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'ARBITRATION CONCERNING BURAIMI AND THE COMMON FRONTIER BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND SA'ŪDI ARABIA' [With maps] [59v] (123/541)
The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 1940s-1955. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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and was never afterwards reconvened.
73. It may well be doubted whether the Sa udi Government believed, in
1949 that their exaggerated new claim would be taken seriously, and it was
significant at the Dammam Conference that the Sa‘udi delegates did not once
refer to it. At any rate, it is clear that, after that Conference, when they realized
that there was no hope of the British Government s taking it seriously, they
accordingly decided to force the issue. In March, they protested about a visit of
the British Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, to Buraimi (1> . In this protest, they
asserted that they did not recognize 14 the authority or the influence of the Sultan
or Trucial Shaikhs over the area of Buraimi and provinces beyond it and outside
the coast of Oman . . . The Saudi Government has been obliged to inform the
Amirs of Buraimi who acknowledge allegiance to King Ibn Saud and his sovereignty
over them by the Shaikhs of the Oman Coast ”. The British Government, in its
reply <2) , stated that it could not accept King Ibn Sa‘ud’s claim to exercise sovereignty
in the Buraimi area, and maintained the right of the Political officer to go there.
In the July following the Sa‘udi Government protested against alleged activities
in the Jabal Dhanna area of officials of the “ British oil Company ”. But, in fact,
no such activities had taken place. Then, in August, an entirely new situation was
created.
74. In July a party of Sa‘udis in two vehicles appeared at the camp of Messrs.
Petroleum Concessions, Ltd. at Tarif, a place which, even in 1949, the Sa‘udi
Government allowed as being in Abu Dhabi territory. Shortly afterwards Rashid
bin Hamad, the Shaikh of Hamasah village in the Buraimi Oasis, left the Trucial
■ Coast to visit Sa‘udi Arabia. For a travel document, he carried a Certificate of
Identity issued by the British 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.
, in which,
with his concurrence, he was described as a subject of Muscat and ‘Oman. Less
than four weeks later, on August 31, he returned, accompanied by the Sa‘udi ’Amir
Turki bin ‘Abdullah bin Ataishan, with 4 vehicles, 80 Sa‘udis (of whom 50
were armed troops), and a wireless set. The whole party travelled through un
disputed Abu Dhabi territory, and established themselves in Hamasah, Rashid’s
village; and once more, after 83 years, there were Sa‘udis living in the Buraimi
Oasis. Their object was, evidently, the same as that of the Wahhabis, 150 years
before namely, to establish Sa‘udi power in the Buraimi Zone. The technique,
however, had changed.
The new technique was the substitution of blandishments and bribes for threats
and force: and Turki brought with him tltooo’
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- Content
This volume relates to the arbitration concerning Buraimi [Al Buraymī] and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Sa'ūdi Arabia. The main body of text is a publication, which is introduced as being a '[M]emorial submitted by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. The memorial, which was submitted to the arbitration tribunal, begins with an introduction and a copy of the Arbitration Agreement, concluded at Jedda [Jeddah] on 30 July 1954 and titled as follows: 'Arbitration Agreement Between the Government of the United Kingdom (Acting on Behalf of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and His Highness Sultan Said bin Taimur) and the Government of Saudi Arabia' (ff 8-10). The memorial itself is divided into two halves: vol I and vol II. Vol I (ff 10-83) provides an overview of the dispute, which is structured as follows:
- 'Part I: The Nature of the Dispute Submitted to the Tribunal' (ff 10-14)
- 'Part II: Topographical Description of the Two Areas in Dispute' (ff 14-17)
- 'Part III: Historical Bases of the Claims of the Rulers of Abu Dhabi and the Sultan of Muscat to the Areas in Dispute' (ff 18-30)
- 'Part IV: The Economy of the Disputed Areas' (ff 30-32)
- 'Part V: The Tribes' (ff 33-39)
- 'Part VI: The Exercise of Jurisdiction' (ff 40-44)
- 'Part VII: Sa'ūdi Pretensions to an Ancestral Claim to Territories in Eastern Arabia' (ff 44-46)
- 'Part VIII: Revival of the Sa'ūdi Dynasty After 1900, and the Subsequent Development of the Dispute' (ff 47-62)
- 'Part IX: The Contentions of the Government of the United Kingdom in Regard to the Burden of Proof…' (ff 62-64)
- 'Part X: The Contentions of the Government of the United Kingdom in Regard to the Factors Mentioned in Article IV of the Arbitration Agreement' (ff 65-83)
- 'Part XI: Final Submissions of the Government of the United Kingdom Acting on Behalf of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and His Highness the Sultān Sa‘īd bin Taymūr' (f 83v).
Vol II of the memorial (ff 84-254) is formed of thirteen annexes, which include the following: copies of texts of relevant treaties and engagements; copies of British documents relating to the history of Abu Dhabi and of the Buraimi Zone; copies of correspondence and documents relating to the development of the dispute; information about Līwa and the Buraimi Oasis; evidence concerning the exercise of jurisdiction by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi over the coast of the disputed area and the adjacent islands; notes on various tribes based in the disputed area; genealogical tables of the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Muscat and 'Omān, and Najd.
The volume concludes with a series of maps (some of which are photocopies and are reduced in size), relating to the disputed area (ff 256-264). It should be noted that Map B is not present. However, included with the other maps is a gazetteer of place names (ff 265-268), in which each place name is given map co-ordinates, presumably referring to positions on the missing Map B. Written in pencil on the first page is the following note: 'Evaluates Map B'.
In addition, a small sketch map of Arabia appears at the beginning of the volume (f 4).
The Arabic material consists of some text in a couple of the maps found at the rear of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (267 folios)
- Arrangement
The main body of text is formed of two halves. The first half (vol I) consists of nine parts, most of which are divided into sections. The second half (vol II) is composed of thirteen annexes. Both halves are preceded by a table of contents.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio, which is contained within a pouch attached to the inside back cover, with 268; 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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'ARBITRATION CONCERNING BURAIMI AND THE COMMON FRONTIER BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND SA'ŪDI ARABIA' [With maps]
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4r, 5r:7v, 10v:25v, 27r:28v, 30v:45v, 47r:57r, 58v:87v, 100r:107r, 109r:127r, 128r, 130r:141v, 142v:143v, 144v:145v, 155r:155v, 157r:157v, 158v, 160r:161r, 162r:165v, 168r:169v, 170v:171r, 173v, 175r:176r, 178r:178v, 181r:181v, 183r:183v, 185r:188v, 190r:201v, 203r:206v, 207v:208r, 209r:210r, 212v:213r, 216r:216v, 218r, 220r:220v, 222r:223v, 227v, 229r:232r, 233v:234r, 240v, 242r:244r, 246r:246v, 250r:251r, 252r:255r, 265r:268v
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