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CO 727/6

Offices: Foreign., 1923, May - Dec.

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Foreign Office and the India Office relates to 'Arabia'.
CO 727/4

Offices: Individuals., 1922

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, India Office and others, relates to 'Arabia'.
CO 727/3

Offices: (except Admiralty, Foreign), Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Institutions., 1921

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the India Office, the Board of Trade and others, relates to ‘Arabia’.
CO 727/1

Despatches., 1921

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence mainly with the Admiralty and the Foreign Office relates to the affairs of ‘Arabia’, especially to the King of Hejaz Hussein Bin Ali Al Hashemi and his son Faisal Bin Hussein Al Hashemi, who is the King of Iraq and the ex-King of Syria.
FO 1016/567

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 371/109831

Frontier dispute between Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States, 1954 Mar 29 - 1954 May 3

This file relates to the Buraimi frontier dispute.
FO 1016/105

Notes on Muscat administration reports, 1873-1940, 1952 Dec 31

This file contains notes on administration reports in the Muscat Consulate, covering the years 1873-1940. These notes were written for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the extracts referred to relate to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the tribes of the interior. It includes a note on the 1920 Treaty of Sib [Seeb].

FO 371/98379

Dispute about sovereignty of Buraimi. Code EA file 1084 (papers 301 - 320), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A request that action should be taken to forestall any attempt by the State Department to instruct their Consul-General in Dhahran to advise the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to adhere to the Standstill Agreement (301) A report from Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) regarding passage through their camp at Tarif, in undisputed Abu Dhabi territory, of a Saudi convoy (302) W R Hay's proposed visit to Muscat (303) A close inspection carried out by the Arabian American Oil Company of the Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast
FO 371/114879

Dispute over frontiers between Saudi Arabia and Aden Colony and Protectorate and other Persian Gulf States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Colonial Office views on the question to be put to the Governor of Aden T Hickinbotham (1) US State Department asking ARAMCO not to enter the Mugshin area (2-3) Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's visit to Shisar [Shishr] and Mugshin (4) Possibility that Saudi Arabia is using the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) to further its claims against Muscat and Aden (5) A Saudi aide memoire which complains of trespassing by oil companies in areas disputed with Muscat and Aden (6) Reports that Turki Bin Ataishan has collected 1
FO 371/114651

Negotiations over disputed boundaries between Saudi Arabia and Oman and Eastern Aden Protectorate: discussions on other frontiers of Saudi Arabia, 1955

This file relates to boundary disputes between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Saudi Arabia, and the Eastern Aden Protectorate and Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence on: US State Department's attraction to the idea of negotiation or arbitration and British objections (16) Suggestion that the US Ambassador at Jedda [Jeddah] be accredited to Muscat so that the US receive a more balanced view before getting involved.
FO 371/98833

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 95 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Flight of an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) Dakota aircraft over the Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) camp site at Murban (95) History of the dispute, the Saudi and American attitude, possible future action and recommendations for solutions (97-98) RAF to regard the 1935 boundary with the 1937 adjustment as the boundary of undisputed Saudi territory (99) Buckmaster's report on his visit to the Liwa Oasis (96, 100, 112) Iraq Petroleum Company and the Saudi frontier dispute (101) Saudi frontier negotiations (102, 103, 114-122)

FO 371/98383

Dispute about sovereignty of Buraimi. Code EA file 1084 (papers 383 - 406), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: An account of reasons why Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan sent an armed force to his villages. It is suggested that Turki's action in sending a car to the Abu Dhabi villages and his attempt to pick up Sheikh Saqr Al Nuaimi on his way back to Buraimi should form the subject of a protest (383) An account of Weir's interview with Sheikh Saqr Al Nuaimi, following which he took action against two leading agitators amongst his servants; and Weir's visit to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's villages.