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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [146r] (300/420)
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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,2,6568/38.
Ara"bi and ./arsl ,
Mr. Mylles, accompanied toy r. Lees, Chief Geologist, and
Mr. W.E. Browne, of the Surveying Department, called here this
afternoon in connexion with the question of the definition of
the area or areas totalling 100,000 square miles which the
A.I.O.C. have to choose before the close of 1938 as the extent
of their concessions for the future.
2, Among other points raised "by Mr, My lies and his
colleagues was that of the status of Parsi and Arabi.
Dr. Lees said that they did not know at present whether the
islands were interesting from the oil point of view or not.
But they would probably {in the event of their being Persian
territory) wish to include them in the concession area,
3, I explained in confidence that the ownership of these
islands was at present to a large extent indeterminate, but
that we regarded the Sheikh of Koweit as having a good claim.
We could not say that his claim was absolutely water-tight,
because it might well be that any overt act of sovereignty
on his part might draw the attention of other Powers to these
islands and that those Powers mi^it then themselves put
forward claims to sovereignty over them on various grounds.
Without knowing what such grounds might be, we could not say
here and now that they were bad. The outcome of such a state
of affairs could not be predicted, but it was possible to
imagine that it might be necessary to split the group up,
one Power taking one part and another another. At any rate
we were not encouraging him to assert his sovereignty at
present,
4, I told Mr, Mylles that I would let him have a
definite answer later. But I thought it would probably
be that the islands were, to the best of our belief
Koweiti and that we would not be able to recognise the right
of the Persian Government to grant any concession in respect
of them. (Sgd,) L, Baggallay.
7th September, 1958 ,
—rr
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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.
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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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