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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [‎133r] (274/420)

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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. With regard to the Cjuestiori. of what line the frontier
Qhould follow when once it reached the open sea (which v/e took to
"be when it reached the extreme southerly tip of Marakat Abadan),
I said thatj in the opinion of His Majesty's Governmentp the
most natural J simple and reasonable method of dividing territorial
waters was to plot a line all points on which were eouidistant
from the nearest points on the two coasts, which was another way
of saying that a ship would always he in the territorial waters
of the country to whose coast it ha pened to he closest at any
particular moment. I made it clear, however, that this was
only the opinion of His Majesty's Government, and that the point
could not he said to he covered hy international law, since no
rule of law had grown up hy custom and there had never heen any
authoritative arbitral decision.
5. Ellington and Mylles then asked for information upon
the status of the following islands - Sirri, Nahiya Farur, Farur,
Nahiya Tuhb, Tunh and Ahu Musa.
6. I explained that Sirri had heen occupied hy the
Persians in 1887, and effectively administered hy them ever since,
and that we had from time to time recognised that the Persians
were in effective occupation hy notifying them when British survey
vessels, for example, wished to go there; hut that we had also
always made it clear that this recognition of the de facto
position did not imply t at we admitted in any way that they had
any legal right to the sovereignty of the island. On the other
hand, we were prepared, as the Persians knew quite well, to
Recognise their sovereignty over the island as part of a general
settlement of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. questions.
7. With regard to the others, the position of ITahiya Parur
was that it was indeterminate, inasmuch as it had never heen
recognised hy us as belonging to Persia. At the same time, no
one/

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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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English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script
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