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FO 464/15

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1933-1955, 1933 Jan 01 - 1955 Dec 31

This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence, and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf and the wider Middle East, primarily from 1933-1955.

FCO 8/2175

Civil aviation in Gulf area, including Concorde trials, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns civil aviation in the Gulf, in particular commercial matters.

CO 727/4

Offices: Individuals., 1922

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, India Office and others, relates to 'Arabia'.

CO 727/3

Offices: (except Admiralty, Foreign), Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Institutions., 1921

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the India Office, the Board of Trade and others, relates to ‘Arabia’.

CO 727/2

Offices: Foreign., 1921, July - Dec.

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Foreign Office relates to ‘Arabia’, especially the affairs of the King of Hejaz Hussein Bin Ali Al Hashemi.

FCO 8/893

Dubai off-shore oil concessions and harbour project: Abu Dhabi/Dubai sea boundaries, 1967-1968

This file relates to Dubai offshore oil concessions and the funding for a deep water harbour.

FCO 8/889

Abu Dhabi oil concessions, 1967

This file contains correspondence relating to: Petroleum concession agreement between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Phillips Petroleum Company, Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (Agip) and American Independent Oil Company (Aminoil), dated 21 January 1967; and a list of Aminoil's shareholders Abu Dhabi Income Tax (Amendment) Regulation, 1966, amended in connection with oil royalties Objection of Aminoil and French state oil company Enterprise de recherches et d'activitiés pétrolières (ERAP) to the inclusion of a clause that allows the Ruler to establis

FO 1016/510

Kuwait sea-bed oil concession, 1956

This file relates to the oil rights of Kuwait's seabed.

FO 371/179757

Persian Gulf median line, 1965

This file relates to the Gulf median line.

FO 371/120596

Negotiations between Pakistan and Sultan of Muscat about Gwadur oil rights, 1956

This file relates to negotiations between Pakistan and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur over oil rights in Gwadur [Gwadar].

PREM 11/1471

Situation in Persian Gulf states part 3, 1955-1956

This file relates to Britain’s Middle East Policy in 1956 and contains correspondence on: Situation in Saudi Arabia Buraimi dispute Operations at Nizwa Map showing frontier claims by King Ibn Saud Proposal for retaining troops in the Sharjah area Offer of military support to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur American views on the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the Imam of Oman Record of a conversation held in Paris on 15 December 1955 on the Middle East in general American position on Buraimi and Oman Urgent request from Saudi Arabia f

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