Desert dispute : the diplomacy of boundary-making in South-Eastern Arabia / J.B. Kelly ; edited by Saul B. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, J. B. (John Barrett), 1925-2009, author.

Contributor:

Kelly, Saul, 1957- editor.

Series:

Gulf studies.

Gulf studies at Gerlach Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabian American Oil Company--History.

Arabian American Oil Company.

Petroleum industry and trade--Arabian Peninsula--History--20th century.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Arabian Peninsula--Politics and government--20th century.

Arabian Peninsula.

Arabian Peninsula--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Arabian Peninsula.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 volumes (continuous pagination)) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2020.

Summary:

This new and previously unpublished study, by the foremost authority on the subject, is an exhaustive one, based on thorough research in the relevant archives and direct experience of the dispute.<br><br>As such it will be the standard reference work on this question for all who have an interest in the Gulf Arab states, their territorial origins and its effects on their increasing role in regional and world affairs.<br><br>The struggle to delineate the boundaries of south-eastern Arabia can claim to be one of the longest running diplomatic disputes of the twentieth century, which has echoes to this day.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Maps

Maps in Volume II

Maps in Volume III

Introduction

1 The Anglo-Turkish Conventions of 1913-14

Notes

2 The Spoils of War, 1914-32

3 Oil Concessions and Frontier Claims, 1933-39

4 Oil Prospecting and Territorial Limits, 1939-49

5 ARAMCO and the Re-Opening of the Frontier Question, 1949-52

6 The Saudi Incursion to Buraimi, 1952-53

7 The Arbitration Agreement, 1953-54

Appendices

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Maps

Map 1

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8 The Interim Regime in the Disputed Areas, 1954-1955

9 The British Declared Line of August 1955 and the Dhufar and Aden Protectorate Frontiers

10 Buraimi and Anglo-American Relations, 1955-56

11 The Search for a Frontier Settlement, 1957-64

12 Qatari Frontiers, 1965-70

13 A Suq Bargain, 1970-71

14 Final Frontiers?

Conclusion

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

Appendix 7

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Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2025).

ISBN:

3-95994-077-7

OCLC:

1138673746