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'14/172 I VOL. B. 68. ARAB COASTS & MISCELLANEOUS' [163v] (335/420)
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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37. As regards the merits of that claiixi, tlie historical summary above-
shows that the history of the islands prior to 1750 is obscure; that since
that date such authority and such effective occupation as there has been
has had its source in the Jowasimi Arabs, who between 1750 and 1820
exercised in the Gulf a maritime control uncontested by Persia. There is
nothing to show that those Arabs, having obtained a footing on the Persian
coast, thence derived authority over outlying islands. Probability suggests,
rather that they carried with them to their new settlement a position in the
islands which they already possessed, liie fact that a section ot! these Artih
intruders later accpured the status of Peisian subjectg^- and held their
authority on the Persian coast in subordination to the Persian Government
Pol. Res. to Minister, as local Chiefs or Governors, cannot affect any original rights the Jowasimi
Teheran, Dec. is tribes on the Arab and the tTowasimi tribes on the 1 ersian littoial may have
1898 - had i n common; an intimate connection appears to have been maintained
between the two sections of the tribe, and the islands remained their common
property and did not become Persian territory ; nor, the islands being held
by a Sheikh only on behalf of the tribes, had an individual power to alienate
t Viceroy to s. of s. any sovereign territorial rights which he might enjoy qua ruler of these
fori., Feb. i61908, tribes.t Finally. de facto possession resting with the Jowasimi Arabs of the
p. 864/08
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, it would appear to be for Persia, in the absence of evidence at
any stage of effective Persian occupation or of acknowledgment by the
Trucial Arabs of Persian overlordship in the islands, to prove the case for
alteration of the status quo.
38. As between His Majesty's Government and the Trucial Chiefs
concerned, the latter, under their treaty engagements, are entitled to the
protection of His Majesty's Government and are not themselves allowed to
communicate or negotiate direct with any foreign Power. Apart from the
fact that their claim to the islands has consistently been upheld by His
Majesty's Government, it was on the initiative of His Majesty's Government
that the Jowasimi Sheikh of Shargah and Ras-al-Khaima hoisted his flag on
Tamb and Abu Musa in 1903 (see paras. 17 and 18 above).
39. The satisfactory disposal of the matter is important in view of its-
immediate reactions on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and the wider reactions on
Mohammedan feeling in India of disturbance in that region. But its-
importance from its possible reactions on the relations of the Trucial Chiefs,
with Ibn Saud is hardly less great.
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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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- 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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