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'File 6/28 III Saudi Arabia-Muscat Boundary' [6r] (11/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (16 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1950-6 Sep 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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establish a claim to any such area it is for him to prove that
since 1914 he has acquired sovereignty in that area in accor
dance with International Law, and for this purpose to put for
ward any facts and events subsequent to that date on which he
relies to support his claim.
5. His Majesty's Government have already dealt!in their note
of November 30th 19491with the historical aspect of.Ibh Saud’s
claim. They understand that he now maintains that his claim to
certain areas is established by the fact that the nomadic tribes
which owe him allegiance have occupied these areas, and that that
allegiance in turn is established by the fact that the tribes in
question have made payments of various kinds to the Saudi tax
collectors. His Majesty's Government are unable to regard these
facts even if they are established as constituting proof of sove
reignty for the following reasons.
6 . In the first place, the movements of tribes, as is well known,
are not fixed, but vary continually with the seasons, the weather,
the state of grazing, and other pastoral circumstances. At dif
ferent times areas may be temporarily used for grazing and other
purposes by different tribes which may have at the time per
formed the act such as payment of a tax in favour of different
overlords. For Ibn Saud to claim sovereignty over an area merely
because a tribe which had made payment to him happened on occasion
to move over it or pass through it would be basing a claim to
sovereignty over territory on the grounds less substantial than
International Law requires.
7. In the second place tribal payments, as is well known, may
in some cases amount to no more evidence that tribes thought it
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(gp.undec) in the circumstances to engaging a dispute with a
powerful neighbour.
8 . For these reasons His Majesty's Government consider that
the territorial frontiers can not be laid down on the basis of
such uncertain factors as irregular movements and the fluctuating
allegiances of nomad tribes. Nor can His Majesty's Government
see the necessity to do so in view of their earlier proposals
to which the Saudi Arabian Government agreed, that the tribes
/should
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the British Consulate in Muscat, 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. in Bahrain and the Foreign Office regarding the delineation of the border between Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
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- 1 file (16 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 18; 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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- IOR/R/15/6/166
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- 'File 6/28 III Saudi Arabia-Muscat Boundary'
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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