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'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations' [205r] (416/510)
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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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.
letter
No* P »Z ,^110/clatecl the 28th April), the mere suggestion
to the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi that His Majesty r s Government
were contemplating arbitration in respect of territory
which they had recognised as his for over 60 years would
have a very damaging effect on their general position in
relation to the Arab Sheikhs of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. 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.
adds the warning that the submission of
the Ehor al Odeid issue to arbitration would constitute a
most dangerous precedent for the disposal of other claims
to the territories of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Rulers who enjoy the
protection of His Majesty T s Government.
3. Apart therefore from the substantial difficulties
which would arise with regard to the choice of arbitrators
and to their terms of reference and in respect of the scope
of arbitration proceedings, Lord Zetland regrets that, in
the light of the opinions of the local authorities, he
cannot undertake to solicit the consent of the Sheikh of
Abu Dhabi, which he would regard as a condition precedent
to any further consideration of the suggested offer of
arbitration. The Sheikh of Abu Dhabi stands to gain
nothing from arbitration, for at present his position is
guaranteed by His Majesty’s Government and he might well
ask what security he would have in the future against
encroachments on the rest of his territory, if he did ci.gr^
to arbitration and the award went against him, since nc
might argue that the mere fact that His Majesty’s
Government had been prepared to go back on their guarantee,
in respect of the Ehor al Odeid showed that no similar
Lord Zetland feels
that/
undertakings could be relied upon.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/161
- Title
- 'File 1/A/38 V Saudi Arabian Frontier Negotiations'
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence