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From - 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.
, * 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. , Bahrain.
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tod the 31st December, 1946. **
^ ^ . Reference your letter ffo.ilQe-S dated the 9.nA
oi ^ecenber. 1946 .
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. have required me to suggest a
simple and equitable division of the sea-bed to be based
on the configuration of the main Bahrain island(s), the
!;awar islands, and the Qatar peninsula with their respective
territorial waters, vide final sentence of paragraph 4 of
first enclosure to Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ?Tinted Letter o.c/677 dated
t ae 18th August, 1B46 .
3 " W 1 ® Instructions regarding Hawar and the islands
of the Hawar group ar. somewhat conflicting, since, in your
instructions to me x aa to consider "Hawar” as definitely to
oe included in the Bahrain area as its ownership is res judi-
cate, but the islands are not mentioned, in para,-raaE“thriS
of 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. Express letter No . Set.4962/46 dated the anrt
it is stated that there can be no doubt that
points H, I, a lie within the «Additional Area”. These three
points are situated on Hawar itself, but Hawar and ?t the small
barren and. uninhabited islands and rocky Islets ’ 5 have been
awarded to Bahrain, vide correspondence ending with Governs*ant
of India Express Letter Mo. PL 220 -H /39 dated t h* i s t July.
193^ The ownership of the islands, thereforeT^houldte
considered res Judlcate also, and It is their extent and
number and the limits of Hawar where the -doubt arises. This
accounts for the question of ownership of point 1 j». r t is
situated near Hawar, but is it in the *group*?
, 1 shall, therefore, in so far as this area is
concerned, base my recommendations on the hypotiiesis that
Hawar and ’’Its islands” have been awarded to Bahrain, and
that i am to suggest a delimiting line for Hawar, the actual
islands and shoals in its vicinity and a delimiting line for
them.
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* 5 * ^ regards the continental shelf (cf. your para. .
Ul f arbitrarily fixed for the shelf principle is
not applicable to the area under consideration and neither,
does the modification of the principle to
the 10 fathom line, and certainly not the 20 fathom line.
The shelf principle when it can be of assistance at all, will
then, have to be further modified to suit local conditions.
6 ; ^ ^ recommendations for the course the dividing line
should follow are contained in the subsequent paragraphs. The
line does not in its whole length conform with the line marked
on chart Asia, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , (subsequently referred to as
chart A.P.Q.), and for any divergence, and indeed for the whole
suggested line, I have given my reasons.
ZA k- Th as tar tingpoIn t raarkad on chart A.P.G. appears
to be the northern termination point of the nlyadh Lino, and