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FCO 8/3511

Relations between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, including border disputes, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to UAE-Oman relations, including border disputes. It contains correspondence concerning: The UAE’s wish for Oman to open an embassy in Abu Dhabi and Omani reluctance to do so because of its preference to deal directly with the Rulers The Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi’s accusation that British troops are violently supressing villages in Northern Oman under the auspices of the Omani Government.
FCO 8/6034

Relations between Saudi Arabia and the UK, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Anglo-Saudi bilateral relations, and the Eritrean War of Independence. It contains minutes of meetings, correspondence and memoranda relating to: A statement given by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a press conference at Andrews Air Force Base on 22 December 1984.
FO 464/50

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-1964; volume 1, chapters 1-6, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Jan 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-64'.
FO 464/46

Arabia: Buraimi; brief prepared for the UK Mission to the United Nations, August 1962, 1964 Jun 01 - 1964 Jun 30

This file relates to the Buraimi frontier dispute.
FO 464/14

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1917-1933, 1917 Jan 01 - 1933 Dec 31

This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf, and the wider Middle East, from 1916-1933. It contains: The Mecca Agreement of 1926 between the King of Hejaz and Nejd King Ibn Saud and the Imam of Asir Ali Bin Mohammad Al Idrisi, also called the Idrisi Agreements and correspondence between Hejaz and Sudan, with HMG as an intermediary Annual reports on the Hajj from 1926-1933, including the demographics of the pilgrims.
FO 464/38

Arabia: memorial of Saudi Arabia; arbitration with Muscat and Abu Dhabi, volume 2, 1955 Jul 01 - 1955 Jul 31

This file contains the ‘Arbitration for the settlement of the territorial dispute between Muscat and Abu Dhabi on one side and Saudi Arabia on the other: Memorial of the government of Saudi Arabia, Volume II, Annexes, Appendices and Maps’. It includes a copy of the Arbitration Agreement, letters, records of conversations, minutes of conferences and declarations.

FO 464/32

Arabia: arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia; memorial submitted by the UK Government, volume 1, 1955 Jul 01 - 1955 Jul 31

This file contains the 'Arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia: Memorial submitted by the government of the UK, Volume I'.
FCO 8/3145

Relations between United Arab Emirates and Oman, 1978 Jan 01 - 1978 Dec 31

This file concerns relations between the UAE and Oman between March and December 1978.
DEFE 5/53

Nos 167 - 249. (Described at item level), 1954 May 27-Aug 3

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff committee memoranda from 27 May 1954 to 3 August 1954 concerning global strategy.
FCO 8/3144

Relations between United Arab Emirates and Oman, 1978 Jan 01 - 1978 Dec 31

This file concerns the relations between the UAE and Oman, between January and February 1978.
CAB 134/2340

Official Committee on the Middle East: Papers 37-75, 1957 May-Dec

This file contains memoranda for the Official Committee on the Middle East (OME) from 29 May 1957 to 30 December 1957.
FCO 8/5842

Kuwait and the Iran-Iraq War, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s involvement in the Iran-Iraq War during 1985.