"ملف 39/24 امتياز قاع البحر في قطر" [و‎‎٢] (١٠٤/٣)

No. C/1227.
The 23rd of December, 1947.
To
His Excellency Shaikh Abdulla bin Qasim
A1 Than!, C.I.E.,
Ruler of Qatar.
After compliments,
I am instructed by the Hobble the Political
Resident to inform Your Excellency that His Majesty*s
Government has, for some time past, had under considera
tion the boundary which should delimit your Excellency*s
rights in the bed of the sea lying between the territory
of Your Excellency and that of His Highness the shaikh
of Bahrain. Apart from any other considerations the
operations of the oil companies in Your Excellency’s and His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain's territory make such a
delimitation necessary.
2. I am, therefore, to forward herewith for Your
Excellency's information a copy of a map showing the
line (from point 'M* to the “Bahrain Light Vessel”)
which, His Majesty's Government considers, divides in
accordance with equitable principles the sea-bed aiore-
said* This is a median line based generally on the con
figuration of the coast-line of the i^anrain main island
and the peninsula of Qatar.
3. With the exceptions noted below His Majesty's
Government will, in future, regard all the sea-bea lying
to the west of this line as being under the sovereignty
of His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and all the sea-bed
lying to the east of it as being under the sovereignty of
Your Excellency. This decision covers the sea-bed only
and not the waters above it and is without prejudice to
existing navigation rights.
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