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370 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARABIAN GULF STATES
Written in the port of 'Uqair and signed by the representatives of both
Governments on the Second day of December 1922 corresponding to 13th
of Rabi al Thani, 1341. °
Abdullah Sa'id Damluji
Representative of His
Highness the Sultan of Najd
J. C. More Major
Political Agent, Kuwait.
I have agreed to the contents of this agreement.
'Abdul 'Aziz bin 'Abdul Rahman as-Sa'ud
Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies
I have agreed to the contents of this agreement.
Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah
Hakim of Kuwait
(Translator's note.—The spelling of place names in brackets is that used in
the map referred to in the treaty.)

APPENDIX IX

Bahrain Government Proclamation No. 37/1368
5 June 19491

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Whereas it is desirable to encourage any efforts to facilitate the derivation
of greater benefit from the natural resources of the earth, and
Whereas valuable resources exist beneath parts of the Persian Gulf near
the shores of Bahrain, and it has become possible to derive increasing
benefit from these submarine resources, and
Whereas it is desirable, for the purposes of conservation, preservation,
and orderly development, that extraction of these resources shall be regu­
lated as necessity dictates, and
Whereas it is just that the sea bed and subsoil extending a reasonable
distance from the shore should belong to and be administered by the
government of the adjacent coast, and
Whereas the right of any coastal government to exercise its sovereignty
over the natural resources of the sea bed and the subsoil in the vicinity of
its shores has been established by international practice through the action
taken by other governments.
Accordingly, We, Salman Ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain,
by virtue of the powers vested in us in this respect are pleased to issue hereby
the following proclamation:
We, Salman Ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain hereby declare
that the sea bed and the subsoil of the high seas of the Persian Gulf border­
ing on the territorial waters of Bahrain and extending seaward as far as
1 A.J.I.L., Vol. 43, Suppl. (1949), pp. 185-6. Translation from Arabic.