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'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast' [30r] (60/225)
The record is made up of 1 file (111 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 1950. 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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CONFIDENTIAL:
MINUTE
DUBAI
ABU DHABI BOUNDARY DISPUTE
On the 28th and 29th January, 1949, I examined the areas
of Dubai claim, accompanied by Shaikh Rashid of Dubai. Distances *
shown are only approximate, being computed from speedometer
readings with allowance made for detours. Bearings should be
reasonably accurate. Magnetic bearings shown in all cases. Land
marks on 1949 Dubai claim are
(1) KHOR GHANADHA.
(2) Bearing 165 from (1).
sandstone outcrop.
(3) Bearing 140 from (2).
shale and sand ridge.
(4) Bearing 130 from (3).
sandhill.
(5) Bearing 130 from (4).
sandhill.
( 6 ) Bearing 135 from (5).
ZIMAIMAH .
Distance 4 miles HADHIBAH
Distance 5 miles YILAYIS
Distance 4 miles NAJA BANNA
Distance 4 miles NAwA AL HUQF
Distance 5 miles RAMLAT AL -
(7) Bearing 118 from ( 6 ). Distance 12 miles ZINAD .
2 trees on Eastern edge of sandhill.
( 8 ) Bearing 160 from (7). Distance 3 miles TUWI SUWAIHAR
well which Dubai claim was built by Sslim bin All
A1 Id of Dubai.
(9) Bearing 80 from (7) repeat (7). Distance 18 miles
from 7 BADA AL MUGHANKI trees and well. From here to*
Jebel Sumaini appears on bearing 65,Dubai claims
tie 11 built by Matar bin Hamood al Mughanni of Dubai.
(10) Bearing 70 from (9). Distance 5 miles KHUSUB.
(11) Bearing 70 from (10). Distance 6 miles AL HAIR.
This represents the extremity of the Dubai claim.
The country to the north west of Tuwi Suwaihan is almost
uniformly barren and I cannot imagine that it has been in use
much by anyone. Shaikh Rashid did not appear to know it well.
Bada al Mughanni, however, to be much used by Dubai. From there
I went to Al Eshush (Bearing 310 8 miles) and spent the night
at Shaikh Said bin Maktum's hunting camp. He claims well was
built by Ma*adhad bin Saif.
On the morning of the 29th January, I left Al Eshush for
Sharjah via Hafir, Ghafur, Leian, Ram ar Ram, Kameran and Jebel
Ali. Whereas the previous day's journey appeared to be mostly
in country occupied and used by neither Dubai nor Abu Dhabi,
the above mentioned places seem to represent the true western
extremity of Dubai territory. Dubai, however, claims all these
points as lying insiae their territory. The route was as
follows 1
(1) From Al Eshush, bearing 280, distance 10 miles to
HAFIR well with 2 trees.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. that includes an appendix that gives details of the territorial claims of Dubai and Abu Dhabi (folios 36-51).
The file contains three maps, two identical copies of a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 6 and 9) and a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. marking details of the Dubai-Abu Dhabi boundary dispute (folio 33).
The majority of the correspondence in the file is in English, but a limited amount in Arabic is also contained within, including a letter sent from the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm to Cornelius James Pelly, 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 Bahrain (folio 75).
The file also contains correspondence between British officials and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, the subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited that operated in the states along the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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- 1 file (111 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 commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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 3-102; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-110, which is circled and located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Foliation errors: 97a
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- 'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5r:5v, 8r:8v, 8v, 10r:13v, 15r:32v, 35r:54v, 56r:74v, 76r:83v, 85r:97v, 97ar:97av, 98r:110v, back-i, back
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