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FO 93/137

PERSIAN GULF STATES, 1820 - 1971

This file contains the following treaties and agreements related to the Gulf: Treaty of Darin between the UK and Ibn Saud, signed on 26 December 1915 (1) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jasim Al Thani, signed on 3 November 1916 (2) Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Percy Cox to the Ruler of Qatar concerning the treaty of 3 November 1916 and the text of an announcement by the Ruler of Qatar prohibiting the illegal arms trade inside his territory (3) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah Al Saba
FO 1016/260

Slavery in Persian Gulf States, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: HMG's advice to Gulf Sheikhs to resist attempts by Saudi Arabia to recover runaway slaves Attempts to recover British protected persons who have been enslaved in Saudi Arabia, including the case of Afrah Bint Mohammad who was kidnapped from Buraimi The extinction, in Bahrain, of forced unpaid labour in date gardens and debt bondage in pearl diving The regulations governing pearl diving, issued by the Ruler of Qatar The manumission of slaves across the Trucial Coast, including: Id Bin Suwaid, a slave of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh S
FO 371/98833

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 95 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Flight of an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) Dakota aircraft over the Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) camp site at Murban (95) History of the dispute, the Saudi and American attitude, possible future action and recommendations for solutions (97-98) RAF to regard the 1935 boundary with the 1937 adjustment as the boundary of undisputed Saudi territory (99) Buckmaster's report on his visit to the Liwa Oasis (96, 100, 112) Iraq Petroleum Company and the Saudi frontier dispute (101) Saudi frontier negotiations (102, 103, 114-122)

FO 371/98832

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 66 - 94), 1952

This file contains correspondence on: Frontier negotiations. It includes the original Arabic text of the 1935 Saudi Arabia Frontier Offer; confirmation from Sheikh Hafiz Wahba that the Saudis do not propose to resume the conference until October at the earliest (67-68) American interest in the Saudi Arabian frontier negotiations (70) Southeastern Saudi Arabian frontier negotiations (71) Frontier dispute.
FO 371/98831

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 44 - 65), 1952

This file contains correspondence on: Frontier negotiations.
FO 371/91763

Saudi Arabian frontier negotiations with the Persian Gulf States; involvement of the oil companies in the negotiations; appointment of survey parties; question of Buraimi oasis. Code ES file 1081 (papers 1 to 24), 1951

This file contains correspondence on: Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations, including a note prepared by C J Pelly on 13 December 1950 (1) Frontier Commissioner's comments on the arrangements discussed in Jeddah (2) Mr Scott Fox's visit to Bahrain for the purpose of providing an opportunity for discussing arrangements for a commission (3) Yusef Yasin's suggestion for settling the terms of reference of the commission with Mr Trott (4) Yusef Yasin's statement that he has sound proof of Saudi Arabian claims in relation to the frontier negotiations (6) State Department's views on th