"ملف 39/24 امتياز قاع البحر في قطر" [و‎‎١‎٧] (١٠٤/٣٣)

9» Junior the course of the hearing It was agreed that
the precise questions In dispute as to the extent of the
area that Is subject to the rights granted to the Company
by the Concession should be stated as follows 9 subject to
two points which were conceded by the Shaikh's Arbitrator and
which are mentioned below s~
(a) Whether the Concession includes Islands oxer which
the Shaikh rules and which are shown on the map
attached to the Concession;
(b) Aether ths Concession includes islands over which
the Shaikh rules and which are not shown on the map;
(o) hether the Concession Includes the bed and subsoil
of all the inland or national waters of the mainland
of Qatar and its Islands;
(d) Whether the Concession includes the eea~bed and subsoil
beneath the territorial water# of ths mainland of
Qatar and its Islands;
(e) hither the Concession Includes ths s*a-bed and subsoil
beneath the high seas of the Persian Oulf contiguous
with such territorial waters, which ^*a~btd and
subsoil are mors particularly mentioned in the
Proclamation issued on 8th June, 1949 , by
Shaikh Abdullah bln qaslm al Thanl,
10. During the course of the hearing the shaikh's
Arbitrator placed it on record that he did not dispute 1 -
(I) that the Concession includes islands over which the
Shaikh rules and which are shown on the map attached
to the Concession if and so far as any suoh island
lies to the north of the line drawn on the map, or
(II) that the Concession includes any lakes and rivers of
Qatar, whether shown on the map or not, if and so far
as any suoh lake or river lies to the north of the
aforesaid line.