Author
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent) | HM Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | Embassy to the United Kingdom, London (correspondent)
Publication Date
1913/1934
Publication Place
-
Qatar National Library
Subject
Frontiers | Boundaries | Concessions | more | less
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
90
Physical Dimensions
1 file (90 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00029d_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00029d_en | IOR/L/PS/12/2131
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000555.0x00029d_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1913/1934
Notes
This file relates to boundaries in eastern Arabia (specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar). It concerns British policy regarding what is referred to as the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, as laid down in the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of the following year).Much of the correspondence relates to a request for a copy of the 1913 Anglo-Ottoman Convention, which was submitted by the United States Embassy in Angora [Ankara] to its British counterpart (reportedly on behalf of the United States' State Department), as well as to the wider significance of this request in relation to the United States' oil interests in the region.The correspondence also discusses Foreign Office concerns that aerial survey work carried out by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc) in relation to its Hasa oil concession might extend beyond the blue line (subsequent correspondence relays reports of Casoc's aeroplane having crossed the blue line).Although the date range of the file is 1913-1934 most of the material dates from 1934. In addition to correspondence from 1934, the file includes two letters between officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office dating from 1924, and printed copies of the Anglo-Ottoman Conventions of 1913 and 1914 (in English and French), both of which contain enclosed maps (with text in English and Arabic). Also included with the Conventions are printed copies of agreements and treaties between Britain and various Gulf rulers, covering 1820-1904, and printed copies of Anglo-Ottoman protocols, covering 1903-1905.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the British Ambassador in Angora (Percy Loraine); Hugh Millard, United States Embassy, London; officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2). | 1 file (90 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 91; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
