IOR/L/PS/18/B430

A report concerning the demarcation of Qatar's southern boundary written by India Office representative, John Gilbert Laithwaite. The report (folios 1-4) is divided up into the following short sections:

• The Boundary on the South-East;
• The Boundary on the South-West;
• The Position Prior to the Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913;
• The Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913;
• Line Indicated in 1922 by Sir Percy Cox to Ibn Saud and Major Holmes as the Eastern Limit of any Oil Concession in Respect of Hasa [Al Hasa];
• I.P.C Map of February-March 1933;
• Conclusions as to the Southern Boundary of Qatar;
• Position of Area lying between Base of Qatar Peninsula and Blue Line of Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913;
• Importance of Maintaining the Blue Line;
• Disadvantages of Maintenance of the Blue Line while Fixing Southern Boundary of Qatar at the Base of the Qatar Peninsula;
• Nature and Political Conditions of the Indeterminate Area;
• The Barr-Al-Qarah District;
• Conclusions.

An appendix entitled Boundaries of Qatar follows the report on folios 4-5. The appendix is divided up as follows:

I) Extracts from Lorimer's Gazetteer.

II) Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913 (Unratified).

III) Mr. Philby's Journey of 1932.

IV) Note of Discussion with Sir Percy Cox on 20th February 1934 on Question of Boundaries of Qatar.

The report is dated 26 January 1934 and the appendix is dated 27 February 1934.