The boundaries of the Arabian peninsula are notable for the
sensitivities and disagreements which have accompanied their
relatively short history. As the twentieth century progressed, the
partition of resources, initially pastures and water wells,
subsequently oil and gas, was particularly crucial, but the
boundary makers, chiefly the diplomats of the imperial powers, were
inconsistent in paying attention to the human and physical
characteristics of the terrain when negotiating or imposing many
limits. Consequently boundary studies in this area have been and
remain a fruitful topic for geographers and anthropologists as well
as a necessary preoccupation for strategists and politicians. The
records of the various British government departments represented
here provide by far the most extensive and complete survey of the
evolution of territorial affairs in Arabia and the Gulf. They will
certainly form the core of any future legal debate focusing upon
the historical aspects of any one of the region's boundaries on
land or sea.
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