The legal status of the Arabian Gulf States: a study of their treaty relations and their international problems
Study of problems connected with the legal status of Arab country, with particular reference to problems arising from their treaty relations and international relations - covers historical aspects of the protective role of UK in the area, accession to independence, aspects of international law, position within the framework of the UN, boundary disputes and territorial claims, foreign policy, the role of multinational enterprises of the petroleum industry, etc. Bibliography pp. 332 to 343
Print Book, English, 1968
Manchester U.P.; Oceana Publications, Manchester, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y, 1968
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xvi, 351 pages 4 maps 23 cm
9780719003325, 0719003326
2616361
1. Introduction. Political history of the Arabian Gulf States
Constitutional structure of the Arabian Gulf governments
Part I. British treaty relations with the Arabian Gulf States
2. Relations with the Trucial Shaikhdoms
3. Relations with Bahrain
4. Relations with Qatar
5. Relations with Kuwait
6. Treaty relations of Muscat
Part II. The international status of the Arabian Gulf States
7. General considerations affecting the legal position of protectorates
8. The present legal positions of the Gulf States
9. International responsibility
10. Immunity of the rulers of the Gulf States from the jurisdiction of foreign courts
11. Position with the framework of the United Nations
Part III. Territorial claims
12. Iran's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain
13. British-Saudi controversy over the sovereignty of Buraimi
14. Disputes over Inner Oman and Zubarah
15. Iraqi claim to sovereignty over Kuwait
Part IV. Boundary problems
16. Disputes over land boundaries
17. Disputes over the determination of submarine boundaries in the Arabian Gulf
Appendices. I. Agreement of the Shaikh of Bahrain, 1880
II. Agreement of the Shaikh of Bahrain, 1892
III. Agreement of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, 1892
IV. Undertaking by the Shaikh of Sharjah for the establishment of a lighthouse on the Island of Tanb, 1912 V. The Treaty of Sib, between the Sultan of Muscat and the Tribes of Oman, 1920
VI. Undertaking by the Shaikh of Shariah regarding oil, 1922
VII. Undertaking by the Shaikh of Dubai regarding oil, 1922
VIII. Kuwait-Najd Boundary Convention, 1922
IX. Bahrain Government proclamation, 1949
X. Bahrain-Saudi Arabia Boundary Agreement, 1958
XI. Kuwait-U.K. Agreement relating to the independence of Kuwait, 1961
XII. Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Agreement relating to the partition of the Neutral Zone, 1965
XIII. English version of the Agreement of 27 February 1968, forming the 'Federal of the Arab Amirates'
XIV. Land boundaries of the Trucial States, 1968 (Map)
Select bibliography
Index
Maps. 1. The Arabian Gulf States
2. Buraimi boundary lines
3. The villages of Buraimi
4. The Bahrain-Saudi Arabia boundary 1958