'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia' [4r] (7/40)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 29 Sep 1949-23 Aug 1950. 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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SECRET.
D.O.No.106-
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Sharjah,
January 24, 1950.
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There is one item of nevs from
Buraimi vhich may he of interest to the political
Resident and yourself.
failed to unify the Nai^, A1 Bu Shamis and Beni-
Kh^ab as he had hoped, and things have reverted to
their usual state of anarchy in the area.
3. No doubt, if, as is possible, the
A1 Bu Falah have more money at their disposal in
future, another attempt at unification may be made
by them.
4. I gather that it is still not too
late for Muscat to assert its authority there, Saiyid
Ahmad bin Ibrahim’s mission having failed not only
because Zaid was working against him, but also because
Saiyid Ahmad is personally unpopular in Buraimi.
He has a reputation for arrogance and meanness. My
informant. Shaikh Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, a Nejdi
Qadhi who commands some respect locally, considers
that if the Sultan took a j^and personally in the
negotiations, he might enjoy more success than he
thinks, and the tribes might welcome the intervention
of an experienced ruler and of a government, such as
Muscatfe> as opposed to the purely tribal authority
which the A1 Bu Falah Shaikhs would provide. As long,
however, as the Sultan fails to grasp the nettle and
watches events from a dignified distance, the fear of
shabby treatment at the hands of his relatives will
no doubt persist and will confound his politics.
Shaikh Zaid bin Sultan has apparently
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C.J. Pelly, Esquire, O.E.E.,
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.
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Bahrain
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This file concerns Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations between 1949 and 1950 and specifically concerns boundaries with Qatar (folios 2-3 and 6-12), Buraimi [al-Buraymī] (folios 4-5 and 16-19) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 14-15). The file contains correspondence between Herbert George Jakins, Cornelius James Pelly and R Andrew, Political Agents at Bahrain; Arthur John Wilton, 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. at Doha; and Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer at Sharjah.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional incomplete sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are written in a combination of pen and pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia'
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- front, front-i, 2r:19v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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