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Coll 30/129 'Persian Gulf. Question of the ownership of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus, and Dalmah' [23v] (48/463)
The record is made up of 1 file (228 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1936-25 Jul 1947. 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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justify his claim on the grounds that (a) it
was already his hy prescription and (h) that if
it was not his it was res nullius and therefore
hecauie his hy the act of annexation. We felt
.however that if the Sheikh took any action to
assert his claim we might he faced with claims
either from Persia or from Saudi Arabia and
perhaps claims from hoth of them simultaneously.
It seemsd that hoth might declare that the
island had from time immemorial been visited by
their fishermen etc. and back these declarations
U-P by arguments based in the case of Ibn Saud
on propinquity and in the case of Persia on the
ground that all islands in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ought to be Persian and that Farsi at least
betrayed its Persian connexion by its name. We
therefore concluded that if there was any action
by the Sheikh to assert his claim it ought to be
on the understanding that he should realise
that if someone else with a oetter claim than his
came along we should not necessarily support his.
In the event no action was taken at the time
and the question lay dormant until recently when
it became necessary to consider the navigational
: safety measures at the western end of the Gulf
in connexion with the increase of traffic to
Koweit brought about by the development of the
oil fields there. It was accordingly decided
■ that the opportunity should be taken to give
the Sheikh a chance unobtrusively to assert his
sovereignty by giving his permission for a new
beacon to be set up at Farsi Island. Permissior
was accordingly given to 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.
I to arrange this and an exchange of letters, a
copy
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the territorial status of a number of small islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and their potential for oil exploration. In particular, the status of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus is discussed at length.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- 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. memorandum from 1928 entitled 'Status of certain Groups of Islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 197-198)
- 'Oil Board. The expropriation by the Mexican Government of the properties of the Oil Companies in Mexico. Memorandum by the Petroleum Department' (folios 112-119)
- 'Great Britain: Principal Sources of Oil Supply: the outputs of Crude Oil of those countries, their relationship to World Output, during the years 1935, 1936 and 1937; and the Maximum allocations to these sources in an Emergency' (folio 120)
- Hand-drawn map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. showing the islands of Farsi, Arabi, Harqus and Qran (folio 78).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (228 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-21 and between ff 62-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/129 'Persian Gulf. Question of the ownership of the islands of Farsi, Arabi and Harqus, and Dalmah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:21v, 21ar:21av, 22r:32v, 34r:35v, 37r:77v, 79r:230v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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