http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/MJB.htm "The Jebel Akhdar War Oman 1954-1959"] by Major John B. Meagher (USMC) Global Security Report The Buraimi Dispute arose from Saudi Arabia's claim, first made in 1949, of sovereignty over a large part of Abu Dhabi territory where oil was suspected to be present and an area in a 20 miles circle around the centre of the Buraimi Oasis.