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FCO 164/65

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): report to the Upper Council of Rulers, 01 February 1969 - 30 April 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to the final draft of the report to the Upper Council of Rulers of the Union of 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 46/718

UK policy on Persian Gulf, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to British defence policy in the Gulf, including the handover of the Trucial Oman Scouts after the withdrawal of British forces in the Gulf, the islands dispute between Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Iran and CENTO air routes.
FCO 26/731

Effect on official broadcasting station, 'Sawt As-Sahil' of Dubai after UK withdrawal from Persian Gulf States, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to the handover of the Sawat As-Sahil radio station to the Dubai Government and the various issues that British officials encountered during said handover. It includes charts, contracts, a draft and final agreement and a draft Memorandum of Understanding in English and Arabic.
FCO 18/1766

Trucial States: photographic representation of the revised land boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as agreed in February 1969, 1969

This file contains photographic representation of the revised land boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as agreed in February 1969.
FCO 14/816

Air services agreement: Netherlands airline KLM access to Dubai, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, particualrly KLM's quest to be granted landing rights in Dubai. It contains reports, meeting summaries and drafts of correspondence of British officials' interactions with Gulf Rulers and Dutch Officials. The question of landing rights for KLM in Dubai was raised during the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

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.

NA.0042.00001233

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum in Dubai, 10 May to 18 May 1948

Standing full length portrait of Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, son of Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, in front of a rock wall in Dubai. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's stay in Sharjah and Dubai.

NA.0042.00001226

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi and Sir Geoffrey Arthur, 2 December 1971

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Sir Geoffrey Arthur, UK Political Resident in the Gulf, at the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom at Al Diyafah Palace in Jumeirah, Dubai
NA.0042.00001220

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Donald Hawley with Saif Bin Khalfan, 1960/1961

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sir Donald Hawley with Saif Bin Khalfan at an event in Dubai
NA.0042.00001216

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum with Sir Julian Bullard and Mahdi Al Tajir, 1969

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum signing a document with Julian Bullard on his left in the presence of Mahdi Al Tajir (Advisor to Sheikh Rashid and first UAE Ambassador to UK after the Union in 1971), Dubai
NA.0042.00001209

Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sir Donald Hawley's mother, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Sir Donald Hawley's sister, Sir Donald Hawley's father, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Isa Saleh Al Gurg, July 1959

Left to right: Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley's mother, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley's sister, Donald Hawley's father, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Isa Saleh Al Gurg with Captain sitting during a visit to Donald Hawley's parent's house in the UK