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FO 1016/500

Muscat - Trucial States boundary: Wadi Kaur, 1956

This file contains correspondence on:A report that people in northern Beni Ka’ab [Bani Ka'ab] territory are being told to leave unless they declare an allegiance to SharjahThe illness of Sheikh Abdulla Bin Salem Al Ka'abi and his request to be relieved of his Sheikhdom; and the report that Sheikh Abdulla was selling some of the rifles he had received from the Sultan of Muscat and OmanThe frontier claim of the Ruler of Sharjah in the Wadi Quor [Wadi Kaur]The movement of a Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) squadron to Khorus in the Wadi Kaur; and the question of the precise whereabouts of KhorusThe arre
FO 1016/629

Military operations in central Oman, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: A report by the Interior Minister Sayyed Ahmad Bin Ibrahim to the Sultan of Muscat Saeed Bin Taimur that the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i and his brother Taleb Bin Ali Al Hina'i have relocated to the north side of Jebel Akhdar and that Taleb has told Sheikh Sulaiman Bin Himyar Al Nabhani of his intention to travel to Dammam for assistance; and a letter received by Sultan Saeed apparently confirming the presence of both Mohammad Abdulla Salmi and Sheikh Saleh Bin Isa Al Harithi at Dammam in Saudi Arabia The continuation of air atta
FO 1016/167

Bahrain: residency, 1952

This file relates to the internal political situation in Oman.
PREM 11/698

Persian Gulf; Trucial sheikdoms; frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia, 1952-1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia and covers: Saudi operations at Buraimi Operations on the Trucial Coast Saudi Arabia Annual Review for 1952 Exchange of letters relating to breaches of the Standstill Agreement and defence measures taken Impending military operations Conversations between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Ruler of Kuwait Letter from J F Dulles expressing concern over the British position Possible consequences of a breach of relations by Saudi Arabia Proposal for the withdrawal of Turki fr