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‘File 61/31 IV (D 120) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’ [148r] (308/512)
The record is made up of 1 volume (255 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1935-24 Mar 1936. 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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D.O.^o. 984-3.
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The iteeidency,
Bus hire, the 13 th i>eo ember 1935*
SAtJDT (JLATM J TAKSg.
Please refer to my ‘Tinted better r.o.SS'Q-s* dated 10th
Decemberp enolosing copy of Jedda tele^am 0.215, dated 8th
December 1935, to the foreign Office.
2. with reference to paragraph 4 of the telegram, regard
ing the Baud! claim to Jebel j^aksh. in the first place the
Saudi Government will, of course, have to produce the originals
of the correspondence referred to between the shaikh of »^atar
and Ibn Jiluwi. if they are able to do this it remains for
the Shaikh not Oily to acknowledge the fact of its having
taken place but also to confirm the interpretation given to
it by the Saudi uovernment.
3. if the Baud is cannot produce the origi. ala of the
correspoi^dence, or if they produce the correspondence and the
Shaikh can successfully refute the interpretation put on it
by the ttaudis, then the matter of the correspo* dence seems to
have no importance.
4. If however the two conditions mentioned in paragraph 2
are fulfilled, the line to be adopted by ug will require
consideration* ^ow that the ohaikh has our promise of
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protection, he would doubtless be billing to take the attitude
that prior to 1916, when he ms not so safeguarded, he had had
no option but to yield to force majeure and to concede any
thing desired bg Ibn Jiluwi on behalf of ibn Saud, tiiat he had
never intended to surrender territory to which he has strong
ancestral claims and which is commonly acknowledged as his.
• -Colonel Gordon loch,
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.
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Bahrain.
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- Content
The volume’s contents relate to ongoing negotiations between the British and Saudi Governments over the formal establishment of Saudi Arabia’s southern and eastern borders. The volume, which is a continuation of correspondence found in IOR/R/15/1/605, focuses on land which is covered by the Qatar Oil Concession, and is disputed by King ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd) of Saudi Arabia and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar. The volume’s principal correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, 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, and Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jeddah.
Contents of the volume include:
- Correspondence relating to the arrangements and outcome of a Royal Air Force (RAF) aerial reconnaissance survey, conducted in October 1935, over Qatar’s projected southern boundaries;
- A map showing the reconnaissance route (folio 74B), a number of aerial photographs (folios 75-81), and a report of the reconnaissance (folios 72-73) are included in the volume;
- The Saudi Government’s response to the signing of an oil concession between the Shaikh ‘Abdullāh and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company;
- British objections to direct communication between Ibn Sa‘ūd and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh, with the assertion that such communication contravenes treaties signed with the British Government; discussion over the extent of Abu Dhabi’s territory, including a telegrammed report, written by Loch, dated 4 November 1935, of a conversation with Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan of Abu Dhabi over his territories (folios 92-94);
- An RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula (folio 146);
- A report of a conversation in January 1936 between Loch and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh concerning Qatar’s southern boundaries, with a sketch map included (folios 190-95);
- Suggestions of an earlier agreement between Qatar and the Saudi Kingdom predating Britain’s 1916 treaty with Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (255 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. There is a set of office notes at the end of the volume (folios 235-44) that mirror the chronological arrangement. An index at the front of the volume (folio 2) lists key topics covered, with a folio number which refers to the original uncircled pencil foliation system used throughout the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There are two incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on the last folio of writing, which is f 245. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff 1A-D; ff 74A-B.
Other characteristics: The volume contains a number of photographs (folios 75-81) which are housed in transparent polyester sleeves.
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- ‘File 61/31 IV (D 120) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:26v, 29r:73v, 74ar:74av, 82r:132v, 135v:145v, 147r:151v, 157r:157v, 158v:171v, 173r:194v, 196r:249v, back-i
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