'File 0255 Boundaries' [98r] (196/331)
The record is made up of 1 file (162 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1934-29 Nov 1949. 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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Draft
D.O. to the Resident*
Please refer tc> your confidential
endorsement No.692-S dated the 31st March, 1948*
2* While I shall be glad to discuss
Burrow 1 s letter with you, I feel that suC:h an
important matter should not be the subject of
oral discussion only and I am letting you have my
views in writing. \ j\
3. As far as I am aware there is no active
dispute about the boundaries between Muscat and
Has al Khaimah or Muscat and Kalba. The limit
of Muscat’s jurisdiction in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el Qaur was
described in the enclosure to my printed letter
No*C/163 dated the 5th February, 1948, and the
boundary between Muscat and Kalba is established
at Khatam Malahah and is marked by a stone wall.
I enclose copies of two original documents now
in the possession of the present Shaikh of Sharjah,
with translations. You will observe that in
1268 Hijri (99 years ago) Sai'd bin Sultan of
Muscat renounced all intention to interfere with
the tribes subject to Jawassim influence in the
area from Khatam Malahah westwards and northwards
to the Dhahirah. In 1288 Hijri Turki bin Sai’d
reiterated his father’s undertakings to the
Jawassim, but made an exception of Khassab. The
Muscat claim to suzerainty over the Beni Ka’ab and
the Nai'm of Buraimi (including the Al Bu Shamis)
appears to be of more recent origin, because the
present Shaikh of Sharjah claims that in 1268 Hijri
the Jawassim were paramount over all the tribes of
Buraimi. Had Muscat at that time any suzerainty
over these tribes presumably it would have been
mentioned in these documents^as Khassab was.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the definition of tribal territories and boundaries in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (United Arab Emirates). The correspondence is principally between the 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. Agent and Political Officer in Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946), the Foreign Office, and a number of rulers and representatives of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms.
Matters covered by the file include:
- the dispute over the border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai;
- the influence of Saudi Arabia, including the collection of taxes in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by Saudi agents;
- claims of sovereignty over the islands and mainland territories of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by its rulers;
- the presence of Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) workers in Abu Dhabi territory;
- the camel routes between Buraimi, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar, including a sketch map (folio 153).
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- 1 file (162 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 165; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-163; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'File 0255 Boundaries'
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- front, front-i, 2r, 2r:6v, 8r:15v, 20r:39v, 42r:42v, 46r:56v, 58r:59v, 62r:84v, 86r:87v, 89r:100v, 103r:106v, 108r:127v, 129r:152v, 153v, 155r:164v, back-i, back
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