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FO 371/140088

Employment of J W Cummins as administrative consultant in the Gulf, 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to the employment of J W Cummins as administrative consultant in the Gulf.
NA.0042.00001737

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Saeed Bin Taimur., 28 December 1955

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khaled Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Saeed Bin Taimur during a meeting in Al Ain.
NA.0042.00001731

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Said Bin Taimur in Al Ain., 20 December 1955

Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan meeting with Said Bin Taimur of Oman in Al Ain.
FO 464/33

Arabia: arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia; memorial submitted by the UK Government, volume 2, annexes, 1955 Jul 01 - 1955 Jul 31

This file contains the 'Arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia: Memorial submitted by the government of the UK, Volume II, Annexes'.
FO 464/32

Arabia: arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia; memorial submitted by the UK Government, volume 1, 1955 Jul 01 - 1955 Jul 31

This file contains the 'Arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia: Memorial submitted by the government of the UK, Volume I'.
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
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.
FO 1016/842

Shell Oil Company activities in Trucial States, 1964 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Permission for the Shell Company of Qatar Limited to commence operations in the concession areas of Continental Oil Company and Mecom Oil Company in Qatar, Dubai and Sharjah Letter from H G Balfour-Paul to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about proposed research by Koniklijke-Shell Exploration and Production Laboratory into desert sedimentation; and responses by Sheikh Saqr and Sheikh Rashid dated 8 and 9 February 1965 respectively Request for the texts of fou
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 1016/260

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 371/179916

UK aid: Trucial States Development Fund, 1965

This file concerns development programmes in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence on: Transfer of responsibility for the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS) to the Ministry of Overseas Development (ODM).
FO 371/179921

UK aid: Trucial States Development Fund, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: HMG's contribution of £300,000 to the Trucial States Development Fund (TSDF); plans for the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah to be reimbursed for the cost of his water and electricity supply schemes; and plans for the Ruler of Sharjah's jetty scheme (290, 295) Saudi Arabian contribution to the Dubai-Ras Al Khaimah road project, including announcements on Mecca Radio and in the local press; delays in decision-making and the procurement of a contractor; a visit by a Saudi technical mission; and complications in the relationship between Saudi Arabia a