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'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast' [42r] (84/225)
The record is made up of 1 file (111 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 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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tends to base his claim upon detailed evidence as
constructions of wells and use of territory* The Dubai
claim is described in Appendices "B" and "C" to this
despatch*
^ regret that I am not competent to judge
fully the legal aspects of the dispute, but as a matter
of convenience, I have based my assessment of the claims
and my own recommendations upon the following criteria
whose importance I rank in the order shown belows
(a) Reliable historical evidence of
sovereignty particularly when previously accepted by
H.M.G.
(b) Independent local evidence, written or
verbals reliable independent local opinion*
(c) Written evidence produced by either party.
(d) Proof of continual exercise of hunting,
grazing am camping rights by tribes} construction and
continual use of wells by either party.
(e) Verbal evidence produced by either party.
(f) Proximity of a particular part of the
disputed area to the capital of the State claiming it.
(g) Convenience from H.M.G»s point of view.
15 • The Abu Dhabi claim at Appendix ,, A ,, presupposes
acceptance of their thesis that as parent State, they
have the right to dictate Dubai’s boundaries. I consider,
however, that since the character of both Dubai and Abu
Dhabi has materially changed since their separation, this
thesis needs to be treated with reserve. I do, however,
agree that the onus of proof of possession lies upon
Dubai.
^ consider that by virtue of criteria (d)
and (f) above, Dubai can claim the area of the wells
Nakhera, Hurra, Marraoum and Hibab and that, therefore,
a boundary line as far North as that claimed by Abu Dhabi
would be unjust.
17/-
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This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. that includes an appendix that gives details of the territorial claims of Dubai and Abu Dhabi (folios 36-51).
The file contains three maps, two identical copies of a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 6 and 9) and a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. marking details of the Dubai-Abu Dhabi boundary dispute (folio 33).
The majority of the correspondence in the file is in English, but a limited amount in Arabic is also contained within, including a letter sent from the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm to Cornelius James Pelly, 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. in Bahrain (folio 75).
The file also contains correspondence between British officials and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, the subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited that operated in the states along the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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- 1 file (111 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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 3-102; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-110, which is circled and located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Foliation errors: 97a
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- IOR/R/15/2/2015
- Title
- 'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5r:5v, 8r:8v, 8v, 10r:13v, 15r:32v, 35r:54v, 56r:74v, 76r:83v, 85r:97v, 97ar:97av, 98r:110v, 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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