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FO 1016/566

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/525

Qatar Petroleum Company Ltd: relations with ruler of Qatar, 1956

This file concerns relations between the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC).
FO 1016/476

Dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah, 1956

This file relates to the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah.
FO 1016/314

Dispute between Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah area, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to:A letter from B A B Burrows to the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani about the latter's dispute with the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa over Zubarah and the views of HMG on the subject, discussed during Burrows' visit to Doha; a 5-point letter from Burrows to Sheikh Salman outlining a plan for reaching a settlement; and a telegram from Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden endorsing the plan for settlementA conversation between the Political Agent J W Wall and Sheikh Salman and the latter's opposition to the presence of Q
FO 1016/480

Repercussions of Israeli attack on Egypt, 1956

The file relates to the Israeli attack on Egypt.
FO 371/109926

Civil and Criminal Appeal Rules for the Persian Gulf States: introduction of new Penal Code, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Drafts of the Muscat Criminal and Civil Appeal Rules, 1954 and the Muscat Legal Practitioners Rules, 1954 (1) Drafting of the Penal Code Regulation, 1955 for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States and Muscat.
FO 371/109915

Collection of Oil Agreements and connected documents relating to the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1954

This file contains correspondence on: A request for copies of the Aminoil Islands Concession and its political agreement, and copies of the Kuwait Oil concessions and agreements other than the 1934 ones (1) An invitation from the Institute of Petroleum for Mr Reilly to give a talk on national and international aspects of oil finance (2) Plans for talks between the British Embassy in Washington, DC and the US State Department, regarding Middle East oil and particularly Kuwait (3) An enquiry into vacancies in the pipeline industry in the Arabian Peninsula (4) HMG's attitude to the

FO 371/109845

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Records of conversations with Colonel Galloway of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) on the latest Saudi Arabian proposals on the demarcation of the Bahrain seabed, which he considered was coming close to a satisfactory agreement (17) Bahrain-Saudi seabed.
FO 371/114730

Immigration control in Trucial States: powers of arrest without warrant for passport offences given to Trucial Oman levies, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Britain's intention to withdraw the waiver exempting Saudi Arabians from Trucial States passport regulations before Gulf Aviation starts its fortnightly service to Abu Dhabi (1-2) The background to the waiver, linked to the 1952 Buraimi Standstill Agreement, and a recommendation by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows for a replacement waiver that will only apply to persons from Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, Qatar and Yemen (3) Saudi complaints concerning the withdrawal of the waiver (4-5, 8) 'Trucial Oman Levies (A
FO 371/114641

Claims by Persia to Bahrain and Gulf islands of Abu Musa and Tamb: dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over sovereignty over islands in the Neutral Zone, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the British Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows and the Saudi Arabian Government on: the Buraimi arbitration agreement; the sovereignty of islands claimed by Kuwait and the Saudis; the issue of a proclamation regarding the seabed of the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone and the determination of the frontiers of that zone (24) Persian [Iranian] claim to the islands of Bahrain and Abu Musa (25-26) Admiralty's views on the territorial dispute between Iran and Bahrain and its requirement to install temporary radio ai
FO 371/126935

Dispute between Bahrain and Qatar concerning sovereignty over Zubarah, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Developments in the Bahrain-Qatar dispute about Zubarah since B A B Burrows' 1954 despatch and the proposed action by Britain (1) King Saud's offer to mediate.
FO 371/109929

Judicial matters in Qatar: possibility of establishing joint courts and joint legislation, 1954

This file contains: Correspondence relating to Judge Haines's visit to Dohah [Doha] and his conclusion that the idea of joint courts must be abandoned for the moment. Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and Abdulla Darwish referred to a 1935 letter from Colonel T C Fowle in which, they allege, HMG agreed to the application of Sharia Law to foreigners. B A B Burrows cannot find any such statement.