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 (12)
  • Qatar (9)
  • Oman (9)
  • Abu Dhabi (8)
  • Bahrain (8)
  • Iran (7)
  • Kuwait (7)
  • Muscat (7)
  • United States of America (7)
  • Umm Al Quwain (6)
  • Ras Al Khaimah (6)
  • Sharjah (6)
  • Dubai (6)
  • Ajman (5)
  • Saudi Arabia (5)
  • Iraq (3)
  • India (2)
  • Yemen (2)
  • Tehran (2)
  • Pakistan (2)
  • Nigeria (2)
  • Fujairah (2)
  • Dhofar (2)
  • Das island (2)
  • Egypt (2)
  • France (2)
  • Jordan (1)
  • Kamaran (1)
  • Karachi (1)
  • Lebanon (1)
  • Libya (1)
  • Masirah Island (1)
  • Mecca (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Norway (1)
  • New Delhi (1)
  • Jamaica (1)
  • Ras Al Hadd (1)
  • Riyadh (1)
  • Seeb (1)
  • Transjordan (1)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (1)
  • Trucial States (1)
  • Uganda (1)
  • Japan (1)
  • China (1)
  • Italy (1)
  • Costa Rica (1)
  • Abu Musa (1)
  • Aden (1)
  • Alexandria (1)
  • Algeria (1)
  • Athens (1)
  • Beirut (1)
  • Belgium (1)
  • Cyprus (1)
  • Israel (1)
  • Denmark (1)
  • Doha (1)
  • Dukhan (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Greece (1)
  • Gwadar (1)
  • Hadhramaut (1)
  • Hong Kong (1)
  • Washington, DC (1)

Filter by personalities

  • Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (6)
  • Sheikh Ahmad Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla (3)
  • Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani (3)
  • Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur (3)
  • F C L Chauncy (3)
  • Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (2)
  • Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (2)
  • Julian F Walker (2)
  • Abdulla Darwish Fakhroo (2)
  • Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1)
  • Roger Makins (1)
  • Selwyn Lloyd (1)
  • Sheikh Abdulla Al Mubarak (1)
  • Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah (1)
  • Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani (1)
  • Sheikh Isa Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa (1)
  • Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi (1)
  • Talib Bin Ali Al Hina'i (1)
  • Sheikh Sultan Bin Saqr Al Qasimi (1)
  • Sheikh Zayed Bin Khalifa (1)
  • Sultan Faisal Bin Turki (1)
  • P H Dean (1)
  • Victor Hashem (1)
  • W M Ballantyne (1)
  • W O Little (1)
  • W R Hay (1)
  • Wendell Phillips (1)
  • Phillips Talbot (1)
  • Jan Van Wijk (1)
  • Nadeem Al Pachachi (1)
  • Frank M Tye (1)
  • A R Walmsley (1)
  • Abdul Rahman Bin Salim Al Atiqi (1)
  • Abdulla Bin Hussein Al Hashimi (1)
  • B A B Burrows (1)
  • C A Gault (1)
  • D A Greenhill (1)
  • D C Carden (1)
  • Faris Glubb (1)
  • G H Herridge (1)
  • Mahmoud Ali Daud (1)
  • G Laithwaite (1)
  • George Rendel (1)
  • Harold Macmillan (1)
  • Hasan Kamel (1)
  • Herbert De Ribbing (1)
  • Husain Bin Ali Al Hashimi (1)
  • Judge C H Haines (1)
  • Lawson (1)
  • William O'Brien Lindsay (1)

Filter by entities

  • Shell (9)
  • John W Mecom Company (4)
  • Iraq Petroleum Company (3)
  • Mecom Oil (2)
  • The Times (2)
  • Pure Oil Company (2)
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation (2)
  • Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (2)
  • Cities Service Oil Company (2)
  • BP (2)
  • Aminoil (2)
  • Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited (2)
  • Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (2)
  • Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (1)
  • Kuwait National Petroleum Company (1)
  • Kuwait Oil Company (1)
  • Mobil (1)
  • Nationality, residence, and immigration laws (1)
  • Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (1)
  • Petroleum Concessions Limited (1)
  • Petroleum Development (Oman) Limited (1)
  • Transport Laws (1)
  • Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (1)
  • Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (1)
  • Standard Oil Company (1)
  • Superior Oil Company (1)
  • Taxation Laws (1)
  • International treaties and agreements (1)
  • Treaties and agreements concerning Britain’s involvement in the Middle East (1)
  • Trucial Oman Scouts (1)
  • UN Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) (1)
  • Kuamco Oil Company (1)
  • De Ribbing Mission (1)
  • International Court of Justice (1)
  • British Overseas Airways Corporation (1)
  • Al Siyasah (1)
  • Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (1)
  • Arab League (1)
  • Arabian Oil Company Limited (1)
  • Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (1)
  • Ballantyne and Miller (1)
  • British Bank of the Middle East (1)
  • Buttes Gas and Oil Company (1)
  • Gulf Oil Corporation (1)
  • Civil and Criminal Justice Laws (1)
  • Conorada Petroleum Corporation (1)
  • Contracting and Trading Company Limited (1)
  • D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited (1)
  • Dubai Marine Areas Limited (1)
  • Dubai Petroleum Company Limited (1)
  • Financial Times (1)
  • Guardian (1)
  • Union of Arab Emirates (1)

Filter by subjects

  • (-) Legal (24)
  • (-) Oil and gas (24)
  • (-) Treaties and agreements (24)
  • Foreign relations/External affairs (10)
  • Borders/Boundaries (7)
  • Leading personalities (7)
  • Aviation (4)
  • Internal affairs (4)
  • Finance (3)
  • Maps (3)
  • Defence (2)
  • Visits (2)
  • Conflicts/disputes (2)
  • Demography (1)
  • Development (1)
  • Ports (1)
  • Religions (1)
  • Ruling families (1)
  • Telecommunications (1)
  • Trade (1)

Filter by date range

Active filters

  • Remove filter Legal Legal
  • Remove filter Treaties and agreements Treaties and agreements
  • Remove filter Oil and gas Oil and gas
FO 371/110663

Air Navigation Agreement between Bahrain and UK, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the Air Navigation Agreement between Bahrain and UK: refund of fuel tax.

BT 245/799

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1952-1960

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes air naviation, traffic and other regulations as well as Arabic documents, reports, meeting summaries and memoranda.

FCO 164/73

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain, volume 2. With map, August 1970

This file is volume 2 of 2 and contains correspondence relating the mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain concerning their sea boundaries. It includes agreements, maps and Arabic documents.

FO 371/168945

Oil, 1963

This file concerns oil affairs in the Gulf. It contains correspondence on: Acquisition by Dubai Petroleum Company Limited (DPC) of a half share in the Dubai offshore concession (82) Negotiations of Frank M Tye with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi for the offshore concession area.

IR 40/17240

Consideration of taxes levied by Dubai, Sharjah and Ras-al-khaimah, 1962-1984

This file concerns plans for income taxes to be levied in Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.

FO 1016/187

Correspondence on payment of oil royalties to Ruler of Bahrain, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations between the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) regarding a revision of the royalty payments owing to the Ruler's dissatisfaction with the existing terms. It includes:An explanation of the reasons for the Ruler's demandsA draft Income Tax DecreeA draft Supplemental Agreement.

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.

FO 539/109

Asia: Bahrain, Oman Coast, Kuwait, etc; various papers; 1913-1952, 1913 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31

This file contains a collection of Foreign Office papers on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States, and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, from 1913 to 1952.

FO 464/65

Arabia: oil concessions relating to Umm al Quwain, 1969 May 01 - 1969 Dec 31

This file contains documents relating to oil concessions in Umm Al Quwain, including: Agreement between the Ruler of Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Ahmad Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla and Occidental of Umm Al Quwain Incorporated and an exchange of letters between Sheikh Ahmad and HMG, dated 18 November 1969 Agreement between Sheikh Ahmad and Shell Hydrocarbons Naamloze Vennootschap and an exchange of letters between Sheikh Ahmad and HMG, dated 29 May 1969

FO 464/57

Arabia: collection of oil agreements and connected documents relating to the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms, 1965-1970, 1966 Jun 01 - 1970 Dec 31

This file contains a collection of oil agreements relating to the Gulf littoral States dating from 1965 to 1970, and organised in six parts: Part I - Ajman Part II - Fujairah Part III - Sharjah Part IV - Umm Al Quwain Part V - Ras Al Khaimah Part VI - Abu Dhabi

FCO 8/2003

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

This file concerns Kuwait’s entry into an oil participation agreement between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi with British Petroleum and Gulf Oil Corporation.

FCO 8/1632

Implementation of policy of UK withdrawal from Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns preparations for the British withdrawal from the Gulf. It contains correspondence on: The reactions of the Gulf Rulers to the announcement of Britain's intention to withdraw Plans for the establishment of a Union of Arab Emirates Matters to be resolved prior to withdrawal, along with charts and checklists of action to be taken, including: outstanding territorial disputes; the retrocession of administration and legislation; prisons and prisoners; future defence and security arrangements; and political agreements in relation to oil concessions

Pagination

Page 1 of 2
  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Tips for searching
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Sitemap
  • Browser support
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of Use

© 2025 National Library and Archives of the UAE