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'Negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Boundaries of Saudi Arabia' [‎6r] (11/40)

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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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Confidential.
11/23/50.
British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Doha,
10th April, 1950.
Please refer to your C/Q-79 of 27th March.
2. I spoke to Shaikh Ali about Ibn Mansur's in
cursion, and he tells me that he has long since re
turned to Saudi Arabia, and that he wrote him a letter
at the time of his visit telling him that if he wished
to levy the-Zakat on Saudi subjects he should do so
outside the boundaries of Qatar. Unfortunately no
copy of this letter is available.
3. While I was looking into the Ibn Mansur episode,
I learned that at about the same time the Saudi frontier
guards from the Salwa post had pursued some Saudi Bedu^
who had sought to infiltrate into Qatar without passing
through the control post, across the frontier and into
Qatar. A shooting affray followed in which two Saudi
guards and one Saudi Bedu were killed, - all on Qatar
territory. I pointed out to Shaikh Ali the folly of
allov;ing . incidents such as this to pass without protest or
comment, and asked how we could defend his frontiers at
conferences when he did nothing to defend them himself
in fact. He said that he was weak and Ibn Saud was
strong, and that there was nothing he could do. I re
minded him that we had guaranteed his territorial inte
grity, and were quite prepared to stand by our undertakings,
but that by refusing to tell us of these happenings he was
compelling us to fight with our hands bound. He agreed
in future to inform me at once of any such events and
said that he was most grateful to H.M.G. etc., etc. He
said that he would put a post in his southern territory
and give them the strictest orders to control such move
ments in future. I agreed that it would be a good idea
to do so, and subsequently suggested to Salih and the
Adviser that this might well provide congenial employment
for suitable members of the Ruling Family and for some
Bedouin. I think Sa'ud and his brothers would make ex
cellent Wardens of the southern Marches, but I doubt whether
Shaikh Ali will be prepared to entrust the job to them.
C.J. Pelly, Esq., O.B.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. , 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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