[oman-l] Oman research

[cwallace@postoffice.csu.edu.au]

Dear Brian,
Please reply ASAP if you do not receive my reply to you sent already 
through the Leb.net (whatever that is).
I'll try to attach it again now, but probably can't, so I await 
confirmation or otherwise from you.> Date:          Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:22:42 +0300
> To:            Oman-l <oman-l@leb.net>
> From:          bfbegy@midway.uchicago.edu (Brian Begy and Brenda Gregoline)
> Subject:       [oman-l] Oman research
> Reply-to:      Oman-l <oman-l@leb.net>

>         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.
> 
>         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.
> 
>         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.
> 
>         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?
> 
>         Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Brian Begy
> bfbegy@midway.uchicago.edu
> 
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