ABSTRACT
Territorial differences have existed in the Gulf region for centuries without necessarily posing serious threats to peace and stability of the region. This is not, however, true with some instances of territorial disputes still prevailing which are almost entirely created in the wake of introduction of Western concepts of territoriality and precise boundaries to the region. These disputes have been left behind by the withdrawal of pax-Britannica for the regional states to settle them among themselves. A highly complicated example of these disputes is the case of territorial contentions between Qatar and Bahrain, currently reviewed by the International Court of Justice at the Hague, and those between Iran and the UAE.
