Skip to main content
Home
Menu العربية
  • The archives
  • Online exhibitions
  • About us
  • Log in
  • Register

The archives

Filter by:

Filter by places

  • (-) Tunb Islands (4)
  • United Arab Emirates (4)
  • Ras Al Khaimah (4)
  • Iran (4)
  • Abu Musa (3)
  • Sharjah (3)
  • United States of America (3)
  • Saudi Arabia (2)
  • Tehran (2)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • California (1)
  • Iraq (1)
  • Kuwait (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Abu Dhabi (1)
  • Qu'aiti (1)
  • Sir Abu Nu'ayr (1)
  • Sirri Island (1)
  • Yemen (1)

Filter by personalities

  • (-) Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi (4)
  • Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (3)
  • Amir Khosrow Afshar (2)
  • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (2)
  • Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (2)
  • W H T Luce (2)
  • D G Crawford (1)
  • Edward Heath (1)
  • H G Balfour-Paul (1)
  • M C S Weston (1)
  • Manouchehr Eqbal (1)
  • Nadeem Al Pachachi (1)
  • Richard C W Weston (1)
  • Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Helaissi (1)

Filter by entities

  • Buttes Gas and Oil Company (2)
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation (2)
  • Central Treaty Organization (1)
  • Daily Telegraph (1)
  • Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited (1)
  • Mecom Oil (1)
  • National Iranian Oil Company (1)
  • Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company (1)
  • Shell (1)
  • Southern Natural Gas Company (1)
  • Taxation Laws (1)
  • Union Oil Company of California (1)
  • Union of Arab Emirates (1)
  • United Nations (1)

Filter by subjects

  • (-) Oil and gas (4)
  • Foreign relations/External affairs (4)
  • Borders/Boundaries (3)
  • Conflicts/disputes (2)
  • Legal (2)
  • Aviation (1)
  • Defence (1)
  • Leading personalities (1)
  • Maps (1)
  • Ruling families (1)

Filter by date range

Active filters

  • Remove filter Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi
  • Remove filter Tunb Islands Tunb Islands
  • Remove filter Oil and gas Oil and gas
FCO 8/1327

Claims of Iran to islands in Persian Gulf, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns debates around a political settlement for the Abu Musa and Tunb Islands, which are controlled by Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah respectively but claimed by Iran.

FCO 8/960

Territorial problems: disputed islands, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to the dispute over the Tunb Islands and Abu Musa.

FO 1016/914

Territorial issues relating to the Persian Gulf Islands (Abu Musa and the Tunbs), 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns Iran's dispute over Abu Musa and the Tunb Islands with Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.

FO 1016/843

Ras al Khaimah oil concession, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meeting between the representative of Union Oil Exploration and Production Company and Southern Natural Gas Company and the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi about the results of the companies' seismic analysis of December 1964 and the difficulties of obtaining the relevant equipment and expected delay in operations Phone call by Ted Winn of the Southern Natural Gas Company to D G Crawford about possible drilling in the vicinity of Tunb and the median line between Ras Al Khaimah and Iran and the Shah Mohammad

  • Tips for searching
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Sitemap
  • Browser support
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of Use

© 2025 National Library and Archives of the UAE