Education in England of son of Ruler of Abu Dhabi

FO 371/163075 1962
Description

This file contains correspondence relating to:

  • Possible attachment of the son of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan to one of the states in the East Aden Protectorate after he has completed his education at Felsham House (1)
  • Meeting between J E H Boustead and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the latter's refusal to meet with King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud; a meeting between Boustead and Sheikh Shakhbut and the latter's refusal of a secretary (2, 7)
  • Possibility of a future meeting between Sheikh Sultan and the Lord Privy Seal (3)
  • Attempted approach to Sheikh Sultan by the First National City Bank of New York (4)
  • Progress of Sheikh Sultan's education and his living conditions at Felsham House (5, 8, 9)
  • Money stolen by Mrugesh Jaykrishna Patel from Sheikh Sultan at Felsham House. It includes a series of cuttings from the Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph (11)
  • Letter by Peter Lienhardt on Sheikh Sultan and Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi. It includes: an article titled 'Sheikhdom joins Oil-Rich States' from the Sunday Telegraph; a request for the discussion of Sheikh Sultan's current dissatisfaction with A R Walmsley; and a conversation between R B Pridham, W H T Luce and Sheikh Sultan (6, 10)
  • Dissatisfaction of Sheikh Sultan with Felsham House and possible transfer to Oxford, with exchanges between R B Stevens and F W D Deakin of St Antony's College, Oxford (12)
  • Return of Sheikh Sultan to Abu Dhabi accompanied by his guardian Philip Romans (13)
  • Summary of attempts to assist Sheikh Sultan during his residence in the UK (14)
  • Complaints of Sheikh Sultan about Romans' personal conduct and Felsham House and the decision to revert to Stevens's plan for Sheikh Sultan to relocate to Oxford (16-18)
  • Suggestions for Sheikh Sultan's further education in the UK, including his possible to the Davies' School of English in Cambridge, accompanied by the Assistant Political Agent (designate) D Slater as his tutor (19-20)
  • Visit by Sayyed Makhawy from the Gulf desk of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sheikh Shakhbut's tentative plans to visit Iran, Jordan and Saudi Arabia 'in the future' (15)