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FO 1016/569

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/626

Oman, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: An item on the Treaty of Sib [Treaty of Seeb] (1920) in the summer issue of the Middle East Journal, 1958 A meeting between officials from the US State Department and the British Embassy to discuss the political relationship between the Sultanate of Muscat and the Imamate of Oman A discussion about the efficiency of communications between Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur, Interior Minister Sayyed Ahmad Bin Ibrahim and the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) Two reports on the deployment of mine detectors to Nizwa, and pardoning of Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abd
FO 371/120608

Development programme of Trucial States, 1956

This file relates to the Trucial States Development Scheme and the Buraimi rehabilitation project.
FO 371/114656

Economic development programme for Trucial States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit by Mohammad Bakhit Saghir to Doha, Sharjah and Dubai. He arrived with a Lebanese passport, but no visa. Allegedly acting on behalf of Sadaka Kaki, founder of the Economic and Engineering Company Limited, he met the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi. He proposed many development schemes, but provided no details.
FO 371/114578

Situation among tribes and sheiks of Muscat and Oman; involvement of Arab League in affairs of Oman; Saudi Arabian threat and gun running; operations against Imam of Oman's headquarters at Nizwa, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Secretary General of the Arab League confirming that Oman will be on the agenda at the next Arab Defence Council meeting (1) Question of whether the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur should contact individual Arab governments ahead of the Arab League meeting (2-3, 6) Brief history of the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.