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'ARBITRATION CONCERNING BURAIMI AND THE COMMON FRONTIER BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND SA'ŪDI ARABIA' [With maps] [156v] (317/541)
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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ANNEX D, No. 2
Ibn Sa‘ud to Sir P. Cox,
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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June 13, 1913 [‘]
[Muscat Archives, Book xxv/2]
(Translation)
Dated 8th Rajah 1331 (13th June 1913)
From: ABDUL AZIZ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN AL FAYSAL ES SAUD,
To: His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General at Bushire.
After enquiries after your esteemed health.
We beg to address your Honour in consideration of the previous friendship
between us and you and of the still earlier treaty belonging to the time of my
grand father Faysal—may God forgive him—of the period of which fifty-five years
have elapsed and fifty-five years still remain to run. I desire to establish the same
in the same manner as it existed between you and my ancestors and this (fact)
has prompted me to make this reference. Firstly, I am confident that there will
happen nothing to your people to produce causes which may be contrary to friend
ship and rules. And we have now-a-days conquered the country of our fathers and
grand fathers (viz), El Hasa and El Qatif, as well as their dependencies and spared
the soldiers remaining there, sending them over to Bahrain because it was more
convenient for them to make their way to Basrah from that place. When they
reached Bahrain, however, they were assisted by some one from your side and
he afforded them the necessary facilities and encouraged them to stay at Bahrain
and to cause trouble in our side. We received the news of this but we did not
believe it because your wisdom and justice would not agree to this. After a few
days they set out from Bahrain for El Qatif, but they returned in disappointment
and remained for several days, having no supporter but your subjects and
dependents. A few days afterwards they proceeded towards El Ojair and on their
arrival there they experienced such a disaster at the hands of a small party of our
dependents as had not crossed their minds and they returned disappointed and
repentant. Praise and thanks be to God that we do not attach the least importance
or significance to them or rather to them and to the party to whom they are
connected. Yes, we, the Islamic and Mohammedan Arabs, will rise to uphold
our honour and will recover our rights with the last drop of our blood and we are
doing this with confidence in the One Single God and also in all our Moslem
brethren. We all have joined hands and there is no difference between us. we
aving een joined together by the cause of Islam and by the Arab sense of honour,
n view of my friendly feelings I desire to be on the same terms with you as existed
ancestors and (I desire that those terms) should exist between
me and you after them, (my ancestors).
nroter/^h/Sw!!! ^ w ^ if il is incumbent upon both the parties to
fide and fr> wfJt ^ ours ®. ves to y^u in regard to those who are in our
them and be resnnmihlMYwi^ sud |f cts ’ an d w e will respect their honour, protect
wh^are agaimt von and f vn then ?T~ becaus e there remain certain people in our side
If this be reallv the rase in ^ su ^f£ ts ’ an d we ask for similar treatment from you.
s be really the case m view of the past friendship and of laws dIphsp mvp ns an
intimation accordingly, and if the conditions are changed andTlie statfon is no”
as we expect, then please warn ns, so that we may be co|4a„t of the Sme
And thanks be to God, the Lord of both the Worlds and mav his neace be on
our Lord, Mohammed, his posterity and companions Greetings 3 ^ P 1
(1) EnCi ° SUre in P R PG - No ‘ 2 °48 to Government of India, of July 4 , 1913.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- 'ARBITRATION CONCERNING BURAIMI AND THE COMMON FRONTIER BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND SA'ŪDI ARABIA' [With maps]
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- 156v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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