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'File 11/32 III Palestinian Arab Students' [38r] (75/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1950-30 Aug 1950. 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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59* The Turmvays,
Loecis p o#
1. 7. 1950.
Dear Mr. Watariov,
Thank you very much indeed for your kind letter 30. 6 . 1950.
This letter, I hope, will give the necessary details, which, to
my respect, I did not mention fully before lest it would been
too monotonous for an application.
I am 23 years old. I was born in Halhul village, Hebron,
Palestine. I was sent to school at the village at the age of
eight and finished from th^re at the ago of 13 . Then I was top
of the class and it was for that reason rather than any of the
many other methods usually employed that I was accepted at the
Secondary School c.t Hebron.
Thor© i ctnyod four years, walking daiU r^ om the village
to the twon, ' most vivid i'ocol .1 ot.i oni Somehow I was '.gain the
top in that school Qi the District with Distinction in English
and Arabic.’ 2 ven then I was not accepted at the two high colljmes
in Jerusalem and the high handed authority of my uncle, a Sheikh
Mulhim in the District, thr.atenod to expose the Sducationa
Department and so on until the village lad got his f ir ch nee.
So in 1943 1 was at Rashidiya College - Jerusalem. There
I took my Palestine Matriculation, second in Latin, Distiction
in Arabic and high credit in the rest in 1945.
I came back to the same College in the following year
to train, as usual, as a te chor. There I prepared for London
Matriculation and its Intermediate. I got the former and v. .s
saved the trouble of the latter by a scholarship from the Mandatory
Government.
By the terms of that Scholarship I was to study law in
England and work wish the Government for 5 years later. So I
/ c ame
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This file contains correspondence regarding the employment of Palestinian teachers in the Middle East, primarily in government service in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain and the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman as well as a number of Palestinian applicants (some of whom correspond in Arabic). The file also contains a number of reference letters from previous employers and teachers of these applicants.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following documents:
- Minutes of a meeting concerning 'Possibilities of Employment for Palestinian Refugees' held at the British Middle East Office in Cairo, 9 June 1950 (folios 47-48)
- List of Palestinians looking for employment in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. divided into Clerical, Technical, Police, Judicial, Teachers and Professionals (folios 137-151)
- Lists composed by the Foreign Office of Palestinian Students in the UK finishing their courses in 1949 (folio 187) and 1950 (folio 188).
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- 1 file (202 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 204; 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 2-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/6/381
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- 'File 11/32 III Palestinian Arab Students'
- Pages
- 38r:39v
- Author
- Mulhim, Muhammad A.
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