'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. that includes an appendix that gives details of the territorial claims of Dubai and Abu Dhabi (folios 36-51).

The file contains three maps, two identical copies of a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 6 and 9) and a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. marking details of the Dubai-Abu Dhabi boundary dispute (folio 33).

The majority of the correspondence in the file is in English, but a limited amount in Arabic is also contained within, including a letter sent from the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm to Cornelius James Pelly, the 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. in Bahrain (folio 75).

The file also contains correspondence between British officials and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, the subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited that operated in the states along the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

Extent and format

1 file (111 folios)

It is grouped into

Sketch Map of the Trucial Coast

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 6

Sketch Map of the Trucial Coast

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 9

'Dubai - Abu Dhabi Boundary Dispute'

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 33

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-102; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-110, which is circled and located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Foliation errors: 97a

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/2015

Former external reference(s)

38/17

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Petroleum resources

Places

DubaiAbu Dhabi

People & organisations

Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi

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