Skip to main content
Home
Menu العربية
  • The archives
  • Online exhibitions
  • About us
  • Log in
  • Register

The archives

Filter by:

Filter by places

  • United Arab Emirates (5)
  • Oman (5)
  • Bahrain (4)
  • Dubai (4)
  • Qatar (4)
  • Abu Dhabi (3)
  • Buraimi (3)
  • Saudi Arabia (3)
  • Sharjah (3)
  • Yemen (3)
  • Ras Al Khaimah (2)
  • United States of America (2)
  • United Arab Republic (2)
  • Umm Al Quwain (2)
  • UK (2)
  • Muscat (2)
  • Khor Al Odaid (2)
  • Jordan (2)
  • Japan (2)
  • Israel (2)
  • Iran (2)
  • Egypt (2)
  • Ajman (2)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Kharg (1)
  • Kuwait (1)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • London (1)
  • Tunisia (1)
  • Soviet Union / Russia (1)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Syria (1)
  • Iraq (1)
  • Turkey (1)
  • Jeddah (1)
  • Baghdad (1)
  • Hawar (1)
  • Hamriyah (1)
  • Geneva (1)
  • Fujairah (1)
  • Durham (1)
  • Doha (1)
  • Digdaga (1)
  • Dhofar (1)
  • Cyprus (1)
  • Canada (1)
  • Bulgaria (1)
  • Aden (1)
  • Washington, DC (1)

Filter by personalities

  • H G Balfour-Paul (3)
  • Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (3)
  • A D Parsons (2)
  • C B Kendall (2)
  • M R Melhuish (2)
  • N G Allen (2)
  • Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani (2)
  • Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (2)
  • Alec Douglas-Home (2)
  • Robert Alexander Lindsay (1)
  • Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jasim Al Thani (1)
  • Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah (1)
  • Selwyn Lloyd (1)
  • Roger Stevens (1)
  • R A Lloyd Jones (1)
  • R S Crawford (1)
  • R H Smith (1)
  • R H M Boyle (1)
  • Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani (1)
  • Qaboos Bin Saeed (1)
  • Sheikh Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (1)
  • Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (1)
  • Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani (1)
  • Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi (1)
  • Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa (1)
  • Percy Cox (1)
  • Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi (1)
  • Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah Al Sabah (1)
  • Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1)
  • Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (1)
  • Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (1)
  • Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1)
  • T F Brenchley (1)
  • T M Creasey (1)
  • W F Mumford (1)
  • Peter Carington (1)
  • Michael Logan Tait (1)
  • P R H Wright (1)
  • G P Wall (1)
  • A J Coles (1)
  • A J Cragg (1)
  • A J M Craig (1)
  • A T Lamb (1)
  • Azzam Pasha (1)
  • D E Tatham (1)
  • D F Hawley (1)
  • D R Heath (1)
  • Dag Hammarskjöld (1)
  • E F Henderson (1)
  • Edward Heath (1)
  • Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (1)
  • Harry Ridehalgh (1)
  • P H C Eyers (1)
  • Hasan Kamel (1)
  • Henry St John Basil Armitage (1)
  • Hussein Bin Talal (1)
  • Ibn Saud (1)
  • J A N Graham (1)
  • J C Kay (1)
  • J H G Leahy (1)
  • J R Rich (1)
  • M C S Weston (1)
  • M S Weir (1)
  • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1)
  • Omar Saqqaf (1)
  • Yusif Shirawi (1)

Filter by entities

  • Shell (3)
  • Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (2)
  • Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (2)
  • Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited (2)
  • Trucial States Council (2)
  • Trucial States Development Fund (2)
  • Arab League (2)
  • Treaties and agreements concerning Britain’s involvement in the Middle East (1)
  • Qatar Oil Company (Japan) (1)
  • Shihuh (1)
  • Sultan's Armed Forces (1)
  • Union Oil Company of California (1)
  • Trucial Oman Scouts (1)
  • Trucial States Development Office (1)
  • Pure Oil Company (1)
  • United Nations (1)
  • University of Durham (1)
  • Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (1)
  • Gulf Air (1)
  • Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (1)
  • Middle East Economic Survey (1)
  • Habus (1)
  • Diplomatic Report (1)
  • Daily Express (1)
  • Continental Oil Company Limited (1)
  • Cable and Wireless Limited (1)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (1)
  • Bomin (1)
  • Aramco (1)
  • Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (1)
  • Wintershall Holding GmbH (1)

Filter by subjects

  • (-) Finance (7)
  • (-) Leading personalities (7)
  • (-) Maps (7)
  • Borders/Boundaries (3)
  • Foreign relations/External affairs (3)
  • Oil and gas (3)
  • Development (2)
  • Defence (1)
  • Agriculture (1)
  • Aviation (1)
  • Conflicts/disputes (1)
  • Tribes (1)
  • Arms and military equipment (1)
  • Ruling families (1)
  • Treaties and agreements (1)
  • Industry (1)
  • Visits (1)

Filter by date range

Active filters

  • Remove filter Finance Finance
  • Remove filter Maps Maps
  • Remove filter Leading personalities Leading personalities
FO 93/137

PERSIAN GULF STATES, 1820 - 1971

This file contains the following treaties and agreements related to the Gulf: Treaty of Darin between the UK and Ibn Saud, signed on 26 December 1915 (1) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jasim Al Thani, signed on 3 November 1916 (2) Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Percy Cox to the Ruler of Qatar concerning the treaty of 3 November 1916 and the text of an announcement by the Ruler of Qatar prohibiting the illegal arms trade inside his territory (3) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah Al Saba

FCO 8/2086

Oil affairs in Qatar, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns oil affairs in the state of Qatar in the period January to December 1973.

FCO 8/2026

Review of military situation in Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file contains a review of the military situation in Oman, from November 1973 to January 1974.

FCO 8/741

Oil production, 1967-1968

This file is about the production of oil to be used as fuel and for the generation of power in Qatar.

FO 1016/841

Trucial States: water resources, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: 'Trucial States Development Water Resources Survey, Progress Report for December, 1965' from Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited to the Director of the Trucial States Development Office Acting Director of the Trucial States Council, C B Kendall's authorisation of the Chief Resident Engineer of Halcrow, N G Allen to purchase a suitable drilling rig for the Council Planned visit by Professor Howard Bowen-Jones of Durham University and Dr Stanley Gordon Willimott of the universities of Reading and Southampton to parts of Jordan 

FO 1016/840

Trucial States: water resources; with hydrological and groundwater survey, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Permission for aerial photographs of the Buraimi area to be shared with I L Ward of Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited to conduct a planned hydrological survey of the Trucial States Services rendered by Halcrow for the preliminary hydrological and groundwater survey 'Trucial States Hydrological & Groundwater Survey Interim Report 1965', dated March 1965 'Trucial States Hydrological & Groundwater Survey Expenditure on Counterpart Services' Authorisation given to Halcrow to proceed with the planned survey on the underst

FO 371/140367

Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 57 to 70), 1959

This file relates to political relations between Saudi Arabia and the UK.

  • Tips for searching
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Sitemap
  • Browser support
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of Use

© 2025 National Library and Archives of the UAE