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'File No 13/3-I OF 1951. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome facilities at Sharjah).' [81r] (161/288)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1950-24 Nov 1951. 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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AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS
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1. Aircraft shall not fly over or land in the territories ol Sharjah
er take on b*>ard or discharge in such territories any passengers or
cargo carried for hire ^r reward, 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 behalf of
His Exoellenoy "khe Shaikh) and the Government of the country in v/hich
the aircraft is registered or in accordance v/ith the special permission
of the Minister of Civil Aviation in the United Kingdom granted on
behalf of His Excellency the Shaikh and subject to any conditions or
limitations which the Minister may specify.
2. (i) Aircraft when flying over or landing in the territories
of Sharjah shall comply with the following general regulations:-
(a) The aircraft shall be registered and shall bear the
prescribed nationality and registration marks painted on
it in the prescribed manner.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
(d) There shall be carried in the aircraft the prescribed
documents and journey log-book 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.
(ii) In this Article "prescribed” means prescribed by the
law of the State where the aircraft is registered.
3. Aircraft shall not use as a place of landing or departure in
the territories of -Sharjah any place other than an authorised aerodrome,
except in cases of accident, stress of weather or any other unavoidable
cause.
A.
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The file comprises correspondence between 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. , 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, the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the Foreign Office, regarding a new civil air agreement for Sharjah, which was signed on 15 November 1951.
The file covers the negotiations for the agreement with Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qasimi [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], until his death in March 1951, and the conclusion of negotiations - focusing primarily on increased pay for the airfield guards and rent for an extension to the airfield - with the new ruler Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan [Saqr bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī] from March 1951 onwards.
The file contains draft copies of the agreement and associated documents in English and Arabic, along with the final signed copy at folios 122-143.
Also included in the file are details of new landing and housing fees introduced at Bahrain and Sharjah in 1951, and a request from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ethiopian Air Lines to use Sharjah airport as a technical stop on flights from Addis Ababa to Karachi and Dhahran.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 2-5.
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- 1 file (144 folios)
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The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-115; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File No 13/3-I OF 1951. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome facilities at Sharjah).'
- Pages
- 15r:36v, 40r:51v, 117r:119v, 122r:143v, 74r:85v
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