This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Dubai, primarily the impact (and continuation) of events as described in file IOR/R/15/2/2009, in which a reform movement opposed to Dubai's ruler emerged in the Shakyhdom but was subsequently quashed...
This file contains correspondence regarding a period of tensions and hostilities that took place between the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm and Shaikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān respectively. The correspondence discusses the reasons behind this c...
File 22/21 Shaikh Sultan bin Salim of Ras-Al-Khaimah
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This file contains correspondence regarding political developments in Ras Al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], particularly regarding its ruler, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī. The correspondence discusses tensions and sporadic conflict that arose between Shaikh Sultan and members of his family, pr...
This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Concessions Limited for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Quwain. The file contains a copy of an agreement that was signed in 1938 between Petroleum Concessions Limited and Shaikh Ahmad...
This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Concessions Limited for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Ras Al Khaimah. The file contains a copy of agreement signed between the British Government and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) ...
This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Kalba. The file contains copies of agreements made in this regard betw...
File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast
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This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast that includes a...
A hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast that shows the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi as claimed by Dubai in 1949. Features such as ridges, palms, wells and sandhills along the border are marked on the map.