A line in the sea : the Qatar v. Bahrain border dispute in the World Court / By Jawad Salim Al-Arayed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Arayed, Jawad Salim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Qatar--Boundaries--Bahrain.

Qatar.

Bahrain--Boundaries--Qatar.

Bahrain.

Physical Description:

xviii, 477 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (1 color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Qatar v. Bahrain border dispute in the World Court

Qatar versus Bahrain border dispute in the World Court

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, [2003]

Summary:

The border dispute between Qatar and Bahrain simmered for more than 50 years before it was adjudicated by the International Court of Justice - a process that took ten long years. This authoritative book documents the controversy in the context of its imperial roots, the countries' ruling families, the discovery of oil, and the political destinies of the emerging Gulf states. This color illustrated historical account includes the forensic evidence that identified key forgeries in the case.

Contents:

Early history in the lower Arabian Gulf

Advent of western powers in the Gulf

Al Khalifa rule of Bahrain, Hasa, and Qatar Peninsula (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries)

Life on the Qatar Peninsula

Piracy, the British, and Bahrain's emergence as a political entity

Ottoman presence and Qatar's emergence as a separate entity

Qatar's version of historical context

Founding and zenith of Zubarah

The Naim : Bahrain's people in Qatar Peninsula

Ottoman attempts to take control of Zubarah

Zubarah in the early twentieth century

Qatar captures Zubarah, July 1937

Qatar's version of events in Zubarah

Dowasir tribe and occupation of the Hawar islands

Bahrain authority as manifested in Hawar

British and Ottoman recognition of Bahrain's authority over the Hawars

Oil concessions in the Hawars

British adjudication of sovereignty

Qatar's version of the Hawar situation

Steps toward resolution

The forged documents

The judgement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-444) and index.

ISBN:

1556434642

OCLC:

51460598