'File 5/2 V Kuwait Neutral Zone' [34r] (67/757)
The record is made up of 1 file (376 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1947-18 Oct 1948. 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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lMI inlllon of Neutral <,on«.
The Neutral zone referred to in *rtlole One of the
Agreement to which this Appendix is annexed is the tract of
country and of the aea-bed contiguous therewith boundedi-
On the North by that part of the southern boundary of Kuwait
territory (as defined in the Kuwatt-tiejd boundary Jonvention
of 1922 ) which extends in an arc of a circle from north
latitude 29 ° to the coast south of t\a» al~jali 'ah and thence
continues alon^ that arc to the limit of the territorial waters
of Kuwait*
On the ffest by a low mountainous ridge called Uiaq (See ihaUfc)
Qn the &est by an imaginary line on the bed of the sea east
of and parallel to the coast of the Neutral Zone from the
enu of the eastern limit of the territorial waters of Kuwait
southern^to the northern end of the territorial waters of the
Kingdom ot Sejd (ae'udi Arabia).
On the ;outh by a line passing from lie si to Hieet fro® ihsq
(as .h*Kk) to «ln el 'Abd (^ln el . ba) and thence to the
coast north of use si dish'ab (>*»» Mlshnab) and thence east
to the eastern limit of the territorial waters at the southern
end of the above described eastern boundary of the Neutral zone
The Neutral *-one as above defined with the exception of the
sea-bed underlying the territorial waters thereof is coloured
red on the attached map
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This file contains correspondence primarily between the 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. , 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the 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. in Kuwait, and relating to the development of oil operations in the Neutral Zone between Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The majority of the papers relate to the re-negotiation of oil royalties paid to the Ruler of Kuwait. Other papers cover British government's perspectives on the presence of American Oil Companies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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- 1 file (376 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 378; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 122-377 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/256
- Title
- 'File 5/2 V Kuwait Neutral Zone'
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- 7r:35v, 251r:280v, 334r:338v
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