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The Trucial Coast Political Reports 1958-1963 : The Slow Progress from Pearls to Oil.

By: Heard, DavidMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Gulf StudiesPublisher: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783959941396Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade | Iraq Petroleum CompanyGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Trucial Coast Political Reports 1958-1963DDC classification: 338.2728209535 LOC classification: HD9576.I72Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Common Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1958 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR OCTOBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1958 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1958 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) The portraits of Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan -- b) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- c) The Political Resident -- d) A disagreement about taxing contractors -- e) Lunch, then Customs -- f) The London Exploration Conference -- g) A problem for Sheikh Shakhbut? -- 2. SHARJAH -- a) Sheikh Saqr's big problem, the creek -- b) PD(TC) Activity -- c) Another problem for Sheikh Saqr -- d) The Ruler, Sheikh Saqr comes to London -- e) Sheikh says more activity or get out -- 3. RA'S AL-KHAIMAH -- a) PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Concession -- 4. SULTANATE OF OMAN -- 5. GENERAL -- a) Borders -- b) Payments to Rulers -- c) Concessions -- 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1959.
EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOROCTOBER 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1959 -- DECEMBER 1959 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1959 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Sheikh Shakhbut. Oil and 50/50 Agreement -- c) Customs duty -- d) Contractors tax -- e) Accounts -- f) Training -- 2. DUBAI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Dubai Marine area -- c) Police -- 3. KALBA -- Terminated -- 4. SHARJAH -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Relinquishment of territory or a new agreement -- 5. FUJAIRAH -- Terminated -- 6. AJMAN AND UMM AL QUWAIN -- 7. GENERAL -- 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1960 -- OCTOBER 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1960 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1960 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) -- b) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- c) A marine survey for oil exports -- d) Sheikh Shakhbut and Commercial Oil -- e) A cynical Sheikh -- f) A 50/50 Profit Sharing Agreement -- 2. SHARJAH -- Marine -- 3. RA'S AL-KHAIMAH -- 4. DUBAI -- 5. TRUCIAL OMAN SCOUTS -- 6. LONDON -- a) Medical and educational facilities -- b) Visitors -- c) Credentials -- 7. GENERAL -- 8. H.M.G. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.
The Political Agreement -- 1961 -- COMMERCIAL REPORT ON ABU DHABI TOWN -- 1. Situation -- 2. Population -- 3. Facilities -- 4. Natural resources -- 5. European population -- 6. Communication -- 7. Customs -- 8. The Suq -- 9. Development -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1961 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1961 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Discussions with Sheikh Shakhbut -- c) A 50/50 Agreement -- d) The British Bank of the Middle East -- e) Sheikh Sultan bin Shakhbut -- f) ADMA'S Drama -- g) One Ruler irritates another -- 2. DUBAI -- a) Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Concession agreement -- 3. SHARJAH -- 4. AJMAN AND UMM AL QUWAIN -- 5. LONDON -- 6. GENERAL -- Personnel -- Newcomers -- 1962 -- January -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1962 -- May 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR OCTOBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1962 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1962 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Aramco incursion, or not.
c) Sheikh Shakhbut and the 50/50 Agreement -- d) Oil Adviser for the Ruler -- e) Boundaries -- f) Military activities -- g) Security -- 2. SHARJAH -- 3. DUBAI -- 4. LONDON -- 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL/MAY 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1963 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1963 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1963 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1963 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The international press -- c) The 50/50 Agreement -- d) A report to London -- 2. DUBAI -- 3. SHARJAH -- Appendix -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7 -- Appendix 8 -- Appendix 9 -- Appendix 10 -- Photographs -- 1. Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed in London with Artist M. Scott (ADPC) -- 2. Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed in London (ADPC) -- 3. Sh Shakhbut with PD(TC) J. Page in Abu Dhabi Fort (ADPC) -- 4. Abu Dhabi town (PD(TC)/ADPC John Vale) -- 5. Abu Dhabi town with wind towers (ADPC) -- 6. PD(TC) J. Wilkinson at 'boiler' (desalination plant) on beach Abu Dhabi (ADPC) -- 7. First Abu Dhabi school (ADPC) -- 8. PD(TC) J. Wilkinson and PD(TC) C.P. Matthews at Company house Abu Dhabi (ADPC) -- 9. Maqta crossing from Abu Dhabi island to mainland (ADPC) -- 10. Sheikh Shakhbut on drilling rig with PD(TC) Ensor and Political Agent D. Hawley (ADPC) -- 11. PD(TC) lonely Surveyor in Abu Dhabi dunes (ADPC) -- 12. Geophysical Party camp Abu Dhabi (Vale) -- 13. Geophysical Party 5 crew (Vale) -- 14. Correct way down a slip face (Vale) -- 15. How not to park a Land Rover (Vale) -- 16. Over the dunes (Vale) -- 17. Family in transit (ADPC) -- 18. Far south east in Abu Dhabi, Umm al Zamul drum (D. Heard) -- 19. Umm al Zamul location (ADPC).
20. Suq Dubai 1956 (Vale) -- 21. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Dubai Ruler, with Political Agent, Mr. &amp -- Mrs. J. Tripp, Sheikh Mohamed -- 22. Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan, Sharjah Ruler, with Nasir Abdul Latif, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Dubai R -- 23. Sheikh Saqr with Political Agent, Hawley and PD(TC) P. Ensor on drilling rig, Juweiza, Sharjah -- 24. Sharjah town from PD(TC) house 1950's (Vale) -- 25. Sharjah geophysical party camp (Vale) -- 26. The Trucial Oman Levies at Juweiza camp, Sharjah (Vale) -- 27. Camel tribal marks 'wasam' (recorded by Hillyard BP) -- 28. J. Wilkinson, ADPC representative's dog, transferred to Tarif (Vale) -- 29. R. Codrai wedding in Beirut (The Crescent ADPC and Justin Codrai) -- 30. PD(TC) Representative I. Kirkbride visiting seismic party camp (Vale) -- 31. One of the most famous PD(TC)/ADPC geologists M. Morton (Vale) -- Time line -- Bibliography -- About the Editor.
Summary: The Trucial Coast Political Reports are a unique record of events, commented on by a small group of British men living in Sharjah and Dubai. This was in the years leading up to the commencement of oil exports from the desert of Abu Dhabi. These men regularly met to discuss and negotiate with the Rulers of the Trucial States - sometimes in a state of mutual incomprehension - the conditions under which the Company (Petroleum Development/Trucial Coast or PD/TC) would operate in their various territories. Boundaries and frontiers marked out in the desert were as much a novelty to the Bedouin as the notions of royalties and depreciation were to the Rulers. Men such as Bird, Codrai and Henderson learnt to understand, to some extent, the language and ways of the people of the Trucial Coast. They in turn had to contend with the ways of the legal, financial and business executives in London who tended to see affairs very differently. It is thanks to these Company Representatives living on the Trucial Coast that the bulk of the Diaries was saved. It is due to the efforts of the London executives that much other material was lost in the name of economy of storage space. These Reports record important events as well as the writer's observations. The editor has included some additional material from the PD/TC company files to present a more complete account.
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Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Common Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1958 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR OCTOBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1958 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1958 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1958 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) The portraits of Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan -- b) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- c) The Political Resident -- d) A disagreement about taxing contractors -- e) Lunch, then Customs -- f) The London Exploration Conference -- g) A problem for Sheikh Shakhbut? -- 2. SHARJAH -- a) Sheikh Saqr's big problem, the creek -- b) PD(TC) Activity -- c) Another problem for Sheikh Saqr -- d) The Ruler, Sheikh Saqr comes to London -- e) Sheikh says more activity or get out -- 3. RA'S AL-KHAIMAH -- a) PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Concession -- 4. SULTANATE OF OMAN -- 5. GENERAL -- a) Borders -- b) Payments to Rulers -- c) Concessions -- 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1959.

EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOROCTOBER 1959 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1959 -- DECEMBER 1959 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1959 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Sheikh Shakhbut. Oil and 50/50 Agreement -- c) Customs duty -- d) Contractors tax -- e) Accounts -- f) Training -- 2. DUBAI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Dubai Marine area -- c) Police -- 3. KALBA -- Terminated -- 4. SHARJAH -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Relinquishment of territory or a new agreement -- 5. FUJAIRAH -- Terminated -- 6. AJMAN AND UMM AL QUWAIN -- 7. GENERAL -- 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1960 -- OCTOBER 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1960 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1960 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1960 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) -- b) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- c) A marine survey for oil exports -- d) Sheikh Shakhbut and Commercial Oil -- e) A cynical Sheikh -- f) A 50/50 Profit Sharing Agreement -- 2. SHARJAH -- Marine -- 3. RA'S AL-KHAIMAH -- 4. DUBAI -- 5. TRUCIAL OMAN SCOUTS -- 6. LONDON -- a) Medical and educational facilities -- b) Visitors -- c) Credentials -- 7. GENERAL -- 8. H.M.G. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.

The Political Agreement -- 1961 -- COMMERCIAL REPORT ON ABU DHABI TOWN -- 1. Situation -- 2. Population -- 3. Facilities -- 4. Natural resources -- 5. European population -- 6. Communication -- 7. Customs -- 8. The Suq -- 9. Development -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JANUARY 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MAY 1961 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL FROM COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1961 -- EXTRACT TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1961 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1961 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Discussions with Sheikh Shakhbut -- c) A 50/50 Agreement -- d) The British Bank of the Middle East -- e) Sheikh Sultan bin Shakhbut -- f) ADMA'S Drama -- g) One Ruler irritates another -- 2. DUBAI -- a) Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) Concession agreement -- 3. SHARJAH -- 4. AJMAN AND UMM AL QUWAIN -- 5. LONDON -- 6. GENERAL -- Personnel -- Newcomers -- 1962 -- January -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR MARCH 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL 1962 -- May 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR OCTOBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR NOVEMBER 1962 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1962 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1962 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The Aramco incursion, or not.

c) Sheikh Shakhbut and the 50/50 Agreement -- d) Oil Adviser for the Ruler -- e) Boundaries -- f) Military activities -- g) Security -- 2. SHARJAH -- 3. DUBAI -- 4. LONDON -- 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR APRIL/MAY 1963 -- EXTRACT FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JUNE 1963 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR JULY 1963 -- EXTRACTS FROM TRUCIAL COAST DIARY FOR AUGUST 1963 -- Editor's supplementary notes 1963 -- 1. ABU DHABI -- a) Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast) - PD(TC) Activity -- b) The international press -- c) The 50/50 Agreement -- d) A report to London -- 2. DUBAI -- 3. SHARJAH -- Appendix -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7 -- Appendix 8 -- Appendix 9 -- Appendix 10 -- Photographs -- 1. Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed in London with Artist M. Scott (ADPC) -- 2. Sheikh Hazza and Sheikh Zayed in London (ADPC) -- 3. Sh Shakhbut with PD(TC) J. Page in Abu Dhabi Fort (ADPC) -- 4. Abu Dhabi town (PD(TC)/ADPC John Vale) -- 5. Abu Dhabi town with wind towers (ADPC) -- 6. PD(TC) J. Wilkinson at 'boiler' (desalination plant) on beach Abu Dhabi (ADPC) -- 7. First Abu Dhabi school (ADPC) -- 8. PD(TC) J. Wilkinson and PD(TC) C.P. Matthews at Company house Abu Dhabi (ADPC) -- 9. Maqta crossing from Abu Dhabi island to mainland (ADPC) -- 10. Sheikh Shakhbut on drilling rig with PD(TC) Ensor and Political Agent D. Hawley (ADPC) -- 11. PD(TC) lonely Surveyor in Abu Dhabi dunes (ADPC) -- 12. Geophysical Party camp Abu Dhabi (Vale) -- 13. Geophysical Party 5 crew (Vale) -- 14. Correct way down a slip face (Vale) -- 15. How not to park a Land Rover (Vale) -- 16. Over the dunes (Vale) -- 17. Family in transit (ADPC) -- 18. Far south east in Abu Dhabi, Umm al Zamul drum (D. Heard) -- 19. Umm al Zamul location (ADPC).

20. Suq Dubai 1956 (Vale) -- 21. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Dubai Ruler, with Political Agent, Mr. &amp -- Mrs. J. Tripp, Sheikh Mohamed -- 22. Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan, Sharjah Ruler, with Nasir Abdul Latif, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Dubai R -- 23. Sheikh Saqr with Political Agent, Hawley and PD(TC) P. Ensor on drilling rig, Juweiza, Sharjah -- 24. Sharjah town from PD(TC) house 1950's (Vale) -- 25. Sharjah geophysical party camp (Vale) -- 26. The Trucial Oman Levies at Juweiza camp, Sharjah (Vale) -- 27. Camel tribal marks 'wasam' (recorded by Hillyard BP) -- 28. J. Wilkinson, ADPC representative's dog, transferred to Tarif (Vale) -- 29. R. Codrai wedding in Beirut (The Crescent ADPC and Justin Codrai) -- 30. PD(TC) Representative I. Kirkbride visiting seismic party camp (Vale) -- 31. One of the most famous PD(TC)/ADPC geologists M. Morton (Vale) -- Time line -- Bibliography -- About the Editor.

The Trucial Coast Political Reports are a unique record of events, commented on by a small group of British men living in Sharjah and Dubai. This was in the years leading up to the commencement of oil exports from the desert of Abu Dhabi. These men regularly met to discuss and negotiate with the Rulers of the Trucial States - sometimes in a state of mutual incomprehension - the conditions under which the Company (Petroleum Development/Trucial Coast or PD/TC) would operate in their various territories. Boundaries and frontiers marked out in the desert were as much a novelty to the Bedouin as the notions of royalties and depreciation were to the Rulers. Men such as Bird, Codrai and Henderson learnt to understand, to some extent, the language and ways of the people of the Trucial Coast. They in turn had to contend with the ways of the legal, financial and business executives in London who tended to see affairs very differently. It is thanks to these Company Representatives living on the Trucial Coast that the bulk of the Diaries was saved. It is due to the efforts of the London executives that much other material was lost in the name of economy of storage space. These Reports record important events as well as the writer's observations. The editor has included some additional material from the PD/TC company files to present a more complete account.

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