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FCO 8/1758

Medicines and hospitals in Saudi Arabia, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file relates to medicine and hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, January to October 1971.
FCO 8/742

Oil production, 1968

This file is about the production of oil to be used as fuel and for the generation of power in Qatar.
FCO 8/735

Discussions on Qatar/Abu Dhabi boundary: Saudi Arabia/Qatar frontier discussions, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: A telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford to the Foreign Office suggesting that the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan invite the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani to send a representative to Abu Dhabi to study the seismic data to allay any suspicions about the proposed oil concession The arrival of a Saudi Arabian delegation under Amir Turki Bin Abdulla Al Otaishan in Qatar to inspect the borders and confirmation by the Deputy Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani that

FCO 8/683

Overseas visits by ruler, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Plans of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah to travel directly from the Arab League Summit Conference in Khartoum to Paris for a 10-day medical checkup Medical checkup of Sheikh Sabah at the American Hospital of Paris, courtesy call on General Charles de Gaulle and departure on his personal Hawker Siddeley Trident for Beirut Return of Sheikh Sabah to Kuwait without visiting Amman and Baghdad as earlier planned Visit by the Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Dr Manouchehr Eqbal to Kuwait and a report
FCO 8/138

Visits to Persian Gulf by members of Houses of Parliament, 1968

This file relates to visits to the Gulf by MPs after Britain's announcement on 16 January 1968 that it intends to withdraw from the Gulf by the end of 1971 and after the February agreement between Qatar, Bahrain, and the Trucial States to establish a nine-state Union of Arab Emirates. In particular it contains correspondence concerning a visit by Labour Party MPs Colin Jackson, David Owen and Parliamentary Private Secretary Ernest Davies.
FCO 8/25

Political relations with Iran, 1968

This file relates to Iranian relations with the Gulf States. It contains correspondence concerning: The postponement of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s visit to Saudi Arabia over the issue of the dispute over Bahrain.
FO 371/132902

Ruling family of Muscat and Oman, 1958

This file relates to a private visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to the UK.
FO 371/140291

Ruler of Muscat and Oman and his family. Code BA file 1944 (papers 1 to 15), 1959

This file relates to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur. It contains correspondence concerning: His impending visit to the UK for medical treatment. D M H Riches questions the timing of this visit given the ongoing revolt in Oman (1) The Sultan's talk with Riches on 3 January 1959.
FO 371/127008

The Ruling family of Kuwait, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit to Europe of the Deputy Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Mubarak Al Sabah, the uncle of the Ruler, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuwait Army (15) Arrangements for the visit to the UK of the younger brother of the Ruler Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who is President of the Police Department (16) Suggestion by the Prime Minister that he receive Sheikh Sabah Al Salem during his visit.
FO 371/140288

Ruling families in Trucial States. Code BA file 1942, 1959

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