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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [135r] (278/420)
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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that His hajesty's G-overrmient would have the worst of all worlds.
If the Company followed the course which I had suggested; the
, result might he to reduce yet further such small bargaining value
as Sirri still possessed for His Majesty's Government, and this
might still he the case even if His Majesty's Government made
some declaration, on having the terms of the new concession area
brought to their notice, co the effect that they did not
recognise Sirri as "being under Persian sovereignty. But this
was, in my opinion, a lesser evil than leaving Sirri as a
possible prey to some other company and losing its bargaining
value anyhow.
10. Elkington said that, in view of these explanations,
the Company would now go ahead and try to form some idea as to
whether the islands of Parur, ITabiya Parur and Sirri were worth
including in the future concession area, and would, in the event
of their deciding that Sirri was worth including, go ahead,
and include it, if we agreed, without more ado. Isaid that I
thought this would be all right, and undertook to find out as
quickly as possible whether the views I had expressed were
approved.
11. ^Hcington also explained that it was the present
intention of the Company to include the whole of the Persian
coast line from the Iraqi frontier to the Baluchistan frontier,
for at least a short distance Inland, in the new area. They
could not afford to have other companies actually on the coast.
They would also in certain places have to include parts of the sea
under which oil might conceivably be found, and it was for this
reason that the frontier position at the mouth of the Shatt-el-
Arab was, or might be, of importance to them. The method they
proposed to adopt in doing this was to define certain
astronomically fixed points, the lines joining which would be the
limits of the area. For instance, one part of the new concession
area/
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/273
- Title
- '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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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