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366 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARABIAN GULF STATES
consent to the residence within my territory of the agent of any other
Government. ;
3rd.—That I will on no account cede, sell, mortgage or otherwise give for
occupation any part of my territory save to the British Government.
Dated Bahrein, 13th March 1892, corresponding with 14th Shaaban 1309.
Esau bin Ali,
Chief of Bahrein
A. C. Talbot, Lieut.-Col.,
Resident, Persian Gulf
LANSDOWNE,
Viceroy and Governor General of India
Ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India
at Simla on the twelfth day of May 1892.
H. M. Durand,
Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Dept

APPENDIX III

Exclusive Agreement of the Chief of Abu Dhabi with the
British Government, dated 6 March 18921

I, Zaccd bin Khalifah, Chief of Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Lieutenant-
Colonel A. C. Talbot, C.I.E., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, do
hereby solemnly bind myself and agree, on behalf of myself, my heirs and
successors to the following conditions, viz.:—
1st.—That I will on no account enter into any agreement or correspon­
dence with any Power other than the British Government.
2nd.—That without the assent of the British Government I will not
consent to the residence within my territory of the agent of any other
Government.
3rd.—That I will on no account cede, sell, mortgage or otherwise give for
occupation any part of my territory, save to the British Government.
Dated Abu Dhabi, 6th March 1892, corresponding to 5th Shaaban 1309
Hijri.
Signature of Zaeed bin Khalifa, Chief of Abu dhabi
A. C. Talbot, Lieut.-Col.,
Resident in the Persian Gulf
LANSDOWNE,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India
at Simla on the twelfth day of May 1892.
H. M. Durand,
Secretary to the Govt, of India,
Foreign Dept

1 Aitchison, p. 256.