and description and shall be provided with
the prescribed certificates of competency and licences.
(iv) There shall be carried in the aircraft the
prescribed documents and journey logbood kept up to date in
the prescribed forms and manner. In addition, if the
aircraft carries passengers, there shall be carried a list
of their names, and if it carries freight, bills of lading
and manifest in respect thereof.-
4. The Aircraft shall not use as a place of landing or
departure in the territories of Kuwait any place other than
the aerodrome or aerodromes at Kuwait, except in cases of
accident, stress of weather or any other unavoidable cause.
5. The conditions governing the
aerodromes at Kuwait set out in the
tions shall apply in respect of all
aerodrome.
use of the aerodrome or
Annex to these Kegula-
cireraft using any such
6. The aircraft and the persons
with such orders as may lawfully be
person.
on board
given by
shall conform
any authorised
oi an*
V. r«rsonn<=- of. aircraft by the 1:
State where the aircraft is registered to be provided with
licences shall on demand by any authorised person, produce
their licences for inspection by him.
The person in charge of the aircraft shall, on demand
by any authorised person, produce any prescribed certificate,
licence or logbook relating to the aircraft and, if it carries
passengers or freight, the list of names and the bills of lad
ing and manifest.
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The file contains correspondence covering negotiations over a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement. Particulars include matters of rent payments, an expansion of the runway, and proposed additions to the draft agreement in line with the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulations. The correspondence is between: the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah, Patrick Desmond Stobart, the Foreign Office, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the Politcal 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain, the Office of the Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahrain, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī, and the acting ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr Āl Qasimī.
The file also includes correspondence relating to the arrangements for the payment due to the Shaikh of Sharjah and Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr's request for help paying the annual subsidy to the Bani Qitab tribe.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (56 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in reverse chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/4/6
- Title
- 'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:57v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence