'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
- Date:
- 1949/1950
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the issue of oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast [United Arab Emirates].The matters covered by the file include:British instructions to the Trucial shaikhs to make claims to the subsoil of the seabed beyond the three mile limit;the case of arbitration between Petroleum Concessions Limited and individual shaikhs over whether this potential extension of territory was included in the original 1939 concessions.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 47; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Territorial waters
Concessions, Oil, Trucial Coast - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000393_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000393_en
IOR/R/15/4/9
IOR/R/15/4/9