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IOR/R/15/2/920
- Record Id:
- 040-000229233
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00017f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025289497.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/920
- Title:
- File No. 1/8 CENTRE OF ARAB STUDIES - JERUSALEM
- Scope & Content:
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The file discusses the Centre for Arabic Studies at Jerusalem which was set up by Colonel Bertram Thomas to give students (primarily those from the Army and RAF) a years grounding in the Arabic language and in Arab culture.
Included in the file are a report from Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent at Bahrain, of his visit to the centre, and a discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary to the Government of India's External Affairs Department regarding thr possible recruitment of students from the course to work in the Indian Civil Service.
Also discussed is the possibility of officers from the Persian Gulf being sent to the centre to improve and enhance their Arabic skills.
A report written by Raymond Clive Murphy, Political Agent on the Trucial Coast, about a short course in Arabic which he attended at the Newman School of Missions in Jerusalem, is also included in the file.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 33-34.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229229
040-000229233 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/917-924 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Special Papers
IOR/R/15/2/920 : File No. 1/8 CENTRE OF ARAB STUDIES - JERUSALEM - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0004]/037-000229229[0004]/040-000229233
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00017f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 5 Oct 1944-4 Jun 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 1/8
Confidential Series: 12/21 - Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)