مجموعة ٣٠/٨٧(٢) الجزء II "قطر: الامتياز النفطي - عمليات شركة امتيازات النفط المحدودة." [و‎‎٥‎٤] (٦٠٣/١٠٨)

Im o. G/1226 . ^ The 23rd December 1947.
To . .
His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad
Al Khalifah, K.C.I.E.,
Ruler of Bahrain.
After compliments:
I am instructed by the Hon*ble the Political Resident
to inform Your Highness that His Majesty’s Government has,
for some time past, had under consideration the boundary
■which should delimit Your H ighness’s rights in the bed of the
sea lying between the territory of Your Highness and that of
His Excellency the Shaikh of Qatar* Apart from any other
considerations the operations of the Oil Companies in Your
Highness’s and His Excellency the Shaikh of Qatar’s territory
make such a delimitation necessary.
2. I am> therefore, to forward herewith for Your High
ness’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 aforesaid. This is a median line
based generally on the configuration of the coast-line of the
Bahrain main island and the peninsula of Qatar.
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3. vV’ith the exceptions noted below His Majesty’s Govern
ment will, in future, regard all the sea-bed lying to the west
of this line as being under the sovereignty of Your Hi^iness
and all the sea-bed lying to the east of it as being under the
sovereignty of His Excellency the Shaikh of Qatar. This
decision covers the sea-bed only and not the waters above it
and is without prejudice to existing navigation rights.
4. The exceptions referred to above are:-
Your Highness is recognised as having sovereign
rights in
(i) the areas of the Bibal and Jaradeh shoals which
are above the spring tide low-water level.
After a full examination of the position under
international law. His Majesty’s Government are
of opinion that these shoals should not be con
sidered to be islands having terrorial waters.
(ii) Hawar Island, the islands of the Hawar group and
the territorial waters pertaining thereto and
delimited again in accordance with the usual
principles of international law. These islands
and their territorial waters are shown on the
map enclosed by the line A, B, G, D, E, E, G, H,
I» J» K, and L. As this delimitation will,
however, leave a narrow tongue of water (formed by
the points M, J, and l) pertaining to Qatar it has
been decided to alter the line H, I, J / to H, P, Q,
thus exchanging an equal area P I 0 for 0 J Q.
It should be noted that Janan Island is not regarded
as being included in the islands of the Hawar group.
5. The points mentioned are defined as follows:-
Posi ti on
True Bearing Haut i cal Miles
A 015°
B 056-£-°
C 064°
Prom
3.00
3.20
2.06
M. point of Rabadh I.
H.l. corner of Ajaira I.
E. corner of Ho.3 Al