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Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.' [247v] (495/737)
The record is made up of 1 file (366 folios). It was created in 10 Jul 1939-12 Apr 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Pol. Res. to Minister,
Teheran, Dec. 13
1898.
f Viceroy to S. of S.
for I., Feb. 16 1908,
P.864/08
37. As regards the merits of that claim, the historical summary above
shows that the history of the islands prior to 1750 is obscure; that since
that date such authority and such effective occupation as there lias been
has had its source in the Jowasimi Arabs, who between 1750 and 1820
exercised in the Gulf a maritime control uncontested by Persia. There is
nothing to show that those Arabs, having obtained a footing on the Persian
coast, thence derived authority over outlying islands. Probability suggests
rather that they carried with them to their new settlement a position in the
islands which they already possessed. The fact that a section of these Arab
intruders later acquired the status of Persian subjects, and held their
authority on the Persian coast in subordination to the Persian Government
as local Chiefs or Governors, cannot affect any original rights the Jowasimi
tribes on the Arab and the Jowasimi tribes on the Persian littoral may have
had in common; an intimate connection appears to have been maintained
between the two sections of the tribe, and the islands remained their common
property and did not become Persian territory; nor, the islands being held
by a Sheikh only on behalf of the tribes, had an individual power to alienate
any sovereign territorial rights which he might enjoy qua ruler of these
tribes.! Finally, de facto possession resting with the Jowasimi Arabs of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, it would appear to be for Persia, in the absence of evidence at
any stage of effective Persian occupation or of acknowledgment by the
Trucial Arabs of Persian overiordship in the islands, to prove the case for
alteration of the status quo.
38. As between His Majesty’s Government and the Trucial Chiefs
concerned, the latter, under their treaty engagements, are entitled to the
protection of His Majesty’s Government and are not themselves allowed to
communicate or negotiate direct with any foreign Power. Apart from the
fact that their claim to the islands has consistently been upheld by His
Majesty’s Government, it was on the initiative of His Majesty’s Government
that the Jowasimi Sheikh of Shargah and Ras-al-Khaima hoisted his flag on
Tamb and Abu Musa in 1903 (see paras. 17 and 18 above).
39. The satisfactory disposal of the matter is important in view of its
immediate reactions on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and the wider reactions on
Mohammedan feeling in India of disturbance in that region. But its
importance from its possible reactions on the relations of the Trucial Chiefs
with Ibn Sand is hardly less great.
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.
,
24th August 1928.
J. G. L.
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The file concerns the interest of the Kuwait Oil Company in exploring for submarine oil deposits beyond the limits of Kuwait's territorial waters, and the issue of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally, in the light of the United States Government's proclamation of 1945 concerning the continental shelf [the Truman Proclamation].
The papers include: a request from the Kuwait Oil Company to 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. for a ruling by the British Government on the extent of Kuwait territorial waters, and proposals that the company should acquire an oil concession beyond Kuwait's territorial waters, 1939; 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. minutes, and comments by the Admiralty, Petroleum Department, and Foreign Office concerning the issue, 1940; related maps; the decision that the issue should be left until the end of the war [the Second World War], 1940; copies of the proclamation issued by United States President Harry S Truman on 28 September 1945, stating that the resources on the continental shelf contiguous to the United States belonged to the United States [the Truman Proclamation] (e.g. folios 313-314); correspondence and memoranda from the Foreign Office, 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 Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Government of India, 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. , and the Colonial Office, and minutes of interdepartmental meetings, discussing the effect of the continental shelf policy on British territories, 1945-48; the specific implications of the continental shelf policy to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (for instance in the light of the Iranian claim to Bahrain); related maps; and a further expression of interest from the Kuwait Oil Company in obtaining marine oil rights beyond Kuwait territorial waters, October 1947.
There are no papers in the file dated 1941-44.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of a single letter from 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. , Kuwait (with English translation), dated 1947.
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 (366 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 367; 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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- Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:17v, 19r:51v, 52ar, 52r:69v, 73r:73v, 76r:80v, 82r:90v, 91v:120v, 122r:169v, 172r:172v, 174r:174v, 176r:195v, 199r:231v, 233r:251v, 262r:285v, 288r:293v, 299r:299v, 302r:312v, 315r:326v, 328r:330v, 332r:359v, back
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