'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎19v] (43/222)

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f Hknnte It was, however, decided not to
in bringing about a settlement of the ^ S P ' but t0 end eavour to restore the
resort to arbitration unless Y nersuading Ali to withdraw the
status quo under the 1944 and 1950 a green : ^ a permanent post somewhere
temporary police post near the fort and buna msteaa a pern p inducing
in the north of the Qatar peninsula weU a^y from Zuba«h an y^^^s
Salman to expunge the inscript,on on )c to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. .C")
Department report, which would contain a map omitting tne cia
40. In September 1953 the Political over the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
S In' 1 conversation^U^the'
representation to the Secretary of State m 1948 (para. 34 aoove) n h . s > to
neithCT his family nor his subjects,^ and a doubt has been expressed whether the
dispute will ever be satisfactorily settled as long as he is alive.
IV.—Islands and Sea-bed
(a) The Hawar Islands
41 In the negotiations for an oil concession for the additional area which
began in 1936 (para. 64 below) the Ruler claimed the Hawar Islands which he off
the west coast of Qatar, as part of his dominions, and m April ot that year the
Financial Adviser recorded the claim in writing, stating that the peopie of the
islands were and always had been under the jurisdiction ot the Ruler of Bahrain ( )
In 1938 the Ruler of Qatar wrote to 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. , Bahrain, claiming the
islands on geographical grounds and complaining of Bahrain aggression on them.
He was asked to submit his formal claim supported by all the evidence that he
could produce and told that after that the dispute would be settled by His Majesty s
Government ( 58 ) He replied that the occupation of the islands by Bahrain was recent
and unlawful and that they clearly belonged to Qatar on geographical grounds.
His claim was communicated to the Ruler of Bahrain and the latter's counter-claim
was passed on to the Ruler of Qatar. A very lengthy refutation of the Bahrain
arguments was received from the latter, but he was able to adduce little if any
more concrete evidence in support of his claim.( 59 ) 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. , Bahrain,
examined all the documents and after discussing the claims of the parties in detail
gave a finding in favour of Bahrain on the basis of proof of the exercise of
jurisdiction over the islands for a period of many years. This finding was
supported by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and accepted by His Majesty's Government.
It was communicated to the two Rulers in July 1939.C 0 ) A letter of thanks was
received from the Ruler of Bahrain but the Ruler of Qatar expressed his regret and
asked for a reconsideration of the decision. He was informed by the Political
Resident in writing that the decision was final and that the case could not be
re-opened.C')
{b) The Sea-bed between Bahrain and Qatar
42. The necessity for determining the dividing line between the interests of
Bahrain and Qatar in the sea-bed of the waters separating the two States was
recognised in 1940 as a result of the activities of the Bahrain Petroleum Company's
( 54 ) p.R. to F.O.
( 55 ) P.R. to F.O.
( 36 ) P.R. to F.O.
( 57 ) I.O. to F.O.
( 58 ) I.O. to F.O.
( 39 ) I.O. to F.O.
( 60 ) I.O. to F.O.
( 61 ) I.O. to F.O.
1089/50/53 of October 16, 1953 (EA 1017/18 of 1953).
1089/45/53 of September 3, 1953 (EA 1017/11 of 1953).
1089/38/50 of June 26, 1953 (EA 1017/9).
P.Z. 3969/36 of June 11, 1936 (E 3439/260/91 of 1936).
P.Z. 4223/38 of June 28, 1938 (E 3833/413/91 of 1938).
P.Z. 2894/39 of May 10, 1939 (E 3470/196/41 of 1939).
P.Z. 4551/39 of July 28, 1939 (E 5368/196/91 of 1939).
P.Z. 6254/39 of October 13, 1939 (E 6925/196/91 of 1939)
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