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File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris' [17r] (33/68)
The record is made up of 1 file (31 folios). It was created in Mar 1927. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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aonouacAS ttiat conttltionaT upon tfca tnvali&’e restoration
he win kill the f&ttod call aa& make a feast tor the poor.
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fxar &Qm in«xpllca’i?le reason assort X hliiufe Budawiii the gar-
10 ana them* vhej rill neither mt Its flosh nor drink Its
alike in OTWf otter part o^ oonlii Boot mtla tte tell lo
aot with ate rooj^ootod•Wsl 1 ftefte latewra imflasolnply
yokvid to txio loatlxom hoist w ^ioh ho lowers Into the well
and hauls up to refresh the thirsty gar&en 0 f whlle his wires
ate ramlly are aot with trowslui peaoofully in the country t or
diarily drawing the bloxipjtx or in cue time crownlrig the
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teHjiiit liwns in interior teMtean*the aemtalaflsaturw>jsay
in part te rwaponslhle for dlocrodiiag tjjte worthy toast Imt
MAOi be vfliXlly ui-eitet viV: it ■/ ; ihi. ..idu
will flee fron the feast where hoof Is exposed#2n the hills
the plough Is drawn hy wor^ari 9 tet rhihi wosaon are not
otherwise tojrsfledf "Itey all wear tte well*another
yeoullarlty of the hihi Bteu and ttntmrvmn alike is the
, • a
i nteabali l or kuhkuha V'hJ.a ie A kiiia. of tribal • ^u 1 rry the u^e
of whleh however is not res trio tte to mrtl&l occmtaa® hut
is freely indulged at all tiiaes of rejoinixi# 9 a feast 9 a
marriage or a eirms^oission.iy first experienoe of it was
at Fujairah where the Dlteh chihuh were guests of their ally
tius local shalkli # % ollcnrins an \rmt> feast of princely
propoi v tiona 9 the i hihuh slmikh rose ate standing a little
asid witii hates etill unwashed * this I gathered was. a
necessary oteervanoe«plaote his left arc* acre©** his chest
ate Ms right arm bent above ate behind his head.Then
&t£al&ht*&lng ate bending the raised ana he set up a
curious Imjl *a howl not entirely unnunioal asosteinc ate
desoeudiitg the scale over a ooeipaao of pertmpe an octave or
oo.TMs noisotwhich mj best be likened to a vocal
Imitation of a SMraany wliistle pitched tws aotaves lemcr f was
oarrAtdon for eoao five wiautes.Meantiae a doaon or so of
his tribessjen otanding close together in a ring about hia
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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.
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- 1 file (31 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 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
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- 5r:31v
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- Thomas, Bertram Sidney
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