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Guide to the John B. Kelly papers AD.MC.058

General: Correspondence, Projects, and Collected Materials, 1950-1987, inclusive

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General, 1950-1964, inclusive

"Oman and the Southern Shores of the Persian Gulf:" JB Kelly's notes from this text (attributed to George Rentz of the Research Branch of ARAMCO, obtained by Edward F. Henderson).

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"Eastern Provinces of Al Hasa:" Research Branch. Arabian American Oil Company (copy obtained and translated from Arabic by Edward F. Henderson), 1950

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"Muscat and Oman (Buraimi): correspondence, clippings, notes, 1957-1960, inclusive

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"ARAMCO: Exploration of Rub al Khali" (J.B.K. notes, copied magazine articles)

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Qatar: unattributed typescript report, perhaps for Qatar Petroleum Co., circa 1964

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Little, Maj. William O.: clippings and correspondence

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Little, Maj. William O.: "Assignment in Arabia," typescript draft

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Henderson, Edward: notes on tribes and region, 1951

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Correspondence, 1957-1976, inclusive

Bullard, Sir Reader: correspondence with others

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1957-1959, inclusive

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1960

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1961

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1962

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1963

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1964

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1965

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1966

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1967

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1968

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Bullard, Sir Reader, 1969-1976, inclusive

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Eden, Anthony (signed as Lord Avon), 1967

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"Joe," unidentified faculty at American University of Beirut, 1965-1966, inclusive

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Luce, William (and his office), 1964-1966, inclusive

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Medlicott, W.M., 1961-1968, inclusive

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Middlemiss, Maj. Peter, 1961-1967, inclusive

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Phillips, Wendell, 1961

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Various

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Invitations: to lecture at Diplomatic Service Spring School (Foreign Office), Wilton Park, March 1966

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Invitations: Luncheon in honor of the visit of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan of Abu Dhabi, Carlton Gardens, London, June 1966

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Invitations: Dinner in honor of the visit of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, May 1967

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Foreign Office and Buraimi, 1955, and undated

Buraimi: United Kingdom Memorial [bound volume], 1955

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Saudi Memorial of 1955: J.B. Kelly's analysis: typescript draft, 1955

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Saudi Memorial of 1955: J.B. Kelly's analysis: handwritten notes and drafts

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Notes: archival sources

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Notes: Buraimi Tribunal Hearings, 1955

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Notes: Other

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Notes: Published sources

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Notes on zakat, from Prof. J. Schacht, Univ. of Leiden, 1955

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Typescript draft, with edits

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Typescript draft, later copy

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Photographs, 1957-1986, and undated, inclusive

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Color slides: Bahrain and Kuwait, circa 1957-1958, inclusive

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Color slides: Oman and Qatar, circa 1957-1958, inclusive

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Color slides: Trucial States, circa 1957-1958, inclusive

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Color slides: Abu Dhabi emirate, circa 1964-1965, inclusive

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Color slides: Abu Dhabi and Lebanon, 1970

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Color slides: unidentified location, Gulf region, undated, circa 1964-1970, inclusive

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Photographic prints: Istanbul and Baghdad, circa 1957

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Photographic prints: Bahrain

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Photographic prints: Basra, circa 1957

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Photographic prints: Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, circa 1964

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Photographic prints: Sheikh Zayed with John B. Kelly, and Suwaidi, 1970

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Photographic prints: Liwa and Al Gharbia, 1970

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Photographic prints: Baalbek, Lebanon, 1970

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Photographic prints and negatives: Oman, including Muscat, Mutrah, Bahla, Birkat al Mouz, Nizwa, Jebel Akhdar, 1975

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Photographic prints and postcards: Oman, from Ibri to Buraimi, January 1984

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Photographic prints and contact sheet: Oman--Dhofar, aerial views, May 1984

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Photographic prints and postcards: Oman, chiefly Buraimi, Ibri, and surrounding regions, 1984

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Photographic prints and negatives: Oman--Muscat, February 1986

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Photographic prints: Oman-Saudi Arabia border region, aerial views, circa 1986

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Photographic prints: Oman, unidentified aerial views, undated, circa 1984

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Photographic prints: Oman--unidentified, other, undated

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Photographic negatives: unidentified

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Projects: Abu Dhabi frontier negotiations, 1964-1970

Amsterdam meeting, 27 August 1970: legal briefs and notes

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Background: A.D.P.C. / Oil claims, 1970

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Background: Boundaries

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Background: General, 1968-1970 and undated, inclusive

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Background: Maps: geologic and seismic, circa 1970

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Background: Maps, oversize

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Background: timelines compiled by Kelly

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Census: "First Population Census of Abu Dhabi, March/April 1968" (Middle East Development Division, FCO)

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Correspondence: Bullard, Sir Reader, 1970

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Correspondence: other, 1970

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Correspondence: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, 1969

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Meeting notes: British officials (Foreign Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1970

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Meeting notes: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, 1970

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Meeting notes and communiques, Abu Dhabi - Saudi Arabia, translations, May 1970

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Meeting notes and communiques, Abu Dhabi - Saudi Arabia, Arabic copies, May 1970

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Meeting notes and communiques, Abu Dhabi - Saudi Arabia, Arabic copies, June 1970

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Miscellaneous: notes and other documents

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Miscellaneous: stationery of Emirate of Abu Dhabi

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Press cuttings, Arabic, 1970

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Press cuttings, English, 1970-1971, inclusive

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Visit of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan to Great Britain, 1969

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Report: "The Qatar frontier, Khaur al-'Udaid and the North-Western frontier of Abu Dhabi," typescript, no date

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Report: "Report of a visit to Abu Dhabi in October 1964 (J.B. Kelly)

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Report: "The Saudi Arabia/Abu Dhabi Frontier Question," by J.B. Kelly, November 1970

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Topographical material: Boundaries

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Topographical material: Cartographers, 1970-1971, inclusive

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Topographical material: General and planning

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Topographical material: Maps of Trucial Oman, UK Defence Ministry

map-case: OS Map Files (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Topographical material: Maps: tracings

map-case: OS Map Files (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Topographical material: Place names

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Topographical material: Populations

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Topographical material: Wells (water)

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Projects: Oman boundaries consultation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman), 1984-1987, inclusive

Correspondence, general, David Dunn and others, 1983-1984, inclusive

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Correspondence, general, United Kingdom, 1983-1986, inclusive

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Correspondence: Alawi, Yusuf ibn

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Documents (copies): Omani government, 1984

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Documents (copies): Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign Ministry, Sultanate of Oman: notes

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Frontier exchanges: Oman-Saudi Arabia, 1977-1985, inclusive

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Maps: Violet Line boundary

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Meeting notes: Omani government officials, and Sultan Qaboos, 1983-1985, inclusive

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Memoranda: from Kelly for Omani Foreign Ministry, 1983 and undated

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Memoranda: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-Sultanate of Oman (copies), 1985-1986, inclusive

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Notes and news clippings, 1985-1995, inclusive

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Report: The Dhufar/Aden Protectorate Frontier, 1954-1967, inclusive

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Report, final draft: The Frontier Question, chapter 1: pages 1-109, 1950-1955, inclusive

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Report, final draft: The Frontier Question, chapter 2: pages 110-172, 1950-1955, inclusive

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Report, final draft: The Frontier Question, chapter 3, pages 173-293, 1950-1955, inclusive

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Report, final draft: The Frontier Question, chapter 4, pages 294-380, 1950-1955, inclusive

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Report, final draft: The Frontier Question, chapter 5, pages 381-409, 1950-1955, inclusive

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Reports: Khasab incident, circa 1950s

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Report, manuscript draft: Oman Study, ch. 1 - 3

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Report, manuscript draft: Oman Study, ch. 4-5

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Report, manuscript draft: Oman Study, ch. 5-6

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Report, manuscript draft: Oman Study: notes and fragments of text

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Report, typescript draft: Oman Study, ch. 1

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Report, typescript draft: Oman Study, ch. 2: "Saudi occupation of Hamasa"

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Report, typescript draft: Oman Study, ch. 3: "Saudi propaganda offensive at Buraimi"

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Report, typescript draft: Oman Study, ch. 4: "The Oman Frontier...."

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Report, typescript draft: Oman Study: letter to foreign minister, table of contents, notes

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Report: "The Oman/Saudi Arabia Frontier"

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Report: "Wilkinson Study" [Omani-Saudi Frontier Problem], unattributed report with critique by Kelly, notes

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Research materials: Foreign Office. Historical Summary of Events in...the Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate...

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Research materials: Frontier lines, sovereignty over interior, 1953-1954, inclusive

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Research materials: Huqf expedition, 1953-1954, inclusive

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Research materials: Imamate Rebellion, 1914-1920, inclusive

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Research materials: Imamate Rebellion, Agreement of Sib, 1920

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Research materials: Internal politics, war years

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Research materials: Maps

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Research materials: New Saudi claims, 1980s

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Research materials: Occupation of Hamasa, 1952

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Research materials: Oman: developments in the interior, I, 1953

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Research materials: Oman: developments in the interior, II, 1953

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Research materials: PCL exploration / Sultanate authority, 1944-1945, inclusive

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Research materials: PCL survey of N. Oman, 1937-1939, inclusive

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Research materials: Revival of the Imamate Rebellion, 1913-1920, inclusive

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Research materials: The Southern Frontier: Hadramaut, Dhufar, 1955

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Research materials: 1949

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Research materials: [Buraimi 1952]

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Research materials: published materials (excerpts)

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Research materials: Notes (SBK), 1951

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Research materials: Notes (SBK), 1952

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Research materials: Notes, Buraimi (SBK), 1952

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Research materials: Notes: Anglo-American relations-Saudi Arabia (SBK?), 1939-1945, inclusive

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Research materials: Notes: miscelleneous, surplus

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Research materials: Oman--Miscellaneous, 1919-1939, inclusive

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Research materials: Thesiger, Wilfred

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Writings, manuscript drafts: "Historical Background"

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Writings, manuscript drafts: "Oman: Oil Exploration and the Limits of Al Bu Said..."

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Writings, manuscript drafts: "Oman: the position created by the Blue and Violet Lines"

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Writings, manuscript drafts: "Oman-Saudi activities in the Dhahirah and Trucial Oman"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Topography and Tribes of Borderlands"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 1": chapters titled "Anglo-Turkish Conventions" and "Anglo-Saudi Frontier Negotiations"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 1": chapter titled "The expansion of Ibn Saud's frontiers, 1922-1932"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 1": chapter titled "The Reopening of the Frontier Question, 1949"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 2," pp. 40-83

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 2," pp 84-135

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 2," pp. 136-201

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Oman, Frontier Study 2," pp. 202-280

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Writings, typescript drafts: "Chapter II: The Position Created by the Blue and Violet Lines"

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Writings, typescript drafts: Chapter III: Oil Exploration and the Limits of Al Bu Said...

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Writings, typescript drafts: "The Northern Frontier Districts, 1937-1949"

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Writings, typescript drafts: "The Northern Frontier Districts, 1937-1949"

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Writings: Appendix: The Saudi Arabia-Abu Dhabi Boundary

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