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27.
the sha
1946s-
atar * s claims to the fashIs are s la ted
kh of Qatar*a letter to me of the 13th
in
,Tiixy tf
■'four Excellenc/ knows that the name with
which Bahrain is known at present is not its
original nane f but Bahrain is a general name
for the western Arab territories bordering
the western coasts of the Gulf, this (Bahrain)
is only (A * wal) and (a * wal) is an island in
Bahrain, and it 1$ understood that this island
has no dependencies, coasts, and islands* if
we look into the question from the point of
view of equality, Qatar is to be entrusted with
1 eebal and Jaradeh Pashts which are situated
between Qatar and Bahrain, and they are nearer
to qat&r. You see that jatar has been treated
unjustly in her clear right in the question of
Hawar islands which I m still tenacious as
claiming as belonging to me, then how much more
so the othersr*.
28. The Bahrain claims to ownership can be summarised
(a) the building of cairns in 1936,•
(b) plain asseveration of ownership,
(c) the exclusive use of the fashts by Bahrain
f isherraen,
(d) that the : haikhs of Bahrain were once haikhs
of qatar as well and when they lost -a tar they
retained the ownership of the fashts lying
between. Qatar and Bahrain, and
(a) negotiations for the "additional area" covered
territory inclusive of the two fashts in
question, and in consequence of which the
Bahrain petroleum ;ompany were permitted to
drill an artesian well in Jaradeh.
29. uy comments are (a), the building of a cairn
on a shoal is not conclusive proof of ownership, but is
evidence of a Government*s desire to establish rights.
I see, however, from paragraph 4 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
Getter Go*-1593/46 ted Uio Bod aueu:.; u, 1946 . that J am
to discount as far as possible the recent assertions of
the Bahrain Government to ownership through the building
of cairns. But X cannot disregard certain arguments which,
fcagefclmjaani together with past and modern history, may
amount to ownership for at least a number of years.
These arguments are;-
(a) In the case of Arab! and Farsi the political
Kesident advocated the making of an"outward and
visible sign of ownership", vide enclosures to
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. Complimentary Blip H o.P.Z.7023/1937
^ dated the-16 th^^ ie mber. 1937 . The building of a
cairn amounts' to' si"'-m the same thing, and I taink
his advice should be admissible to Bahrain if the
Bahrain aovernment wlah to make use of it*
/(b)