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IOR/R/15/6/30

Record Id:

040-000242505

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000242469

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000256

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100055148340.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/6/30

Title:

File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'

Scope & Content:

This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat.

This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Peninsula which he divides into three groups: 'the interior mountain Baduin [Bedouin]', 'the Kumazara' and 'the Dhuhuriyin'. Thomas practised craniofacial anthropometry and therefore the physical appearance of the Shihuh, notably their skull size/shape, is discussed at length, often in crude, racialised terms.

The document contains an appendix (folios 25-32) titled 'Shihuh Dialects' that focuses on the language used by the Shihuh. This is divided into two sections 'The Mountain Dialect' and 'The Dialect of Kumazara' and is interspersed with handwritten words and phrases in Arabic script.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242492
038-000242501
040-000242505

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/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/22-69 : Muscat Agency, Subject files
IOR/R/15/6/27-30 : File XXIII: Travels in Oman

IOR/R/15/6/30 : File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people,…

Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0002]/037-000242492[0004]/038-000242501[0004]/040-000242505

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000256

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Languages:

Arabic
English

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1927

End Date:

1927

Date Range:

Mar 1927

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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