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FCO 164/92

United Arab Emirates: assorted documents in Arabic, 1960 - 1979

This file contains correspondence relating to assorted legal documents of the United Arab Emirates in Arabic. It includes Contracts Law for the Emirate of Dubai for the year 1970, Sharjah Police Law for 1967, and Ras Al Khaimah Penalties Law. It also includes incomplete laws regarding the laws of crimes related to official seals and the impersonation of others.
FCO 164/1

Trucial States: treaties with the UK prior to 1906, 1 January 1906 - 31 December 1906

This file contains a collection of Arabic and English copies of the treaties and engagements in force prior to 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast.
FCO 14/591

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meetings, and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FCO 164/82

United Arab Emirates: code of criminal procedure, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to codes of criminal procedure in the United Arab Emirates.

FCO 164/81

United Arab Emirates: law documents, 1971

This is file D, which contains law documents in the United Arab Emirates, mostly in Arabic.
FCO 164/80

United Arab Emirates: law documents, 1971

This is file C, which contains law documents in the United Arab Emirates in both Arabic and English.
FCO 164/79

United Arab Emirates: law documents, 1971

This is file B, which contains new law documents in the United Arab Emirates, mostly in Arabic.
FCO 164/78

United Arab Emirates: law documents, 1971

This is file A, which contains new law documents in the United Arab Emirates. It includes Arabic documents and the Civil Wrongs Ordinance 1970 of Bahrain.
FCO 164/77

United Arab Emirates: retrocession of laws, January 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to the retrocession of some pre-union laws in the United Arab Emirates.
FCO 164/63

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): specimen signatures of officials, 01 July 1968 - 31 July 1972

This file contains correspondence relating to specimen signatures of various government officials in the Trucial States (United Arab Emirates) as well as their designations.
FCO 14/590

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1968 Jan 01 to 1969 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meeting summaries, draft agreements and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FO 1016/185

Slavery in Persian Gulf states, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A list of 29 slaves, including their place of origin, who were issued manumission certificates in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1951 A list of nine unsettled manumission cases, including the names of the complainant and accused slaver The Political Agencies' assessment of domestic slavery on the Trucial Coast, Kuwait and Bahrain A statement by Mubarak Bin Obaid on behalf of his stepson Sawayah Bin Khamis who was kidnapped aged 14 (by Harashish Al Mansouri, Weld al Haram Al Amri, and Ali Yawaihi Al Amri) near Umm Al Quwain and a sworn depositi