Ruling families in Trucial States. Code BA file 1942

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Question of the return from exile of Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum's two sons: Obaid Bin Juma Al Maktoum and Hamad Bin Juma Al Maktoum (1)
• Christmas cards given to Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (including one addressed to their late brother, Sheikh Hazza' Bin Sultan Al Nahyan) and the arrival of Michael Scott's portraits of Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Hazza' (2)
• Request for neurosurgeon Murray Falconer of Guy's Hospital to treat the Ruler of Sharjah's cousin Sheikh Mohammad Bin Saqr Al Qasimi (3)
• Bill from Claridge's for Sultan Bin Ali Uwais, who accompanied the Ruler of Sharjah to Britain in 1958 (4)
• Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum seeking to consult a specialist in the UK about a chest complaint. Dr J B Harman found little wrong with him except minor arthritis (7)
• Ruler of Dubai's visit to Geneva (8)
• Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi's request for maps of the Trucial States and Oman to hang in his study and illustrate the book he is writing (9)
• Sheikh Zayed's visit to London as a guest of BP (10)
• Sheikh Zayed's vacation in Zurich where there was a problem with his accommodation arrangements. J F Walker visited him and they discussed: the situation in Muscat and Oman; the education of Sheikh Zayed's son, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; news from Buraimi; Abu Dhabi's frontiers and Sheikh Zayed's suspicions about oil company activity in Umm Al Zamul; plans to build three dams in the Buraimi area (11, 13-14)