Frontiers between Muscat and Trucial States

This file relates to frontier settlement in the Trucial States and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi and the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi concluding the unification of their territories (1)
• J F Walker's investigation of the Trucial States-Muscat frontier in the area between Ramlat Anej and Kahtm Malaha [Khatmat Malaha]. He finds that it does not support the Ruler of Sharjah's claim to the western end of the Wadi Qor (2)
• Minor complications over the ownership of two hamlets, Ain Al Ghamur and Ain Al Samah, and the payment of zakat by tribes to the Ruler of Fujairah (3)
• Return of War Office equipment loaned to Walker for his frontier settlement surveys (4)
• Praise for the valuable survey work being done by Walker, boundary discussions with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and plans for Walker to finish his current work by May and return in the autumn (5-7)
• Walker's brief tour of the Ras Al Khaimah-Shihuh area and his talks with the Ruler of Ajman Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Ahmad of Bakha and the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (8)
• Discussions between Walker, F C L Chauncy and Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur (9)
• Distribution of maps [not enclosed] of Trucial Oman and Al Dhahirah, produced by Walker (10)
• Petroleum Development (Trucial States) Limited's autumn geological survey (11)