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of the group, the two oil Companies clearly have the
general impression that they were bargaining for e&war
and all islands and shoals in the vicinity, and that
must amount to their maximum expectations, fhey also
knew that the definition of the area to be leased had
not been officially accepted, and if the delimitation
of the ’group’ now excludes some shoals and islands
they will have to put a good face on it*
13. Before a delimiting line can be drawn the com
position of the ’group* must be decided, and Janan lends
itself to separate treatment and is a convenient starting
point. The line on chart A.F.G. is drawn covering the
island of Janan, which lies just south of H&war, ax
which flanks the entrance to the Duh&t Az Zagreet in
which lies the P.C.L. landing place, gagreet,Phe
Island was Included in the Additional Area on the plans
annexed to the draft leases. rh@ deep water channel
lies between Hawar and Janan, and as Haw&r belongs to
Bahrain if Janan is to be considered as an island of the
’group* then the entrance to the Duhat Az Za.grmet would
be controlled by aixrain and the Bahrain Petroleum company.
That state of affairs .would be most undesirable, for
example a rig might be erected and block the channel.
14. Janan is shown on charts and plans as a pimple
of an island, but, in fact, at low tide it shows a long
low reef rising above the sea. It is dry at ail tides at
its western end, and dries out a long way towards the
mainland. It has not been surveyed, but to the layman
it appears to be part of the Has Awainat All feature, and
completely separate from ffawar. The island is barren,
but is used by Bahrain fishermen, and I dare say by Qataris
on occasions, it has neither water nor habitation, and
beyond the erection of a cairn by the Bahrain Government
I know of no justification for their claim to ownership,
the erection of a calm should, in my opinion, be given
but little consideration since It was not included An the
Bahrain Government’s 1938 list.' Further the eastern half
of the Island lies within yat&r territorial waters and
south of the deep water channel which runs close to Janan
and not Hawar. For these reasons, I am of the opinion
that it is not and should not be considered to be a member
of the ’group’ and should be awarded to Qatar and included
in their side of the dividing line.
13. To assign to the Hawar ’group* the various islands
as enumerated in paragraph 9 above, they mist be reviewed
individually or in sub-groups..
(a) Bet ’x* be a sub-group comprised of the
two outlying islands, ms. 15 and 16, situated to the
north and north-west of Hawar. They are separated from
each other by only a few feet of water at low tide, and
there is only a very narrow channel cutting tne scarcely
submerged isthmus between Habadh (Mo.15) and Hawar. They
form a protecting reef to Hawar and without them there ‘
would be no anchorage against the strong north-west winds.
Beyond tills and Bahrain’s appropriation of them by means
of building cairns, I do not find that there is any
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