[oman-l] Oman research

[cwallace@postoffice.csu.edu.au]

> Date:          Thu, 30 Jan 1997 07:23:24 UT
> From:          "MAHMOUD ABDULLATIF" <BINALI@msn.com>
> To:            "Oman-l" <oman-l@leb.net>
> Cc:            "Brian begy" <bfbegy@midway.uchicago.edu>
> Subject:       RE: [oman-l] Oman research
> Reply-to:      Oman-l <oman-l@leb.net>

I strongly suggest that this person interested in Gulf history read 
the quirky but extremely illuminating, in fact remarkably original 
history of the area by Paul Rich "The Invasions of the Gulf 
(Radicalism Ritualism and the Sheikhs"), Allborough Press, UK, which 
he probably would be better not take into the area in his 
hand-luggage. Copies are being remaindered here if it's hard to come 
by elsewhere, but I really hope he knows of its insights already. I 
lived there from 1991-94, visited there 1981-94 and my partner is a 
Gulf national. We still love the area and so I am a self-styled Gulf 
Arabist, with a very large provately-amassed library to draw on. What 
histories of Bahrain does he know of in English?
Regards
Craig Wallace
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> From: 	oman-l-request@leb.net on behalf of Brian Begy and Brenda Gregoline
> Sent: 	Thursday, January 30, 1997 10:22 AM
> To: 	Oman-l
> Subject: 	[oman-l] Oman research
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>         Hello all,
>         I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at the University
> of Chicago, focusing on the history of trade in the Arabian Gulf and the
> Indian Ocean.  I am especially interested in the impact of technology on
> the history of the Middle East and South Asia.  I am considering writing a
> dissertation on the relationship between local traders and British steam
> shipping companies such as the P & O and the British India Steam Navigation
> Co. between 1880 and 1930.
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>         I am currently here in Bahrain on a J. William Fulbright fellowship
> to improve my Arabic and seek out sources for my dissertation.  I am hoping
> to find local documents that can complement the British records on the
> history of the Gulf.  I have already found some very valuable business
> letters from the 1910-1930 period.
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>         I am also interested in trading connections with East Africa, and
> therefore, there seem to be important Omani aspects to my project.  As
> distances are short in the Gulf, I am planning a trip to Muscat to survey
> the available sources.
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>         Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin on this matter?
> While there is a documents center, does it have any local papers, or just
> copies of British material?  Are there private libraries of papers which
> researchers have used?
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>         Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Brian Begy
> bfbegy@midway.uchicago.edu
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> Try Ministry of National Heritage & Culture, tele 602555 fax 602735
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