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'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters' [23r] (45/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1949-3 Jul 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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Translation of letter dated the 5th Dhil Hajjah, 1368
(28.9.49) from the Ruler of Abu Dhabi to 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.
,
Bahrain.
After compliments:
We have received your letter dated the 7th September,
1949, corresponding to the 14th Dhil Qa’dah, 1368, in which
you mentioned that the Company claim sea-bed rights and that
they wish to proceed to arbitration.
We inform Your Excellency that there is absolutely
no mention or any suggestion of the sea-bed in the agreement.
The Company's statement that we had not replied to the letters
they addressed to us in the matter until the date fixed for
appointment of arbitrators expired is against the fact as
evidenced by the letters exchanged between us and the Company -
copies of which are in our possession and the Company's. We
received a letter dated the 7th June, 1949, equivalent to the
23rd Sha'ban, 1368, from the Company before the expiry of the
period to which we sent a reply asking the Company to appoint
an arbitrator on their behalf so that we might take similar
line in turn, but our letter met with no success until the
18th July. 1949, corresponding to the 23rd Ramadhan, 1368, and
so because of this that the time lapsed.
And if the Company compel us to go to litigation,
the place of arbitration will certainly be London and we
shall appoint as our arbitrator one of the barristers, with
whom we shall establish contacts to furnish him with details
of our case. If the Company have a claim to make then we
shall have ours and we shall place the Company's concession
before the judging body for 1 scrutiny. The Company is free to
choose her way but the qu< stion of arbitration which you referred
to should wait until such time as we deem appropriate to take
up.
Usual ending.
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The file contains correspondence regarding the issue of oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates].
The matters covered by the file include:
- British instructions to the Trucial shaikhs to make claims to the subsoil of the seabed beyond the three mile limit;
- the case of arbitration between Petroleum Concessions Limited and individual shaikhs over whether this potential extension of territory was included in the original 1939 concessions.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 47; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/4/9
- Title
- 'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 14r:14v, 21r:21v, 23r:32v, 34r:36v, 38r:38v, 40r:40v, 42r:42v, 44r:45v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence