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'Status of islands between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.' [‎38r] (75/228)

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The record is made up of 1 file (115 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1938-22 Dec 1941. 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
D.O. No. C/355-1.a/29
Dated the 29th Fay 1939.
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Dear Sir Trenchard,
Will you please refer to my demi-official No. C/327
dated the 14th May 1939 about the Bainain ?
2. I should have mentioned in that letter that the Oil
Company*a map "Chart 7 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. * Arabia to Bahrain Island"
is a little misleading in one respect in that it appears to
indicate that Bird Island and Bain al Kabir are two separate
islands. In point of fact they are one and the 8ame 9 and the
position of the island is that shown as Bird Island. I send
you herewith a revised map which makes this clearer.
3. I went out myself in His Highness* launch on i^riday last
to verify this and had a most interesting cruise in the waters
north of Bain al Kabir f eastwards to the Fasht al Jarim and
south from there to Khor Fasht. According to observations
which I took, naturally in a very amateur manner, Bain al Kabir
and Bain as 3aghir are almost exactly north and south on a
magnetic bearing. The waters north of Bain al Kabir are full
of shoals, and it is no means easy to find channels through
them. But, except for the reef running more or less north-west
of Bain al Kabir which dries out In patches, these reefs appear
to be permanently submerged until one strikes Chachus to the
west or Jaria to the east.
4 . I am left in no doubt whatsoever that, as I said befors,
the Bainain are outside the territorial waters both of Saudi
Arabia and of Bahrain. And I am more than ever convinced that
we A
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Trenchard Fowle, K.C•!.£•, C.B.E.,
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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Correspondence discusses ownership and status of islands between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (Bain al-Saghir, Bain al-Khabir, Fasht al-Jarim, Khor al-Fasht, Gezira Chaschus).

Correspondents include: Reader William Bullard and Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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1 file (115 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes are to be found at the end (ff 101-114).

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover on folio 1 and terminates at the last folio 115; 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 4-100; 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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