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Coll 6/67(2) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar.' [317r] (638/734)
The record is made up of 1 volume (363 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1934-1 May 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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a.
of A'ou DHabi and his uncle as to the
Western limits of the territory of Abu
Qhahi are also^onsistent with the
acceptance of this line;
(b) that the coast between Qatar and
the tip of the Musandim Peninsula
definitely belongs to one or other of
the Trucial Sheikhs;,
(c) that east of the Blue Line, Ibn
letJl) _____
Saud is, regarded
Dhahi as holding the territory west of a
line running sakak-lvabak-Jabrin and in
particular as holding Sakak and iwabak,
where the Al Mirra, "who are generally
regarded as under Ibn Saua”, have had
settlements for the last 12 years;
(d) that the sheikh of Abu Bbahi is
not prepared to commit himself as to
sovereignty in the area lying between the
line sakak-iwabak-Jabrin referred to in
(c) and the Western boundaries of Abu
Bhabi described in (e) below. While
Jabrin lies well to the West of the
Blue Line, any negotiations with Ton Saud
in which H.M.G. take their stand on the
Blue Line must, of course, proceed on the
basis that all territory lying to the
West of that line is in the undoubted
sovereignty of Ibn Saud;
(e) that the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
himself claims not only Aqal and the
Sabhakhah al matti with its hinterland
as far as Al Rimal, but the whole of the
hinterland to the Bast of the Sabhakhah
al Matti as far as Baraimi.
It may be noted that H.M.G. have in
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This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia.
It documents preparations for negotiations with the Saudi Government, and includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Government should take in reaching a settlement with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] over the demarcation of the boundaries.
The areas of territory discussed include that which separates Saudi Arabia and the Aden Protectorate in the south, that which extends to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in the south-east, and the area extending to the south of Qatar in the east.
Reference is made to the 'blue line' and the 'violet line' – boundary lines that formed part of the Anglo-Ottoman Conventions, concluded in 1913 and 1914 respectively.
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The likely consequences of not settling on defined boundaries.
- The extent of territory that the British should be prepared to include in any concession made to Ibn Saud.
- The legal distinction between personal and territorial sovereignty.
- References made by Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs) during conversations with Sir Andrew Ryan (His Majesty's Minister at Jedda), regarding certain assurances made by Sir Henry McMahon to King Hussein of the Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] in 1915, on the subject of Arab independence (a summary of a letter from King Hussein to McMahon, together with a copy of McMahon's reply, is included in the volume).
- Tribal history in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. between 1918 and 1934.
- The Koweit [Kuwait] blockade.
- The boundaries of a proposed 'desert zone', roughly following the edge of the sands of the Ruba al Khali and considered by the British as a possible concession but later abandoned.
- Abu Dhabi's claims to Odeid [Al ‘Udayd, Saudi Arabia] and Banaiyan [Bi’r Bunayyān, Saudi Arabia].
The volume features the following principal correspondents: 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. , Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); Bernard Rawdon Reilly (Chief Commissioner, Aden, but referred to in the correspondence as Resident); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, 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 War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a sketch map and a copy of draft minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 15 April 1935.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (363 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 365; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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