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Brief Description:
A comprehensive collection of documentary sources concerning Qatar from 1966-1971.
Marc Notes:
The full 'Records of Qatar' collection makes available the most important documents and maps to mark the history of Qatar from 1820 to modern times. Now, five more years of documentation have become publicly available and additional volumes have been prepared.
Table of Contents:
Volume 1. 1966: 1. Overviews; 2. Ruling family affairs: Plans for an extended visit by, and education of, Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad's sons in England; The visit to the United Kingdom of the Deputy Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad, in July 1966; Shaikh Hamad's visit to France; 3. International affairs and governance; 4. Regional relations: Relations with Abu Dhabi; The Qatar-Bahrain seabed dispute; Relations with Iran; 5. External affairs: Relations with Great Britain, Pakistan and India; Qatar's interest in joining UNICEF; 6. Finances and banking; 7. Civil aviation: air traffic control; 8. Economic development: Work on Doha Port improvements; Overseas Dredging Company losses; 9. Educational matters: use of foreign teachers; 10. Legal and judicial affairs: The issue of the legal position of a foreigner married to a Qatari; Sir John Whyatt's visit; The issue of transfer of jurisdiction; The new Qatar Insurance Law; Traffic Law amendments; The Labour Court; 11. Petroleum affairs; 12. Overviews; 13. Ruling family affairs: Meetings with the Ruler and the Deputy Ruler; Miscellaneous family matters; 14. Internal affairs: Administrative reform; The investigation into an outbreak of food poisoning in Qatar; 15. Regional relations: The regional effect of the crises in the Middle East; The Qatar-Saudi Arabia Cultural Agreement; Relations with Abu Dhabi; Relations with Bahrain. Volume 2. 1967-1968: 1. External affairs: The Qatar Government's interest in receiving assistance from UNICEF; The visit of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh; 2. Defence affairs: Security Forces, armaments and equipment; 3. Financial affairs: currency reform; 4. Commercial affairs; 5. Petroleum affairs: Reports of the Sixth Arab Petroleum Congress; Negotiations on relinquished areas and offshore drilling plans by Continental Oil Company; 6. Overviews; 7. Ruling family affairs: The State visit of Shaikh Khalifah, Deputy Ruler of Qatar, to the United Kingdom in 1968; Miscellaneous news and travels of the Ruling Family; Local talks with the Ruler of Qatar; 8. Internal affairs; 9. Regional affairs: Aspects of formation of the Gulf Union; Relations with Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran; 10. Defence affairs: Acquisition of armaments and supplies; Security Forces and training aid from the SAS; 11. Labour and industrial relations; 12. Financial affairs and fiscal matters; 13. Commercial affairs: the contractual problems of Overseas Dredging Company Limited; 14. Petroleum affairs: operations and exploration by Continental Oil Company and Union Oil, and Shell's labour problem. Volume 3. 1969-1970: 1. Overviews; 2. Ruling family affairs: Shaikh Khalifah's visit to London in 1969; 3. Internal affairs and governance: the drafting of a constitution for Qatar, the attitude of the Ruler to the constitution, and Shaikh Khalifah's methods of administration; 4. Regional affairs: Qatar's attitude to plans for a Gulf Union; Relations with Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Iran and Saudi Arabia; 5. Foreign affairs: administrative aspects of the work of the Foreign Affairs Department; 6. Defence affairs: consideration of the effect of the planned British military withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971; 7. Economic development: attempts to initiate various programmes and projects; 8. Petroleum affairs: 19th OPEC Conference held at Doha, 14-16 December 1969; Continental Oil Company's relinquished concession, and concession availability; Concession agreement with a Japanese Consortium; 9. Overviews; 10. Internal affairs; 11. Regional relations: relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia; 12. Defence affairs: acquisition of armaments and equipment; 13. Transport and communications, civil aviation matters. Volume 4. 1970-1971: 1. Economic development: Economic Survey - British proposals for sponsorship and undertaking of a major economic survey; 2. Social affairs: analysis and interpretation of th
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