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POWE 33/1744

Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited: division of sea-bed between Bahrain and Qatar, 1947-1954

This file relates to the division of the seabed between Bahrain and Qatar and the question of the concessions and operations of both the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ).
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 1016/218

Development of education: activities of British Council, 1952

This file relates to education in Kuwait.
FO 1016/26

Withdrawal of concessions to certain oil companies, 1950 Jan 1-Oct 3

This file relates to oil operations around Bahrain and Qatar.
FO 1016/154

Dispute between Qatar and Bahrain over Zubara, 1950 Jan 16-Nov 16

This file relates to the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah.
FO 1016/151

Visas and passports, 1950 Jan 7-Dec 2

This file relates to visa and passport regulations in Qatar.
FO 1016/70

Qatar: air agreement, 1950 Dec 6-1951 Dec 27

This file relates to aviation in Qatar.
FO 1016/67

Qatar oil concessions, 1949 Oct 23-1950 Dec 18

This file relates to oil company operations in Bahrain and Qatar.
FO 371/104320

Conflicting claim to islands and sea-bed areas in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia. Code EA file 1083 (papers 19 to 40), 1953

The file contains correspondence relating to: Persian [Iranian] sloop that left the river on 7 April.
FO 371/91763

Saudi Arabian frontier negotiations with the Persian Gulf States; involvement of the oil companies in the negotiations; appointment of survey parties; question of Buraimi oasis. Code ES file 1081 (papers 1 to 24), 1951

This file contains correspondence on: Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations, including a note prepared by C J Pelly on 13 December 1950 (1) Frontier Commissioner's comments on the arrangements discussed in Jeddah (2) Mr Scott Fox's visit to Bahrain for the purpose of providing an opportunity for discussing arrangements for a commission (3) Yusef Yasin's suggestion for settling the terms of reference of the commission with Mr Trott (4) Yusef Yasin's statement that he has sound proof of Saudi Arabian claims in relation to the frontier negotiations (6) State Department's views on th
FO 1016/47

Notes on the proposed amalgamation of the Bahrain Residency and Agency, 1951 Oct 10-Dec 29

This file relates to Bahrain and the amalgamation of the Agency and the Residency. It contains: C J Pelly's views Request for Sir H Caccia's recommendation and notes recorded in 1948

FO 1016/15

Seabed concessions, 1949 Aug 13-Nov 8

This file relates to seabed concessions in the Trucial States.