File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎215r] (117/840)

Cflnficie 1 A. .A
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British Reoidency and Consulate General,
Bushire, the 9th June 1926#
Sir,
1 hare the honour to submit,for the consideration
and orders of His haj esty*s Government, a report
on the (situation, which is being created in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
and particularly in the inland portion of that territory
lying between Hasa ("the Sanjaq of fcajd* the Turks called
the district when they possessed it) and the Sultanate °f
Muscat and Oman, by the activities of the Amir (Governor
of Hasa, who represents the Sultan of Hajd in Eastern
Arabia*
2* 1 attach a Mot$ with a map^ about this area
and the tribes who dwell in
it* &y information is
practically all extracted
from Loriroer* s " Gazetteer
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. >1908" but the limits of the sub-
districts are outlined tentatively according to the
letter^press, as the map which accompanied Lorimer 1 s
work does not show them*
3* When Ibn Sa’ud captured Hasn from the Turks in
1913, he did in fact, I believe, acquire and annex to his
State the l^rge deaert region called Jafurah and the
isolated
x Enclosure A*
fT hncloaure B*
H.H’s. Secretary of bt&te
for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
London*