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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 371/163041

Commercial relations UK, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Interest of T G Mapplebeck & Company in construction projects in Abu Dhabi and the appointment of a purchasing agent for the Ruler Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1) Clarification of the status of Charles Kendall & Partners Limited in the Trucial States (2) Interest of Tracey Blagden Limited in operating as purchasing agents for the Trucial States.
FO 371/148916

Internal Political Situation: Trucial States, 1960

This file includes correspondence relating to: D F Hawley's visit to Abu Dhabi and Buraimi and his reception by Sheikh Saeed Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1) E F Henderson's visit to Buraimi with D F Hawley, their reception by Sheikh Shakhbut and the latest news from Das Island, indicating the discovery of oil in commercial quantities (2) Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's work on new irrigation falajes at Buraimi (3) Conversation between the Secretary of State Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the Political Resident in the Persian
FO 371/132818

Customs services in Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to a customs dispute between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur regarding customs duties imposed by the Sultan on lorries travelling through Muscat territory in order to reach villages that belong to Abu Dhabi in the Buraimi region (1).