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'File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT' [26r] (51/62)
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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12. Boundaries such as those suggested for the
Desert Zone would represent a generous concession to
Saudi aspirations. It will he remembered that Mr. Philby,
despite his special relations with the King and the fact
that he was travelling under the protection of Ibn Jiluwi
and with guides provided by him, never penetrated east of
the 52nd Meridian or south of the ISth parallel; and
Mr. Bertram Thomas, in conversation, has not taken a
serious view of Saudi claims or influence outside those
limits. But on the assumption that the Desert regime
would be merely one of renunciation of exclusive rights
and that its establishment would therefore be without
prejudice to the rights in it of the Sultan of Muscat
Or the Trucial Sheikhs, the Secretary of State, in the
interests of a friendly general settlement, and on the
understanding that the fullest play would be made with
the concession represented, would be prepared to agree to
the boundaries in question. A Desert Zone so defined,
and to the east, north and south of which all claims of
any description were relinquished by Ibn Saud (His
Majesty's Government for their part relinquishing claims
on behalf of their prot6g4s to the area lying to the
west of it), would have the effect of keeping Saudi
pretensions well away from the coast. ihe belt of
territory between the boundary of the Desert Zone cmd the
sea coast would moreover be sufficiently deep to make
it possible for His Majesty's Government, should any
question arise in future of granting oil concessions m
the Trucial Sheikhdoms or in Muscat, to fix a limit for
such concessions which would leave between that limit
and the border of the Desert Zone an ai ea within w.iic
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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