Mapping of boundaries of Trucial States. Code BA file 1087 (papers 8 to 18)

This file relates to the mapping and boundaries of the Trucial States and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Temporary loan from the War Office of mapping equipment to J F Walker in the Trucial States (8, 15)
• Walker’s tour of the North East Frontier and his talks with the Sheikhs of the Trucial States (9, 11)
• Political Resident in the Persian Gulf G H Middleton’s discussion during his visit to Salalah with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur about the form of the Trucial States-Muscat frontier (10)
• Trucial States-Muscat frontier settlement, signed by the Sultan and countersigned by the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ajman; work uncompleted by Walker, namely the Abu Dhabi-Dubai-Sharjah frontier, which is to be completed by Anthony Wood; the discussion of a limited return by Walker to work on the contested areas (12)
• Maps from Walker of the South Eastern Arabian region, alongside maps of Buraimi and Ibri (13)
• Return of Mr Bevens’ map with alterations due to the mostly settled internal frontiers of the Trucial States (14)
• Letter from Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi concerning their mutual frontiers (16)
• HMG’s position on the Trucial States-Muscat frontier settlement (17)
• The Sultan’s Armed Forces’ (SAF) lack of awareness of Muscat’s boundaries in the vicinity of Buraimi, with a request for maps of the settled and unsettled boundary areas (18)