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FO 1016/185

Slavery in Persian Gulf states, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A list of 29 slaves, including their place of origin, who were issued manumission certificates in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1951 A list of nine unsettled manumission cases, including the names of the complainant and accused slaver The Political Agencies' assessment of domestic slavery on the Trucial Coast, Kuwait and Bahrain A statement by Mubarak Bin Obaid on behalf of his stepson Sawayah Bin Khamis who was kidnapped aged 14 (by Harashish Al Mansouri, Weld al Haram Al Amri, and Ali Yawaihi Al Amri) near Umm Al Quwain and a sworn depositi
FO 464/66

Arabia: 'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia' by John Gordon Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, 1908 Jan 01 - 1915 Dec 31

This file contains extracts from the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by John Gordon Lorimer a civil servant in British India and later Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
FO 1016/736

Trucial Oman Scouts: possible retention in Abu Dhabi, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file relates to the organisation and administration of the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).
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 371/168649

Commercial relations between UK and Persian Gulf sheikhdoms, 1963

This file relates to commercial relations between the UK and the Gulf. It contains correspondence concerning: London Chamber of Commerce trade mission to the Gulf.
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 371/140362

Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 6 to 18), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meeting between D M H Riches, Signor Prunas and Signor Riccardi, regarding an article [translation enclosed] in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Bilad about King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's interview with the Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld, and also a report that Kuwait is planning to participate in the next Arab League meeting (6) Note of protest from the Saudi Government to HMG about the setting up of a camp by British authorities in a disputed area, and the text of a reply from HMG, along with related correspondence.
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).

FO 371/98464

Abolition of slavery in Qatar; Saudi Arabia's request for return of runaway slaves; Sultan of Oman's protest over Buraimi slave trade; no formal abolition of slavery in Trucial States. Code EA file 2181, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Abolition of slavery in Qatar.