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IOR/R/15/2/2015
- Record Id:
- 040-000230371
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002ee
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100027777416.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/2015
- Title:
- File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast
- Scope & Content:
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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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000230352
038-000230353
040-000230371 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1998-2022 : Bahrain Agency, Additional files
IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015 : Confidential Files
IOR/R/15/2/2015 : File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 6 : Sketch Map of the Trucial Coast
IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 9 : Sketch Map of the Trucial Coast
IOR/R/15/2/2015, f 33 : Dubai - Abu Dhabi Boundary Dispute
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/2015 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0013]/037-000230352[0001]/038-000230353[0019]/040-000230371
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (111 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002ee
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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
- Former External References:
- 38/17
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)