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FO 93/137

PERSIAN GULF STATES, 1820 - 1971

This file contains the following treaties and agreements related to the Gulf: Treaty of Darin between the UK and Ibn Saud, signed on 26 December 1915 (1) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jasim Al Thani, signed on 3 November 1916 (2) Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Percy Cox to the Ruler of Qatar concerning the treaty of 3 November 1916 and the text of an announcement by the Ruler of Qatar prohibiting the illegal arms trade inside his territory (3) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah Al Saba
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 1016/524

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

This file concerns relations between the Ruler of Qatar and the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC). It primarily concerns the oil agreement of 25 September 1955 between QPC and the Ruler Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and the impact on the Political Agreement of 5 June 1935 between the HMG and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. And it contains correspondence and minutes of conversations between the Ruler, the General Manager of QPC P R A Ensor, Abdulla Darwish Fakhroo, D C Carden, B A B Burrows and Selwyn Lloyd.
FO 371/156979

Delimitation of frontier between Qatar and Abu Dhabi, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Gault-Anderson Report on the boundaries between Qatar and Abu Dhabi (17) Miscellaneous papers from the Gault-Anderson Mission and the Island of Halul.
FO 371/148956

Frontier disputes between Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, 1960

This file relates to the frontier dispute between Abu Dhabi and Qatar, and C A Gault's investigation with the aim of providing an impartial recommendation of the location of the land border and the ownership of disputed islands.
FO 371/148955

Frontier disputes between Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, 1960

This file relates to frontier disputes between Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/98830

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 1 to 43), 1952

This file contains correspondence on: Preparations for the frontier conference.
FO 371/91764

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 25 to 38), 1951

This file contains correspondence on: Frontier negotiations, including a statement by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan that he will protect the survey party in Sabkhat Matti (25) The insistence of Saudi Arabia that the production of evidence for the rights of sovereignty should be reciprocal (26) Mr Trott's views on the present situation (27) A conversation with Lewis Jones on the alleged intervention of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) employees in the Saudi frontier negotiations (28) Confirmation that the British Residency in B