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'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [135r] (274/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (250 folios). It was created in 30 Dec 1937-18 Apr 1942. It was written in English. 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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m
Agreement of 1915 plainly recognises as belonging to His
Majesty the King what belonged to his fathers and grand
fathers. A satisfactory adhesion to the text of that Agree
ment would make a large part of the Hadhramaut, Dhufar, Oman,
Abu Dhabi and ^atar fall within the territories of His Majesty
the King, and historical examination (of the facts) shows that
the posts at Abr Bairami and DMfar and in the middle
of }atran were Saudi posts founded by the forefathers of His
Majesty the king in the last century. Nevertheless His Majesty
the King, (was) desirous that there should be agreement and
understanding with the British G-overnment, and that his friends
among the Arab rulers on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
should not be deprived
even though that should involve himself in material loss. All
this caused him, after strong insistance, to limit his claims
to the minimum, hoping (thereby) to put a decisive end to the
difficulties. It never entered into His Majesty’s thoughts
that what he mentioned would be a subject of argument and
dispute. The line to which my Government holds represents the
minimum of their legitimate and reasonable claim; consequently
Your Excellency’s statement that the conciliation and concession
have come from the British Government while the position of
my Government has not changed indicates disdain for the Govern
ment of Hi s Majesty and forget^fulness of the great sacrifices
which they have made in renouncing in favour of the rulers of
those neighbouring Arab territories wide areas whose ownership
by His Majesty can be proved by every historical and actual
right.
It never entered into the thoughts of my Government to
bargain about the frontier which they ^ut forward, for it was
drawn after deep reflection and careful consideration? and it
was on account of the insistence of the British Government
that it was drawn so as to cover the very minimum of the just
claims. Had my Government thought that it would be the subject
of/
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The volume concerns negotiations between the British and Saudi Arabian governments over the question of how to settle the eastern frontier of Saudi Arabia.
The principal correspondents are: HM Minister, Jedda (principally Sir Reader William Bullard); 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. (principally Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); officials of 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. , the Government of India, and the Foreign Office; and the Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Amir Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]).
The papers cover: the attitude of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the frontier question; the boundary with Qatar; the boundary with Abu Dhabi; the British maintenance of the Blue Line as the frontier; the activities of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in the area, including allegations of encroachment by the company to the east of the Blue Line (folios 104-105); the status of Khor al Odeid and Jabal Naksh, and their possible cession to Saudi Arabia; the effect on negotiations of British policy in Palestine; and the activities of Petroleum Concessions Limited, including the need to guard against encroachment upon the southern boundary of the company's concession (folio 229).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (250 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 237-249).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 252; 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 also present in parallel between ff 10-252; 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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- Title
- 'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 138ar:138av, 139r:211v, 214r:214v, 216r:220v, 222r:224v, 226r:226v, 228r:231v, 233r:251v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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