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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [100r] (208/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 14 Jul 1914-20 May 1947. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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4, There reroain Hoe, (1) to (5) which a: e distinctly More of
a problem* The position he -e mmto be that these ielancte
lie a long my away froiri the K owe it coast and should at first
sight belong either to Persia (e.g»Farsi) or more probably to
Saudi Arabia, gainst this it may be argued (1) that Ko' eiti
fishermen have regularly used the islands for yea-s and therefore
Koweit has a claim based on prescription (this may be weak but
in at least as good as a clatia based on propinquity)5 (2) that
alternatively the islands are rcsnullius and therefore the
islands can now be annexed by anyone, since it appears unlikely,
though we cannot be sure, that either :e. sia or , audi Arabia
have exercised any effective sovereignty in any of these islands
hitherto,
5, In the previous correspondence it has usually been the
Persian aspect we have considered, .Out quite apart from the
Persian aspect, we feel that the present is ha dly the time to
encourage our clients to embark on assertions of sovereignty
which may annoy King Urn Saud, In our view it would be much
better not to encourage the SheiKh of Koweit to take any forward
step at present. But if v/e do encourage, or at least approve,
his doing so, it should at any rate be with the reservation
that the Sheikh may have to withdraw in the event of what prove
to be well-founded claims being brought forward, as a result of
his action, by Persia or Saudi Arabia or anyone else,
6, Moreover, m we have pointed out before, from the purely
oil point of view (and these islands seem to have no other real
potential value) we shall be no worse off, and in some ways
shall be better off, if the Sheikh of Koveit does not get them.
If the Persians get them the Anglo-Iranian Oil ipany will
get the oil (if there is any and if the ownership is decided
before the end of 1958), If King Ibn Saud gets them, he will
also get the oil, and some money therefrom, tvhich would be all
to the good,
7, Finally Beckett has reminded us that in these days, in
order/
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This file contains reports and correspondence relating to the ownership of some islands in the Gulf, namely, the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus, Al Karan and Al Kurain. The reports and correspondence are mainly between the 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. , London; the Foreign Office, London; 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. Kuwait; 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; the Anglo Persian Oil Company. The discussion over the territorial status bears on whether the islands would come in the concession area of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or Kuwait. One letter notes that if the ownership of the islands is undetermined up until that point this was of no importance; however, with the possibility that they may contain oil it was now imperative that they should belong to either Her Majesty's Government or to Kuwait rather than a foreign power. Therefore, the Shaikh of Kuwait is encouraged to erect beacons on some of the islands to support his claim to ownership. As the British were keen to avoid territorial disputes with Persia this was thought more unobtrusive than the raising of flags. There is also discussion over the island of Hawar and whether it belonged to Bahrain or Qatar.
It also includes a translation of a letter from Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayed [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Colonel Stuart Geoge Knox, 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a small hand drawn sketch map showing location of a village on Dalma Island with H.M.S. Fox anchorage position (folio 3), and a table on sources of oil supply to Britain in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937.
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- 1 volume (204 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The sequence consists of small circled numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, commencing on the first full page of text.
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- '14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:16v, 18r:36v, 38r:204v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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