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Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’ [‎321r] (641/1088)

The record is made up of 1 file (542 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945. 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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P.Z. 4121/34.
i
AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS for Civil Aircraft for the Territory of
Bahrein, and Conditions governing: the use of the Aerodrome at Muharraq
approved by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Tsa A1 Khalifah, C.S.I., Ruler
of Bahrein.
I.—Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft.
L Aircraft shall not fly over or land in the territory of Bahrein except under a
special authorisation issued by His Excellency the Sheikh.
2. Aircraft so authorised, when flying over or landing in the territory of Bahrein,
shall comply with the following general regulations in addition to such other
supplementary conditions as may be specified in the authorisation.
3. —(i) The aircraft shall be registered and bear the prescribed nationality and
registration marks painted on the aircraft in the prescribed manner.
(ii) The aircraft shall be certified as airworthy in the prescribed manner, and any
terms or conditions on or subject to which 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
log book kept up to date in the prescribed form 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.
(v) In this regulation “prescribed ” means prescribed by the law of the State on
whose register the aircraft is entered.
4. The aircraft shall not use as a place of landing or departure any place other
than the aerodrome at Muharraq.
The published conditions governing the use of the aerodrome shall be observed.
5. The aircraft and the persons on board shall conform to such orders as may be
lawfully given by any authorised person.
G. Personnel of the aircraft required to be provided with licences shall on demand
produce their licences for the inspection of any authorised person.
The person in charge of the aircraft shall on demand by an authorised person
produce any prescribed certificate, licence or log book relating to the aircraft and,
if it carries passengers or freight, the list of names and the bills of lading and
manifest respectively.
7. Any authorised person shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to
any aircraft for the purpose of carrying out his powers and duties under these
regulations.
8. The aircraft shall comply with the rules as to lights and signals and rules for
air traffic prescribed in Annex D of the Convention for the Regulation of Aerial
Navigation, dated the 13th October 1919.
9. The aircraft shall comply in customs matters with the provisions of Annex H
of the aforesaid Convention.
10. The aircraft and persons on board shall immediately on arrival from abroad
and prior to departure for abroad submit to the sanitary formalities prescribed by
the Public Health Administration.
11. The time of the intended arrival from abroad and of departure for abroad
from Muharraq Aerodrome shall be notified beforehand to the Customs, Public Health
and Police Administrations.
12. Persons on board aircraft shall be in possession of valid national passports
to be produced on demand to any authorised person. Through passengers not
breaking journey will not require transit visas. Passengers breaking journey or
leaving the aerodrome will need visas for the State.
13. Subject to the provisions of these regulations the laws and regulations for the
time being in force in Bahrein concerning the entry into and departure from Bahrein
3003a 100 8.34

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The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional reference is made to similar agreements with Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. It also covers the preliminary negotiations in 1933 between Imperial Airways and the Government of Bahrain, and the file contains three draft versions of this agreement: see folios 489-495, 516-518, and 533-539. The latter negotiations are superseded by negotiations for the Civil Air Agreement, following a decision to standardise civil aviation procedures across the Arab Shaikhdoms.

Issues related to Muharraq Aerodrome and the Manama Flying Boat base are also covered in the file, which includes the application of a legal definition of an aerodrome to Bahrain, and efforts to define the geographical extent of these air bases. This includes negotiations with the Government of Bahrain for the purchase of additional land round the Muharraq Airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the extension of facilities such as the pier at Manama. A sketch map produced by the Government of Bahrain in 1944 can be found on folio 133 in relation to a proposal from the British Government to acquire an area – referred to as area 'C' – adjacent to the Muharraq Aerodrome for the RAF.

A map can be found on folio 245 showing the approaches to Bahrain harbour, which is included as a result of negotiations to establish a flying boat service through Bahrain in 1937.

The Arabic language content is limited to a copy of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934), which contains both Arabic and English translations (see folios 332-348), and a few items of additional correspondence with the Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh, Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah].

The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Hugh Weightman, and Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the 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. . Occasional reference is made to the Government of Bahrain via Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.

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.

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1 file (542 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 543; 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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Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’ [‎321r] (641/1088), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1972, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054514177.0x00002c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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