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'File 6/28 IV Saudi Arabia - Muscat Boundary' [‎3r] (5/106)

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The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in Sep 1949-Dec 1950. 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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(157/151/490)
Bahrain tel. Bo.
54 to Je&da of
SeotenTber 3th
19^9.
(33/133/50G)
Paragraph 2 of
Mr* Polly’s
letter 33A40/50G
of September 23rd
'go Mr. Rogers
(Foreign Office).
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to Riyadh where he was asked oy nis Majesty
Bing Ibn Saucl to define the southern boun
dary of 4 atar. this he did by giving a series
of names describing the boundary from Salwa
to the mouth of the Khor al ’Odaid.
gave
(Pile 61 / 31 -vii
page 235) Briga
dier Longrigg’s
letter of April
19th 1940 to Mr.
Burrows (Foreign
Office). (F. 0.
rgf, sr 4974/€03/9l)
a similar description of the boundary to
Saudi officials anu to four foreign Consuls.
(ii) Mansur bin Salim, Shaikit of the
Shawawin a section of the Beni Hajar who arc
jab,loots of the Shaikh of 4 atar states that
there is a pretty clear geographical defini
tion of the boundary. bhe stony ground is
Qatar and the sandy land is Ion Sand's. 1 ...
0
addition any camel grass is on ^atar t.rri-
tory.
6 . Evidence i,, categ 0 ry (c):
(i) dhe boundary of Qatar as specified
in the map attached to the Petroleum Conces
sions Limited concession was marked on the
ground in 1940 by concrete pillars and the
geophysical (seismic) parties who were cxplo
ring in the 1947~40 season covered the waole
of the western half (of the peninsula) right
up to the concession boundary.

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This file consists of three copies of the following document:

'A summary of evidence available from the files of the Political 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. , Bahrain, in support of the claims of Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat to the areas on their side of the boundary lines with Saudi Arabia as defined by His Majesty's Government in the negotiations commencing with the Riyadh talks in September, 1949'

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1 file (51 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; 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.

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