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FCO 164/24

Trucial States: Abu Dhabi sea-bed concession, 1 January 1952 - 31 March 1952

This file contains a copy of the English and Arabic version of the Abu Dhabi Seabed Arbitration Award, awarded after the arbitration hearing in Paris between the Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and its dependencies.
FCO 164/4

Trucial States: confidential undertakings with HM Government, 1 July 1911 - 31 October 1912

This file contains an English and Arabic version of the supplementary list of undertakings between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government.

FCO 164/1

Trucial States: treaties with the UK prior to 1906, 1 January 1906 - 31 December 1906

This file contains a collection of Arabic and English copies of the treaties and engagements in force prior to 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast.
FCO 13/1108

Cultural relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1981

This file contains correspondence relating to UK/UAE cultural co-operation, the British Council's activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK/UAE Joint Committee meetings, including the Cultural Agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and the UAE, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 12 July 1971 between the UK Government and the Rulers of the Trucial States (TS) concerning the status and functions of the British Council in the TS, an MoU on education cooperation between the UAE Federal Ministry of Education and the British Council, and an annual report on the UAE by
NA.0042.00001465

The British Political Agency, Abu Dhabi, 1963

The staff accommodation at the newly built British Political Agency compound, Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001457

Abu Dhabi, 1963

An aerial view of Abu Dhabi town showing the new British Political Agency compound at the bottom right center, Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001449

Trenchard Fowle in Abu Dhabi, 1963

The 'Trenchard Fowle', the British Political Agent's launch, then used by Sir Hugh Boustead, the British Political Agent at the time, and other boats moored off the Corniche, Abu Dhabi.
NA.0042.00001429

Aerial view of Abu Dhabi, 1963

An aerial view of Qasr Al Hosn and the new British Political Agency compound at the bottom right center, Abu Dhabi
BT 245/799

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1952-1960

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes air naviation, traffic and other regulations as well as Arabic documents, reports, meeting summaries and memoranda.

BT 245/798

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1949-1952

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes summaries of meetings and a translation of a draft agreement with annexes as well as a copy of the text of a treaty between the UK and Qatar from 1916.
FCO 14/961

Air Service Agreements between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, 01 January 1971 - 31 December 1972

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, mainly about landing rights for British airlines in Dubai. It contains general correspondence, meetings summaries, agreements and drafts of various types of correspondence of British officials' interactions with Gulf Officials.

FCO 14/591

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meetings, and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.