Boundary between East Aden Protectorate and Muscat and Oman

This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with the Trucial States and the Protectorate of South Arabia; which in the period covered by the correspondence becomes independent as the People’s Republic of South Yemen, investing the boundary issue with a new significance. It contains correspondence relating to:

• Consultations between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur concerning the Sultanate’s borders with Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Sharjah
• Maps and aerial photographs of the South Arabia-Dhofar border area around Jabal Sadakh [Jebel Sadakh], where the boundary is particularly hazy; and a survey by a party of the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF)
• The Sultan’s construction of a fort in the frontier locality of Habarut, to assert his sovereignty in the area and contain Dhofari rebels
• Question of deploying RAF and British troop detachments around Salalah in a support role
• Report from Voice of the Arabs expressing support for the Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF) and alleging that British troops have moved into Habarut to threaten South Yemen and create tribal unrest
• Negotiations with the new South Yemeni authorities concerning the new state’s borders
• Documents detailing historical agreements on the borders of Aden, requested by the South Yemeni National Liberation Front (NLF) order to establish the international boundaries of the new state