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FO 1016/476

Dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah, 1956

This file relates to the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah.
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 371/179767

Military relations between UK and Persian Gulf sheikhdoms, 1965

This file relates to British military re-organisation in the Gulf.
FO 371/126848

Sovereignty over islands in and territorial waters of Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Ownership and administration of the following Gulf islands, which are claimed by one or more of the Rulers under British protection: Failaka, Kubr; Qaru and Umm Al Maradim; Harqus; Das; Halul; Sir Abu Nu'air [Sir Abu Nu'ayr]; Abu Musa and Tunb; Sirri; the Quions; and Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya]. The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows approves of proposals that Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah's flags should be flown permanently over Abu Musa and Tunb.
FO 371/126927

Claims by Qatar and Abu Dhabi to the island of Habul, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed arbitration to settle the dispute over Halul Island.
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 371/126935

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.