The Iran-UAE Gulf islands dispute : : a journey through international law, history and politics / / by Charles L.O. Buderi, Luciana T. Ricart.

• Author: Buderi, Charles L. O.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ricart, Luciana Teresa.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (941 pages).

In The Iran-UAE Gulf Islands Dispute , Charles Buderi and Luciana Ricart take the reader on a journey through centuries of Gulf history and evolving principles of international law on territorial disputes to reach conclusions over the rightful sovereign of three Gulf islands – Abu Musa and the Tunbs – claimed by both Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly works and archival documents from sources as diverse as the Dutch East India Company, the Ottoman Empire and the British Government, Buderi and Ricart analyze historical events from antiquity up to modern times. Ultimately, the authors reach conclusions on the ownership of the islands under international law which challenge the positions of both parties.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements and a Note on Archival Research -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Origins and Nature of the Dispute -- The Gulf Islands Dispute in Historical Perspective -- Modes of Acquisition and Effective Control of Territory -- The Pre-Sixteenth Century Period and the Existence of Historic Rights of Ownership -- The Kingdom of Hormuz, Its Conquest by Portugal in 1515 and Portugal’s Defeat at the Hands of Persia and Britain in 1622 -- The Early Seventeenth Century to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Were the Islands Still Terra Nullius? -- The Seeds of Conflict: 1800 until 1887 – Effective Occupation -- The Period 1887–1971: The Possible “Critical Dates” in the Sovereignty Dispute -- The MOU Related to Abu Musa, the Seizure of the Tunbs by Iran on 30 November 1971 and Subsequent Events up to the Present -- Evidentiary Value of Maps in Sovereignty Disputes over Territory -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.