Political relations: Frontier demarcation between Muscat and Abu Dhabi

FO 371/179912 1965
Description

This file contains:

  • A description of the Muscat-Abu Dhabi frontier line, along with responses containing corrections to the description and suggested alterations to the spellings of place names (2)
  • Correspondence regarding the existence of an earlier border agreement between Muscat and Abu Dhabi, and whether there was one agreement covering the whole border, or several covering different parts of it. It also contains an English translation of a border agreement, dated 1959 and signed by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (3)
  • Correspondence regarding the state of the frontier question at Umm Al Zamul [Umm Al Zamool], and whether maps have been completed that show this area (4).