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'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast' [95r] (190/225)
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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British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Sharjah,
February 13,1950.
My letter D.0.58-0256 of 14th January 1950.
2. I again wrote to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi asking him
to signify his acceptance of the Boundary Award, but failed
to get a satisfactory reply. Copies of my letter and its
reply are enclosed. , 7,3
3. On 10th February I took up the question personally with
Shaikh Shakhbut, and called his attention to his previous
undertaking to accept the decision (vide Jackson’s D.O.No.
540-0256 of 7th June 1948).
4. He and his brothers used the usual illogical arguments *
about ’’dismemberment” and asked whether he should be expected M
to signify his agreement to such dismemberment. I informed
him that there could be no question of reconsidering an
award once made and said that if he was not going to honour
his obligations, His Majesty’s Government would not be
prepared to help him obtain the arms for which he had asked.
I think that in the long run, this refusal will probably
produce from him an assurance that he will respect the
Boundary but he will no doubt express himself at length about
’’accepting a hard decision only because it is His Majesty's
Government’s”.
5. In his present obtuse state of mind, Shakhbut is
unable to differentiate between accepting the award as a
fact and withdrawing his former claim, and I imagine that
this is the reason for his failure to accept the award. K
6. Meanwhile, I do not think that he would be foolish
enough to start any trouble if P.C.L. were to begin drilling
operations in Dubai territory immediately to the south of
Jebel Ali.
7. I informed him of our intention to erect Beacons on
Ras Hasian and at he point where the Dubai - Abu Dhabi road
cuts the line Hasian - Ghafur.
C.J.Felly, Esquire, 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.
,
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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence