United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi > Abu Zaby, United Arab Emirates

Untitled With no bilateral agreement in place, the Saudi Arabia-Abu Dhabi border dispute over ownership of the Al-Buraimi oasis reaches a peak 1949-52. In 1955, the British send the Trucial Oman Scouts to expel a Saudi Arabian police contingent; and, acting on behalf of Abu Dhabi, unilaterally define the sheikdom's boundary with Saudi Arabia.

by Jeff Moran