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'File 10/10 III Bahrain Additional Area' [44r] (87/96)
The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1949-5 Sep 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Copy of a note addressed to the Saudi Arabian
Government.
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(After Compliments)
It has come to the notice of H.M.G. that the Saudi
Arabian Government have caused plaques to be fixed to certain
light beacons lying within the disputed areas of the Bahrain-
Saudi Arabian sea-bed around Fasht Bu Saafah (as defined In
H.M, Embassy 's note No. 41 of 8th April, 1950). These plsgpws
bear In Inscription stating that the beacons to which they are
affixed are In Saudi Arabian territory. H.M.G. further
learn that the Saudi Arabian Government have caused a mark of
sovereignty to be erected on the Island of Arabl. These
actions have been taken at a time when discussions between the
two Governments on the status of Arabl and On the division of
the sea-bed are pending.
H.M.G. do not know whether any other foreign organisation
was consulted In regard to these action^, but are compelled
to point out that no British authority of any kind was con
sulted In spite of the fact that the Saudi Arabian Government
well knew that such abjects were a matter of gre^t concern
to H.M.G.
2. If the questions outstanding between H.M.G. and the Saudi
Arabian Government are to be settled by friendly discussions,
It is clearly essential that neither party should take, or
encourage others to take, any action hastening to prejudice
such a settlement. An undertaking to this effect was given in
H.M.Embassy 1 s note of 2nd November 1949 and has been scrupulously
fulfilled by H.M.G.
3. The Saudi Arabian Government on the other hand have not
exercised the same restraint but have, even while discussions
have been proceeding with H .M .G., repeatedly taken unilateral
action of a kind calculated to prejudice settlement of the dis
putes. Erection of the markers of sovereignty on Arebl and in
the "disputed areas" referred to above, follows on similar ac
tion In respect of disputed Farsl and Balnah. H.M.G. have more
than once protested to the Saudi Arabian Government against
such actions and have, in their note of 16th April, 1960, urged
the Saudi Arabian Government to refrain from any repetition
of them. In these circumstances, and In order that the actual
existence of the mark of sovereignty should not be allowed in
any, way to prejudice the outcome of the discussions between
the two Governments H.M.G. have had no alternative but to give
instructions for the immediate removal of any mark of Saudi
Arabian sovereignty which has been, or maytte erected on the
islands of Farsl, Arabl and Bainah, or In the disputed areas
of the Bahrain-Saudi Arabian sea-bed while discussions on these
questions are pending.
4. H.M.G. wish nevertheless to emphasise that they remain
willing to enter Into discussions about the questions at issue
with an open mind, and In the most cordial possible spirit,
and that they look forward to an early settlement in accordance
with the close and friendly relations which they have so long
enjoyed with the Saudi Arabian Government.
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, the 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. in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the claim of the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud on islands off the Bahrain coast, on which he had erected concrete slabs and bronze plaques.
The file includes letters in Arabic, four photographs representing beacons on the islands (folios 23-24; 34-35) and a map 'Portion of U.S. Hydrographic Map N. 3647 Showing Area Explored by Geological, Geophysical and Structure Drilling Methods. January 4th, 1950' (folio 14).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins with the front cover of the file, on number 1, and runs through to 48, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file. There are also two other foliation sequences, both incomplete.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 10/10 III Bahrain Additional Area'
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:6v, 8v:9v, 10v, 11v, 12v:13r, 14v, 13v, 15r:15v, 20v, 22v, 24v, 26v:27v, 29v, 30v:31v, 32v:33v, 35v, 36v, 37v, 38v:47v, back-i, back
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