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'The Seven Independent Arabian States [Yemen, ‘Asir, Hijaz, Najd, Kuwait, Jabal Shammar and al-Jawf]' [291r] (581/680)
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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Housing Fees.
Housing fees will be assessed on the basis of space occupied, i.e. the product of
span of the aircraft, as housed, and its maximum length. Details of ihe charges
are set out below ;
Area (as defined above)
not exceeding
Up to 24 hours
(Commercial and Private)
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SCHEDULE II.
Charges for Attendance and Facilities.
(a) For Privately owned aircraft.
Attendance of a representative at the aerodrome, notifying the arrival and
departure to the Customs, Passport and other officials concerned. Customs clearance
of aircraft, providing available meteorological reports, notifying fuel and oil suppliers
and dispatching arrival and departure messages:—
£1 for each arrival and departure on the same day.
£1 10s. for arrival on one day and departure on the next.
10s. for every additional day the aircraft is at the aerodrome.
10s. for each day when attendance at the aerodrome is requested but the aircaft
does not arrive.
The above fees do not include out-of-pocket expenses such as transport to the
aerodrome, telegrams, Customs fees, meals, accommodation, &c. which will be charged
at cost.
(h) Fuel and oil.
The current rates will be quoted by the Aerodrome Agents.
(c) For aircraft engaged in public transport.
(Charges to be furnished later by Imperial Airways, Ltd.)
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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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- 1 file (10 folios)
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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