This file contains correspondence between British officials, oil company executives and local rulers regarding the exploration for oil (and the granting of oil concessions) in the Trucial Coast region. The correspondence primarily relates to the activities of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and ...
File 10/12 IX Oils and Minerals - Trucial Coast Oil, P.C.L.
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This file contains correspondence, reports and a map regarding exploration for oil and the granting of oil concessions (and related British Government policy) in the states of the Trucial Coast. Much of the correspondence is between British officials in the India Office, the Foreign Office, the...
Routes followed by Geologists Williamson & Glynn Jones, 1937
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A printed sketch map of the Trucial Coast from Abu Dhabi to Ras al Khaima. The map shows routes taken by two geologists named Williamson and Glynn Jones. It was sent to the Political Resident in August 1938.
File 17/19 Establishment of Telegraphic Communications in Doha and in Dubai
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the possibility of establishing a telegraphic office in Doha as per the stipulations of the 1916 treaty signed between Britain and Qatar. Contrary to what the title of the file implies, Dubai is only mentioned in passing and D...
File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar as per the Order in Council agreed between the two countries. The file contains correspondence regarding the wording and details of the Order in Council and contains versions of the docume...
This file contains correspondence related to the provision of medical care in Qatar. The file also contains information specifically related to the health of the Ruler of Qatar, [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] and other members of his family. On folios 2-4 the file contains a report writt...
File 21/7 Arms and Ammunition for the Shaikh of Qatar: Machine Guns for Shaikh of Qatar
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Britain supplying Qatar with arms and ammunition. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bahrain and the British Agency in Doha. The file also contain...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of specific incidents on the Trucial Coast as well as more general discussions concerning British Government policy and aims in the region. The specific incidents discussed include unrest in Dubai caused by oppositi...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi and its ruler, Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Topics discussed in the file include the dynamics of power in the Shaikhdom, Shaikh Shakhbut's perceived 'discourtesy' to British officials and arms purc...
This file contains correspondence regarding political developments in Dubai in 1938, specifically the tensions that developed between the ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm and members of the Al Bu Falasah branch of his tribe, as well as the related reform movement tha...
