
Buraimi
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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.
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Acknowledgements
List of Maps
Introduction
Prologue
Chapter 1: Jeddah Calling
Chapter 2: A Bend in the Wadi
Chapter 3: The Riyadh Line
Chapter 4: Lanterns in the Dark
Chapter 5: A Tale of Two Brothers
Chapter 6: Squeezing Aramco
Chapter 7: The Stobart Incident
Chapter 8: Borderlands
Chapter 9: Turki and the Tax Collectors
Chapter 10: Taking a Stand
Chapter 11: The Hamasa Blockade
Chapter 12: No Oil Man's Land
Chapter 13: Make it a Red Fire
Chapter 14: The Buraimi Tribunal
Chapter 15: Dust in Their Eyes
Chapter 16: Operation Bonaparte
Chapter 17: Ramblers in the Sand
Chapter 18: The Road to Suez
Chapter 19: Rebels and Refugees
Chapter 20: Shaybah Rising
Epilogue
Glossary
Timeline
List of Main Characters
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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