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FCO 164/45

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): register of lease agreements, with maps, 1960 Jan 1 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains maps and correspondence relating to the register of agreements and other legal matters in the Trucial States, most of which are bilingual. It includes a tenancy agreement, an agreement of sale, an agreement to lease premises, agreements of partnership in business, Power of Attorney and deeds.
FCO 8/2017

Communications in Oman: BBC radio receiving and transmitting station in Masirah, Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1974 Jan 08

This file concerns radio communications in Oman.
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 371/105653

Air Agreement between UK and Bahrain: draft amendment and new Air Navigation Regulations; clearance of non-scheduled flights to Bahrain and Sharjah. Code GA file 60 (papers 24 to 40), 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Procedures regarding the clearance of non-scheduled and private flights to or through Gulf territories (24, 29, 35, 37, 39) UK-Bahrain Air Navigation Agreement and Regulations, including: the renewal of the agreement and the application of regulations to Commonwealth military aircraft; the amended draft agreement [enclosed]; the presentation of the agreement to the Ruler of Bahrain and tenders for the construction of the new runway; and the discovery that the Air Navigation Regulations agreed by the Ruler in the previous year were never gi
FO 371/109817

Collection of Treaties and Engagements relating to the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in force at end of 1953, 1954

This file contains: Collection of treaties and engagements relating to the Gulf Sheikhdoms and Muscat and Oman in force until the end of 1953. It covers topics such as piracy, the slave trade, pearl fishing, telecommunications, oil, arms dealing, boundary disputes, trade and accessions. It also includes treaties of particular historical significance, such as: the General Treaty for the Cessation of Plunder and Piracy by Land and Sea, 1820; the Perpetual Maritime Truce, 1853; and the Treaty for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1873 (1) Related correspondence (2)

FO 371/126951

Armed forces of UK in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains: Notes and material collected in response to an enquiry from the Ministry of Defence regarding the agreements by which HMG is able to station armed forces in the Gulf, and the status of these forces. It includes translations of documents from 1934 regarding the purchase of land in Bahrain for use by HMG. It also contains a paper titled 'Position of our naval, military and air forces in the Persian Gulf states' (1-3) Paper entitled 'Organisation and deployment of land forces in the Persian Gulf, Muscat and Oman', prepared by Commander Land Forces Persian Gulf.