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FCO 8/3454

Visits by Douglas Hurd, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, January 1980, and to Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic and Kuwait, March 1980, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file concerns a visit to the Gulf by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Douglas Hurd.
FCO 8/2431

Sale of military equipment from UK to United Arab Emirates, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns the sale of military equipment from the UK to the UAE.
FCO 8/2430

Sale of military equipment from UK to United Arab Emirates, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns the sale of military equipment from the UK to the UAE.
FCO 8/1213

Pakistani relations, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns proposals for the establishment of a Pakistani trade agency in Abu Dhabi.
FCO 8/729

Czechoslovakia, 1967

This file contains correspondence relating to the visit by the President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce J Horn and his secretary-interpreter S David to Qatar in February 1967 and their reception by the Qatari Chamber of Commerce, Political Agency in Doha and Mohammad Abdul Latif Al Mana and Brothers.

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 371/185546

Customs and trade ordinance, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Trade Agencies Ordinance of 1966, restricting new trade agencies to Trucial States citizens and uniting the states into a commercial zone covered by one trade agency (4) Dispute involving the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Spinney's (1948) Limited and Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut over terms of agreement (5) Customs Ordinance, 1966, promulgated by the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum for the management and regulation of port and customs and the Dubai Customs Regulation 1966 publi
FO 371/174715

Trade, 1964

This file contains: Assessment of the progress of the gold season in Dubai (2) Enforcement by the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum of trade restrictions to aid Dubai as a commercial centre. Restrictions against Ras Al Khaimah are discussed (4)

FO 371/109879

Control of arms in the Trucial States, 1954

This file contains 'Draft Queen's Regulation for Firearms and Ammunition in the Trucial States', draft 'Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance' for the Ruler of Dubai which can be modified for use by other Rulers and related correspondence. These regulations are intended to control the movement of firearms. The British Residency in Bahrain is astonished that the Foreign Office believe legislation appropriate to Qatar can be applied, with just minor changes, to other states which all have very different local conditions (1-4).

FO 371/174716

Commercial relations with UK, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's demand that Gray Mackenzie & Company reduce its lighterage charges for transferring cargo between vessels to match its rates in Dubai (12).

FO 371/157032

Traffic in gold through Trucial States, 1961

This file contains the final figures for gold traffic through the airports of Dubai and Sharjah in Trucial States for 1960 (1).