Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-1964; volume 1, chapters 1-6

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-64'. It is divided into the following sections:

• Chapter 1: General, including general policy with regard to the Gulf States; the Arab League and the Gulf; Gulf oil; Iranian relations with the Gulf States; and the Buraimi dispute
• Chapter 2: Bahrain, including Bahrain's foreign relations; Bahrain's internal affairs; and Bahrain's civil development
• Chapter 3: Kuwait, including the Ruling Family; UK-Kuwaiti relations; Kuwait's internal affairs; civil development; and Kuwait's foreign relations
• Chapter 4: Qatar, including Qatar's foreign and internal affairs; and civil development
• Chapter 5: the Trucial States, including internal affairs; the Trucial States Council; the Trucial Oman Scouts; the Trucial States Development Scheme; and the Trucial States' foreign relations
• Chapter 6: Muscat and Oman, including background on the Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur; the rebellion in Oman; the question of the Sultanate and the UN; the Sultanate's foreign and internal affairs; the Sultanate's boundaries; and civil development.

This file also includes maps of the Buraimi Oasis, Bahrain, Kuwait and the Neutral Zone, Qatar, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Central Oman.