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'File No. 1/8 CENTRE OF ARAB STUDIES - JERUSALEM' [31r] (61/70)
The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1944-4 Jun 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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J..C. Vo. C/65 * Office of the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Camp Bahrain.
v Dated the 13th May, 1946.
Dear Weightman, v
In view of the report which Galloway has now
made upon Murphy, I feel that the decision to send him to the
^rab Centre should be reconsidered. He has been given every
opportunity to make progress in the Gulf, and, though I think
he is very run down and long over-due for leave, it would be
a waste of time to select him for this course. I'suggest that
some other officer should be selected, who might be one with
no previous experience of the Arab world at all. I am sorr-^
to have misled you about Murphy, but I had not an adequate
opportunity of testing his knowledge of Arabic.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. Geoffrey Prior.
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Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, at Bahrain.
To Government of ^ndia, New Delhi.
No. T/192
Dated the 23rd May, 1946.
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CEIPT.
Weighjtman from Hay. N ®-~—Date s
Please telegraph whether sanction for Murphy's
deputation to autumn course at Arab Centre Jerusalem is
cancelled in view of Prior's demi official letter' to you
No. C/65 May 13th. ~ "
- HAY -
No. C/145
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Office of the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
< 0 / (j '> '' VrjyA in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
£}'? ■ ' " Jon Caln P Bahrain.
G-U^ Dated the 25th Hay, 1946.
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Copy forwarded with compliments to
The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Bahra»in,
with reference to his Express Letter. No. C/526 dated the 23rd
May, 1946.
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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 A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, of his visit to the centre, and a discussion between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. being sent to the centre to improve and enhance their Arabic skills.
A report written by Raymond Clive Murphy, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , 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.
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- 1 file (33 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.
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- 'File No. 1/8 CENTRE OF ARAB STUDIES - JERUSALEM'
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