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FO 1016/177

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company negotiations with Sheikh of Abu Dhabi over marine oil concessions, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to:Negotiations between the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan regarding a proposed oil concession; a draft political agreement between HMG and D'Arcy; and Sheikh Shakhbut's wish for similar terms to those of his agreement with the Superior Oil CompanyThe status of Victor Hashem as an oil representative for Sheikh Shakhbut.

FCO 8/5748

Saudi Arabia: international financial relations, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia’s international financial relations.

FO 464/49

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, together with a collection of oil agreements and connected documents, 1953-1964, 1964 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains documents relating to the Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

FO 464/48

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953, together with collections of treaties, oil engagements, etc, 1954 Jan 01 - 1954 Dec 31

This file contains documents relating to the Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

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.

CAB 134/1086

Middle East Oil Committee: Meetings 1-16 (1955); Papers 1-32 (1955-1956); Meeting 1 (1956); Papers 1-3 (1956), 1955 Jan 6-1956 Jan 24

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee’s minutes of meetings from 6 January 1955 to 7 January 1956. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.

CAB 134/1085

Middle East Oil Committee: Papers 1-38, 1954 Jan 15-Nov 17

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee from 15 January 1954 to 17 November 1954. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.

FCO 8/2640

Use of oil as a weapon by oil producers, 1976 Jan 01 - 1976 Dec 31

This file concerns the use of oil as a weapon by oil-producing countries.

FCO 8/3911

UK/UAE Joint Committee, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file relates to a meeting of the UK-UAE Joint Committee in London on 5 August 1981. The Joint Committee met at regular intervals after its establishment in 1976, and was jointly chaired by Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Douglas Hurd and his UAE counterpart Rashid Abdulla Al Nuaimi.

FCO 8/2120

Oil affairs in Saudi Arabia, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part B of a series of files concerning oil affairs in Saudi Arabia.

CO 727/5

Despatches., 1923

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Resident in the Persian at Bushehr and the Foreign Office relates to 'Arabia'.

CO 727/4

Offices: Individuals., 1922

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, India Office and others, relates to 'Arabia'.

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