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FO 464/64

Arabia: account of the facts concerning the frontier between Abu Dhabi, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Saudi Arabia in South Eastern Arabia, including the Oases of Liwa and Buraimi, part 1, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains Part I of ‘An Account of the Facts Concerning the Frontier between Abu Dhabi, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Saudi Arabia in South-Eastern Arabia, including the Oases of Liwa and Buraimi’.
FO 1016/312

Report on Eastern areas of Al-Hasa Province by George Rentz of ARAMCO Ltd: two criticisms by E F Henderson, 1954

This file contains a two-part commentary by E F Henderson on the report on 'The Eastern Provinces of Al Hasa' by George Rentz. The commentary is divided into two sections: Part I) The Rentz Report in Relation to M S Buckmater's Findings (fols. 2-13); and Part II) Rentz criticised from Other Sources (fols. 14-20).
FO 1016/311

Report on Eastern areas of Al-Haza Province by George Rentz of ARAMCO Ltd, 1954

This file contains a report on 'The Eastern Provinces of Al Hasa' in Saudi Arabia, prepared by the Research Branch of the Relations Department of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), 31 January 1950-2 Rabi' Al-Thani 1369. The report was composed by George Rentz and William Milton, based on information provided by Ali Bin Humaid, Saeed Bin Nasir, Thua'lib Bin Saqr and Awadh Bin Naji.
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 1016/108

Notes on the Imam's administration in the interior of Oman, c. 1952

This file contains a memorandum entitled 'A Note on the Imam's Administration in the interior of Oman'.
FO 1016/104

Report on "The administration of the Imam of Nazwa and its relations with the Muscat Government", c. 1952

This file contains a memorandum entitled 'The administration of the Imam of Nezwa [Nizwa] and its relations with the Muscat Government', which is divided into three parts. Part I contains a general description of the historical relationship between the Imam of Oman and the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat, including reference to the 1920 Treaty of Seeb.