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NA.0042.00001739

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Hazza' Bin Sultan Al Nahyan., 1955

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Hazza' Bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the customs house at Al Maqta crossing, Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001737

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Saeed Bin Taimur., 28 December 1955

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khaled Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Saeed Bin Taimur during a meeting in Al Ain.
NA.0042.00001733

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Molly Thayer on Christmas Day., 25 December 1957

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and Molly Thayer, during the royal family's visit to the expatriate community for Christmas Day, at Tim Hillyard's house in Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001732

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Molly Thayer on Christmas Day., 25 December 1957

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and Molly Thayer, during the royal family's visit to the expatriate community for Christmas Day, at Tim Hillyard's house in Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001731

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Said Bin Taimur in Al Ain., 20 December 1955

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan meeting with Said Bin Taimur of Oman in Al Ain.
FCO 8/1276

Return from exile of Sheikh Shakhbut to Abu Dhabi, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence concerning the return of Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan from exile with the permission of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It includes details of the palace being built for Sheikh Shakhbut and a report of his arrival at Abu Dhabi airport and the greeting from the assembled Bedouin.
FO 1016/842

Shell Oil Company activities in Trucial States, 1964 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Permission for the Shell Company of Qatar Limited to commence operations in the concession areas of Continental Oil Company and Mecom Oil Company in Qatar, Dubai and Sharjah Letter from H G Balfour-Paul to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about proposed research by Koniklijke-Shell Exploration and Production Laboratory into desert sedimentation; and responses by Sheikh Saqr and Sheikh Rashid dated 8 and 9 February 1965 respectively Request for the texts of fou
FO 1016/312

Report on Eastern areas of Al-Hasa Province by George Rentz of ARAMCO Ltd: two criticisms by E F Henderson, 1954

This file contains a two-part commentary by E F Henderson on the report on 'The Eastern Provinces of Al Hasa' by George Rentz. The commentary is divided into two sections: Part I) The Rentz Report in Relation to M S Buckmater's Findings (fols. 2-13); and Part II) Rentz criticised from Other Sources (fols. 14-20).
FO 1016/260

Slavery in Persian Gulf States, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: HMG's advice to Gulf Sheikhs to resist attempts by Saudi Arabia to recover runaway slaves Attempts to recover British protected persons who have been enslaved in Saudi Arabia, including the case of Afrah Bint Mohammad who was kidnapped from Buraimi The extinction, in Bahrain, of forced unpaid labour in date gardens and debt bondage in pearl diving The regulations governing pearl diving, issued by the Ruler of Qatar The manumission of slaves across the Trucial Coast, including: Id Bin Suwaid, a slave of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh S
FO 371/163075

Education in England of son of Ruler of Abu Dhabi, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible attachment of the son of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan to one of the states in the East Aden Protectorate after he has completed his education at Felsham House (1) Meeting between J E H Boustead and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the latter's refusal to meet with King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud; a meeting between Boustead and Sheikh Shakhbut and the latter's refusal of a secretary (2, 7) Possibility of a future meeting between Sheikh Sultan and the Lord Privy Seal (
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 371/185542

Economic development, 1966

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States.