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'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters' [45r] (89/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1949-3 Jul 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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October 15, 1949.
I send herewith a copy in Arabic and English of
letter No.C/S-114 of September 7 that I addressed to the
Ruler of Abu Dhabi about the proposed arbitration on the
question of sea-bed rights to which I have received no reply.
I now notice that the expression King’s Counsel
has been mistranslated as ” . In English
of course it means a barrister who is so eminent that he is
given the honorific title of King's Counsel for which he has
I believe the privilege of performing legal services to
His Majesty free of charge'. The point to make is that when
acting for any one except His Britannic Majesty his charges are
extremely heavy. vVe have now changed the translation to
II l_£ ^->*0 I dJU I dj (^>1^ ,Jw3 UJ i J ^ U->J ^ CrS* 1 JL>- I " •
«
The translation of eminence in paragraph 4 as
"2 ; »' is again not too happy and we have changed
this to " a j —&—
Finally I see that the real meaning of however in
paragraph 5 was missed and this passage has now been changed
to '' Iq1*«J 1 j I «JLU 1.- 11 .
I think you had better substitute the present
translation for he earlier one explaining the position to
the Shaikh where necessary and, above all, getting a written
reply out of him.
P.D. Stobart, Esq.,
Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
,
Sharjah.
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The file contains correspondence regarding the issue of oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates].
The matters covered by the file include:
- British instructions to the Trucial shaikhs to make claims to the subsoil of the seabed beyond the three mile limit;
- the case of arbitration between Petroleum Concessions Limited and individual shaikhs over whether this potential extension of territory was included in the original 1939 concessions.
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- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 47; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/4/9
- Title
- 'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 14r:14v, 21r:21v, 23r:32v, 34r:36v, 38r:38v, 40r:40v, 42r:42v, 44r:45v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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