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FCO 164/73

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain, volume 2. With map, August 1970

This file is volume 2 of 2 and contains correspondence relating the mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain concerning their sea boundaries. It includes agreements, maps and Arabic documents.

FCO 164/72

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain, volume 1. With map, August 1970

This file is volume 1 of 2 and contains correspondence relating to the mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain concerning their sea boundaries.

FCO 164/71

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): Sharjah; territorial sea and continental shelf rights. With map, August 1970

This file contains correspondence relating to Sharjah's territorial sea and continental shelf rights, specifically regarding Abu Musa Island.

FCO 164/55

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): oil agreements, 01 January 1965 - 30 November 1970

This file is Volume 2 of a collection of oil agreements and connected documents relating to oil agreements in the Trucial States (United Arab Emirates).

FCO 8/1328

Claims of Iran to islands in Persian Gulf, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns debates around a political settlement for the Abu Musa and Tunb Islands, which are controlled by Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah respectively but claimed by Iran.
FCO 8/1327

Claims of Iran to islands in Persian Gulf, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns debates around a political settlement for the Abu Musa and Tunb Islands, which are controlled by Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah respectively but claimed by Iran.
FCO 8/2373

Oil affairs in Sharjah, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the settlement of the dispute between Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain with regards to oil revenues collected from a joint oil concession between Sharjah and Iran for the oil fields off Abu Musa Island.
FCO 8/3149

Oil affairs in United Arab Emirates, 1978 Jan 01 - 1978 Dec 31

This file concerns oil affairs in the UAE.
FCO 8/1536

Political agreement between the United Kingdom and the ruler of Sharjah concerning Sharjah's offshore oil concession, 1969 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file relates to an oil concession agreement reached between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi; and the Buttes Gas and Oil Company and Clayco Petroleum Corporation dated 29 December 1969.
FCO 8/1609

Claims of Iran to disputed islands in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part of a sequence of files relating to Iran's claim to the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, and to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, in the Strait of Hormuz. It contains correspondence and memoranda from November-December 1971 concerning a settlement for Abu Musa between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, allowing for the Iranian occupation of the islands.
FCO 8/1608

Claims of Iran to disputed islands in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part of a sequence of files relating to Iran's claim to the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, and to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, in the Strait of Hormuz. It contains correspondence and memoranda from November 1971 concerning a settlement for Abu Musa, via an exchange of letters between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, allowing for the Iranian occupation of the islands.
FCO 8/1605

Claims of Iran to disputed islands in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part of a sequence of files relating to Iran's claim to the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, and to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, in the Strait of Hormuz.