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'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast' [57r] (114/225)
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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The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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BAHRAIN
CCNFIDENTIaL.
(160/5/49)
17th May, 1949.
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Please refer to your despatch No.C/R-168-38/17 of the
25th April about the proposed boundary between the Shaikhdoms
of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
2. I have discussed this case with you and leave it to you
to pass on your own orders. This will make it easier for
3. In view of the urgency of fixing the boundary in the area
in which the oil company are interested c.f. your complimentary
slip No.C/R-199-38/15 of the 9th May, I see no objection to
your defining the boundary from the coast southeastwards for
a distance of 40 to 50 kilometre^ first and defining the rest
of the boundary in a later and separate order, but I should
like if possible to get the whole boundary defined while we have
the benefit of your and Stobart f s experience.
4. I understand that when the boundary has been defined the
oil company will be willing to erect pillars to mark it at
their own expense.
5. I note that a number of tawis, which I understand are
bedouin wells, are referred to in describing the proposed boun
dary. It is important to know whether these tawis consist of
single wells or groups of wells, and if they are used as points
for describing the boundary, it will be necessary to say on
which side of the boundary they should be deemed to lie. It
will also be important to define their exact location geogra
phically at an early date in case one party or the other may
dig fresh wells in an effort to obtain a divergence of the
boundary in its favour.
6. With reference to your complimentary slip referred to in
para 3 above, as I have left it to you to pass your own orders
in this case, would you kindly decide yourself how to reply
to the oil company^ letter ?
to deal with possible appeals or objections.
C.J. Felly, 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.
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Bahrain.
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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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