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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [110r] (228/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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moment, with the world in a somewhat parlous state, is not
the one to proyoke unnecessarily even a second-rate Power
like Persia.
5, Moreover, there is the further possibility that
we might be faced, not with a claim from Persia or a
claim from Saudi Arabia, but with claims from both of them
simultaneously. It might vv ell happen that both of them
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would, upon hearing that the Sheikh had run up his flag
on all or any of the islands, at once declare that these
islands had from time immemorial been visited regularly by
their fishermen etc., and back these declarations up with
arguments based, in the case of Ibn Saud, on propinquity,
and in the case of Persia on the even less valid grounds
that all islands in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ought to be Persian
and that one of the islands at least betrayed its Persian
connexion by its name. 'It might not be difficult, from
the legal point of view, to dispose effectively of any
such arguments, but the question of Visits by fishermen
etc. would probably become one of hard swearing on all
sides.
6, In that case we should find ourselves involved in
a three-cornered dispute from which we might or might not
be able to extricate ourselves without loss of goodwill
by dividing the islands up among the three parties or by
some similar political deal. If not, we might at least
have to agree to arbitration and in my opinion we ought
only to embark on a forward policy if we are agreed
beforehand that as a minimum we will be ready to suggest
arbitration or agree to it from the word go.
7, We must remember that, in theory at any rate,
Persia refuses to recognise our special position in Koweit
It/
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This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between 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. , London; the Foreign Office, London; 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. Kuwait; 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. Bahrain; the Anglo Persian Oil Company. The discussion over the territorial status bears on whether the islands would come in the concession area of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or Kuwait. One letter notes that if the ownership of the islands is undetermined up until that point this was of no importance; however, with the possibility that they may contain oil it was now imperative that they should belong to either Her Majesty's Government or to Kuwait rather than a foreign power. Therefore, the Shaikh of Kuwait is encouraged to erect beacons on some of the islands to support his claim to ownership. As the British were keen to avoid territorial disputes with Persia this was thought more unobtrusive than the raising of flags. There is also discussion over the island of Hawar and whether it belonged to Bahrain or Qatar.
It also includes a translation of a letter from Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayed [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Colonel Stuart Geoge Knox, 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a small hand drawn sketch map showing location of a village on Dalma Island with H.M.S. Fox anchorage position (folio 3), and a table on sources of oil supply to Britain in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937.
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- 1 volume (204 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence consists of small circled numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, commencing on the first full page of text.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/273
- Title
- '14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:16v, 18r:36v, 38r:204v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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