Abu Dhabi/Muscat and Oman/Saudi Arabia boundaries at Buraimi Oasis

This file relates to the boundaries of Buraimi. It contains:

• The text of part II of a detailed draft legal brief, revised by M S Buckmaster, on the scope of jurisdiction exercised in their territories by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, and on a lack of Saudi jurisdiction in these territories
• Notes and annexes providing demographic information on villages in the Buraimi Oasis; settlements and tribes in Liwa; a questionnaire concerning Saudi Zakat collection in Abu Dhabi and in Muscat and Oman
• A questionnaire on the composition of the Na’im, Al Bu Shamis, and Al Shawamis tribes in Buraimi and other areas
• Correspondence concerning a 'Buraimi defensive Brief' by J L Simpson and Hazel Fox
• Correspondence on a physical survey of the boundaries of Buraimi
• The Sultan's agreement to boundary demarcation in Buraimi, and his willingness to settle frontiers between Muscat and Sharjah
• The suspicions of the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi concerning Sheikh Abdulla Bin Salem Al Ka'abi
• The possible need for Shell and the Arabia American Oil Company (ARAMCO) to access Saudi oilfields, or to export petroleum, via Muscat.