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

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

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.