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'File 10/14 III Bahrain unallotted area' [31r] (70/636)
The record is made up of 1 file (316 folios). It was created in 6 Jul 1939-15 Mar 1943. It was written in English. 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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area of 3 miles could "bo claimed as Bahrein territorial
waters. Such claims have heen put forward unsuccessfully
in the post for light-houses and anchored light-ships.
6. Nor can we accept Mr. Ballantyne's further
contention that the whole of .the area of the gulf outside
the territorial waters of Qatar and Saudi Arabia could he
claimed for Bahrein. This gulf is not hounded hy the
territory of a single State and the special rule ahout
landlocked hays surrounded hy the territories of a single
State would not therefore apply here even if the gulf were
indeed such a hay which seems doubtful.
7. The position with regard to the acquisition of
rights over the sea-hed was? as you will rememher? set ouc
in Beckett's minute of the 22nd April 1938, a copy of whicn
was sent to Gibson under cover of Brenan's letter
E2288/413/91 of the 25th April. It is recognised hy His
Majesty's Government that the "bed of the sea and the land
under it is capable of acquisition hy occupation beyond
the 3-mile limit. The Company would therefore he able to
appropriate the sea-hed outside territorial waters Dy
effective occupation, and, as and when they did so, the
sovereignty would presumably vest in the Sheikh of Bahrein
though it might he advisable for the Bahrein Government to
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make some further overt act claiming such sovereignty.
I am sending copies of this letter to Jarrett and
Starling-
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) Lacy Baggallay.
»T-Peel> Esq 0 , G.B.Eo, M»C.
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The file contains notes of 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. meetings, correspondence and telegrams between the 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. , 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. , the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over the 'Bahrain additional area', which includes islands, reefs and shoals. Of interest: various copies of the draft concession agreement, 'Additional Area Progress reports No. 5' (folios 58-62), 'Additional Area Progress reports No. 6' (folios 112-116). The deed between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah and BAPCO was signed on 19 Jun 1940. Most of the documents after the deed are about drilling wells on the reefs. There's a map showing the area surrounding Manama titled 'Attachment to Letter FA-531' (folio 271).
There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.
There are notes at the end of the volume (folios. 293-309).
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- 1 file (316 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 362-380). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume.
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The main foliation is written in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1; then 2A, 2B, 2C; then 3-108; 109A and 109B; 110-274; 275A and 275B and carries on until 312, which is the last number given on the back cover of the volume. There is another foliation, not circled, running between folios 26-292.
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- 'File 10/14 III Bahrain unallotted area'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2ar:2cv, 3r:7v, 18r:26v, 28r:35v, 41r:41v, 44r:49v, 52r:55v, 57r:57v, 64r:84v, 87r:91v, 110r:111v, 117r:118v, 122r:128v, 133r:144v, 146r:151v, 153r:159v, 170r:171v, 173r:180v, 184r:184v, 187r:194v, 198r:198v, 201r:201v, 209r:209v, 217r:219v, 222r:222v, 224r:237v, 240r:246v, 249r:249v, 251r:258v, 260r:267v, 275ar:275av, 280r:280v, 284r:311v, 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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