'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast'
- Date:
- 1947/1950
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states 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 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 (folios 6 and 9) and a hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast 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 in Bahrain (folio 75).The file also contains correspondence between British officials and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, the subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited that operated in the states along the Trucial Coast.Physical description: 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 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sequence between ff 1-110, which is circled and located in the top centre of the recto side of each folio, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Foliation errors: 97a
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Petroleum resources
- Geographic region:
- Dubai
Abu Dhabi - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002ee_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002ee_en
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