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PZ 8088/31 'Mr Bertram Thomas' [641r] (11/42)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1931-27 Apr 1932. 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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I'r. Thomas wrote to P. A. Lais cat, on tlie 5th. Cctr.
saying that he was entitled under his contract to one
month r s animal leave that it was desirable for him to
take tills without delay in order to give him time on
returning to dispose of his personal effects etc., and
that he had been able to arrange this with the Council.
2. Subsequently Hr* Thomas arranged with the Council
to extend his leave to six weeks, i.e. one month T s
leave ulus two weeks travelling. Hr. Thomas said he
was proceeding to Dliofar and left for there early in
October. The tali of Dhofar was then on leave at
LIuscat and it was arranged that the Unseat yacht the
ȣL Said" should take the i&li to Dhofar towards the
end of llovember and bring Ur. Thomas back. Actually
Ur. Thomas had made all arrangements for his trip
across the Hub-al-Ehali and had no intention of
returning to Muscat in the "Al Said’. T’e'Al SaiU'left
Muscat on the 30th liovember and must have reached
Dhofar about the 4th December. Ur. Thomas was still
there, but instead of returning by her, he sent oack
to Muscat an application for a month's leave without
pay, which reached Unseat on the l£th December.
Meanwhile Ur. Thoms had started on his journey across
the Sub-al-Khali on the 10th December and no comnunica-
tion could reach him. Mr. Fionas was due to vacate his
appointment on the 31st December on which date also the
Muscat financial year ends. It was therefore most
important that Ur. Thomas should have returned to ’Muscat
firstly to prepare the budget estimates for the comm#
year, Ini secondly to explain the work to his successor.
The actual journey across the Rub-al-Khali too.v 58 aays,
and a further delay occurred m getting fion Qatar to
Bahrain and a steamer from Bahrain to Unseat and he did
not
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This file comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes on the question of a possible decoration for Mr Bertram Sydney Thomas, following his successful crossing of the Empty Quarter from Salalah in Oman to Doha in Qatar in an expedition which took place from December 1930 to February 1931.
Correspondence refers to a suggestion by a Minister to the Prime Minister that Thomas should receive a decoration – a knighthood being seen as appropriate. Further discussion by officials in the 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. , Government of India and British officials in the Gulf concerns whether shortcomings in Thomas's administrative work would allow the 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. to support such an award. The correspondence includes a letter (ff 641-643) from 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. listing Thomas's 'delinquencies' during his time as an administrator in the employ of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
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- 1 file (22 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 636, and terminates at f 647, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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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- PZ 8088/31 'Mr Bertram Thomas'
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- 636r:656v
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