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encouraging results.( 28 ) Expenditure of up to £20,000 was subsequently sanctioned
for the drilling of wells and of £2,900 for surveys of the Dubai and Sharjah creeks.
The Red Cross society undertook to send a mobile dispensary to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
but it had not materialised by the end of 1953.( 29 ) In December 1953 Mr. Crawford
of the British Middle East Office visited the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and recommended that
money should be spent on the improvement of the water channels at Buraimi as
well as on the provision of water for the coastal towns.( 30 )
VI.—Islands
All the islands lying between the Qatar and Musandam peninsulas south
of latitude 26° are. at nresent regarded as belonaine to Abu Dhabi except
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ie ismiius lying UCLWCCU UIC vatcu auva
tituae zo are at present regarded as belonging to Abu Dhabi except-
{a) islands lying within or adjacent to the territorial waters of othe^ States.
(b) Bu Musa and Sir Bu Na'ir which belong to Sharjah, and
(c) Sirri which though claimed by Sharjah was occupied by Persia in 155/ ana
has since been treated as a Persian island.
In 1949 Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Ltd. placed markers on all these
islands with the exceptions noted, to show that they were
Dhabi concessions. So far as is known the Sand! Arabian Covernment have as
yet laid claim to none of these islands but they appear likely to do so il they obtain
possession of a part of the coast.
52. All the islands lying between longitudes 52° and 56° and north of
latitude 26° are indisputably Persian except— ... ,
(n) Tamb and Nabivu Tamb which belong to Ras al Khaimah, an
S Nabiyu Fa^fwhich is treated as belonging to Persia though so far as is
known it has never been specifically claimed by h .
„ xhe historv of man y of these islands up to 1928 is dealt with exhaustively
dj. ine msiory 01 nm y iqa7 icn8f 31 \ and most of them are described
in the Historical Summary ot Events 1907 9 R esearc h Department note
is or may be disputed or which otherwise present special features.
. . 54 - rtfeRuler ofAbu DhabTwis treated as Its overiordH
mdetermmate( ) but in 1869 the Kuler erect ion of a beacon on it for Royal
and in 1936 his permission was ob a Resident recommended that he should
Air Force purposes.( 35 ) In 1937 the Pohtic ^al Kesiaei^ ^ ^ the Ruler of
fly his flag there but so far as is kno . t0 bui [ d a p r i S on, on the grounds of
Qatar laid claim to Haiu' where he p p ^ ^ ^ company representatives had
usage and propinquity. He allege - is , and ^ It transpired that on this
sought his father's^ permission to . ^ ce had 5een sought but that owing to
occasion his father s permission o . wsrx j t s hould also be noted that in 1928
bad weather the visit had never bee p ^ showec i that the island was regarded
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. reported t ^ a iwavs understood it to be claimed by
as belonging to Abu Dhabi but ^ h ad alwavs^ Ruier ^ ^ Dhab . and he
Qatar.C") The claim was brou = h '.' n ' cet , t Her Majesty's Government's decision
and the Ruler of Qatar were ask r)h a tii refused to recognise the existence of
in the dispute. Qatar agreed but ® preoccupation with the Saudi boundary
any claim but his. In view of the a er * P 1 ^.^ for the time being but at the
dispute it was decided to let 1 e d t0 charse. Before the Ruler of Qatar s
end of 1953 the Ruler of Qatar returned 10
( 28 ) PR to F O. Despatch 41 ofA P nl f Ig^ 953 {E A 1422 ^ 1 of
¥rfrt SP RR h 1oV. h O e . flr i04 h 5 al ofDece mte 23, 1953 (EA 1106/17 of ,953.
( :il ) pp. 97-100, P.G. 13.
( 32 ) E. 11181/276/91 of 1948.
□ P; ^. , u 19 3 6 (E 5146/377/9! of 1936).
( 35 ) I O to F.O. P.z. 5866/36 of 1952 (^A 108^/4 5^ . Qd-,
( 36 ) P.R. to F.O
( 37 ) P.R. to F.O.
( 38 ) CO. to F.O.
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P.Z. 5866/36 ^ \o81/4 of 1952).
1082 /22/52 of J uly 3 195. (bA 1 / io83/io of 1953)
1088/3/53 of February , 5222/3/91 of 1928).
59009/28 of November 1,1^8^^ >