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'File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT' [21r] (41/62)
The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1934-12 Jan 1935. 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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9. The Secretary of State suggests in these
circumstances that Kis Majesty’s Minister might open
his negotiations on the basis of a relatively small
concession to Saudi Arabia immediately to the east
of the Slue Line. The Government of India would be
prepared to go as far as the line Sakak-' abak, which
corresponds to the area within which Ibn Saud exercises
sovereignty, and possibly also (cf.their telegram of
3rd January) to cede a strip of territory running to
the 20th parallel of latitude. Subject to the views
of the Service Departments the Secretary of State would
be prepared to recognise Saudi sovereignty within an
area east of the Blue Line, bounded on the north by a
line running from the head of the Dohat-as-Salwa to a
point slightly to the south-east of Sakak, but leaving
Sakak to Saudi Arabia; on the east by a line running
fran the extremity of the northern boundary just
described by the north-western extremity of Aqal
(Lorimer, II: 88/9) due south via, but west of Banaiyan,
to the 2Cth parallel of latitude in the Rub’al Kali.
Sir Samuel Hoare recognises that this would involve the
abandonment of Sakak to Saudi Arabia, the acceptance
of Saudi sovereignty up to the frontier of Qatar, and
the attribution to Ibn Saud of the area between the
line Sakak-Mabak-Slue Line and the western limits of
Abu Dhabi to which his claim is at least doubtful.
The latter area appears to be desert and of little real
importance. The position is different as regards
Sakak/
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This file relates to the boundaries of Muscat, in the context of anticipated negotiations between the British Government and King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], regarding the eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Reference is made to the 'blue line', which was laid down in the Anglo-Turkish Conventions of 1913 and 1914, and the file discusses the approach that should be taken in discussions with Ibn Saud regarding possible modifications of that line.
The file contains a copy of a telegram from the Secretary of State for India to 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. (forwarded by 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. to 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. and Consul, Muscat), dated 29 September 1934, which provides some background to the Anglo-Saudi boundary dispute and requests information regarding the existing boundaries of each Trucial Sheikhdom [Shaikhdom] and of Muscat. 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. 's reply to the forwarded telegram, dated 23 October 1934, provides an outline of what the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] considers to be the boundaries of his Sultanate.
Also included in the file are a copy of a letter received by the Colonial Office from 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. at Aden, discussing the eastern boundary of the Aden Protectorate, and a copy of a letter from 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. to the Foreign Office, which extensively discusses the issue of Saudi Arabia's eastern frontier and the available policy options. One question marked for consideration is whether the British should aim for a settlement which provides 'definite territorial limits' of the frontiers, or one which defines the frontiers based on tribal divisions.
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- 1 file (29 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 31; 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 2-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT'
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- front, front-i, 2r:30v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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