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FCO 164/14

Trucial States: Frontiers; Political Agency; Sharjah, 1 November 1946 - 30 September 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to the territorial claims, status of the internal boundaries of Sheikhdoms of the Trucial Coast, claims of Sultan of Muscat and Oman, views of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan on the extent of the Abu Dhabi and Muscat boundaries.

FCO 164/90

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): treaties and engagements in force up to the end of 1953. With map, 31 March 1820 - 31 March 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to currently enforceable treaties and engagements up to 1953 in the Gulf States. It includes a map.
FO 371/179923

Currency, 1965

This file concerns currency in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence on: Plans of the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi and the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to issue commemorative coinage and concerns about the effect this might have on plans for a new currency for the Trucial States (2-3, 5, 8) Plans of the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi to issue commemorative coins and efforts to dissuade him from doing so (7)

FO 1016/830

Trucial States Development Fund: policy, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Budget estimates submitted to the Trucial States Council at the meeting on November 1966 Visit by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to request a further £ 500,000 for the Trucial States Development Fund (TSDF) for the period April to September 1967 Progress of the forthcoming report on TSDF for the period April to September 1966 Possible methods of publicising the achievements of the TSDF in the southern Gulf Copy of 'Trucial States Development F
FO 371/179905

Internal political situation: overthrow of Ruler of Sharjah, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: A conversation between Minister of State George Thomson and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi on 13 May 1965, reported by Al Gomhuria of Cairo; a request for information on the movements and intentions of Sheikh Saqr and his son; a letter of protest from the Committee for the Rights of Oman to the Secretary of State; a report on a mass rally held in support of Sheikh Saqr as the 'legitimate' ruler of Sharjah, and Sheikh Saqr's accusation that HMG is pursuing a policy of 'divide and rule' in the Emirate; a letter from Bob

FO 371/149085

Oil industry in Trucial States, 1960

This file concerns the oil industry in the Trucial States.
FO 371/132796

Frontiers between Muscat and Trucial States, 1958

This file relates to frontier settlement in the Trucial States and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi and the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi concluding the unification of their territories (1) J F Walker's investigation of the Trucial States-Muscat frontier in the area between Ramlat Anej and Kahtm Malaha [Khatmat Malaha].
FO 371/157058

Oil, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to oil on the Trucial Coast.
FO 371/156711

Visits to UK by rulers from Persian Gulf states, 1961

This file relates to: Official invitations to the UK, both accepted, to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani, with plans for them to meet the Queen. Other people considered before invitations were sent include: Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and Sayyed Tariq Bin Taimur.
FO 371/168960

Visit to London by Rulers of Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah and Umm al Qaiwain, 1963

This file relates to visits of the Rulers of the Trucial States to the UK.
FO 371/127011

Visits abroad by Ruler of Abu Dhabi and members of his family, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit of the brothers of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Hazza' Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to the US, where Sheikhs Hazza' and Khalid received medical treatment and their return via London, where they met with the Secretary of State and watched the Trooping of the Colour (1-5, 7-9) Visit of Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah to the UK, which included a visit to Windsor Castle and an informal meeting with Prince Philip.
FO 371/179932

Postal services, 1965

This file relates to postal services in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Request received by the Crown Agents from Sharjah to supervise the distribution of their postage stamps. The Crown Agents ask for advice on how to inform the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi that they do not wish to deal through Fouad Antoun of Middle East Stamps Incorporated (1) Signing of an agreement between the Sheikh of Himriyya [Hamriyah] Humaid Bin Abdul Rahman and Fouad Antoun for the publishing of postage stamps.