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‘I/6 Saudi-Arabia Miscellaneous’ [13r] (25/96)
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Copy of letter from Ur, J. ’/all dated Riyadh November
1939, addressed to His Majesty's Minister, Jedda.
10th.
I have the honour to refer to my telegrams Nos. 30 and
31 of November 8th. and 10th. concerning Oheikh Yusuf Yasin's
conversation with me on November 7th. about the three islands,
Pasht al Jarim, Khor Fasht and Chaschus (or Shaskus), and to
give below the substance of his remarks which he has now
embodied in an aide-memoire handed to me today.
The Saudi Arabian Government have received information
that the Bahrein Oil Company has sent a technical party to
explore the three following places:
1. Pasht al Jarim, which is 30 kilometres from Manamah
(Bahrein) and 30 also from the Saudi coast,
2. Khor Fasht, which is 20 kilometres from Bahrein and 19
from the Saudi coast,
3. Jazirat Chaschus (or Shaskus) which is 35 kilometres
from Bahrein and 8 from the Saudi coast.
In view of the friendship existing between the Saudi
Arabian Government and Bahrein, and between the Saudi
Arabian Government and H. M. Government, the Saudi Arabian
Government did not wish any dispute to occur between the
two parties over any question of frontiers, territories
and positions. For this reason this question should be
settled in an amicable way.
The Saudi Arabian Government had previously referred
to the British Government in the matter of Al-Labina island,
but no decision had yet been reached. The Saudi Arabian
Government did not wish to claim anything belonging to
Bahrein and they relieved that Bahrein did not wish to
claim anything belonging to them. But he, Yusuf Yasin,
wished to record that the Saudi Arabian Governmort could
hot agree to the Bahrein Oil Company operating in areas o^
which no decision had been taken by the two countries. The
Saudi Arabian Government wished to settle the matter in
accordance with international Law and with the agreement
between them and Bahrein. He would observe that the sea
between Saudi Arabia and Bahrein could almost be considered
water and not international because it was unfit for inter
national navigation and was no thoroughfare for anyone, and,
in a general way, it was imp ssible for these waters to serve
for international navigation because of the great number of
reefs and areas of shallow ’ 2 * * * * 7 ater. It was his opinion that,
if possible, there should be a division of the waters between
the Saudi Arabian Government and Bahrein.
2. . . . I asked Sheikh Yusuf if the matter had been discussed
with Bahrein and he replied that they had discussed it with
no one except His Majesty's Government (meaning, I presumed,
in this conversation). I then asked whether the Saudi
Arabian Government had any idea of the procedure they wished
to adopt for reaching a settlement; had they in mind, for
instance, the setting up of a commission to study the matter.
He replied that the Saudi Arabian Government wished to settle
it but he had no particular suggestions as to how it should
be settled. The Saudi Arabian Government hoped to have the
opinion of His Majesty’s Government on the matter.
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Correspondence and papers relating to miscellaneous affairs in Saudi Arabia, as reported to or by 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 Kuwait:
- In 1937, the formation of the Nejdi Motor Car Company, a concession set up to convey pilgrims between Nejd, Hasa [al-Aḥsā’], and the Hejaz. Papers include a translation of an announcement of the formation of the new company, published in Saut al Hejaz on 15 Rabi’ al-awwal 1356 (corresponding to 25 May 1937) (ff 2-5).
- In November 1939, the distribution and use of the Saudi riyal (ff 7-9).
- In December 1939, the status of three islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Fasht al Jārim, Khor Fasht [Khawr Fasht], and Jazirat Chaschus [Kaskūs]), to which the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) had sent a technical party (ff 12-14).
- In December 1939, reports on water supplies for agriculture at Kharj (ff 16-21).
- affairs in Saudi Arabia during the Second World War, including food shortages and reportedly ineffective food controls (ff 29-41).
- A translation of Saudi Arabian Nationality Regulation No. 3, originally published by the Government of Saudi Arabia in Umm al Qura on 24 Shawwāl 1357 (equivalent to 16 December 1938) (ff 43-46).
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- 1 file (45 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; 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 2-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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