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'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.' [88r] (180/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (251 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1939-2 Aug 1939. 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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11
There are houses
built of unfaced
stone, with mat
roofs•
Much
more •
*piere is excellent
pasturage after
^ain in the main
island.
**?here are two
established
Ullages.
-3-
fishermen as M a laughable allegation and an
untrue description” and they allege that "they
are inhabited villages, established since a long
time, with firmly built stone houses, permanent!
inhabited, for more than a century, by the sub
jects of the Ruler of Bahrain and the subjects
of his ancestors with their wives, families,
herds and boats". I am surprised by such con
coctions and by the bold denial of the firmly
set facts. Even more strange than these con-
tradictory remarks, which are apparent in all
their allegations, is (the fact) that while they 1
deny my statement that fishermen frequent the is-§
lands yet they recant and confirm it thus
"that shows that the islands are frequented by
fishermen who are from among the inhabitants
of Hawar Islands". If the Bahrain Government
show their ignorance of the conditions of Hawar
in these terms, and to the extent of drawing a
hint from my letter that fishermen frequent
these islands - and there are no other fishermen
than those to whom I referred above - whom they
want to use to justify their action. (Then?).
The clear fact which nobody can deny is
that Hawar Islands are not in any way as des
cribed by the Bahrain Government. Because they
are islands whose extent is from 4 to 5 square
miles approximately at high tide. Moreover they
*
are barren, without water and unfit as a pastu
rage for herds, and was in the past completely
without inhabited buildings and by no any way
♦ *
can be called villages or anything that approach-J
es the meaning of this word, and generally un
frequented except by fishermen who come from
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The volume comprises correspondence 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle), 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Sir Aubrey Metcalfe), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah), Bahrain Petroleum Company (Hamilton R Ballantyne, Fred A Davies, Max W Thornburg), and Petroleum Concessions Limited (Frank Holmes, John Skliros) regarding the Shaikh of Bahrain’s proposal to grant a concession for the whole of the unallotted area, including the Hawar Islands, to the Bahrain Petroleum Company and His Majesty’s Government’s approval of the proposal.
Following on from the approval of the proposal to grant a concession to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) the correspondence focuses on discussion around the proposed agreement, to take the form of a deed of modification to BAPCO’s 1934 lease and the political agreement which would accompany the concession. The main areas of discussion including the definition of the area the concession would cover, and the need to include a pre-emption clause in the political agreement. Copies, in Arabic and English, of the draft deed of modification (ff 146-161, 170-180, 218-227) and draft political agreement (ff 133-139) are included in the volume.
Also discussed in the volume is the conclusion of the sovereignty question relating to the Hawar Islands following the submission by the Shaikh of Qatar (Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī) of a response to the counter-claims made by the Shaikh of Bahrain. On reviewing both claims and supporting evidence His Majesty’s Government's final decision was that islands belonged to Bahrain and not Qatar.
Also included in the volume are copies of draft concession agreements put forward by Petroleum Concessions Limited including one for the Hawar Islands (ff 8-26) and one for the waters and islands of Bahrain, described as the shoal area (ff 44-65).
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 242-248
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- 1 volume (251 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 253; 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 present in parallel between ff 6-241; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:6v, 27r:39v, 42r:42v, 73r:132v, 140r:145v, 162r:168v, 183r:207v, 209r:217v, 231r:233v, 237r:252v, back-i
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