Author: United Nations. General Assembly. Delegation from Saudi ArabiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buraimi (Oasis)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Buraimi Dispute
Author: United Nations. General Assembly. Delegation from Saudi ArabiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buraimi (Oasis)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Buraimi Dispute
Author: ʻUmar ḤalīqPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
1956
Author: Jane Priestland1957-1959
Author: Jane PriestlandBuraimi
Author: Michael Quentin MortonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857722670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Buraimi is an oasis in an otherwise bleak desert on the border between Oman and the UAE. In the early twentieth century, it shot to notoriety as oil brought the world's attention to this corner of the Arabian Peninsula, and the ensuing battle over energy resources between regional and global superpowers began. In this lively account, Michael Quentin Morton tells the story of how the power of oil and the conflicting interests of the declining British Empire and the United States all came to a head with the conflict between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, shaping the very future of the Gulf states. The seeds of conflict over Buraimi were sown during the oil negotiations of 1933 in Jedda, where the international oil companies vied for control of the future industry in the Arabian Peninsula. As a result of lengthy discussions, including the efforts of men such as St John Philby and Ibn Saud himself, the Saudis granted an oil concession for Eastern Arabia without precisely defining the geographical limits of the area to be conceded. Matters came to a head in 1949 when Saudi Arabia made claim to the territory, and Great Britain, acting on behalf of Oman and Abu Dhabi, challenged the actions of the Saudis. Attempts at arbitration failed, and only one year before Britain's defeat over the Suez Canal, Britain expelled Saudi Arabia from the oasis. In the wake of Britain's withdrawal 'East of Suez' in the early 1970s, the dispute was apparently solved between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But whilst the controversy dominated Anglo-Saudi relations for more than 30 years, it still casts its shadow across the Gulf today, threatening to expose the fragility of the West's ever-present dependency on the region for its supply of oil. Morton brings a range of historical figures to life, from the American oilmen arriving in steamy Jedda in the 1930s, to the rival sheikhs of Buraimi itself competing for power, wealth and allegiances as well as the great players in world politics: Churchill, Truman and Ibn Saud. This entertaining and thoroughly researched book is both a story of a decisive conflict in the history of Middle East politics and also of the great changes that the discovery of oil brought to this previously desolate land.
The Buraimi Dispute
Author: Aziz S. SahwellThe Buraimi Dispute
Author: Abdulrahman A. MansouriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The Buraimi Memorials 1955
Author: Archives Research LtdPublisher: Cambridge Archive Editions
ISBN: 9781852070700
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The papers submitted to international arbitration, by the Government of Saudi Arabia and the British Government, during the Buraimi Dispute.
The Buraimi Oasis Dispute
Author: Garry Clifford LindPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Buraimi Dispute 10 Volume Hardback Set Including Boxed Maps
Author: J. PriestlandPublisher: Archive Editions Limited
ISBN: 9781852074203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 8000
Book Description
This companion work to the Archive Editions' publication The Buraimi Memorials provides the evidence of the original historical and contemporary political files to set alongside the official government submissions of the Memorials. With one volume summarising the historical background from earlier records, key documents are assembled providing a broad perspective on events and conditions in the Buraimi Region in the post-war period. The chronological presentation of original records shows the cumulative build-up in the late 1940s and early 1950s of local incidents, tribal unrest, intrigue and political tension; including details of Saudi and British manoeuvres and diplomacy. The set is illustrated with a box of contemporary maps including Ibn Saud's map of Arabia.