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'The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]' [283r] (565/680)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in May 1935. 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. 4125/34.
air NAVIGATION REGULATIONS for Civil Aircraft for the Territory ot
Koweit, and Conditions g-overning the use of the Aerodrome at Koweit, approved
hy His' Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah, K.O.I.E., G.S.L,
^ Ruler of Koweit.
I. —Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft.
1. Aircraft shall not fly over or land in the territory of Koweit, except under
a special authorisation issued by His Excellency the Sheikh.
2. Aircraft so authorised, when flying over or landing in the territory of Koweit,
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 Koweit.
The published conditions governing the use of the Koweit 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.
6. 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 Aenal
Navigation, dated 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 the persons on board shall immediately on arrival from
abroad and prior to departure for abroad submit to the sanitary formalities prescnbec
by the Public Health Administration.
11. The time of the intended arrival from abroad and of departure for abroad
from Koweit Aerodrome shall he notified beforehand to the Customs, lublic Mea ti
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 no lea mg
journey will not require transit visas. Passengers breaking journey or ea \ing
aerodrome will need visas for the State.
13. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the laws au( } re ^
time being in force in Koweit concerning the entry into and depar i
3003 b 100 8.34
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This confidential memorandum, printed by the Foreign Office in May 1935 is a report by William John Childs concerning the seven independent Arabian states or autonomous areas. The report contains an introduction that states that the 'purpose of the paper is to give a brief outline each of the seven independent Arabian states', listed on folio 316, 'at the time of the Arab rising against the Turks in June 1916'.
The report is divided into sections covering each state as follows:
- 'The Imamate of Yemen ruled by Imam Yahya [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn]' (folio 316);
- 'The Principate of Asir ruled by the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsi]' (folios 316-317);
- 'The Emirate of Mecca (or the Hejaz) ruled by Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], Emir and Sherif of Mecca' (folios 317-319);
- 'Emirate of Nejd [Najd] ruled by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Riyadh' (folios 319-323);
- 'The Sheikhdom of Koweit [Kuwait] ruled by the Sheikh of Koweit [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ]' (folio 323v);
- 'The Emirate of Jebel Shammar [Jabal Shammar] (or Hail [Ḥā’il]) ruled by the Emir of Hail [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Rashīd]' (folios 323-324)
- 'Jauf-el-Amir [Jawf al-Amīr, under the rule of Nūrī bin Sha‘lān]' (folio 324v).
A footnote on folio 316 records: 'This memorandum was prepared by the late Mr. William John Childs and found among his papers. A few modifications and additions have been made to bring it up to date'.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 315, and terminates at folio 325, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, a re circles, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 4-327; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:315v, 310r, 316v:339v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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