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Delimitation of seabed with Qatar, 1949 387

No. C/1227. The 23rd of December, 1947.

To
Hlo Excellency Shaikh Abdulla bln Qaaim
A1 Thanl, C,I.E..
Ruler of Qatar.

After compliments,
I am Instructed by the Hon'ble the Political
Resident to inform Your Excellency that Ula Majesty's
Government has, for some time past, had under considera­
tion the boundary which should delimit your Excellency'*
rights in the bed of the sea lying between the territory
of Your Excellency and that of His Highne** the Shaikh
of Bahrain. Apart from any other considerations the
operations of the oil companies In Your Excellency's and His

Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain'* territory make such a
delimitation necessary.

2. I am, therefere, to forward herewith for Your
Excellency's Information a copy of a map showing the
line (from point »M' to the "Bahrain Light Vessel")
which, Hi* Majesty's Government considers, divide* in
accordance with equitable principle* the sea-bed afore­
said. This is a median line based generally on the con­

figuration of the coast-line of the Bahrain main island
and the peninsula of Qatar.
a. With the exceptions noted below His Majesty's

Government will, in future, regard all the sea-bed lying
to the west of this line as being under the sovereignty
of His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and all the sea-bed
lying to the east of it as being under the sovereignty of

Your Excellency, This decision covers the sea-bed only
and not the waters above it and is without prejudice to
existing navigation rights.
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