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'File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar' [43r] (85/138)
The record is made up of 1 file (67 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1949-5 Dec 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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SECRET.
(365/2/49)
PERSIAN GULF
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.
,
BAHRAIN,
3rd September, 1949.
Please refer to correspondence ending with
your printed letter No. C/R-338 regarding Petroleum
Concession Limited’s
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Concessions.
If you see no objection, will you kindly
keep Lermitte informed of the replies received from
the various Shaikhs? Ajman has gone off the rails
and the correct position about the sea-bed proclamation
should be explained to him as soon as there is an
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.
capable of doing this.
The Ajman exploration permit vide the enclosure to
Bahrain express letter C/213(10/12F) of the 1st April,
1939, does not mention the territorial waters specific
ally though the expression "territories" in it could
be held to cover them. I think it is now for the
company to take up with the Ruler the question whether
the permit covers the territorial waters and the sea-bed
and endeavour to reach an agreement with him on the
subject if they consider this worthwhile. Umm al Qaiwain
appears to ask for our guidance, but I think we shall
have to refrain from expressing an opinion and the
company should be left to argue the matter with tne
Shaikh.
2. I note that no replies have yet been received
from Dubai and Ras al Khaimah and that a final reply is
3. Would you ki%ly let me have a c.py of the letter
addressed to one of the Shaikhs so that I may know the
exact form in which the enquiry was made?
still awaited from Sharjah.
H.G. Jakins, Esq.,
dxYXiio 2 jlj w• 9
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.
RS.
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The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between 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, the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore.
The correspondents are:
- Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī;
- Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah;
- Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain [Umm al-Quwain, UAE], Shaikh Ahmad II bin Rashid Al Mu'alla;
- the brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al Qasimi;
- Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, Sheikh Saqr bin Moḥammad Al Qasimi;
- Ruler of Ajman, Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi;
- Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan;
- Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Āl Maktūm.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (67 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 69; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-68; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and ink, but are not circled (some are crossed out), and they are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/890
- Title
- 'File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 11r:12v, 25r:29v, 40r:54v, 57r:59v, 63r:68v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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