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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [‎134r] (276/420)

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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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one else had any good claim to itj and it was most unlikely that
q we would wish to make any trouble in the event of Persians claim
ing it as oheirs. In all pr oh ah i 1 i t y <, the Persians had in fact
regarded it as theirs for many years pasty and would quite likely
Tdc surprised and indignant at any suggestion to the contrary.
Parur was unquestionably Persian. Nahiya Tunh, Tunh and Ahu
Musa, on the other hand, wore unquestionably Arah - or at least
so we alv/ays maintained - although the Persians clai med them in
the same way as they claimed Bahrein.
8. Elkington said that, in view of what I had said, it
was clear that the Company must rule the last three islands out
of their calculations altogether, and make no attempt to include
them in the 100,000 square miles. As regards Parur, on the
.other hand, the Company would clearly he in order in including it
in their area if they decided that it was worth including. There
seemed to he some doubt, however, over Sirri and Nahiya Parur,
and he asked what I thought the Company should do.
9. I said that, speaking offhand and entirely personally,
I thought that, if these islands were sufficiently ''interesting 1 ',
from the oil point of view, to he worth including in the
100,000 square miles, the Company should include them and have
done with it and, what was more, include them without making any
reference to their doubtful ownership. This seemed to me
unquestionably the right line in the case of Nahiya Parur, hut
I also felt prett confident that it was the right line in the
case of Sirri too. If this island was '"interesting 51 and the
Company did not take it, the Persians would he free to include it
in a concession to some other company, xDSsihly and indeed proT^hly
a non-British company. It was moot unlikely chat, ij. that
happened, His Majesty's Government would in the upshot he ahle to
take any effective action to stop them, and the re-sult would oe
that/

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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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