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FCO 164/30

Trucial States: affairs of Bani Ka'ab, 1 June 1953 - 31 December 1953

This file contains correspondence on reinstating Sheikh Abulla Bin Salem Al Ka’abi at Wadi Madha and to the leadership of the Bani Ka’ab tribe. It includes a note on the Bani Ka’ab tribe and summary of events in Buraimi involving Obaid Bin Juma’ Al Ka’abi and Bani Ka’ab tribe.

FCO 164/16

Trucial States: frontiers around Buraimi, 1 November 1947 - 30 November 1947

This file contains a collection of extracts from Political Diaries, Muscat Administration Reports, letters, reports by Political Agents, views of Tribal Chiefs, and Sheikhs of the Trucial Coast regarding tribal allegiance, territorial claims in the area surrounding the Buraimi Oasis. It includes the description of principal places in Jau.
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 371/126932

Boundaries between Trucial States, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Settlement of internal frontiers in the Trucial States (1) Plans to attempt a settlement of the frontier between The Trucial States and Oman.
FO 371/174581

Slavery, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Britain considering an approach to Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to persuade him to subscribe to the Anti-Slavery Convention of 1956 and issue a proclamation banning slavery throughout the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1) Advice from the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations as to how the Sultan can satisfy the UN regarding slavery (2) Memo detailing the history of anti-slavery actions and present attitudes regarding slavery in Muscat and Oman, the Trucial States and South Arabia (3) Britain's belief that it is no longer politically e
FO 371/140133

Mapping of boundaries of Trucial States. Code BA file 1087 (papers 1 to 7), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to:Maps of the Muscat - Trucial States frontiers (1)Julian F Walker's work on the Muscat - Trucial States boundary and tribal demands in the Dhahira region. It includes a request by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Salimin of the Al Bu Shamis [Al Shamsi] tribe to purchase arms and receive financial aid from HMG, and a request by Sheikh Ali Bin Ahmad Al Salf that the Naim tribe be accepted as another Trucial State.