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ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST CENTRE ARCHIVE

Introduction

This Guide covers the majority of the collections held in the Middle East Centre Archive. At

present it does not cover collections that consist only of photographs. For example the Archive

holds a substantial Freya Stark photographic collection.

Where a more detailed description of a collection exists, this is indicated in this Guide by the

word ‘Handlist’. If a collection holds photographs this is indicated at the end of the description

by ‘Photographic collection’.

Please note that uncatalogued material appears at the end of this Guide.

Please note TS means typescript. MS means manuscript i.e. handwritten.

ADAMSON, Richard. GB165-0001

Accounts by a Palestine Police Officer of the Cairo conspiracy trial in 1919 and the riots in

Jerusalem, Easter 1920. 7 sheets. Handlist

ADDISON, Herbert. GB165-0002

Privately printed monograph The pleasures of Anglo-Egyptian cooperation, 1972; critique of

Jacques Berque’s Egypt; imperialism and revolution, 1973; memo by J. Cryer on British

schoolmasters in Egypt; papers relating to the Cairo Scientific Society 1898-1931; lists of

British Officials in the Egyptian service 1926-45; material relating to the development of the

Helwan and Maadi 1920s-50s; press-cuttings and pamphlets on Egypt 1938-49; material relating

to the Anglo-Egyptian Union 1942-49. 1 box. Handlist

ALLARD, W. (b. 1889). GB165-0003

Biographical note; letter to A.L. Odell, 29 November 1967, on British nationals seconded to

work under the Egyptian Government. 3 sheets. Handlist

ALLEN, Rt. Revd. Geoffrey Francis, Bishop in Egypt. (1902-82). GB165-0004

Collection of Diocesan Reviews for Egypt and Sudan 1947-52. 1 box. Handlist

ALLENBY, Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo. (1861-1936). GB165-0005

Photocopies of papers relating to the Middle East including: Palestine campaign - extracts from

letters to his wife up to and including the capture of Aleppo (1918) and his visit in February

1919 to Istanbul; letters and reports by eyewitnesses of the same period; letters from H. Chauvel;

letters to Sir Herbert Samuel, 1920-25; letter to Sir William Hayter 6 May 1924 on Saad Zaghlul;

letters elicited by Wavell for his “Egypt” volume; comments, mainly by Gerald Delany, on

Wavell's Allenby in Egypt. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection.


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AMAZALAK, Mayer H. and AMAZALAK, J.B. GB165-0007

Two poems on the coronation of Edward VII, printed Jaffa, 1902. 2 sheets. Handlist

AMOS, Sir (Percy) Maurice (Maclardie) Sheldon. (1872-1940). GB165-0008

Copy of letter to Sheldon Amos, 12 Nov. 1905, from Graham Wallas, on nascent nationalism in

the Middle East. 1 sheet. Handlist

ANCKETILL, Matthew David. GB165-0009

Photocopied TS of Strange Destiny unpublished biography of Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-

1842), artist, traveller and diplomat in Russia and Persia. 2 boxes. Handlist

ANDERSON, Margaret Grace. GB165-0511

Privately printed memoir entitled ‘Mussolini Changed my Life’, written by Dr Margaret

Anderson (née Smith). The memoir, which includes some photographs and also maps,

documents Margaret Anderson and her family’s movements during World War 2, specifically

from December 1939 to May 1946. During this time, the family moved from Glasgow to Sudan,

then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and later Cape Town. Margaret Anderson and her

sister Jean fled from Sudan to Rhodesia in 1940, following events relating to the Italian forces’

attack on the border with Ethiopia. Other places visited include France, Beirut, Alexandria and

Cairo. Along with personal remembrance and a first person account of childhood and schooling

in the British colonies, the memoir includes information relating to the contemporary political

and military context. 1 item. Handlist.

ANTONIUS, George Habib. (1891-1942). GB165-0011

Reports and letters when Senior Associate in the Middle East of the Institute of Current World

Affairs on Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Iraq 1930-39, including notes on the case of

Taha Hussein, 1932, and on Saiyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani and Shaikh Muhammad ‘Abduh.

128 sheets. Handlist

ARAB BULLETIN. GB165-0012

Nos. 1-74 (microfilm); nos. 41-113 with supplements (1916-19). 1 reel; 1 box.

ARAB DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY. GB165-0324

Pamphlets, reports, newspaper cuttings and correspondence relating to the Arab Development

Society, the life of its founder Musa Alami and details of the Society’s legacy and supporters.

Also includes an album of professional photographs, along with loose photographs,

documenting the work of the Arab Development Society. 3 boxes. Handlist. Photographic

collection.

ARAMCO. GB165-0013

TS report by William Mulligan on the visit of King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud to ARAMCO (Arabian

American Oil Company) in January 1947 which was reproduced in 1961 as a memento for

Aramco employees and a two page TS ‘Program of the reception for H.R.H. Sa’ud Ibn ‘Abdul

‘Aziz, the crown prince, at the Saudi Arab Airport’ on 22 March 1948. 1 vol.; 2 sheets. Handlist.

ARCHIBALD, S.G. GB165-0014

Typescript proceedings of the “Commission de Réforme du Code de Procédure Civile Indigène”

1914, and “Commission des Capitulations” 1918, of the Government of Egypt, with associated


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material. 3 boxes. Handlist.

ARDAGH, Col. Sir John Charles. (1840-1907). GB165-0015

Diaries of travel 1875-86, comprising Italy, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Rumania, Asia Minor,

Caucasus, Russia, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, (privately printed); 3 letters, March 1908, from

Susan, Countess of Malmesbury to Sir William Everett. 1 vol.; 3 sheets. Handlist.

AREF EL-AREF. (1892-1973). GB165-0016

TS diaries (in Arabic): Amman diary, 1926-28; Gaza diary, July 1939-June 1940. 1 box.

Handlist.

ARMITAGE, Henry St John Basil (1924-2004). GB165-0377

TS Lecture ‘The Arab Legion of Jordan: To-day and yesterday’ by St J Armitage 25 Sept 1996;

TS lecture entitled ‘The Hijaz Railway’ by H St J.B. Armitage given at the T.E. Lawrence

Society Symposium, Exeter College, Oxford 14-15 Sept 2002; Pamphlet ‘History of the

Railway Troops’ by Thalacker reporting on his experiences at Amman railway station regarding

the 1918 retreat from the Hedjas front. 1 file. Handlist

ARTHUR, Sir Geoffrey. (1920-1984). GB165-0430

Papers relating to Sir Geoffrey Arthur’s service as a senior diplomat in the Persian Gulf, when

he engineered negotiations which led to the creation of the United Arab Emirates. The collection

includes agreements, orders, resolutions, laws, statements, memoranda, agendas, minutes and

reports produced by or for the Provisional Union Council and the Supreme Council of the Union

of Arab Emirates. A small amount of material consists of correspondence between key players

in the negotiations, and articles analysing the situation. There are also two obituaries for Sir

Geoffrey Arthur. 1 box. Handlist.

ASHLEY, Edward. (1934-2001). GB165-0399

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers relating to Edward Ashley’s service in the Sultan’s Armed Forces

Jebel Regiment Dhofar between 1970-1977, incorporating training materials including a

training booklet, ‘Know Your Enemy’ and ‘Jebel Regiment’s Standard Operating Procedures’;

materials on anti-guerrilla operations including ‘Commander’s Diary’, ‘Situation Reports’ and

‘Operation Instructions’; including maps of areas which were used during the joint military

operations; ‘Oman Humour’, including cartoons; congratulatory letters and Jebel Regiment

awards; a staff list of individuals who served in the Sultan’s Armed Forces, including a letter

from ex-staff relating to the establishment of the Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum; and

photographic material relating to Edward Ashley’s service in Oman, subsequent Sultan’s Armed

Forces Association reunions including a trip to Oman in 1984. 8 boxes. Handlist.

BAILEY, Sheilagh Elizabeth. (b.1929). GB165-0564

Interview and photographic material relating to Sheilagh Bailey’s work in Oman in the Palace

Office from 1972-1984 and later visits to Oman. In the interview Sheilagh Bailey discusses her

slides and photograph albums and their context. There are two boxes of 35mm slides relating to

Sheilagh Bailey’s work in Oman in 1972, and four photograph albums covering 1972-1980s, as

well as later return visits to Oman and Switzerland in 1998-1999. 3 boxes. Handlist.

Photographic collection.

BAIRD, Nina Isabel. (d.1919). GB165-0017


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Papers and photographs relating to Nina Baird’s work with the Red Cross, at Cairo Citadel, and

among the Bedouin at Amira consisting of a letter of sympathy from General Allenby to Sir

Alexander Baird 11 Aug 1919; an obituary of Nina Baird by Miss H. Ridler dealing with Nina

Baird’s work with the Red Cross at Cairo Citadel and among the Bedouin at Amira, 1915-1919.

22 photographs, mainly consisting of photographs of carpets, as well as some photographs of

Nina Baird. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BAKER, NEVILLE. (b.1924) GB165-0635

OMAN ARCHIVE: Oral history video interview of Wing Commander Neville Baker in

conversation with Fiona Warton for the project 'Reflections on the Oman Insurgency 1965-1975

and its renaissance.' The interview covers Neville Baker’s service in the Sultan of Oman’s Air

Force 1970-1978, especially his time as Squadron Leader of 3 Squadron and the introduction of

helicopters into the Sultan’s Armed Forces. The interview is 1 hour 51 minutes 54 seconds in

length. 3 digital VOB files. Handlist.

BALL, Royston Arthur. (b.1928) GB165-0451

Memoirs ‘Palestine Service March 1947 to May 1948’ written by R.A. Ball (2nd Battalion,

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) giving an account of his army service. 12 sheets.

Handlist.

BALFOUR DECLARATION. GB165-0018

Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the Balfour Declaration, 1917, assembled by

Elizabeth Monroe. 12 sheets; 1 item.

BARBOUR, Nevill. (1895-1974). GB165-0019

Copies of articles and broadcasts on the Middle East and North Africa, Zionism, the Arabic

language etc. , 1936-63, with an English translation of part of the memoirs of Sidqi Pasha; report

on Syria and Palestine presented by M. Etienne Flandin to the “Group senatorial pour la defénse

des interêts français à l’étranger”; pamphlet entitled “The Independence of Egypt” by a member

of the Egyptian delegation to London, January 1921; papers and correspondence relating to

Taufiq Hakim’s novel The Return of the Spirit, 1933-37; correspondence with Lt. Gen. Sir

George MacMunn regarding the latter’s article on Palestine, “Nisi Dominus”1950-51. 5 boxes.

Handlist.

BAUER, Yehuda. (b.1926). GB165-0021

Letter to ‘Leni’ dated 22 Sept. 1962 with descriptive lists of organisations dealing with Jewish

refugees between 1933 and 1948. 2 sheets. Handlist.

BARING, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer. (1841-1917). GB165-0020

BARING, Rowland Thomas, 2nd Earl of Cromer. (1877-1953).

Letters to Harry and Clara Boyle, 1914 & 1929-36; material for the Marquess of Zetland’s

biography Cromer. 1 box. Handlist.

BBC Documentary: No Plan, No Peace. GB165-0429

Scripts for the two part BBC documentary ‘No Plan, No Peace: The inside story of Iraq’s descent

into chaos’ broadcast in October 2007 and transcripts of research interviews for the documentary

of key participants including Ahmed Chalabi, Ali Allawi, Barbara Bodine, Sir Christopher

Meyer, Clare Short, General Jay Garner, Colonel Larry Wilkerson, Paul Bremer, Colonel Paul


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Hughes, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Sir Michael Jackson, Stewart Bowen and Major General Tim

Cross. 3 boxes. Handlist.

BEASLEY, Dr. Ina M. , née Girdwood. (1898-1994). GB165-0022

Minutes of the Gordon Memorial College Council, 1944-1948; material on educational

expansion in Sudan: Southern Sudan, 1946-1950; Northern Sudan, 1947-1956. 1 box. Handlist.

BEAUMONT, Sir Richard Ashton. (1912-2009). GB165-0597

Papers mainly relating to Sir Richard Beaumont’s service in the Foreign Office, in particular his

service as Consul in Jerusalem in 1948 and his role in the Buraimi Oasis dispute with Saudi-

Arabia in Jan-Oct 1960. Includes a handwritten chronology of events in Palestine and Jerusalem

in the period Feb-Dec 1948, with personal diary notes, and photocopies of documents held by

The National Archives, perhaps compiled for research purposes. There is also a small amount

of material relating to Lebanon and Syria during World War II, as well as a collection of

newspaper clippings, 1979-1995, reporting on events in the Middle East. 1 box. Handlist.

BELL, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian. (1868-1926). GB165-0023

Copy of travel diary of a journey to Hayyil, Jan.-May 1914; letters to Humphrey Bowman, 1920-

25, and Lord Allenby,13 May 1920; C. J. Edmonds’ lecture “Gertrude Bell in the Near and

Middle East”; W.C. Donkin’s catalogue, The letters and papers of Gertrude Bell, Newcastle,

1966. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BENNETT, Arthur L. GB165-0024

Papers as R.A.F. member of Combined UK/US/Iranian team seconded to central staff of the

Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, 1970-72, including the team’s report on the Joint College of the

Armed Forces, Tehran, and a military training exercise. 1 box. Handlist.

BENTWICH, Norman de Mattos. (1882-1971). GB165-0025

Personal correspondence, correspondence in Arabic and English received as Legal Secretary

to Government of Palestine, 1921-1929; papers on legal administration under the Palestine and

Iraq Mandates; papers relating to his work in Ethiopia, 1943, and material on Ethiopia’s claim

to Eritrea and Somalia, Falasha Jews. Notes of interviews in Paris relating to efforts to help

Jewish refugees from Germany, 1934. 2 boxes. Handlist.

BESLEY, Judge Ernest Francis Withers. (1891-1965). GB165-0026

Lecture on the judicial system in Egypt, 21 Feb. 1935; record of judgement in a test case on

British nationality, 1940. 21 sheets.

BESSE, ANTONIN GB165-0353

Illustrated book commissioned by Antonin Besse on traditional boats in Aden entitled ‘Les

derniers boutres d’Aden’ 1984. 1 volume

BILLINGSLEY, Laurence (b.1927) GB165-0524

Postcard and photographs from Laurence Billingsley’s Army Service in Palestine, 1946-1948,

including a postcard of the troop ship M.V. Dunnottar-Castle, photographs of Army camps, fires

at Peninsula Barracks and the oil refinery in Haifa, the funeral of Corporal Hand and the hanging

of Sergeants Martin and Paice by the Irgun in August 1947. Also includes a photographic

reproduction of a propaganda leaflet from the A.M.O addressed ‘To the British Members of the


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Palestine Police and to the members of his Majesty’s Forces’ and a Gold Star beer bottle label.

Handlist. Photographic Collection.

BIRDWOOD, Field Marshal Sir William Riddell, 1st Baron Birdwood. (1865-1951).

GB165-0028

Comments and marginal notes on P.G. Elgood’s The Army in Egypt1914-18. 23 sheets.

BLACKBURN, Donald. (1902-1996). GB165-0378

Booklets and a note relating to Church history consisting of a ‘Handbook of the Anglican

Bishopric in Jerusalem and the East’, ‘Some Ancient and Younger Churches in Egypt’ and ‘The

Eastern Church: A brief note’; a TS account giving a description of how Archdeacon Campbell

was shot during fighting in Jerusalem in 1948; a speech by Nasser after the laying of the

foundation stone of the Copt Cathedral in 1964; a TS account ‘Civil War in Jordan, September

1970’ by Winifred Coate and 22 photographs mainly of Church events including a group

photograph of the Palestine Church Council in March 1949 and the Arab Episcopal Church

Council in 1955. 1 file and 22 photographs. Handlist. Photographic Collection.

BLATCHFORD, Edward Williams. (1868-1956). GB165-0029

Obituary notices of E.W. Blatchford, US Vice-Consul in Jerusalem, 1930-48, with a covering

letter to Humphrey Bowman from Blatchford’s cousin Grace Wilson. 4 sheets.

BLENKINSOP, Frederick William Geoffrey. (1907-46). GB165-0030

Private memo on the Arab-Zionist conflict arguing against Zionism, 2 Nov 1944. 6 sheets.

Handlist.

BLYTH, Miss Estelle. (1881-1983). GB165-0031

Papers relating to her father the Rt. Revd. G.F. Popham Blyth, Bishop in Jerusalem; copy of

The All Highest goes to Jerusalem, being the diary of the German Emperor’s journey to the

Holy Land, London, 1918; House of Lords Debates, notes, policy statements, etc. on Palestine

1920-39, with a few press cuttings. 1 box. Photographic collection.

BOUSTEAD, Col. John Edmund Hugh. (1895-1980). GB165-0032

“Report on the Sudan Defence Force” 1940-41; memo on agricultural development in E. Aden,

1949-58; “Review of the progress and development department Muscat and Oman” 1958-61;

draft autobiography. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BOWEN, H.C. GB165-0033

MS of unpublished book on Nizam ul-Mulk; notes on the Arabs in Spain and Sicily, 8-11th

centuries; MS of 6 lectures on the Arab conquest on North Africa and Spain; sources for a

history of Muslims in Europe; notes on various aspects of Islamic history; lecture and course

notes on the history of the Ottoman Empire. 5 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BOWMAN, Humphrey Ernest. (1879-1965). GB165-0034

Diaries 1903-49, including Egypt 1903-11, Sudan 1911-14, Iraq 1918-20, Palestine 1921-37;

personal letters, mostly from Sir Hugh Bell and Sir Ronald Storrs, 1910-54; appointment as

Director of Education, Mesopotamia, 1917-20; offers of service in Egyptian Ministry of

Education, 1919-20; secondment to Government of Palestine, 1920; correspondence 1922-25

with the Egyptian Government re. pension; Palestine Royal Commission on Education -


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miscellaneous papers; personal letters to parents; lectures and miscellanea about General

Gordon; lectures and book reviews; testimonials, etc.; correspondence with High

Commissioner, Palestine, 1934-36; correspondence re. retirement, 1937. 8 boxes. Handlist.


BOYLE, Harry. (1863-1937). GB165-0035

Correspondence with his wife and mother, 1884-1923; miscellaneous personal papers; letters to

Lord Rennell of Rodd, 11 Oct. 1902 and 21 April 1907; memo of 1905 on the historic

background of the British occupation of Egypt; confidential despatch to Sir Edward Grey, 16

August 1908; Milner Mission, 1921: letters and a memo. 4 boxes. Handlist.

BRADDICK, Bertie. GB165-0394

Oral history interview of Bertie Braddick, who served in the Palestine Police 1947-1948,

interviewed by William Ward on 7 May 2006. Sound file 76 minute. Transcript 15 sheets. 2

items.

BRASSEY GOTTLIEB, H. GB165-0036

Letter to ‘John’ of 19 August 1969 giving his impressions of T.E. Lawrence. 3 sheets. Handlist.

BREBBER, Alexander. (1896-1991) GB165-0387

Papers relating to Brebber’s work as President of a Military Court at the end of the Palestine

Mandate including Defence Emergency Regulations, Military Court Procedures and papers

relating to the ‘Jerusalem Railway Station Trial’ in 1947, in which four men were accused of

planting bombs at the station on 30 Oct 1946. Also includes a ‘Short Handbook of Palestine’

published by ‘G.S.I., H.Q., Palestine’ and the book ‘The Palestine Mandate Invalid and

Impracticable’ by W.F. Boustany, 1936 and 6 newspaper clippings mainly relating to Israel’s

borders and the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1956-1972. 1 box. Handlist.

BRIAN LAPPING ASSOCIATES LTD: THE FIFTY YEARS WAR: ISRAEL AND THE

ARABS GB165-0346

Transcripts of research interviews made during the production of the television series ‘The Fifty

Years War: Israel and the Arabs’ which was produced for BBC Television by Brian Lapping

Associates Ltd and broadcast in 1998. Key Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian,

Syrian, Russian and American participants were interviewed. 11 boxes. Handlist.

BRIDGEMAN, Hon. Geoffrey John Orlando. (1898-1974). GB165-0037

Brief note of his eyewitness account of the capture of Jerusalem, 1917. 1 sheet.

BRITISH DIPLOMATIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDDLE EAST GB165-0321

TS texts of, or notes for, lectures in the series “British Diplomatic Perspectives on the Middle

East” given at the Middle East Centre, 15 October-3 December 1999 by Sir James Craig, Sir

Marrack Goulding, Sir John Coles, Hon. Ivor Lucas, Christopher Long, Sir Alan Munro, Lord

Wright of Richmond, and Sir David Gore-Booth, giving their personal reflections on British

diplomacy in the Middle East during their years of service. 1 box.

BRITISH PALESTINE POLICE ASSOCIATION. GB165-0591

Newsletters of the British Palestine Police Association (the successor organisation to the


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Palestine Police Old Comrades’ Association). Newsletter Number 1, Spring 2014 includes the

minutes of the inaugural meeting, the constitution of the new association, as well as news of

future association events. The newsletters, 2014-2018, contain articles relating to the history of

the Palestine Police, reminiscences from veterans, news of BPPA events and obituaries. 1 file.

Handlist.

BRITISH SYRIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION. GB165-0397

Legal document entitled ‘British Syrian Schools Duplicate Declaration of Trust of property in

Syria and elsewhere belonging to the Association’. The document notes that the British Syrian

Schools Association was loaned £1,500 by Mentor Mott in 1877 using the property of the

Association as security for the loan as well as setting out some rules and regulations for the

running of the Association such as voting rights at General meetings and the granting to Augusta

Mott and Susette Harriet Smith the right to hire and dismiss staff and manage the running of the

schools and other institutions. The document also includes a supplemental indenture in which

Mentor Mott relinquished his claim to the loaned money in 1887. 1 item. Handlist.

BROADHURST, Brig. Ronald Joseph Callender. (1906-1976). GB165-0038

Photocopies of papers on customs matters and oil prospection in Egypt, 1886-1887; photocopy

of a MS diary of the Nile Expedition of 1889 by a member of the 86th Foot with cuttings of the

period; photocopy of reports of handling of smugglers by the Egyptian Coastguard Service,

1889-1890. 1 box. Handlist.

BRODIE, Donald Haig (1917-1981). GB165-0581

Two photograph albums containing photographs relating to Donald Brodie’s service in the

Palestine Police between 1937 and 1942. The first largely contains personal photos and includes

scenes of police officers and soldiers at work and rest, accommodation, posts and checkpoints,

police and military vehicles, landscapes, places of interest and daily life. Also includes images

documenting attacks carried out by Irgun, such as the bombing of the Jerusalem General Post

Office on 12 June 1939. The second photograph album mostly contains propaganda photographs

relating to the Arab Revolt in 1936-1939, presumably collected by Donald Brodie. There is also

a small collection of prints containing copies of photographs found in the first album and a

single newspaper clipping from 1939 containing a pictorial history of Palestine. Handlist.


BROWN, David Oliver (b.1926). GB165-0461

A short account of David Brown's Army Service in Egypt and Palestine 1945-1947 and a

photocopy of an account of David Brown's Army Service from the War Time News May 2003.

1 file (5 sheets). Handlist.

BRUCE OF KINNAIRD, James. (1730-1794). GB165-0039

Article by Sir Duncan Cumming in the Geographical Journal 137, I, 1971: “Seven unpublished

letters of James Bruce of Kinnaird”. 1 vol.

BRUNTON, Capt. Chisholm Dunbar. (b.1887). GB165-0040

“Who's Who” in Damascus, 1919; papers on the political situation in Palestine, 1920-21;

proposal for a Jordan “Reserve Force” 11 September 1920; article by Uriel Dann “The

Beginning of the Arab Legion” reprinted from Middle Eastern Studies. 33 sheets; 2 items.


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BRYCE, James, Viscount Bryce. (1838-1922). GB165-0041

Three letters relating to the problem of introducing Jewish settlers into Palestine, 1915-19. 7

sheets.

BUCCIANTI, Alexandro (b.c1772). GB165-0416

Journal, in Italian, recording the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon covering the period 1796-1801

written by Alexandro Buccianti in 1847 with an English translation of the journal made by

Alfred Hall in 1901. The journal is written as an eye witness account although it is likely that

Alexandro Buccianti supplemented the account from other sources as well. 2 boxes. Handlist.

BULLARD, Sir Reader William. (1885-1976). GB165-0042

Circular letters to his family, 1923-25 & 1934-45; material for memoirs, The Camels Must Go;

an account of recruitment to the Levant Consular Service and other writings. 3 boxes. Handlist.

BURT, John. (b.1925). GB165-0460

A memoir of ‘The Army Service of 14935920 Sergeant John Burt Royal Signals February 1945

– April 1948’ describing his service in 2 Company Palestine Command Signals based in Haifa

which was responsible for all the trunk and local communications in North Palestine for military

units. 1 item. Handlist.

BUTLER, Michael Paul. (b.1940). GB165-0563

Memoir ‘Travels with a Camel’ that provides an account of a 6 week trip in 1965 from Dhofar

to Ibri, written by Michael Butler in 1966 with some revision and photographs incorporated into

the text in 2011. Memoir ‘Al Ain 1968-1970’ covering Michael Butler’s service in Abu Dhabi,

mainly as Deputy Director of Security in the police at a Special Branch at Al Ain in the Buraimi

Oasis. 1 file. Handlist.

CAIRO CONFERENCE 1921. GB165-0045

Photocopies of selected reports, minutes, agenda, etc. for the Cairo Conference on Middle

Eastern Affairs, March 1921 1 box.

CAIRO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. (1898-1951) GB165-0046

Papers relating to the Cairo Scientific Society, established in Cairo by the British community in

1898, comprising the minute books of the Society, recording the meetings, papers presented and

Society outings, and four volumes of the Cairo Scientific Journal 1906-1910, which published

papers presented to the Society. 3 boxes. Handlist.

CAMERON WATT, Prof. Donald. (b. 1928) GB165-0296

Press-cutting collection from British newspapers covering: oil; the Arabian peninsula; Middle

East (in general); Egypt; Cyprus; Malta; Eisenhower Doctrine; Iran; Lebanon; Libya; Iraq

Revolution; Israel; Jordan; Syria; Turkey; Sudan; French North Africa; Somaliland; the Suez

Crisis; some maps. 11 boxes. Handlist.

CAMPBELL, T.J. GB165-0047

Descriptive notes by T.J. Campbell of the Survey Department of Egypt on the district lying

between the Mediterranean and Lake Burollos, Lower Egypt, c.1912. 4 sheets.

CANNINGS, Victor Henry Douglas (b.1919) GB165-0386


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Papers relating to service in the British Mandate Palestine Police including a Police identity

card, Criminal Code Ordinance for 1936, Palestine Police Magazines 1939-1947, 3 photographs

of the Palestine Police Cricket Team, Certificate of Discharge from the Police and an oral history

interview carried out in 2006 covering Cannings’ service in the Palestine Police. Also including

a booklet on Jerusalem promoting the work of the Jewish Agency and press cuttings covering

bombings and deteriorating security in Palestine 1944-1946 and an essay on Canning’s later

Cricket Career, 1958. 1 box. Handlist.

CARD, John Glenville. (b.1926) GB165-0391

Oral history interview of John Card, who served in the Palestine Police 1945-1948, interviewed

by Jordan Toone on 31 Mar 2006. Sound file 68 minutes. Summary of interview 2 sheets and

transcript 24 sheets. 3 items. Handlist.

CARLETON, Dr. Alford. GB165-0048

Correspondence with the Bishop in Jerusalem,1941, and Gen. Sir Maitland Wilson,1942-48,

on the situation in Vichy Syria. 24 sheets.

CARVER, P. GB165-0049

Photocopy of a lecture of 15 Sept. 1927 on the cotton industry in Egypt. 10 sheets.

CASSELS, Gervase de la Poer. (1915-91). GB165-0050

Memoir, as Deputy Director of UNWRA in Jordan, of the Six Day War, 1967; personal account

of his involvement in the Libyan federal elections, 1951-52. 2 folders.

CHANCELLOR, Sir John Robert. (1870-1952). GB165-0051

Proclamation of 1 Sept. 1929 re. the Wailing Wall riots. Copies in English, Arabic and Hebrew

and a photocopy of a letter from J.R. Chancellor to Lord Stamfordham (27 May 1930) intended

as a private letter to King George V. The letter expresses Chancellor’s views concerning

restriction of Jewish immigration, sales of Arab land, the attitude of both Jews and Arabs toward

the mandate in Palestine and his recommendation as to policy and course of action Britain

should take in the light of his assessment of the situation in Palestine. 2 folders. Handlist.

CHATHAM HOUSE. GB165-0052

Royal Institute of International Affairs. Mediterranean Study Group Reports 1-27, 31-44, 1956-

57; agendas of meetings and discussion notes, 1956-57; draft report; correspondence, notes,

memoranda 1956-57; D. Rockefeller: “Our stake in the Middle East”; All Soul’s Group: report

of a meeting, February 8-9 1958. 1 box.

CHAVASSE, Rev. Evelyn (1906-1991) and CHAVASSE, Timothy. GB165-0053

Two eye-witness accounts of the EOKA B coup against President Makarios of 15 July 1974,

and the subsequent Turkish invasion of 26 July 1974. 20 sheets.

CHEESMAN, Edith. GB165-0054

Mesopotamia (Iraq); watercolours, London &c., 1922. 1 vol.

CHEETHAM, Sir Milne. (1869-1938). GB165-0055

Private letters and telegrams to Sir Arthur Nicolson, Sir Louis Mallet, Sir Eldon Gorst and Lord

Kitchener on British policy in Egypt, 1910-14; letters from R.S. Patterson, Sir R. Graham, Lords


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Allenby and Milner relating to Egypt, 1919-20. 1 box. Handlist.

CHEHAB, Emir Farid (1908-1985). GB165-0384

Lebanese intelligence reports and analysis, in Arabic, covering internal Lebanese politics,

communist parties in the Middle East and political developments in Syria, Morocco, Turkey,

Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Israeli and Palestinian politics, 1945-1983. 12

boxes. Handlist.

CHIROL, Sir (Ignatius) Valentine. (1852-1929). GB165-0056

Letter to [Sir Hugh] Bell, 1 March 1920, and memo on Egyptian nationalism, 1920. 14 sheets.

CLAYTON, Brig.-General Sir Gilbert Falkingham. (1875-1929). GB165-0057

Photocopy of letter to Sir Reginald Wingate, 3 August 1916, on current situation in Cairo. 10

sheets.

CLAYTON, Brig. Sir Iltyd Nicholl. (1886-1955). GB165-0058

Memoirs of the siege of Kufa, by Major Norbury; Palestine Command Papers (Balfour

Declaration to 1939, bound in hard covers); MS of partial memoirs to 1929; copy of Albert.

Hourani’s “Great Britain and Arab nationalism, 1943”; paper “A future for Palestine” with

related correspondence and other correspondence on Palestine, 1944 and later; papers on

Lebanon, by Charles Malik, 1944; Musa Alami’s Land Development Scheme, with related

correspondence, 1946; typescript of Sir G.F. Clayton's Diary of a mission to Ibn Saud; anon.

typescript “A background to British Council work in Egypt”; paper “Islam”; review of Chaim

Weizmann’s Trial and Error. 2 boxes. Handlist.

CLEAVER, Percy (1915-1998) GB165-0358

Recruitment film for the Palestine Police, not dated c1946. The commentary for the film was

written by Rex Keating. Photocopies of letters from Percy Cleaver to his aunt and uncle Feb

1936-June 1938. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection. Please contact the Archivist in

advance to arrange a viewing of the film.

CLIVE, Nigel David. (1917-2001). GB165-0059

Photocopies of fragments of a diary kept April-June, 1948 in Palestine; situation reports from

Haifa, etc. dated June, 1948; letter, 23 October 1976, outlining his Palestine connection. 40

sheets. Handlist.

COATE, Winifred A. (1893-1977). GB165-0060

Letter from Winifred Coate to Stewart Perowne on conditions in Jordan in July 1971, including

agriculture at Abdelliyeh and the difficulty of getting produce to market undamaged after

vehicle searches, the security situation in Zerka Town, the poor state of the Jordanian economy

and disillusionment amongst ‘the more settled Palestinians’ at the guerrillas openly ‘announcing

their aim to disrupt the Government of Jordan and destroy the King’. 1 sheet. Handlist.

COGHILL, Sir (Marmaduke Nevill) Patrick (Somerville), 6th Baronet. (1896-1981).

GB165-0061

Diary 1941-45, and autobiography “Before I forget”. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection.

COLLARD, J. GB165-0062


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Report on Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, Cyrenaica 14 October 1941-31 January

1942 by Brig. S.H. Longrigg; reports and memoranda on Cyrenaica, 1943-45; Tripolitania,

1943-44. 1 box. Handlist.

COOPER, Derek and Pamela GB165-0363

Beirut Diary 1 July – 13 Aug 1982 by Derek Cooper, Beirut Diary 1 July – 13 Aug 1982 by

Pamela Cooper, photocopy of a letter of thanks for good service from RB Spicer (Inspector

General, Palestine Police) to GD Cooper (Special Constable Palestine Police) 4 Dec 1933,

Photocopy of the article ‘Palestine Paradox by Major E.M. Turnbull. The Life Guards’ in the

Household Brigade Magazine, Spring 1948, photocopy of the article ‘Evacuation of Palestine,

May, 1948 By Capt D.L.S. Hodson, The Life Guards’ in the Household Brigade Magazine,

Autumn 1948. 1 box. Handlist.

COOTE, Sir Eyre. see CRAMER-ROBERTS, F.

CONTENT PRODUCTIONS LTD: ‘Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for

the Holy Land’ GB165-0352

Research interviews and the text of the documentary ‘Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the

Struggle for the Holy Land’. The documentary considers the conflicting promises made by

Britain during the First World War such as the Balfour Declaration, Sykes-Picot agreement and

the Anglo-French Declaration and the consequences of these promises. The academics

interviewed include Youssef Choueiri, Christopher Coker, Fred Halliday, Mark Levene,

Dominic Lieven, Avi Shlaim and the former British Ambassador to Egypt, Sir Michael Weir.1

box. Handlist.

CORKILL, Dr. Norman Lace. (1898-1966). GB165-0063

Papers relating to the life and work of Dr Norman Corkill, as a Doctor and Health and Hygiene

advisor in various parts of the Middle East, including his reports on the health and hygiene

situations of Saudi Arabia in 1948, Palestinian refugees in 1951, Eastern Aden in 1953, Iran in

1963 and Abu Dhabi in 1964; his diary and an incomplete draft of his autobiography,

correspondence and a printed bound report entitled ‘A Nutritional Economic Survey of Wartime

Palestine, 1942-1943’. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

CORNWALLIS, Sir Kinahan. (1883-1959). GB165-0064

Photocopy of letter,17 May 1939, to Lord Wavell on Allenby-Feisal interview in Damascus of

3 October 1918; order of service for memorial service for King Feisal II, the Crown Prince of

Iraq and General Nuri Al Said, 30 July 1958; letter, 24 August 1958, to Stewart Perowne about

events in Iraq. 4 sheets; 1 item.

COWELL, Hubert Russell. (1877-1967). GB165-0065

Note on the organisation of war savings, 1939-45 in the British colonies and Palestine. 6 sheets.

COX, Sir Percy Zachariah. (1864-1937) GB165-0341

Correspondence, mainly incoming, covering Sir Percy Cox’s career between 1895 and 1937;

some letters between Gertrude Bell and Arthur Hirtzel 1917-1920; correspondence with Lady

Cox 1930s-1940s. 2 boxes. Handlist.


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CRAMER-ROBERTS, Frank William. (d.1943). GB165-0066

Material for an unfinished book on Abercrombie’s 1801 campaign in Egypt including letters

from Sir Eyre Coote to Prince William of Gloucester. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic

collection.

CRANE, Charles Richard. (1858-1939). GB165-0067

Photocopies of letters from Arabia, winter 1926-27; photocopied extracts from Jidda diary,

1931; extracts from unpublished, uncompleted MS by Edgar Snow of a biography of Crane. 59

sheets.

CROSSMAN, Richard Howard Stafford. (1907-1974). GB165-0068

Records, cuttings, letters, drafts, etc. on the problems of the Anglo-American Committee and

UNSCOP, 1946-47, and the subsequent recognition of Israel; 13 private letters to Mrs. Zita

Crossman from Palestine, 1946-47, including one on a visit to Chaim Weizmann. 1 box.

Handlist. Photographic collection.

CROWDY, Major J.D. (d. 1920). GB165-0069

Four letter books amounting to a diary of his service in the Mesopotamia campaign from Basra,

January 1916 to Bombay, December 1918, with maps. 1 box. Handlist.

CROWE, Sir Colin Tradescant. (1913-89). GB165-0070

TS account of the restoration of relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab

Republic after the Suez episode, 1957-1961. 230 sheets.

CROWE, Sibyl. (1908-93). GB165-0071

“Les droits électoraux des indigènes musulmans d’Algérie”, typescript report on the legal status

and rights of the indigenous Moslem population of Algeria with a review of various proposals

for reform, 9 August 1939, in French (55 sheets). Presscuttings covering Morocco 1948-56,

Tunisia 1946-53, French North Africa (in general) 1944-52 and Middle East (in general) 1944-

52. 13 boxes. Handlist.

CUNNINGHAM, General Sir Alan Gordon. (1887-1983). GB165-0072

Official papers and telegrams from his period of office as the last High Commissioner, Palestine

(1945-1948) as well as some personal correspondence. The papers and telegrams cover subjects

including illegal immigration, the deteriorating security situation, proposed solutions, papers

relating to the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry and the United Nations Special

Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) as well as preparations for the British withdrawal. 6 boxes.

Handlist.

DALE, Thomas. GB165-0073

Notes by the Secretary of the Delta Land Investment Co. Ltd. on land development, etc. at Maadi

during his period of office in Egypt (pre-World War I to World War II); letter to Andrew

Holden, 8 May 1970. 10 sheets.

DANN, Uriel. (1922-91). GB165-0074

Photocopy of TS article “The background to the beginnings of the Arab Legion” with comments

by F.G. Peake, c.1969. 24 sheets.


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D’ARCY, Lt. Gen. John Conyers. (1894-1966). GB165-0075

Photocopies of letters to Gen. D’Arcy from Lord Gort,13 August 1945; Sir John Glubb, 4

December 1945, 12 March 1946 and 21 June 1948; Lt.-Gen. Sir E.H. Barker, 31 May 1946, 2

& 29 July 1946; Sir John Shaw, 15 June 1946; translation of Arabic speech by a representative

of the Jordanian Army on D’Arcy's departure. 17 sheets.

DAVIES, Reginald. (1887-1971). GB165-0076

TS of an interview given by Davies to Professor Gabriel Warburg, 28 September 1970, on his

career in the Sudan Political Service. 12 sheets.

DAWKINS, J.M. GB165-0077

Presscutting volumes including cuttings from 1875, 1906-08, 1910-18, 1920-26, 1929 and 1939,

covering Persia, the Ottoman Empire and North Africa, the progress of the First World War, the

Consular Service, foreign affairs in general, Dawkins’ family, and Professor E.G. Browne. 4

vols.

DE BUNSEN, Sir Maurice William Ernest. (1852-1932). GB165-0078

Photocopy of Bunsen Committee report on Asiatic Turkey, 1915. (PRO: CAB 42/3/12). 32

sheets.

DEEDES, Brigadier-General Sir Wyndham Henry. (1883-1956). GB165-0079

Papers relating to Deedes’ service in Libya, Turkey, Palestine and Egypt including letters home

during his service and reforms of the Ottoman Gendarmerie in Libya in 1910-1911,

correspondence relating to his work as part of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior in Anatolia

1913-1914, papers relating to the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns 1917-1919. Also includes

correspondence while Director of Public Security in Egypt, during his tenure in Palestine,

correspondence relating to his Zionist advocacy and contact with Zionist groups, and general

correspondence relating to Deedes’ career. 2 boxes. Handlist.

DEHQANI-TAFTI, Rt. Revd. Hassan Barnaba. (b. 1920). GB165-0080

Papers as President-Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, 1976-

86. 1 box.

DEIGHTON, H. S. GB165-0081

TS extracts from the 1882 diary of Lady Anne Blunt (copy of MS in the British Library);

broadcast of 5 February 1949 “Palestine and the Powers”; TS extracts from papers by A.H.T.

Chisholm on the Cairo Arab Petroleum Congress, 1959. 79 sheets.

DE LACY, James Percival (1906-87). GB165-0082

MS notes on his service with the Northern Frontier Division, Palestine Police, 1937-39. 3

sheets.

DELANY, Gerald. (1885-1974). GB165-0083

Note on J.S. Spender’s contribution to the Egyptian settlement, 1921; undated notes on Lord

Lloyd, Saad Zaghlul, Nokrashy Pasha; MS of the final chapter of P.G. Elgood’s history of Egypt,

written during World War II and published in Arabic but never in English; memo on nationalism

and the peasantry in Egypt; article in the Spectator, 2 March 1945, on the murder of Ahmed

Maher Pasha; letters from 1st Earl Wavell on his life of Lord Allenby; letters from 2nd Earl


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Wavell on the life of his father; letter to 2nd Earl Wavell, 27 July 1953, on the political situation

in Egypt during Wavell’s period of command in World War II. 2 folders.

DICKSON, Arthur G.M. GB165-0084

Memoirs of his career as a banker in the Middle East and elsewhere, 1890-1950. 12 sheets.

DICKSON, Lt.-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick. (1881-1959). GB165-0085

Childhood; letters from regiment in Ireland,1903; Gilgit and Bikaner,1912-14: letters to mother;

Mesopotamia campaign: letters to mother,1914-15; letters home,1915; letters from D. force,

1915-16; miscellaneous career papers; Suk esh-Shuyukh: letters to mother,1915-18; pacification

of Muntafik,1918-19; Iraq, 1917-19: events in Nasiriyeh, conditions of service, administration

in Basra and Baghdad vilayets; administration reports of the Kuwait Political Agency, 1918,

1921-32; Bahrain, 1920 - Ibn Saud; diaries of mission in Bahrain, 1919-22; private letters of

political interest, mostly from Iraq and the Gulf to India, 1920s (including Sir Percy Cox, A.T.

Wilson, Philby, Bertram Thomas); reports from Hillah, 1921-22; Ojair conference papers, 1922;

Kuwait and the desert: articles and press-cuttings,1931-48; Kuwait: notes on trade 1932-33, and

trade supplies 1942; Kuwait diaries, 1937-58; Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and U.K.: treaties and

conventions; notes on Kuwait/Iraq boundaries, 1938; notes for a biography; presscuttings on the

Middle East 1937-41 & 53-55. 17 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

DICKSON, John. (1847-1906). GB165-0086

Correspondence on travel, archaeology, etc. with Gertrude Bell and others, 1876-1906; diaries

kept as Consul in Damascus, 1882-88; family letters, 19th cent.; correspondence while Consul

General at Jerusalem, 1892-1906; letters from the Beirut, Damascus, and Jerusalem consulates,

1890s and 1900s. 3 boxes. Handlist.

DICKSON, Dame Violet Penelope. (1896-1991). GB165-0364

Photocopy of a TS account of Violet Dickson’s family history; MS description of each

photograph album; 12 photograph albums, 1956-1981, mainly covering Kuwait but also

including a small amount of photographs taken in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar,

Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Yemen as well as photographs of European countries and

Africa. 12 Albums and 13 sheets. Handlist.

DIGBY EL MEZRAB, Jane Elizabeth, formerly Lady Ellenborough. (1807-1881)

GB165-0087

Microfilm copy of housebook and accounts, Damascus, 1861-70. 1 reel. Handlist.

DIXON, Catherine J. GB165-0088

MS diary 25 August-3 September “Adventures of four women who visited Petra in 1925”,

illustrated with 46 black and white photographs, giving an account of the journey from

Jerusalem to Petra and back. 1 vol.

DOBBS, Sir Henry Robert. (1871-1934). GB165-0089

TS text of memorial to Sir Henry Dobbs in the English church in Baghdad. 2 sheets.

DOUGHTY WYLIE, Col. Charles Hotham Montagu. (1868-1915). GB165-0090

TS extracts from letters to Gertrude Bell 1913-15, covering the conference on Albania, 1913,

negotiations re Lake Tsana, Abyssinia, 1914. 15 sheets.


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DOWNIE, Sir Harold Frederick. (1889-1966). GB165-0091

TS transcript of a diary covering Downie’s wartime service in Mesopotamia, January-June

1916. 21 sheets.

DOWSON, Sir Ernest MacLeod. (1876-1950). GB165-0092

Letter from Ernest Dowson to Francis Millward Edwards, 25 Sept 1937, on land taxation in

Palestine and specifically whether heavy land taxes had forced Muslim and Christian

landowners to sell land to the Jews. Dowson’s answer was that land taxation had become lighter

during British rule and that the selling of land had happened for personal gain by local notables

who then blamed the British. Handlist. 2 sheets.

DOYLE, Denis E. (1911-94). GB165-0093

Photocopies of letters, 1936-43, to his mother, Grace Doyle, written while working for Reuter’s

Commercial Information Service in Palestine, and war service in the Royal Army Service Corps.

1 box.

DRUMMOND, Antony John-Deane-. (1917-2012) GB165-0340

OMAN ARCHIVE: Typescript chapter entitled ‘22 Special Air Service Operations in Muscat

& Oman 1958/59’ with accompanying photographs and sketches, also including a photocopy of

an account of the military operation in Oman in The Times April 9 1959. Handlist. 1 box

DUCHESNE, Martin. GB165-0390

Oral history interview of Martin Duchesne, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948,

interviewed by Nick Kardahji on 23 Mar 2006 and a talk at the seminar on the Palestine Police

with a question and answer session on 23 Nov 2006. Interview sound file 108 minutes and talk

sound file 24 minutes. Summary of interview 2 sheets and transcript 20 sheets. 4 items.

DUNLOP-SMITH, Lt.-Col. Sir James Robert. (1858-1922). GB165-0094

Photocopy of two accounts by the Revd.Hunter Smith of fighting at Gallipoli, July and

September 1915. 29 sheets.

EDMONDS, Cecil John. (1889-1979). GB165-0095

Papers relating to his service in Iraq, 1915-45, including: papers on his service as Administrative

Inspector, 1922-24; Liaison Officer to the Mosul Commission, 1925-26; papers,

correspondence, and maps relating to Edmond’s work in the consular service in North Persia,

Iraq and Kurdistan; official reports 1910-46; tour notes and draft reports 1914-40s;

topographical notes; notes on the tribes of Kurdistan; personal correspondence 1913-77; lectures

and articles; large collection of maps; diaries 1912-1975; typescript memoirs “East & West of

Zagros”. 28 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

EDWARDS, Francis Millward (1886-1976). GB165-0096

Papers relating to the work of Francis Edwards as a Civil Servant in Egypt in the 1920s,

including papers and reports on Egyptian rural problems and provincial taxation, reports on a

visit by Saad Zaghlul to Upper Egypt, October 1921; book reviews by Edwards including

reviews of books by Philby and Glubb; essays on early Muslim and English travellers. 1 box.

Handlist.


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EDWARDS, Francis William [Frank] (b. 1931). GB165-0442

Papers relating to the book ‘The Gaysh’ which is a history of the Aden Protectorate Levies 1927-

1961 and the Federal Regular Army of South Arabia 1961-1967, including the typescript of

‘The Gaysh’ written in 1967-1968 with original photographs and a small amount of material

from Frank Edwards’ service in Aden c.1964-1965. There is also correspondence relating to the

first attempt to publish ‘The Gaysh’ in 1968-1969, and correspondence and newspaper clippings

relating to the publication and promotion of ‘The Gaysh’ in January 2004. There is a small

amount of material relating to Frank Edwards’ work with Colonel Gadaffi in the Libyan Army.

The collection includes photocopies of photographs taken in Aden c.1948-1958 and a student

exercise map of the Aden Protectorate, both given to Frank Edwards by Hugh Witherow in

2004. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

EDWARDS, Stephen (1912-1997). GB165-0354

Personal papers relating to Stephen Edwards’ service in the Palestine Police 1936-1948

consisting of his service record booklet and papers mainly relating to pay, conditions of service

and the end of the mandate. 1 box. Photographic collection.

EGYPT. GB165-0325

Photocopy of threatening leaflet addressed to British families in the Canal Zone signed

“Defenders of Islam”, c.1950; photocopy of “List of papers of the ‘Urabi Revolution, 1881-82”

in the archives of the Ministry of War, Cairo, n.d.; duplicated seminar programme “ The

Egyptian Army in modern and contemporary history” given by the Egyptian Army Club of the

Ministry of Defence War College, April 1981. 3 folders.

ELGOOD, Lt.-Col. Percival George. (1863-1941). GB165-0097

Egypt. Cairo, 1942 (repr. of 1935 edn.). 1 vol.

ELKINGTON, A.E.H. (d. 1974). GB165-0098

Papers on economic conditions in Cyrenaica, 1943. 170 sheets; 1 item.

ELPHINSTON, Col. William Graham (1886-1952) GB165-0320

Papers mainly relating to Elphinston’s role as Assistant Political Officer at Arab Punar 1918–

1919 including a memoir and photographs relating to the Berazi Kurds, as well as a TS text of

a lecture giving a strategic analysis of cavalry operations in Palestine of 1918; a TS report

‘Operations in Kurdistan’; correspondence with the family of Mustafa Shahin 1947-1952 and

also with G.W.Bedir-Khay 1947–1948. Also includes a series of lectures given to the Royal Air

force (R.A.F.) Intelligence School 1947–1948 relating to British policy and the Middle East. 1

box. Handlist.

EMERY, Miss Susanna Pearce. (1896-1986). GB165-0099

MS letters written to her family during the course of her career as a teacher at Jerusalem Girls'

College and Headmistress of the English High School, Haifa, 1919-30 & 1932-48; three TS

volumes of autobiography drawn from the letters. 3 boxes. Handlist.

EMERY, Victor. (b.1924). GB165-0452

Letter from Victor Emery describing his Army service in Palestine, 1945-1946, photocopies of

5 photographs showing Emery in Egypt and Camp 71 as well as the Hadera Coastguard station

after it had been blown up on 20 Jan 1946 and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping showing


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the Hadera Coastguard station prior to its destruction. Also includes a second more detailed

account of Victor Emery’s life and service in Egypt and Palestine including descriptions of

leisure activities, contact with Jews and Arabs, relations with the Palestine Police and the level

of news received in the Camp of events happening elsewhere in Palestine as well as a photocopy

of a photograph of Victor Emery in 1943. 24 sheets. Handlist.

ENSOR, Andrew Fisher. (1918-2008). GB165-0595

Documents relating to Andrew F. Ensor’s career in the oil industry in the 1940s-1970s,

including correspondence, memoranda and internal company reports. Also includes a paper he

wrote in 1979 about his dealings with OPEC leaders in the 1960s and early 1970s. 7 boxes.

Handlist.

EVERETT, Sir William. (1844-1908). GB165-0100

Papers on his service as Military Consul at Erzerum 1879-85, including: diary, 1879-82; letters

1886-88 from consulates at Erzerum, Diyarbekir, etc. following his return to England; maps of

the Ottoman Empire. 4 boxes. Handlist.

FARADAY, John Alexander Mulloy. (1899-1986). GB165-0101

Papers relating to the Safad disturbances of 1929 and the Jaffa riots of 1933. 2 boxes. Handlist.


FARNALL, Harry de la Rosa Burrard. (1852-1929). GB165-0102

Cartoon of Harry Farnall, Commissaire-Directeur à la Caisse de la Dette Publique, by Juan

Sintes in the series “Les hommes du jour” in L'Egypte Nouvelle captioned “A qui puis-je encore

faire du bien?” 1 sheet.

FAROUK, King of Egypt. (1920-65). GB165-0103

Copies of Empire News 12, 19, 26 October; 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November; 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec. 1952

and 4, 11 January 1953 containing Farouk's own account of his decline and fall. 22 sheets.

FARRELL, Wilfrid Jerome. (1882-1960). GB165-0104

Photocopy of memoirs, “Pedagogue’s progress: reminiscences of Mesopotamia, Transcaucasia,

and Palestine.”; The Distribution of Educational Benefits in Palestine by Farrell, 1945. 185

sheets; 1 item.

FEISAL, Emir of Hijaz (later King of Iraq). (1885-1933). GB165-0105

Intelligence and other miscellaneous documents in Arabic and English, 1916-19, 1939, 1941,

1965, including correspondence with Gen. Gouraud, Lord Allenby, Col. Joyce and others;

details of Feisal’s visit to London 1933; copies of agreements with Dr. Weizmann, Akaba, June

1918 and London, 3 Jan. 1919; copies of documents from the Syrian Archives on Feisal’s rule

in Damascus, 1919-20. 1 box.

FELGATE, Frederick Albert (1915-1976). GB165-0546

Papers, photographs and artefacts relating to the life of Frederick Felgate and his service in the

Palestine Police Force from 1941-1948 including his enlistment, training and discharge, his

police notebook, a map of Palestine from 1944 and a ‘General Situation Samaria District’ file

containing detailed daily reports of incidents such as sabotage, skirmishes, looting, hijacking,

robberies and attacks on convoys in Samaria 22 Jan 1948 – 30 Apr 1948. Also includes some

papers and photographs relating to Felgate’s life and career outside of Palestine including his


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later work for the R.S.P.C.A (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). 2 boxes.


FLETCHER, Paul Duncan. (1917-78). GB165-0106

“East of Aden. The Forties”: TS memoir by Mary Fletcher of Paul Fletcher’s service in the

Eastern Aden Protectorate, 1940-44, based on his official reports and letters home, 1940-49. 74

sheets.

FLETCHER-COOKE, Sir John. (1911-89). GB165-0107

TS article “The Compulsive Cuppa” on his experience as a government officer in Palestine,

1946-48; note on Sir Henry Gurney; correspondence with Roger Owen and Elizabeth Monroe

on his service in Palestine. 25 sheets.

FLINN, Walter Leonard. (1883-1969). GB165-0108

Correspondence 1903-1911; notebook relating to his business as an importer of Persian carpets;

memoir of his travels and work in Persia as well as his war service in the Ministry of

Information; short biographical account of Walter Leonard Flinn’s life. 1 box. Handlist.

FORSTER, Dr. Elliot David. (b. 1905). GB165-0109

Photocopies of diary and some copies of official reports relating to his work as a doctor in St.

Luke’s Hospital, Hebron, 1936-40. 145 sheets.

FOSTER-TURNER, Frederick Wentworth. (1893-1989). GB165-0110

Papers on town planning and public works in Palestine, 1933-4, with some personal papers and

a small amount of material relating to Hong Kong, 1921-28. 1 box. Handlist.

FRANKFURTER, Felix. (1882-1965). GB165-0111

Microfilm of papers, including correspondence with Amir Feisal and recommendation on

Jewish settlements in the Ottoman Empire relating to his project, as adviser to the Zionist

Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, of a form of mandate for Palestine. 1 reel. Handlist.

FRASER-TYTLER, Sir William Kerr (1886-1963). GB165-0326

MS and TS letters to his mother from Kabul, 1923-1941; additional correspondence with various

individuals such as Lord Willingdon and Lord Brabourne; photographs including shots of

airplanes, parades, group portraits; articles and lectures by Kerr Fraser-Tytler and others; bound

TS Kabul Legation diary 1922-1924; TS article ‘The Destruction of the Second British Legation

in Kabul’ 1926; Note on the political situation in Afghanistan 1941; Note on the expulsion of

Axis nationals from Afghanistan 1941, Newspaper article ‘La Tristesse posthume de Joseph

Hackin’ 2001 and a TS “Appendix - An Appreciation of King Nadir Shah’s character”. 4 boxes.


FRASER, Professor Thomas Howden. (1885-1975). GB165-0112

Letters from Major-General Mohammed Neguib, 1953-75; inscribed copy of Herbert Addison’s

Travelling with Artifex; certificates of Fraser’s awards and decorations; account of an excursion

to the Wadi Natrun, 26-27 November 1925; account of a trip to Petra by car, 1931. 2 folders.


FRASER, Major-General William Archibald Kenneth. (1886-1969). GB165-0113


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Photocopy (some portions of text now very faint) and some typed transcripts of diaries kept by

Fraser while stationed in Persia with his regiment, the Central India Horse, 29 March 1912-

December 1919. 230 sheets.

FULLER, William Vickery. (b. 1907). GB165-0114

Photocopies and MS transcripts of diary entries 22 April-10 May 1948 with explanatory notes;

letter from Dr. Haikel, May 1948; letter from the Jaffa Emergency Committee, May 1948; letter

from the Secretary to the Chairman of the Truce Commission of the Security Council,

Jerusalem; report on certain government officers, Jaffa. 40 sheets.

FURNESS, Sir Robert Allason. (1883-1954). GB165-0115

Miscellaneous pamphlets and official papers relating to Anglo-Egyptian relations 1906-47;

papers and correspondence relating to Furness’s work as Professor of English Literature at Fuad

University, Cairo, 1938-40; papers and correspondence relating to censorship in Palestine 1931-

36 and publicity censorship in Egypt 1940-45; accounts, minutes and staff details, Victoria

College, Cairo, 1942-44; correspondence and memoranda relating to Egyptian politics and

internal affairs, 1919-37. 5 boxes. Handlist.

GARSTANG, Professor John. (1876-1956). GB165-0116

Photocopies of papers,1925-26, relating to the Department of Antiquities in Palestine, to

Garstang’s resignation as Director of Antiquities and press-release on his role in establishing

the British Archaeological Institute in Turkey. 14 sheets.

GIBBONS, William. GB165-0388

Oral history interview of William Gibbons, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948

interviewed by Hilary Kalmbach on 14 Mar 2006. Sound file 121 minutes. Summary of

interview 2 sheets and transcript 34 sheets. 3 items.

GIBBS, Brian Conaway. (1912-46). GB165-0117

Extracts of MS letters written from Palestine, February-August 1938, from Brian Gibbs to his

fiancée Joan; copy of arrangements for policing the Easter ceremonies of the Eastern and

Western rite churches at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Nebi Musa celebrations in

Jerusalem, 1947. 2 folders. Handlist.

GIESLER, Rodney William Aldous (b.1931). GB165-0508

Papers, slides and films relating to Rodney Giesler’s life and work for the Kuwait Oil Company

Ltd Film Unit and his later travels in the Middle East consisting of an extract from an oral history

transcript ‘Memories of Kuwait 1958-61’ as well as a collection of 35mm colour slides mainly

of the Gulf including images of oil fields and installations, the visit of King Saud to Kuwait in

1961 as well as slides of tourist sites in Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Also includes digital

copies of the documentary films ‘Close up on Kuwait’ and ‘Dubai’ which were directed by

Rodney Giesler and focus on the oil industry and the development of Kuwait and Dubai as well

as some printed materials including booklets giving a history of the Kuwait oil company. 2

boxes. Handlist.

GILES, Peter (1929-2014). GB165-0632

Papers, leaflets, photographs and artefacts collected during Peter Giles’ time in the

Transjordanian Frontier Force and the Palestine Police Force, mainly relating to his work as a


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police officer, including large numbers of Police and Legal Forms, both used and unused, and a

number of Jewish and Arab propaganda leaflets and notices. There are also a small number of

memoranda regarding the withdrawal of the British Administration and the future of its

employees; two sections of editions of the Palestine Post, and an internal News Bulletin with

updates on the situation in Palestine and various materials from Peter Giles’ social and personal

life, including prayer books, race programmes and telegrams. 1 box. Handlist.

GOLDIE, Col. Hugh Desmond Barré. (b. 1907). GB165-0119

Photocopied TS paper on the history of the Arab Legion, possibly by Glubb c.1944. 10 sheets.

GORDON, Maj.-Gen. Charles George. (1833-85). GB165-0120

Photocopied MS letters from the Sudan 1874-84 and one from Massawa in 1879 describing his

visit to the Emperor John of Ethiopia; TS copy of a biographical note on Gordon by F.E. Freese;

photocopies of 34 MS letters from Gordon to Mrs. Freese, 1874-80; MS letter to his brother

from Sudan 12 Dec.1878 referring to the Khedive’s ambitions in Ethiopia and Somalia; TS copy

of a postcard, 18 February 1884, from Gordon to Revd. Horace Waller; anonymous account of

Gordon’s death. 1 box.

GORDON, Rt. Revd. Eric, Bishop of Sodor and Man. (1905-92). GB165-0121

Articles from Bible Lands, 1927-28, relating to the Wycliffe Hall Theological College jubilee

pilgrimage to Palestine, 1927; Wycliffe Hall publications on the jubilee pilgrimage; two

volumes of The National Geographic Magazine containing articles relating to Palestine, 1926

& 1927. 1 box. Photographic collection.

GORST, Sir (John) Eldon. (1861-1911). GB165-0122

MS autobiographical notes beginning 1886 and ending at his death in 1911; speech on taking

up the post of Consul-General in Egypt, 2 November 1907; photocopies of autobiographical

notes, birth-1909; photocopied diaries 1890-95, 1897-1911; photocopied engagement books

1910-11; photocopied press-cuttings of Egyptian race-meetings, 1909-11; 3 press-cutting

volumes, 1890-1908. 19 vol.; 1 box. Handlist.

GOULD, Lorraine Macdonald. (1898-1935). GB165-0407

Photocopy of TS letters written by Lorraine Gould to her mother commenting on the causes and

progress of an uprising against King Amanullah Khan. The letters also describe fighting in

Kabul in December 1928 and an evacuation by plane to Peshawar. 18 sheets. Handlist.

GRAFFTEY-SMITH, Sir Laurence Barton. (1892-1989). GB165-0123

Papers from Karachi, 1947-49 and the Governor General’s Commission, Khartoum, 1953-56;

letters to Elizabeth Monroe of 11 April 1969 about libellous book, Four Gentlemen by Mme

Vogt, and 3 October 1969 about the McMahon correspondence. 1 box. Handlist.

GRAHAM, John David Carew (1923-2012). GB165-0327

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers relating to Graham’s work as CSAF (Commander Sultan’s Armed

Forces) April 1970- September 1972. Mainly military papers, with some personal memoirs and

reflections and a significant quantity of printed material dating from c 1970 to 2000. The

majority of the military papers focus on the Dhofar war of 9 June 1965 – c 1975. Other events

and subjects referred to are: propaganda during the Dhofar war; military activities of the SAF

in northern Oman; the administration of the SAF, and the Salalah coup of 1970 during which


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the present Sultan Qaboos bin Said deposed his father Said bin Taimur. The personal memoirs

relate to time spent by Graham in Oman and in other countries. The printed materials give

background and context to the military papers, and some of the more recent printed materials

give and idea of military activities and social and industrial developments in Oman today. Also

includes two photograph albums taken c.1970 to c.1972, capturing military life in the Sultanate

of Oman, including events such as the accession of Sultan Qaboos bin Said as well as some

loose prints.10 boxes. Handlist.

GRANADA TELEVISION. GB165-0124

Transcripts of research interviews on British withdrawal from Cyprus, Egypt, Iran and Iraq,

conducted for the Granada Television series End of Empire, transmitted in 1985. 1 box.

GRAVES, Richard Massie. (1880-1960). GB165-0125

Draft of opening chapters of an autobiography covering his service at Constantinople, etc. 1903-

08; photocopy of draft outline of book on the Levant Consular Service. 137 sheets; 6 sheets.

Handlist.

GRAY, MACKENZIE & CO., LTD. GB165-0126

Photocopied documents on steam navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates, and on the Teheran-

Dizful road concession, 1892-1924. 52 sheets.

GREIG, Charles Alexis. (1880-1958) GB165-0314

Two letters, 31 March and 20 May 1934, to Miss May Rutherford written from Izmir where

Greig was HM Consul-General, with notes on family history; photographs. 35 sheets; 9 prints.

GREEN, Gerald. (b.1928) GB165-0404

Oral history interview of Gerald Green, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948,

interviewed by Eugene Rogan on 19 Oct 2006. Sound file 145 minutes. Summary of interview

1 sheet and transcript 27 sheets. 3 items. Handlist.

GREEN, Joseph Coy. (1887-1978) GB165-0317

Photocopied TS diary, 4 July 1952-15 September 1953, covering his period as US Ambassador

to Jordan. 3 boxes.

GRENFELL, Field Marshal Sir Francis Wallace, 1st Baron Grenfell. (1841-1925)

GB165-0319

MS diaries, 1874-79, 1882, 1884-1925; TS diary transcripts covering service in South Africa,

Egypt and Malta,1873-1902, and service in the Royal Household and retirement, 1903-19;

correspondence; scrapbook; photograph album; ephemera. 38 boxes; 2 vols. Handlist.

GURNEY, Betty. (d.1981). GB165-0127

Letters, 1937, 1944-49 and 1953-55, to friends recounting her daily life in Isfahan and later in

Cairo as the wife of the Revd. David Gurney, CMS missionary in Iran and Egypt. 96 sheets.

GURNEY, Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy. (1898-1951). GB165-0128

“Palestine postscript: a short record of the last days of the Mandate”; TS diary entries, 15 March-

14 May 1948; biographical note for the Dictionary of National Biography by Henry Moore with

a covering letter to General Sir Alan Cunningham, 1 July 1963. 3 folders.


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HAIG, Margaret and HAIG, Helen. GB165-0129

TS accounts of journeys undertaken by Margaret and Helen Haig (daughters of Lt.-Col. T.W.

Haig) around Meshed in 1914 and 1916, and from Isfahan to Mohammerah in 1918. 92 sheets.

HAIG, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Wolseley. (1865-1938). GB165-0130

MS diary 1910-11, with account of a journey from Kerman to Bandar Abbas, 1912;

reminiscences of years as a Consul General in Meshed 1913-16, and Isfahan 1916-18. 295

sheets; 2 items.

HAINGE, James. GB165-0402

Oral history interview of James Hainge, who served in the Palestine Police 1945-1948

interviewed by Eugene Rogan on 5 Jun 2006. Sound file 114 minutes. Summary of interview 1

sheet and transcript 28 sheets. 3 items.

HAINING, Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert Hadden. (1882-1959). GB165-0131

Cyclostyled volume of despatches on the operations carried out by the British Forces in

Palestine and Transjordan during the period of command of Lt.-General R.H. Haining, 1 April

1938-30 July 1939; with a few press cuttings of the period and a letter from Malcolm

Macdonald. 7 sheets; 1 item.

HALLWARD, Cecil Marsham GB165-0132

MS diaries, 5 volumes 1887-91 & 1897, covering service with the Levant Consular Service in

Constantinople and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. 1 box.

HAMILTON, John Almeric de Courcy. (1896-1973). GB165-0133

MS diary, with typed transcript, of events in Northwest Persia and Baku, 1918-19; TS lectures

including one on Neguib's assumption of power. 2 folders.

HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, Frederick Temple, 1st Marquis of Dufferin and

Ava. (1826-1902). GB165-0134

Letter to Sheldon Amos, 4 July 1884, on the right of Egypt to representative government. 17

sheets.

HAMILTON, Robert Ernest (1925-2006). GB165-0392

Oral history interview of Robert Hamilton, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948,

interviewed by Sharif Ismail on 20 Apr 2006. Sound file 56 minutes. Summary of interview 2

sheets and transcript 13 sheets. Also includes a Police Boundaries map showing civil district,

sub district boundaries and Police Station Boundary, June 1947. 4 items. Handlist.

HANSON, Henry James. (1838-1935). GB165-0135

Print out from a microfilm of “A Record”: MS autobiography in 3 volumes by H.J. Hanson, an

Istanbul merchant, giving details of his ancestry, his father’s life in Constantinople and his own

memories, including some of the Crimean War, and illustrated with watercolours, family letters

and ephemera. 3 folders, with colour transparencies of the illustrations. Handlist.

HARRISON, Helena Austen. (c.1895-1986). GB165-0136

Journal of a visit to Palestine via Egypt, 1925, and album of photographs of Palestine. 2 vols.


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Handlist.

HARTLEY, Sir Charles Augustus. (1825-1915). GB165-0137

Photocopies of six letters, 1872-75 & 1877-78, from General Charles Gordon to Sir Charles

Hartley and one letter from Hartley to Mrs. Griffiths, 27 February 1884, concerning Gordon's

letters. 17 sheets.

HAWLEY, Sir Donald Frederick (1921-2008). GB165-0338

OMAN ARCHIVE: Mainly of printed materials relating to souvenirs from National Day

celebrations in Oman: speeches from the sultan; and invitations to events, 1980-2000. 2 boxes.

Handlist.

HAY, Sir William Rupert. (1893-1962). GB165-0138

Diaries and accounts of tours 1911-56, with correspondence and articles relating to his service

in Mesopotamia, Waziristan and Baluchistan, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf, including the

transfer of the Residence from Bushire to Bahrain. 14 boxes. Handlist.

HAYCRAFT, Sir Thomas Wagstaffe. (d. 1936). GB165-0139

TS report by Sir Herbert Samuel to J.H. Thomas, Colonial Secretary, on the situation in

Palestine, Jan. 1924; two MS letters from Haycraft to Sir John Chancellor, 1928; Haycraft’s

review of The Mandate for Palestine by Y. Stoyanovsky in The Law Quarterly Review, January

1929. 33 sheets.

HAYTER, Sir William Goodenough. (1869-1924). GB165-0140

Photocopy of a letter of condolence, 6 August 1924, from Lord Allenby to Lady Hayter on the

death of her husband. 2 sheets.

HAYWARD, S. F. (b. 1908) GB165-0141

For the Record: Arab A.M.O. pamphlet giving details of terrorist incidents carried out by Jewish

organisations in Palestine involving British victims, 1944-47. 14 sheets.

HAZELDEN, John Winston. (b. 1942) GB165-0499

Papers and artefacts mainly relating to the Royal Oman Police including the unpublished

memoir ‘Shurta Recollections of Service with the Royal Oman Police in the 1970s’ by John

Hazelden which describes his ‘personal memories…with some historical background to provide

context’ and covers his life and work in Sohar, Rostaq and Ibra. Also includes a bound ‘Pictorial

addendum’ to the memoir and four volumes relating to law in Oman consisting of the Police

Decree 1973, the 1974 Criminal Code, and commercial business laws of Oman 1974 and 1990.

Bound volume with a two part history of the Royal Oman Police Air Wing divided into ‘Brief

Outline of Early Operations’ and ‘Aircraft Types and Unit Development’ and bound volume of

copies of photographs entitled ‘Pictures of Sur Division Royal Oman Police 1975-1978’. Also

includes an unused bilingual (English and Arabic) Royal Oman Police Diary for 2001, printed

book ‘The Sultan’s Armed Forces Elementary Omani Colloquial Arabic for English Speakers’,

printed booklet ‘Omani Arabic (some spoken terms and phrases)’, a 1975 National Day

commemorative medallion in a presentation box as well as text and photographs relating to the

medallion, 12 Oman First Day Cover postcards and postage Stamps 1984-1985, a Muscat Police

notebook 1970-1973, Oman police badge, passports relating to Oman and Ras al Khaimah and

a copy of a watercolour of a boat. 4 boxes. Handlist.


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HELY HUTCHINSON, Sir John, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore. (1757-1832).

GB165-0142

Photocopied report to the Secretary of State, the Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas, on the campaign in

Egypt, 3 April 1801. 8 sheets.

HENNESSEY, Robert Samuel Fleming. (1905-89). GB165-0143

TS account of a visit to Riyadh via Baghdad and Bahrain with the Anglo-American (Palestine)

Committee, 16-21 March 1946. 9 sheets.

HEPWORTH, Charles. (b.1943). GB165-0410

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers and photographs relating to Charles Hepworth’s service in the

Sultan’s Armed Forces during 1970-1971 including a memoir ‘A Walk on God’s Carpet

Adventures in Oman’; training materials including ‘Field Notes on Saudi Arabia 1935’; papers

relating to missions, speeches by the Sultan, propaganda leaflets and SAF bulletins. Also

includes some maps of Southern Arabia, newspaper clippings and a small amount of

correspondence about walking and mapping in Oman, as well as digital copies of 35mm slides

including Morocco, Oman, the Hadhramaut (Aden) and a report of a Sandhurst expedition to

the Hadramaut 1962-1963 with photographs. 6 boxes. Handlist.

HERBERT, Hon. Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux . (1882-1929). GB165-0144

Diaries, 2 volumes 1912-17 & 1917-23, covering service in Madrid and Cairo; letter of 20 Nov.

1925 from Lord Lloyd on early impressions as Ambassador to Cairo; undated letter from Robin

Furness, also from Cairo. 1 box. Handlist

HIGGINS, John. GB165-0145

Typed extracts from letters to his wife Freda written during a visit to Palestine on behalf of

Cook’s, February-March 1948. 14 sheets.

HODGKIN, Thomas Lionel. (1910-82). GB165-0146

Letters from George Antonius to Thomas Hodgkin discussing the situation in Palestine, 1936;

text of Hodgkin’s 1981 Antonius Lecture given at St. Antony's. 7 sheets; 50 sheets.

HODGKIN, Edward Christian. (1913-2006). GB165-0362

Photocopy of an obituary of Katy Antonius and a photocopy of a TS account of Katy Antonius’

life by EC Hodgkin, Dec 1999. 15 sheets.

HOGARTH, David George. (1862-1927). GB165-0147

Photocopies of notes and letters, 1897-1921, to his mother, wife and son, mentioning

personalities such as Gertrude Bell and T.E. Lawrence; photocopy of a letter from T.E.

Lawrence to W.D. Hogarth, 11 November 1928; file of biographical notes. 1 box. Handlist.

HOLDEN, Andrew. (d.1973). GB165-0148

Papers dating from his period with the Egyptian Government, 1907-52, including Land Tax

assessment, the attempted purchase of land at Abukir, Egyptian nationalism, agricultural credit

and irrigation. 1 box. Photographic collection.

HOLDSWORTH, Leslie Leonard David. (1913-1988). GB165-0667


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Papers relating to Dick (Leslie) Holdsworth’s service in the Palestine Police 1940-1945

consisting of his certificate of appointment to the Palestine Police, a certificate noting his

appointment as a ‘Private in the military force constituted under Section 51 of the Police

Ordinance’, certificate of discharge and leave and last pay certificate. Also includes

Holdsworth’s National Registration Identity Card 1945 and two membership cards for the

Palestine Police Old Comrades Association 1971-1996 and one Palestine Police Old Comrades

Benevolent Association booklet listing donations 1982-1995. 1 file. Handlist.

HOLMES, Richard J. (1928-77). GB165-0149

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, case notes, etc. relating to Aden, 1942-67; papers of the

Anglo-Yemeni conference, 1950; East African Currency Board correspondence, 1967-68;

correspondence and memoranda on constitutional development in the UAE, 1968-72; “Britain

and South Arabia”: MS of a constitutional history of South Arabia during the pre-independence

period (284 pp.). 5 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

HOLT, Sir Vyvyan. (1896-1960). GB165-0150

Drafts of lectures on Iraq under the British Mandate (written post-1942) and Britain’s policy in

the Middle East, c.1958. 23 sheets. Photographic collection.

HOPE-GILL, Cecil Gervas. (1894-1984). GB165-0151

TS memoirs “From the womb to the tomb”; letters, reports, telegrams, and press-cuttings

relating to the Ethiopian crisis of May 1936. 2 boxes. Handlist.

HORNSBY, Sir Bertram. (d.1943). GB165-0152

Papers on his war service in Egypt, 1915-19; anonymous [Egyptian] criticism of Sir W.

Brunyate's proposals for constitutional reform, prepared in 1918; papers on the 1919 riots;

Anglo-Egyptian relations under Allenby and Lord Lloyd; economic and financial subjects,

1922-23; memo on the annexation of the Sudan, 1924; anonymous [British] criticism of

proposals made by the British Government for abortive treaty negotiations of 1929-30; proposed

agricultural mortgage scheme for Palestine, 1933; papers on the status of the National Bank of

Egypt and its relations with the Egyptian Government, 1939. 1 box. Handlist.

HOURANI, Cecil Amin. GB165-0153

Translation of article on the Arab nation and relations with Israel originally published in An-

Nahar supplement of 20 August 1967 with cuts by the Lebanese censor marked in red; “Road

to Geneva?” U.S. statements on the Middle East, vols. I-IV, Mar. 1977-May 1978. 1 box.

HUBBARD, Laurence Arthur. (b.1931). Reverend. GB165-0552

Correspondence relating to Reverend Hubbard’s Missionary work in Damascus and Aleppo,

Syria 1993-1996 and in Aqaba, Jordon 1996-2000; including Reverend Hubbard’s appointment

letter and his background notes on Damascus, monthly link letters for supporters at home and

letters from friends and supporters during and after Reverend Hubbard’s overseas missionary

work. Also includes photograph albums and slides documenting his missionary work for the

Church, including images of the surrounding landscapes, architecture and life in Syria and

Jordon, as well as a ‘History of Aqaba’ by Hubbard and slides from the Church Mission Society

‘Palestine – paying the price’ giving a presentation on conditions of the Palestinians in the

1990’s. 3 boxes. Handlist.


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HUNT, John. (b.1931). GB165-0456

Booklet ‘In My View Suez The Hidden Truths. A documentary by John Hunt’ written in 2007

and consisting of an account the campaign to secure a medal for the veterans of the Suez

Campaign 1951-1954, as well as including John Hunt’s memoirs of his service in Suez, extracts

from newspaper articles, cartoons and photographs from the Suez Campaign; photocopies of 4

newspaper articles about the campaign for medals and the booklet ‘In My View Suez The

Hidden Truths’ 1 file (8 items). Handlist.

HUTSON, George Chrystal. (1908-1967) GB165-0154

TS report “Israel and her neighbours”, May 1954. 19 sheets. Handlist.

ILIFF, Sir William Angus Boyd. (1898-1972). GB165-0155

Letter from Gertrude Bell to M. Sevian, 1923, about the situation in Iraq; information for

candidates applying to the Egyptian and Sudanese civil service; agreement between the United

Arab Republic, Cie Financière de Suez and International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development on compensation following the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Co., 1958. 7

sheets; 1 item.

INGRAMS, William Harold. (1897-1973). GB165-0156

G. Warneford Memoranda on the Yaffai-as-Sufal and the territory of the Amir of Dthala, Simla,

1904; M.C. Lake “Report on visit to Upper and Lower Yafa, 1926”; convention between the

United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the boundaries of Aden and of Ottoman territory in

Southern Arabia, signed London, 9 March 1914; report of the Cairo Conference, 1921;

miscellaneous papers on Mukalla and Hadhramaut, 1930s-60s; Aden Intelligence Summaries,

1935-36; Hadhramaut Intelligence Summaries, 1-144, 1937-40; Eastern Aden Protectorate

Intelligence Summaries, 1941-44; notes, press cuttings, papers, telegrams, etc. on Aden, 1940s-

60s; J.G.C. Allen: report on a visit to Algeria, and another on Morocco, 1948(?); an economic

survey of the South Arabian Federation (Western Aden Protectorate), 1962; article on tribal

structure and allegiance in the Yemen, written 1965 for the Foreign Office; papers relating to

the Aden Protectorate and Yemen; reports 1933-41; correspondence, memos and telegrams

relating to administrative and political problems, Aden 1941-64; record of the U.N. Special

Committee on granting independence to Aden, 1964; collection of essays and pamphlets;

presscuttings. 14 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

IRAQ. GB165-0157

Official printed notice about the protection of caravans on the Kadhimain-Mushahedeh-

Sumaicha-Belad road, 28 August 1917. 1 sheet.

JÄCKLI, Rudolf. (1924-2000). GB165-0334

OMAN ARCHIVE: Parts 1 – 4 of an unpublished draft report of a project undertaken by

UNICEF in Oman, December 1973. 1 box. Handlist

JAMALI, Mohammed Fadhel. (1903-97). GB165-0158

Photocopied TS of “Arab Struggle, 1943-1958”: a personal account of Iraqi relations with other

Arab states. 1 box. Handlist.

JARDINE, Lionel Westropp. (1895-1980). GB165-0159

Euphrates Expedition:Copy of Instructions to Col. Chesney... London, 1837; map captured from


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the Turkish army at Ramadi, 1918; Review of Civil Administration of Mesopotamia, London,

1920 (Cmd. 1061); miscellaneous ephemera on Iraq during World War I; presscuttings from

The Baghdad Times and The Basrah Times, 1917-18. 1 box. Photographic collection.

JENNINGS-BRAMLY, Wilfred Edgar (1871-1960). GB165-0160

Letter to Elizabeth Monroe, 28 June 1953, with map to illustrate his belief that the Egyptian

frontier of 1841 ran from Suez to Rafah, and that much territory in Sinai had been acquired for

Egypt by Britain; letters, 1901-53, to Jennings-Bramly and members of his family from friends

and relations, mostly dealing with social matters, though with some mention of the war in the

Western Desert; exploration notes and accounts of expeditions in Egypt and Sudan. 2 boxes.

Handlist.

JERUSALEM AND THE EAST MISSION. GB165-0161

Records, 1841-1970s, including material on Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, Gulf, Egypt,

Sudan, Cyprus and N. Africa; with correspondence on the political situation in Palestine, 1916-

67; presscutting volumes. 256 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

JOHNS, Cedric Norman. (1904-92). GB165-0162

Letters from Nagib G. Nassar, Jerusalem, about the Jaffa riots 1933, the work of the Department

of Antiquities,1935 and about finding work outside Jordan,1952; copy of “Background notes:

military and economic elements in the Israeli beach-head”, 1970; four maps showing the

proposed boundaries for the partition of Palestine, 1938; press-cuttings on Palestine, 1923-47.

1 box.

JONES, Frank William. (b.1928) GB165-0389

Oral history interview of Frank Jones, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948,

interviewed by Nick Kardahji on 16 Mar 2006. Sound file 79 minutes. Summary of interview 2

sheets and transcript 15 sheets. 3 items. Handlist.

JORDAN, BRITISH AMBASSADOR’S ANNUAL REPORTS GB165-0345

Photocopies of the British Ambassador’s Annual Report for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

covering 1951-1970 (not including the reports for 1960 and1968). 1 box

JORDAN COLLECTION. GB165-0163

Photocopies of papers relating to the history of Palestine and Jordan 1919-30, including

administrative documents from the Ajlun and Salt districts, 1919-26; papers relating to the

Palestinian Nationalist Rising, 1936-9; papers relating to the Arab Legion. 1 folder.

KARADOGAN, Ismet Bey. (b. c.1880). GB165-0164

MS letter of 17 September 1971 to Elizabeth Monroe about his association with Colonel S.F.

Newcombe in 1917 and 1918 and enclosing a MS copy of letter from T.E. Lawrence to

Newcombe, 17 Jan. 1917. 5 sheets.

KEATING, Rex (1910-2005) GB165-0361

Papers mainly relating to Rex Keating’s work as Assistant Director in the Palestine Broadcasting

Service (Radio) between 1945-1948 including a small number of scripts for broadcasts and

administrative papers on staff and equipment. There is also a small amount of material relating

to the Palestine Civil Service (First Division) Association and the Jerusalem Sport’s Club, as


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well as reference material probably used in the course of business consisting of Palestine

Telephone Directory for Jerusalem and Southern Palestine, 1944 and The Palestine Police

Calendar of Events, 1946. 2 boxes. Handlist

KEDEM, Menachem. GB165-0165

Photocopy of TS notes made by Sir Lewis Namier on a meeting held 6 Ocober 1939 between

himself, Chaim Weizmann, Moshe Shertok and H.St.J.B.Philby to discuss Philby’s scheme for

settling the Arab-Jewish problem. 2 sheets.

KEDOURIE, Elie. (1926-92). GB165-0166

Microfilm copies of Foreign Office documents, and a selection of papers of Gertrude Bell,

George Antonius and others. 16 reels. Handlist.

KEMP, P. GB165-0168

Photocopies of material on the revenues of the Pasha of Mosul, 1845, with some maps of the

Mosul area; photocopies of official reports on the political situation in Syria and the Lebanon,

1924-43, including material on the Druze rebellion. (Originals in PRO). 1 box.

KENT, Derek Frederick John. (b.1925). GB165-0453

TS of an unpublished book 'A Ship for an Ikon' completed by Derek Kent in 1993 giving an

account of an investigation in Lebanon and Palestine of a White Russian Count's involvement

in aiding illegal Jewish immigration from Europe to Palestine in 1945-1946; TS 'Death in a

Eucalyptus Grove - 30 July 1947' giving an account of the kidnapping and hanging of Sergeants

Paice and Martin. Also includes a photocopy of the letter informing Derek Kent that he had been

called up for military service in 1943, a photocopy of a photograph showing Derek Kent with

the truck he drove from Beirut in the operation described in ‘A Ship for an Ikon’, a photocopy

of a Christmas dinner menu 1946 and a photocopy of a letter informing Derek Kent that he had

been awarded the GSM & Clasp Palestine. 1 file (6 items). Handlist.

KEOWN-BOYD, Sir Alexander William. (1884-1954). GB165-0167

Photocopied papers on his service in the Sudan and Egypt, 1914, 1919-22; memo on Egypt’s

“free” elections, 1930; letters April 1951 and July 1953 on Egyptian politics; photocopied TS

copy of an unfinished letter from K-B to his parents on conditions in Jerusalem and observations

on Allenby and Storrs; photocopied TS memoir by Henry Keown-Boyd of his father’s orderly

Ahmed. 3 folders.

KERMACK, Stuart Grace. (1888-1981). GB165-0169

TS photocopy of memoirs of work in the Judicial Service, Palestine, 1920-30. 28 sheets.

KERR, William. (1930-2012). GB165-0572

Papers, photographs and artefacts relating to William Kerr’s service in the Sultan’s Armed

Forces (Muscat Regiment) Oman, including administrative papers, maps, printed publications,

2 shield plaques and a photo album/scrapbook. The photograph album/scrapbook covers his

period of service in 1973 and a visit to Oman arranged for Sultan’s Armed Forces Association

members in 1984, and includes photographs of Sultan Qaboos and the British and Jordanian

Ambassadors. A further series of photographs documents Sultan Qaboos’ visit to Simba in 1972.

2 boxes. Handlist.


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KESSLER, Leopold (1864-1944) and GOLDSMID, Col. Albert Edward Williamson.

(1846-1904). GB165-0170

Photocopy of Kessler’s copy of the Log book of the Commission appointed to report on the

practicability of establishing Jewish settlements in the Sinai Peninsula on land under Egyptian

Administration east of the Suez Canal and Gulf, 11 February – 25 March 1903; biographical

article on Leopold Kessler written by Joseph Fraenkel from The Jewish Chronicle 31 January

1964. 3 photographs from the El Arish Expedition. 1 box; 3 photographs. Handlist.

KINCH, Edward Alec. (b. 1896). GB165-0171

Photocopy of MS autobiographical notes covering his early life in England and career in Iraq,

1896-1959; photocopies of correspondence as Political Adviser, Mosul, with Sir Kinahan

Cornwallis and others, 1941-44. 2 folders.

KIRBY, Sir Arthur Frank. (1899-1983). GB165-0172

Papers on railway administration in Palestine, 1945-48; Hijaz railway; Paiforce transport

problems; termination of the Palestine Mandate. 1 box.

KIRBY, Trevor Roland. (1923-2015). GB165-0585

Papers relating to Trevor Kirby’s service in the Palestine Police, consisting of a scrapbook with

newspaper cuttings from his time in Palestine 1944-1948; an Arabic Language Textbook

produced by the Palestine Police Force; four travel guidebooks covering Jerusalem, Syria,

Lebanon, Transjordania; a printed Palestine Police Old Comrades’ Association leaflet covering

the history of the Palestine Police Force; a printed speech made by H.M. George VI thanking

the Palestine Police; remembrance items including a roll of honour and latter printed editions,

correspondence regarding the roll of honour and a remembrance cross; Palestine Police Old

Comrades’ Association Newsletters from 1950-2012, produced Quarterly (tri-annually from

2007), giving information on association news, regional meetings, annual dinners, obituaries,

and purchasable association clothing. 7 boxes. Handlist.

KITCHENER, Field Marshal Sir Horatio Herbert, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. (1850-1916). GB165-0173

Three letters from Kitchener to Major P.G. Elgood, May, June and October 1901, about the

purchase and maintenance of an island at Aswan, with related documents, 1902. 10 sheets.

KLINGEMAN, Clara, née Struve. (b. 1907). GB165-0174

“Palestine of Yesteryears,” an account of the establishment of Christoff Hoffman’s Temple

Society in Palestine, 1861, and the Struve family’s life in Haifa as members of a Temple Colony

there, 1872-1936. Photocopied illustrated typescript, 1983. 286 sheets.

KNAPP, Wilfrid Francis. (1924-2011). GB165-0554

Draft manuscript of an unpublished book ‘International Politics in the Middle East’ by Wilfrid

Knapp consisting of 7 chapters covering events from the 1950s to 1991 including Iran

(Mossadegh), Egypt (Suez Crisis), the oil revolution, religious fundamentalism, the 1973

October War, Camp David, Afghanistan, the war in Lebanon and Israeli and Syrian relations

and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process up until 1991 but with a focus on the 1980s. 1 file.

Handlist.

KUHL, Carl Heinrich Leopold. (b. 1844). GB165-0175


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Grants of honours received from European sovereigns and Ottoman Sultan, with associated

correspondence, 1872-1911; 3 Danish passports for himself, his wife and son. 116 sheets.

LAMOND, Alex. GB165-0400

Papers and photographs mainly relating to Alex Lamond’s service in Oman between 1970-1972

including administrative papers on training of Desert Regiment soldiers and planning of various

Desert Regiment operations. There is also some material relating to the visit of Major General

M Janes MBE, Director Royal Artillery to the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and the Oman

Artillery, as well as a script of the BBC broadcast ‘Guerillas in the Persian Gulf’, including

comments, and newspaper and magazine articles. 3 boxes. Handlist.

LAMPSON, Sir Miles Wedderburn, 1st Baron Killearn. (1880-1964). GB165-0176

MS and TS diaries, 1926-51, in 25 volumes covering his service in China, Egypt and the Sudan,

and South-East Asia. 7 boxes. Handlist.

LARGE, Robert Walter Canning. GB165-0366

Letter giving Robert Large’s reminiscences of his service in Palestine and Transjordan c1947-

1948 in the Transjordan Frontier Force. 29 May 2004. 1 item. Handlist.

LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward. (1888-1935). GB165-0177

Photocopied letter to Col. S.F. Newcombe,17 January 1917; letter to King Hussein of the Hijaz,

25 June 1918, on the state of operations of the Arab Revolt; copy of a letter to J.W.A. Young

February 1921 commenting on an article describing a visit to Jidda; letter from Rennell Rodd to

Liddell Hart, 5 April 1954, about Lawrence’s being offered the Secretaryship of the Bank of

England; press-cuttings about The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia with a letter from A.W.

Lawrence, 1969; TS account of the Lawrence memorial in St. Martin’s Church, Wareham; TS

list of Lawrence letters at Harvard University. 36 sheets.

LAYARD, Sir Austen Henry. (1817-94). GB165-0178

Photocopies of 6 letters to Edward Mitford, 1841-50, on his travels in Persia, Iraq and Turkey.

23 sheets.

LEACHMAN, Col. Gerard Evelyn. (1880-1920). GB165-0179

Diaries: 1900-02 (South African War); 1904 (Syria and Iraq); undated (Iraq); 1907 (overland

journey from India to England); press-cuttings of his death, 1920. 1 box.

LEADBEATER, Roy. GB165-0412

Oral history interview of Roy Leadbeater, who served in the Palestine Police, interviewed by

Eugene Rogan on 22 May 2007. Sound file 163 minutes. Transcript 37 sheets. 2 items.

LEBANON. GB165-0180

Photocopy of an Arabic map of Lebanon divided into 21 pieces according to province. 21

items.

LE RAY, Hugh Granville. (b.1895). GB165-0181

Annual reports of the Director of Surveys, Palestine, 1920-39; some material on land laws, land

tax, cadastral surveys, and the distribution of land in Palestine during the Mandate period; report

on “Operation Elephant”, 1947. 1 box. Handlist.


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LIENHARDT, Peter Arnold. (1928-1986). GB165-0415

Printed booklet ‘A Note on the Alawites’ (produced as British intelligence information by the

Middle East Intelligence Centre in Feb 1943) giving an account of the Alawites’ history,

religious and cultural divisions, economic life, politics and geographical distribution. Photocopy

of an article by Ahmed Al-Shahi ‘Peter Lienhardt 1928-1986: Biographical Notes and

Bibliography’ published in the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford Vol 27 no 2 in

1996. 2 items. Handlist.

LINAKER, Christopher. (b.1945) GB165-0601

35mm colour slides and digital images relating to Christopher Linaker’s army service in Oman

from 1970-1971. Images document life on the military base, tribal disputes, the handing over of

command, fighting, village and vaccination patrols and military operations. The collection also

includes of images from the Salalah Palace during and after the coup. 113 items. Handlist.

LLOYD, Sir George Ambrose, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran. (1879-1941).

GB165-0182

Letters written from Egypt to his sister Mrs. Gwen Carleton, 1900-01, 1905-07 & 1910; two

personal letters to Maj. Gen. F.S. Piggott, May 1940. 2 sheets; 87 sheets.

LLOYD PHILLIPS, Ivan. (1910-1984). GB165-0183

Report by R.E.H. Crosbie on conditions in the Southern District of Palestine, September 1938;

two series of Ordnance Survey maps compiled 1925-29 by the Historical Section (Military

branch), showing the dispositions of British/Ottoman troops in Egypt and Palestine during the

1st World War. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection.

LODER, John de Vere, 2nd Baron Wakehurst. (1895-1970). GB165-0184

Letter-book/diary of the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns, 1915-18, with photographs,

postcards and ephemera pasted in; copy of Bartholomew’s War Map of Europe and the

Mediterranean; Ottoman Turkish map of coastline dated 24 November 1915. 1 box.

LOMAS, Ernest Gabriel. (1878-1947). GB165-0586

Letter from Ernest Lomas to Latimer, 30 May 1930, explaining that he had left Cairo in Nov

[1929] and had taken over as Consul General in Tunis in Jan [1930] and that he had sent

Latimer’s letter back to the Consul General at Cairo to deal with. Lomas also explains that the

proper procedure ‘if you are not sure of the identity of a Consular officer’ was to ‘always address

it to his title, not name’ otherwise the letter would be treated as a private letter and forwarded to

the named person, even if they had moved post. 1 item. Handlist.

LONGRIGG, Brig. Stephen Hemsley. (1893-1979). GB165-0185

Report on Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, Cyrenaica, 14 Oct. 1941-31 Jan. 1942

with other reports on Cyrenaica, 1941-42; notes on O.E.T.A. in general. 122 sheets.

LORAINE, Sir Percy Lyham. (1880-1961). GB165-0186

Press-cuttings from British and local newspapers, including many cartoons, covering his service

as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1929-33, and as Ambassador in Turkey, 1933-

39. 11 vols. Photographic collection. Handlist.


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LOTBINIÈRE, Helen Ruth Mildred Joly de. (1912-1953). GB165-0411

Volume entitled ‘Scrap Book Eddie and Helen de Lotbinière’ containing TS extracts from

letters, diary entries and latter accounts by Helen de Lotbinière describing the struggle to join

her husband in Aden and her life and work in Aden from Oct 1939-Mar 1941. Also includes

photographs, letters, pressclippings, Christmas dinner menu for 1940, identity card and special

permit to enter vulnerable areas. 1 vol. Handlist.

LOWE, Eric. (b. 1928). GB165-0428

Palestine Scrapbook issues 1-15, 1998-2003, consisting of a ‘journal for those who served in

the RAOC [Royal Army Ordnance Corps] in Palestine’ containing a variety of articles

remembering life and service in Palestine as well as extracts from letters of Palestine Scrapbook

subscribers, news of events for veterans’ and information to help veterans to get in touch with

each other. DVD video of an interview of Eric Lowe in June 2005 covering his service in

Palestine, the interviewer was Philip Knightly and the presenter Lady Michelé Renouf. 1 file.

Handlist.

LOXTON, John Willoughby. (b.1913). GB165-0187

“The Survey of Palestine 1937-38: A Personal Memoir”: photocopied TS covering his

recruitment to the Colonial Service and description of his work and the work of the Survey. 39

sheets.

LUCAS, Ivor. (b.1927). GB165-0561

TS article ‘Reflections on a diplomatic career in the Arab and Muslim worlds 1951-84’ by Ivor

Lucas covering his work in the Foreign Service relating to the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya,

Aden and Syria and giving his reflections on the changing face of Islam. 1 file. Handlist.

LUKE, Sir Harry Charles. (1884-1969). GB165-0188

MS diaries 1903-59, including World War I service in Cyprus and Palestine; papers on the

Wailing Wall dispute of 1929; League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission, 17th

session - collected observations re. Palestine, 9 May 1930; notes on a memo of the Jewish

Agency; order of service of Memorial Service, with address given by Stewart Perowne, 1969.

6 boxes. Handlist.

LUNT. Maj. Gen. James Doiran. (b. 1917). GB165-0189

Photocopied TS of Address given at the service of thanksgiving for the life of Lt.-Gen. Sir John

Bagot Glubb held in Westminster Abbey, 17 April 1986. 4 sheets.

LYON, Wallace Adelbert. (1892-1977) GB165-0190

Photocopied offprint of “Southern Kurdistan in the annals of Ashurnasirpal and today” by

Ephraim A. Speiser, reprinted from The Annual of the American. Schools of Oriental Research

vol. VIII, 1928. 19 sheets. Photographic collection.

LYON, Wallace Adelbert (1892-1977) and FIELDHOUSE, David GB165-0343

Photocopied TS of the Memoir of Lieutenant Colonel W.A. Lyon; an edited version of this

memoir by David Fieldhouse entitled ‘Kurds, Arabs & Britons, The Memoir of Wallace Lyon

in Iraq 1918-44 and one letter from Mary Bliss to Professor Fieldhouse commenting on the

book. 1 box.


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MACAN, George. (1803-1866) GB165-0191

MS letter to Major Henry Spencer written from Cairo 15 February 1844, describing his travels

in Egypt and the Levant; incomplete MS letter dated 1829; photocopy of edited transcript by

Prof. Martin Harrison and TS copy. 13 sheets.

McARTHUR, Arthur (b.1913) GB165-0380

Photographs of the Palestine Police Rugby Team, official group photographs of Palestine

Policemen, a few photographs of armoured cars, one photograph of a derailed train and a

wooden Palestine Police Shield, 1942-1948. 1 item and 23 photographs. Handlist. Photographic

Collection

McCRINDELL, Andrew L. GB165-0192

“Reflections on the Middle East - thirty years on”; photocopied article in The Review, 4

November 1977 on insurance in Palestine during the Mandate and his career as an insurance

officer in Haifa, 1946-52. 3 sheets.

MacGILLIVRAY, Sir Donald Charles. (1906-1966). GB165-0193

Papers relating to Sir Donald MacGillivray’s work in Palestine, including a minute on the Arab

revolt c1938; appointment diaries 1938-1945 and passes and permits during his time in

Palestine. There are letters written to and from MacGillivray, a collection of thanksgiving,

memorial and parade programmes 1944-1948, land transfer regulations, staff lists and

propaganda leaflets. Also included are reports and conversations on MacGillivray’s work for

the UN as Liaison Officer for the Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) relating to the

United Kingdom’s withdrawal and the future of Palestine. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic

collection.

MacGUFFIE, Lt.-Col. the Revd. Alexander H. GB165-0194

Papers relating to his service as Chaplain of the Church of England Diocesan Mission in Aden;

his ordination training by correspondence course through Wolsey Hall, Oxford, 1940-44;

retirement curacy in Cumberland, 1954; various sermons and notes. 1 box. Handlist.

McKEOWN, J.H. GB165-0339

OMAN ARCHIVE: Dissertation: Britain and Oman: The Dhofar War and its Significance.

A dissertation submitted by Mckeown for the degree of Master of Philosophy in the University

of Cambridge, July 1981. 1 box. Handlist.

McMAHON PROMISE. GB165-0195

Photocopies of correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon and Sir Edward Gray with draft

telegram as sanctioned by Kitchener and the India Office, October 1915, and Clayton’s

comment, December 1915; correspondence on the subject between Elizabeth Monroe, Elie

Kedourie and B.C. Busch. 1 folder.

MacMICHAEL, Sir Harold Alfred. (1882-1969). GB165-0196

Correspondence with prominent officials including Lord Lloyd, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Sir

Reginald Wingate and Ormsby Gore, 1922-1941; Correspondence relating to Palestine, Syria

and Sudan including letters from Chaim Weizmann, Judah Magnes, Sir H. Maitland Wilson, Sir

Huddleston and Edgar Bonham Carter; Papers relating to MacMichael’s Palestine

Commissionership and also the Peel Commission recommendations of 1938; correspondence


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and papers relating to Palestine charities; texts of speeches and broadcasts by MacMichael 1938-

1944; Anglo-Arab Association correspondence and papers 1945-1961; four volumes of press-

cuttings, 1934-1967. 5 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

McNEIL, Brig. Gen. Angus John. (1874-1950). GB165-0197

Papers relating to service in Palestine as Commandant of the British Gendarmerie, 1922-26; as

manager of the Government Stud Farm, Acre, and Stock Breeding Officer for Palestine, 1927-

31; as a resident in an Arab village north of Acre, 1932-49. 1 box. Handlist.

MACRO, Squadron Leader Eric L. GB165-0198

“Yemen - a brief survey”: TS by Macro giving historical background, c.1948. 10 sheets.

MAGAN, Brig. W.M.T. and ROGER, Alan. (1909-97). GB165-0199

Description and photograph of the hand-over to the British of four German officers,

apprehended by members of the Qashgai tribe, Iran, Spring 1944. 15 sheets; 1 print.

MANCE, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Osborne. (1875-1966). GB165-0200

Papers on the operations of the Ottoman Bank throughout the Middle East, including dealings

over railways, trade agreements, oil, mines and other operations, 1911-60. 8 boxes. Handlist.

MAYERS, Norman. (1895-1986). GB165-0201

Diaries, correspondence, and press-cuttings covering Mayers’ career in the consular service in

Egypt, Turkey and Iran, 1927-79; correspondence and papers relating to Norman Mayers’ work

in the consular service in the Lebanon and Egypt, 1920s-30s; papers on service in Latin

America. 3 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

MEINERTZHAGEN, Col. Richard. (1878-1967). GB165-0202

Photocopy of a letter, 10 January 1964, to - Landman, published in Ha’aretz 3 November 1967,

about the precise geographical area envisaged by Balfour and Lloyd George as the Jewish

National Home; photocopy of a letter, 25 March 1919, to Lloyd George on the growth of Jewish

and Arab nationalism, and the possibility of Britain annexing Turkish Sinai. 3 sheets.

MELLOR, Aubrey Rollo Ibbetson. (1892-1977). GB165-0409

Memoir written by Aubrey Mellor giving an account of his service in the Egyptian Civil Service

from 1919-1930 in the Police CID, as Director of Registry and Archives and also work in the

Ministry of Finance. Articles on Egyptian history, a letter of appreciation of Mellor’s work in

Egypt and an obituary for Sir Frank Watson and Aubrey Mellor. 1 box. Handlist.

MELVILLE, Robert Kenneth. (1918-2017). GB165-0577

Papers relating to Col. Robert Melville’s role as Staff Liaison Officer for the Arab Legion from

1949-1956. The papers, consisting of reports, correspondence, scrapbooks and notes,

thoroughly document the Arab Legion’s development while under the command of Lt.-Gen

Glubb. The papers consist of information on Arab Legion reorganisation, expansion and

finances; also included is material on political and military incidents in Jordan and concerns

witnessed by Glubb. There are files containing material on the Arab Legion and the media,

scrapbooks and loose press cuttings relating to the Arab Legion and Glubb’s dismissal and

personal correspondence between Melville and Glubb containing information on domestic

affairs. An oral history interview with Col. Melville in 2013 is available to listen to and consists


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of information on his military career. 13 boxes. Handlist.

MIDDLE EAST COMMAND PAMPHLET. GB165-0659

Middle East Command printed information pamphlet, October 1945, entitled ‘Information for

those on their way home from the Far East and who are stopping at Adabiya, Suez, en route’.

The pamphlet explains arrangements for the issue of free warm clothing, the issue of a special

Red Cross and St John’s gift bag and travel to and facilities at Adabiya camp prior to departure.

Facilities and entertainments included a swimming pool, a sandy beach, trips round the harbour

or to Green Island by launch, a restaurant, post office, and music with two bands playing as well

as laundry facilities. The pamphlet includes a map showing Ataka and Adabiya. 1 item. Handlist.

MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. GB165-0203

Project papers and reports, 1939-1980s, dealing with agriculture, co-operatives, education,

finance, fisheries, forestry, health provision, industry, mineral resources, public administration,

transport, water resources, and other development projects, mainly in Jordan (including the West

Bank territory), but also covering Aden, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Oman, Israel and Palestine;

correspondence files; some papers on the South-East Asia Development Division and the

Overseas Development Institute. 39 boxes. Handlist.

MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CENTRE. GB165-0204

Memoranda on land tenure in Palestine, 1942-44; papers on land tenure in various countries of

the Middle East, 1943-44; documents on a transport conference in Cairo, 1943; memo on the

Council of Agriculture, 1945; articles on railways in Palestine and Persia. 1 box.

MILLS, Eric. (1892-1961). GB165-0205

Five MS letters to Elizabeth Monroe, May-August 1961, concerning Palestine, Zionism and the

Negev. 9 sheets.

MONCKTON, Major Reginald Francis Percy. (1896-1975). GB165-0206

Papers and letters home from his period of service in Palestine and Transjordan,1917-25,

including material on the period before Amir Abdullah’s installation; reminiscences of

Transjordan; notes on the Somerset papers; correspondence with the Israel State Archives, Prof.

Uriel Dann and others; Staff List, Palestine Government, 1930; material on excavations at

Solomon's Quarries, Jerusalem, 1924-69; diary of a visit to Israel, November-December 1967.

1 box. Photographic collection.

MONROE, Elizabeth. (1905-86). GB165-0207

Translation of documents from Tsarist archives on the break-up of the Ottoman Empire,1914-

15; a note on the Arab Bureau, 1916-19; letters from C.J. Edmonds on recollections of Mosul

Commission, Kurds and Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1926; letters from Freya Stark, 4 November 1943-

18 June 1944, on her mission to America; notes on British policy in Palestine 1945-48 with

special reference to Ernest Bevin; letters on Jordan Waters situation, 1951-55; Nasser's

propaganda in the Persian Gulf, 1955-57; effects of the Suez crisis on Iraqi politics; letters on

developments in 1957 in Iraq and Iran; memo “Saudi Arabia 1970-71”; map of the Hijaz

railway; material on Egypt’s campaign to spread its influence by dispatch of Egyptian teachers

abroad; TS copies of 2 letters from Elizabeth Monroe about her travels in Morocco and Algeria

in 1935. 1 box. Photographic collection.


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MORGAN, Miss Dorothy Blanche. (b. 1906). GB165-0208

Material relating to Palestine during and after the Mandate, covering her career as a history

teacher at the English High School, Haifa, including letters from S. P. Emery, reports from the

office of the Bishop in Jerusalem on the situation during the period May 1948-March 1950,

copies of Bible Lands and Lines of Communication, and a report by Winifred A. Coate on the

Abdelliyeh Village Project, Jordan, 1977. Handlist. 2 boxes. Photographic collection.

MORRIS, Philip GB165-0379

Palestine Police training materials, 1945-1946, giving information on the history and

organisation of the Palestine Police, Jewish Military Organisations, Jewish and Arab military

forces in Palestine, the Arab Legion, instructions with regard to curfew passes for troops

manning road blocks and Guidance in the use of search lights. Also includes two TS accounts

probably by the same unknown author entitled ‘La Regence’ giving an account of the bombing

of the King David Hotel in 1946 and ‘Jerusalem’ giving an account of a short stay in Jerusalem

commenting on accommodation and terrorism c1946. Handlist. 1 file.

MORRIS, Sir Willie. (1919-82). GB165-0209

Text of Arab-Israeli Truce Agreement, 11 June 1948 signed by Count Bernadotte; printed

edition of a speech by Fuad Serag el Din when about to revive the Wafd Party in 1977. 3 sheets;

1 item.

MORRISON, Michael Andrews. (b. circa 1854) GB165-0210

MS and TS copy of Ethel Morrison’s account of her father’s travels as a colporteur for the

British and Foreign Bible Society in Russia, Daghestan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkestan,

Romania, Serbia and Germany, 1877-1917; with related articles and press-cuttings by, or about,

Morrison. 1 box.

MORTON, Desmond (1927-2005) GB165-0405

Papers and photographs relating to Desmond Morton’s service as a British Constable in the

Palestine Police between 1946-1948 including papers relating to his recruitment, training and

police work such as his role as liaison with Spinney’s for police food rations. Also includes a

small amount of material relating to Morton’s social life, including the ‘The Candid Carmelite

Clarion’ mess-hall newssheet, as well as Jewish and Arab propaganda and newspaper clippings

relating to attacks on British Policemen. Correspondence from Desmond Morton to his parents

describing his journey out to Palestine and his life as a policeman with descriptions of the

deteriorating security situation and the shock at the decision to withdraw. Includes a small

amount of administrative material relating to the end of Desmond Morton’s service (such as

information on plans to help Palestine Policeman find new jobs after withdrawal) and papers

relating to the Palestine Police Old Comrades’ Association. Also includes a small number of

artefacts consisting of a police badge, a police whistle and Desmond Morton’s General Service

Medal with clasp ‘Palestine 1945-8’. 2 boxes. Handlist.

MOTT-RADCLYFFE, Sir Charles Edward. (1911-92). GB165-0211

Memo on the British Army in the Canal Zone, with reports of a meeting with Nasser and Neguib,

May 1954. 23 sheets.

MUMFORD, Richard. (1894-1960). GB165-0212

Photocopied TS reminiscences as confidential clerk to H. St. J. B. Philby in Transjordan. 12


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sheets.

MURRAY, Dr. John. (1912-86) GB165-0322

“Iran Today: an economic & descriptive survey” prepared by Dr. Murray for the information of

delegates to the International Islamic Economic Conference, Tehran, October 1950 and

newspaper articles,1955-1964, relating to oil, economics and development in the Middle East

by John Murray and a TS text of a radio broadcast for ‘The World Today’ on ‘Oil – Politics and

Power’ broadcast in 1966. 1 box. Handlist.

MURLY-GOTTO, Anthony (b.1942) GB165-0367

TS article entitled ‘From War to Peace Oman 1975-1978 Snaphots’ by Anthony Murly-Gotto

giving a personal account of his service in Oman and in particular an account of the development

and management of the finances and budgets of Oman’s military. 36 sheets. Handlist

MYER, Henry Dennis. (b.1892). GB165-0213

TS excerpts from letters to his wife written during service with the Jewish Battalion serving

under Allenby, 1918-19; “Soldiering of Sorts”: TS autobiographical account of his war service,

n.d.. 1 box.

MYLREA, Dr. C. Stanley G. (1876-1952). GB165-0214

“Before oil came to Kuwait” and “Kuwait before oil”: two TS versions of the memoirs of Dr.

Mylrea, pioneer medical missionary of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain and Kuwait, 1907-47,

including comment on local affairs and the ruling families as well as descriptions of the medical

work of the mission. 1 box. Handlist.

NAIRN TRANSPORT COMPANY. GB165-0215

Press-cuttings relating to Norman and Gerald Nairn, and the formation and work of the Nairn

Transport Company's Beirut to Baghdad passenger, mail and freight service, 1923-46. 1 box.


NALDER, Leonard Fielding. (1888-1958). GB165-0216

Translations of eight messages sent by Feisal to his father during the Arab rising against the

Turks, 1917, with two original Arabic texts; Arabic MS on the Yezidis prepared for Nalder by

Sidd_q Al-Daml_j_, 1949; administration reports of the Mosul Division, 1919-21; report

“Personalities: Mosul, Arbil and the Frontier; diary of 1927 Iraqi-Turkish Boundary

Demarcation Commission, with some official correspondence. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic

collection.

NELSON, Valerie – please see Robinson, Valerie

NEWCOMBE, Col. Stewart Francis. (1878-1956). GB165-0217

Copy of a letter from T.E. Lawrence, 17 January 1917; letters to Ismet Karado_an Bey,18

November 1917, 14 December 1932 and 24 April 1936. 8 sheets.

NICHOLLS, R.K. (b.1921) GB165-0335

OMAN ARCHIVE: Oman Visit Report 1st – 11th June 1964: Report written by Nicholls for

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The report considers suitable marine locations in the

Saih al Malsh Bay area near Muscat for ocean tanker crude oil loading facilities, a barge jetty,


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and other problems relating to crude oil off-takes; Oman ‘93: Booklet published by the Ministry

of Information about development within Oman. The booklet was sent to Nicholls as a gift from

Ayild Waleed a former colleague of Nicholls’ and it is annotated to this effect. 1 box. Handlist.

NICHOLSON, William Ewart. (1890-1983). GB165-0218

Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the system of education of the Jewish Community in

Palestine,1945; TS diary as Secretary of the Commission of Enquiry into Jewish Education in

Palestine, 8 October 1945-Feb. 1946, and related material; Handbook of the Jewish Communal

Villages in Palestine by Edwin Samuel, 1945; The Children’s Community of the Hashomer

Hatzair at Mishmar Haemek by Edwin Samuel, [1944]. 1 box. Handlist.

NORMAN, Miss Dorothy Aston. (1907-c.1993). GB165-0219

Letters written to her family during the course of her career as a mathematics teacher at

Jerusalem Girls' College and the English High School, Haifa, 1934-48; letters to her sister,

Evelyn, while in charge of St. George’s Hostel, Jerusalem in the absence of the Warden,

September-December 1955. 1 box.

NORTON, Sir Clifford John. (1891-1990). GB165-0220

British Military Administration in Egypt: Arabic proclamation warning villages to be burned,

issued 1918-19; details of a play “The Victory of the Arabs over the Foreigner” presented

Jerusalem (?), 1919, under the patronage of the Amir Feisal; threatening letter received at British

Forces HQ. 4 sheets.

NOTT, Lewis Herbert William. (1869-1964). GB165-0221

Photocopies of letters of appreciation of Nott’s service as Civil Administrator, Gaza, from Sir

Louis Bols, Viscount Samuel, Viscount Allenby, Sir Wyndham Deedes and the Mayor of Gaza,

and others, 1920-22. 22 sheets.

O'MALLEY, Sir Owen St. Clair. (1887-1974). GB165-0222

Photocopy of letter from Sir Harold Nicolson, 23 August 1927, discussing his despatch no. 486

of 30 September 1926 from Tehran, criticising Sir Percy Loraine’s optimism about Anglo-

Persian relations and giving O’Malley the reasons for his probable resignation from the Foreign

Service. 4 sheets.

OWEN, Geoffrey. GB165-0403

Oral history interview of Geoffrey Owen, who served in the Palestine Police 1937-1938,

interviewed by John Knight on 13 Jun 2006. Sound file 92 minutes. Summary of interview 2

sheets and transcript 24 sheets. 3 items.

PALESTINE. GB165-0223

Bound TS proceeedings of “Conferences on Palestine: United Kingdom-Arab Meetings, 7

February-17 March 1939”; Maps relating to the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of

Enquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry and Palestine, HMSO, 1946, supplement

to Cmd. 6808. 1 vol.; 5 items.

PALESTINE AND LEBANON NURSES’ MISSION. GB165-0373

Papers consisting mainly of personal correspondence to and from Miss Ward between 1903-

1913, amongst other letters addressed to women based in the Palestine and Lebanon Nurses’


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Mission, Baakleen. The two diaries of Miss Ward’s relate to her life in Lebanon and England.

In addition to this, there are six pamphlets relating to the mission, giving accounts, committee

listings and reports from the field, dating from between 1903-1909. 1 box. Handlist.

PALGRAVE, William Gifford. (1826-88). GB165-0225

Five MS letters, all missing their final pages, written by Palgrave from various places in Asia

Minor (where he was Consul), 7 February-24 October 1867, to Miss Clara Jekyll, later Lady

Henley, with a note by Albert Hourani; photocopies of 18 letters to his father, and brothers Inglis

and Frank, giving details of his life and travels in the Middle East, 1854-71, with 4 panoramic

sketches of Palestine landscapes. 1 box.

PALIT, Maj.-Gen. Dharitri Kumar. (b.1919) GB165-0226

Military Attaché’s reports from the Indian Embassy, Cairo, to the External affairs Ministry, New

Delhi, concerning Egyptian internal affairs (including the Royal Family), relations with foreign

powers, and military affairs, 1949-1950. 1 box.

PARADE MIDDLE EAST WEEKLY GB165-0376

13 Magazines containing war news, advertisements, drawings, cartoons, features, photographs,

stories and puzzles. Published by the Headquarters, British Middle East Forces for the troops in

the Middle East, 1941-1945. 1 box. Handlist.

PARKER, A. Stanley. (b. circa 1895) GB165-0227

Copy of The Egyptian Gazette, 25 May 1921 containing an account of riots in Alexandria; MS

account, 14 February 1966, of a meeting with Lord Lloyd in1925 in connection with Parker’s

report in The Times of an Egyptian Cabinet crisis. 5 sheets.

PARLBY, Joshua. (1889-1975) GB165-0630

Digital copy of papers and photographs relating to Joshua Parlby’s life and career, especially

his time in Iraq 1917-1935 with an emphasis on his last year in Iraq; including personal

documents relating to Joshua Parlby and his spouse, letters of thanks to Joshua Parlby for his

work, correspondence with a colleague and papers relating to the accolades Joshua Parlby

received throughout his career, such as the Order of the British Empire, Order of Al-Rafidain

and Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, as well as a Mention in Dispatches. The

collection also includes an original framed silver souvenir photograph given to Joshua Parlby

on his departure from Iraq and 6 original volumes of hunting and fishing registers 1920-1945.

2 boxes and 83 digital items. Handlist.

PARTINGTON, F.M. GB165-0337

OMAN ARCHIVE: File of miscellaneous materials put together by Partington consisting of

photographs of Muscat, Muttrah, Ruwi, and Bait Al Falaj in 1970 and 1980 (stored seperately);

a ‘wanted by the Sultanate Government’ poster which was given to Partington by a colleague

from SAF; a publication by the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in London entitled Oman;

and a bound guide to the SAF museum in Bait Al Falaj. 1 box. Handlist.

PAXTON, Julian, F.E. (b.1937) GB165-0331

OMAN ARCHIVE: Miscellaneous collection of PDO (Petroleum Development Oman)

company files mainly from the PDO office in Muscat, which was closed in 1976. The files were

retained by Paxton as part of a salvage operation and would otherwise have been destroyed. The


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papers contain some reports, but mainly consist of subject and organisational files used by the

staff of the Muscat office for reference. The collection also contains a small amount of Paxton’s

own research papers arising from his interest in Bertram Thomas an early explorer in Oman,

and some printed materials relating to Oman and other Middle Eastern countries. 14 boxes.

Handlist.

PERKINS, William Jackson. (c1892-1969). GB165-0370

Papers relating to William Perkins’ work as a solicitor in Istanbul from the 1930s-1950s,

including newspaper clippings relating to maritime legal cases and judgements of the Supreme

Consular Court of Constantinople, as well as printed judgements of the Court, from the late

nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There are also several files relating to the court cases

concerning the collision of the Turkish submarine ‘Dumlupinar’ and the Swedish cargo vessel

‘Naboland’ on 4 April 1953 off Nagare Point in the Dardanelles. There is also a collection of

personal correspondence, comprising mainly of letters from William Perkins to his daughter

Glen Perkins between 1933 and 1969. There are also several letters to Glen Perkins from other

family members and friends, some of which refer to William Perkins. 5 boxes. Handlist.

PEROWNE, Stewart Henry. (1901-89). GB165-0228

Personal letters to his family from school, university and throughout his career, 1913-47;

correspondence with friends and colleagues written from Iraq, 1941-47; correspondence with

King Faisal II of Iraq, the Regent Abdulillah, and Nuri As-Said, 1942-57, general

correspondence, 1937-71; broadcasts, lectures and articles on the Middle East, 1929-49;

miscellaneous personal papers. 5 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

PEYTON, William Durham. (1917-1991) GB165-0330

OMAN ARCHIVE: The main scope of the papers consists of materials collected by Peyton

during his time in Oman, through his own interest in the country and through his position as

Trade Relations Manager with PDO. The papers also contain materials relating to other

countries, particularly the Yemen, in which Peyton held an interest. 6 boxes. Handlist.

PHILBY, Harry St. John Bridger. (1885-1960). GB165-0229

Political and personal correspondence, memos, travel diaries, exploration reports, engagement

books, published and unpublished literary MSS, c.1915-57, covering Transjordan, Iraq,

Palestine, Arabia and including correspondence and minutes of meetings of Sharqieh Ltd. and

Mitchell Cotts Ltd. 89 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

PIRIE, Charles. (b.1943) GB165-0516

Account of Charles Pirie’s tour of Oman in 1966 entitled ‘Chas’ Muscat & Oman Patrol with

QDG’ by Hugh Nicklin and 41 colour slides taken by Charles Pirie whilst on the tour consisting

of images of Muscat, Nizwa and Sohar and including images of a tribal delegation going to see

the Sultan, Muscat and Nizwa forts, Sultan’s Armed Forces soldiers and outpost, market scenes

and the Oman coastline. 18 sheets, 41 slides. Handlist. Photographic collection.

PLANT, Capt. Samuel Cornell. (c.1860-1921). GB165-0230

TS copy of account of his experiences, 1884-91, on the Upper Karun River, Persia, as captain

of the “Shushan”, a river-steamer of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, with

an account of a trip to the tomb of the prophet Daniel and the palace of Shushan. 133 sheets.

Handlist.


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POLLOCK, James Huey Hamill. (1893-1982). GB165-0231

Letters and reports relating to religious affairs in Palestine, 1921-49, including Foreign Office

pamphlet “Status quo in the Holy Places of Palestine”; notes, 1943, on censorship procedure

and cinematograph films ordinance (Palestine, 1927); household account book, 1945-46; three

TS letters from W.A. Kerr, 1949, on the situation in Palestine; album of pictures of Tel Aviv by

Abraham Soskin, c.1926. 1 box. Photographic collection.

POOLE, John GB165-0431

Papers, photographs and artefacts relating to John Poole’s service as a British Constable and

Wireless Telegraph Officer in the Palestine Police from 1938 to 1943. Papers relating to his

police work include daily crime reports, summaries of Arabic and Hebrew press items, a

propaganda leaflet and curfew order poster, as well as a Palestine Police Old Comrades’

Association newsletter from 1955. The collection also contains a number of pages from the

Palestine Post from the early and later stages of World War Two and a number of broadcasting

service agreements from the Palestine Broadcasting Service. The photographs cover both his

police service and general life in Palestine, as well as his subsequent work in Qatar, as well as

some slides of Iran in 1956. There is also a small collection of artefacts dating from his service

in Palestine including badges, buttons, coins, police whistle and a General Service medal. 3

boxes. Handlist. Photographic Collection.

PRICE, Morgan Philips. (1885-1973). GB165-0232

Notes “Zeitun: a remarkable Armenian stronghold”, 2 January 1914; memo on a Persian visit

in October 1953; unpublished MS entitled “The National Revolution in Turkey, Persia and the

Middle East”; diaries of travels in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, 1947; memos, notes and interviews

relating to Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, 1946-53, including interviews with

the Shah; correspondence 1941-59; press-cuttings relating to the Middle East 1889-1972. 8

boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

QUILLIAM, Brig. Cyril David. (1899-1972). GB165-0233

Cutting from The Times, 2 October 1953 about the death sentence, later commuted, passed on

former Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Abdel Hadi, and Quilliam’s correspondence with

Lester Pearson about this; letter from Lord Stansgate, 12 January 1954 referring to the failure

of negotions with Sidqi Pasha; undated letter from M.F. Nokrashy [but before he went to Lake

Success] declining to comment “on the present situation and the points raised by Mr. Bevin”. 5

sheets.

RAMIREZ, Rosalind Cecilia. (1912-1999). GB165-0408

Papers relating to Rosalind Ramirez’s life and work as governess to King Faisal II of Iraq from

1943 to 1946 and her subsequent life, including letters from King Faisal II, letters of condolence

received upon his death, and the research for and publication of a number of essays on the

subject of Iraq and King Faisal II. 3 boxes. Handlist.

RAPP, Sir Thomas Cecil. (1893-1984). GB165-0234

Unpublished TS memoirs covering his service in the Canal Zone, 1920-22, 1924-25, 1950-53;

Egypt, 1922-25, 1950-52; Arabia (Hijaz) 1924; Morocco 1926-30; and Persia (Azerbaijan)

1943-44 including some details of the wartime supply route to Russia and the Kurdish Republic

of Mahabad. 1 box. Handlist.


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RATHBONE, Brig. Reginald Blythe. (b. 1895). GB165-0235

MS memoir of service in Palestine, November 1946-April 1948. 7 sheets.

RAWLINSON, Sir Henry Creswiscke. (1810-1895). GB165-0236

Photocopy of Rawlinson’s obituary in The Times, 6 March 1895. 1 sheet.

REILLY, Lt.-Col. Sir Bernard Rawdon. (1882-1966). GB165-0237

Letter, 18 November 1946, to H.R. Cowell about financial arrangements after the Aden

Settlement ended in 1944/45. 1 sheet.

RENDEL, Sir George William. (1889-1979). GB165-0238

“Notes on the proposed Greek participation in the War” TS report written while First Secretary

in the British Legation, Athens during the First World War; TS correspondence between

Rendel, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, Amir Saud, Yusuf Yassin and Hafiz Wahba following Rendel's

visit to Saudi Arabia, June-July 1937; correspondence with Sir Colin Crowe, December 1964,

about his papers, with recollections of Ibn Saud and Saudi Arabia; TS note, 1965, on the

modification of the Syria-Iraq frontier, 1929-31; TS note, 1966, on the transfer of the Residency

from Bushire to Bahrain; TS note, 1966, on the Kuwait oil concession; photocopied MS diary

of his visit to Saudi Arabia, February-March 1937 1 box. Photographic collection.

RENTON, Maj.-Gen. James Malcolm Leslie. (1898-1972). GB165-0239

Papers relating to the Assyrians, Iraq Levies, and the Iraq Army; correspondence with Members

of Parliament, Save the Children Fund, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of

England Council on Foreign Relations about the plight of Assyrian refugees, including Eshai

Mar Shimun XXI, the Assyrian Patriarch, and his family. 1 box.

RICE, Col. Harry Patrick (1886-1973). GB165-0240

Memos on the protection of Palestine Government officials during the Arab Rebellion, written

by Rice as Acting Inspector-General of Police, November 1937. 8 sheets. Handlist.

RICHARDS, Herbert Arthur. (1866-1957). GB165-0241

Notebooks and accounts of H.A. Richards’s life in Mesopotamia and Persia, 1896-1909,

including a journey from Ahwaz to Isfahan, and sighting of oil deposits in Shuster; article from

a Persian newspaper on the death of Nasr ed-Din Shah; valedictory letter from Richards’ Persian

staff in Tehran, 1904; letter of thanks from the Office of Works to Richards for his report on the

Associated Khanats in connection with the water supply to the Legation in Tehran, 1904. 1 box.

Photographic collection. Handlist.

RICHARDS, Peter Clifton (b.1909) and RICHARDS, Dolly. GB165-0242

Where am I going?: preliminary draft memoirs. Peter Richards’ autobiography, 1982, covering

the period 1896-1940, including extracts from material written by H.A. Richards in Persia. 1

folder.

RICHMOND, Sir John Christopher Blake. (1909-90). GB165-0243

Photocopied TS lecture on British policy in Palestine between the First and Second World Wars

given at the Middle East Centre, December 1969. 27 sheets.


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RIDLER, Miss Hilda M. (1880-1980). GB165-0244

Off-prints of two lectures given by Miss Ridler to the Barbados Museum and Historical Society,

“The Palestine I Knew. 1914-1948”, 1949, and “Palestine Revisited”, 1952; trilingual Form of

Service commemorating the deliverance of Jerusalem, n.d.; Palestine: a brief description of the

Holy Land, specially written for children, n.d. 27 sheets.

ROBERTS, William Hamish. (b.1927). GB165-0435

Papers relating to Hamish Roberts’ life in Aden while employed by the Halal Shipping

Company Ltd. between 1953-1957 and the Aden Port Trust 1957-1959. There are a number of

photographs of Aden and surrounding areas and material relating to the development and

maintenance of Port Aden. There are also copies of the publication ‘Little Aden Mercury’

documenting the events of the colonial community, as well as Hamish Roberts’ memoirs of this

period. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic Collection.

ROBINSON, Valerie Winifred. (b.1934). GB165-0594

Papers and photographs relating to the life and work of Valerie Robinson (née Nelson) as a

personal assistant in the office Political Residency Bahrain 1968-1972 and The British Embassy,

Muscat 1977-1982 consisting of two photograph/scrapbook volumes; an account of ‘Life at the

Political Residency Persian Gulf 1968-1972 and The British Embassy, Muscat 1977-1982 by

Valerie Robinson (née Nelson)’ written in 2014 and fifty 35mm colour slides from her service

in the Political Residency Persian Gulf 1968-1972. 3 volumes, 50 slides. Handlist. Photographic

Collection.

RODRICK, Roy. GB165-0395

Oral history interview of Roy Rodrick, who served in the Palestine Police 1945-1948,

interviewed by Katja Zvan on 10 May 2006. Sound file 72 minutes. Summary of interview 1


ROSS, Henry James. (1820-1902). GB165-0245

28 MS letters and 2 undated fragments, chiefly to Sir Henry Layard from Mosul, 1847-48,

(internal politics, defeat of Kurds by Turks, etc.); Malta, 1848-49; London, 1849; Samsoon,

1849, 1851 and 1855-56 (trade, agriculture, Crimea, Turkish attitude towards Christian nations);

Alexandria, 1852 (interview with Abbas Pasha, Viceroy’s attitude to the Porte, etc.); 1 letter to

Ross from Layard, Therapia, 19 July 1849. 107 sheets.

ROSSER, Kevin. (b.1970). GB165-0398

Notes made of research interviews carried out by Kevin Rosser as part of his MPhil work. The

interviewees were Yemenis sent to Egypt and Lebanon for education in the early 1960s, who

were known as the ‘Famous Forty’, 1997-1998. 1 file. Handlist

ROWLATT, Sir Frederick Terry. (1865-1950). GB165-0246

Photocopies of minutes of a meeting of British merchants, Alexandria, 1864; map of Alexandria,

1882; letters on his appointment as Deputy, Egyptian Govt., and Governor of the National Bank

of Egypt, 1898; 1 photocopy and 1 MS letter from Lord Cromer, 1906; photocopy of residential

map of Gezira, Cairo, with names and functions of residents,1917. 35 sheets. Photographic

collection.

ROWLEY, Noel. (b.1926). GB165-0578


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Photocopy of a volume containing letters from Noel Rowley to his father and then diary entries

relating to his army service in Palestine 1946-1947 and TS memoir ‘The Army Years 1945-

1948’ written by Noel Rowley in 1997 with a postscript written in 2013, giving an account of

his army service in Palestine. 1 file. Handlist.

RUSSELL, Francis Mark. (1927-2007). GB165-0396

Oral history interview of Francis Mark Russell, who served in the Palestine Police 1946-1948,

interviewed by Eugene Rogan on 16 May 2006. Sound file 119 minutes. Summary of interview

1 sheet and transcript 43 sheets. 3 items. Handlist.

RUSSELL, Sir Thomas Wentworth. (1879-1954). GB165-0247

Photocopied MS report on Camel Patrols in Western Desert, 1906; Milner Report, 1921, and

other official papers on Egyptian internal affairs, 1922; papers, 1925, relating to the murder of

Sir Lee Stack in 1924; papers relating to Black Saturday, 1952; photocopied MS and TS letters

to his family giving details of police work in Egypt, 1904-47. 1 box. Handlist.

RYAN, Sir Andrew. (1876-1949). GB165-0248

Papers relating to the Levant Consular Service in Turkey, Rabat and Jidda,1897-1958; personal

and official correspondence; autobiographical notes; MS and TS of autobiography Last of the

Dragomans; literary papers; scrapbooks. 6 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

RYDER, Col. Charles F. (d. 1961). GB165-0249

TS extracts from Ryder’s memoirs relating to the public security of British officials in Egypt,

1922, including letters from Viscount Allenby. 14 sheets.

SADLEIR, Capt. George Forster. (1789-1859). GB165-0250

2 TS copies of P. Ryan’s 1866 Byculla edition of Diary of a journey across Arabia from El Katif

in the Persian Gulf to Yambo in the Red Sea, during the year 1819; F.M. Edwards’ research on

Sadleir’s life (published in the Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, January 1957), his

family and the sword presented to him after his Persian mission; photograph of the sword;

original lease of Killwine, King’s County, Ireland, made between Edward, Earl Digby and the

Revd. Dr. Francis Sadleir, 1 September 1825. 1 box.

SALMON, Frederick John. (1882-1964). GB165-0251

Photocopies of correspondence with Lt.-Gen. Sir John Dill, November 1936 on the supply of

maps and plans to British forces in Palestine; photocopied TS note on 12th century church at

Qariat al-Enab, one of the traditional sites of Emmaus; photocopied TS notes compiled for

Squadron Leader T.C. Traill on a flight over the area covered by the southern sheet of Palestine

map 1/250,000; obituary notice from the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 1964. 6 sheets.

Handlist.

SAMUEL, Sir Herbert Louis, 1st Viscount Samuel. (1870-1963). GB165-0252

Official papers, 1914-39, including some photocopies and carbon copies, on the future of

Palestine, Zionism, the McMahon Correspondence, and a Palestine settlement, also

correspondence with Lord Curzon on Arab nationalism, the French in Syria etc.; photocopies of

letters, 1920-22, to the Hon. Philip Samuel written from Jerusalem by his parents and other

members of his family. 2 boxes; 5 reels of film.


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SAUNDERS, Col. Alan. (1886-1964). GB165-0253

Farewell autograph book from Palestine Police colleagues on his transfer to Nigeria, 1935;

Nigerian Police Reports, 1936-37; Tripolitania Police Force and Prison Service Administration

Reports, 1946-51; maps of Kenya, 1947, and Tanganyika, 1957; article on the Tripolitania

Police in Soldier: The British Army Magazine, vol. 6, no. 5, July 1950, pp.18-21; printed

ephemera; epaulettes, badges and buttons from Palestine and Nigeria Police uniforms. 1 box.


SCHLEIN, -. GB165-0254

Photocopy of pamphlet Circular of a project for the erection of Palestine into an independent

state, advocating the creation of a Christian state in Palestine, independent of the Ottoman

Empire, c.1841. 3 sheets.

SCHOLES, Carpenter GB165-0371

Papers including a passport, account book, language exercises and religious instruction and 29

photographs of Persia including studio portraits, street scenes some of which are of Tehran,

roads and bridges in the 1890s. 6 items and 29 prints. Handlist. Photographic Collection

SCOTT, Frank Montgomery. (1892-1974). GB165-0255

Official letters of thanks and appreciation, 1928-48, for his work in the Palestine Police and

Prisons Service, and the Control Commission for Germany; medical reports for injuries

sustained by Scott in the discharge of his duties in Jaffa, 1930; press-cuttings; Palestine Prisons

Service Administration report, 1946. 21 sheets; 1 item.

SCOTT, Sir Robert. (1903-1968). GB165-0256

Photocopy of a proclamation in Arabic, English and Hebrew, prohibiting the carrying of arms

and disturbance of the peace, signed by Robert Scott as Acting Chief Secretary, Palestine, 15

November 1945. 1 sheet.

SCRIVENER, Rupert Frederick. (1890-1951). GB165-0257

Papers relating to Scrivener’s service as Chief Engineer of Palestine Railways and Ports, 1923-

48, including reports on sabotage; historical development of railways in Turkey, Palestine and

Syria; 1882-1946. 4 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

SEARLE, David. (b.1933) GB165-0562

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers and photographs relating to David Searle’s service in the Royal

Oman Police, 1980-1984, including his certificate of service, Royal Oman Police Officer’s Club

Rules, official parade programmes, a PDO (Petroleum Development Oman) News magazine

and digital copies of photographs from his service in Oman. 1 file; 119 digital images. Handlist.

SEARLE, Pauline. (1922-2011) GB165-0328

OMAN ARCHIVE: The papers cover the nine year period which Searle spent in Oman as a

journalist for Reuters, relating mainly to the Dhofar war in southern Oman, which was ongoing

during the time Searle lived there, and military operations connected with the war. A significant

part of the papers relate directly to Searle’s work for Reuters, and her communications with

Reuters personnel in Bahrain and London. Other papers are working notes, and written articles

created and collected by Searle in the course of her work. There is a small amount of personal

papers and printed material. Some of the materials look at the wider context of life in Oman for


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the local people. c1968-1979. 4 boxes. Handlist.

SHAHAK, Prof. Israel. (b.1933) GB165-0258

Two duplicated copies of “As-sahy_n_ya: al-haq_qa bi-k_milh_” [“Zionism: the truth in its

entirety”] by Israel Shahak with an introduction by Emil Thoma, 5 January 1975; duplicated

translations from the Israeli press, annotated by Prof. Shahak, on the treatment of Arabs in Israel

and the Occupied Territories, with other examples of eye-witness testimony, January-June 1975

and April-September 1976; duplicated TS of “What are my opinions” by Israel Shahak, n.d. 1

box.

SHEPHERD, Sir Francis Michie. (1893-1962) GB165-0372

Unpublished memoirs of Sir Francis Shepherd entitled ‘Never Trouble Trouble’ consisting of a

TS hardbound photocopy including photographs and a bound incomplete MS version. The

Memoir covers Sir Francis Shepherd’s childhood and career, including an account of his

wartime service in Mesopotamia in 1915 in which he took part in the military campaign to

relieve General Townshend at Kut and also his service as British Ambassador to Persia in 1950-

1952. 2 boxes. Handlist.

SHLAIM, Avi. (b. 1945) GB165-0348

Unedited typescript of the book The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World published by W.W.

Norton in the US and by Penguin Books in the UK. The unedited transcript is about 30,000

words longer than the published version. The section ‘Israel’s International Orientation’ in

chapter 2, pp74-85 was not included in the published version and the conclusion was rewritten,

shortened and renamed Epilogue. The cuts were made by Avi Shlaim or were approved cuts

suggested by the editor. 2 boxes. Handlist.

SHONE, Sir Terence Allen. (1894-1965). GB165-0259

MS account of events leading up to the accession of Yugoslavia to the Tripartite Pact and of the

coup d’état in Belgrade, 1941; report on conditions in the Levant, April-August 1945, with diary

notes by Lady Shone on events in Damascus, May-June 1945, and of a visit to Latakia, Hama,

and Selimieh, 9-15 September 1945. 2 folders. Photographic collection.

SICHEL, Peter Robert (b.1946). GB165-0426

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers relating to the work of Peter Sichel in Oman during the period 1965-

1984. Including the first demographic surveys of Musandam and Dhofar and the research taken

in order to complete the reports. Also correspondence and internal staff memos relating to the

development of Oman, and official reports on social, political, local progress. Copies of slides

and photographs taken by Sichel of Oman, including those used in talks that he gave in the

1980s referring to development in Oman. The collection also includes maps used by the military

and publications relating to Oman during this period. 5 boxes. Handlist.

SIDQI PASHA, Isma’il. (1875-1950). GB165-0260

MS note in French, 18 November 1946, on his conversation with Ernest Bevin, on his

conversations in London, 17-25 October, with Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary,

concerning the revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, with typed transcript. 5 sheets.

SIMS, Les. (b.1926). GB165-0490

TS Memoir ‘A Private’s Story’ written by Les Sims giving an account of his wartime service


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from his call up on 25 July 1944 to his demobilisation in 1947 and covering his training and

Army service in France, Palestine and Transjordan with a more detailed description of his duties

in Palestine, such as road blocks and searches during 1946. The memoir also includes copies of

photographs of Aug 3 Squad and Les Sims and his brother Arthur Sims on Christmas Day 1945.

1 item (6 sheets). Handlist.

SINDERSON, Sir Harry Chapman. (1891-1974). GB165-0261

“Physician to Iraq’s Royal Family 1923-46: the memoirs of Sir Harry Sinderson Pasha, KBE,

CMG, MVO, FRCP (Edin.), being the full manuscript version of Ten Thousand and One Nights

published by Hodder and Stoughton 1973”: TS produced by Derek Hill, 1991, from Sinderson’s

original MS; press-cuttings on Iraq, taken mainly from The Iraq Times, 1920, 1925-27, 1929-

46, 1953. 1 box and 11 oversize files. Handlist. Photographic collection.

SKEET, Ian. (b.1928) GB165-0329

OMAN ARCHIVE: The main scope of the papers are research materials for two books about

Oman, written by Skeet: Muscat and Oman: the End of an Era Faber and Faber, London 1974;

and Oman: Politics and Development Macmillan, 1992. Other materials relate to Skeet’s

interest in other Middle Eastern countries, and there are a few personal documents. Broad

subjects covered by the papers are: The Sultanate and life in Oman before 1970, and the

development of the country under the new Sultan Qaboos from 1970. A large number of the

materials focus on the development of law and the economy in Oman from 1970. 5 boxes.

Handlist.

SKRINE, Sir Clarmont Percival. (1888-1974). GB165-0262

Off-print of “The Quetta earthquake” [31 May 1935], a paper read by C.P. Skrine to the Royal

Geographical Society, 8 June 1936, published in The Geographical Journal, vol. 88 no. 5, 1936.

11 sheets.

SLADE-BAKER, Col. John Bigelow. (d. 1966). GB165-0263

Diaries, despatches and memoranda relating to the Middle East and North Africa, 1948-66,

mostly compiled by Slade-Baker during his work as a correspondent for The Sunday Times,

1952-60; press-cuttings; maps. 16 boxes; 4 vols. Handlist. Photographic collection.

SLUGLETT, Peter. GB165-0264

TS note compiled by Peter Sluglett of extracts from papers in the Public Record Office relating

to the Assyrian massacre of 1933. 3 sheets.

SMART, Sir Walter Alexander. (1883-1962). GB165-0265

Walter Smart, by Some of His Friends, (Chichester Press, n.d.): a series of essays in appreciation

of Sir Walter Smart by Julian Amery, Maie Casey, Lawrence Durrell, Robin Fedden, Allanah

Harper, John Hamilton, Patrick Kinross, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Freya Stark and Christopher

Sykes. 1 item.

SMILEY, David. (1916-2009) GB165-0336

OMAN ARCHIVE: The papers relate to the later part of Smiley’s career as CSAF (Commander

Sultan’s Armed Forces) in Oman, and consist mainly of correspondence between Smiley and

colleagues, and the Sultan Said bin Taimur, and a report by Smiley on the SAF. 1 box. Handlist.


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SMITH, Arthur Lionel Forster. (1880-1972). GB165-0266

Correspondence with Humphrey Bowman, Sir Reader Bullard, Sir Arnold Wilson and others,

including material on education in Iraq and Palestine, and other Iraqi affairs, 1920-31;

correspondence from Jerome Farrell and C.J. Edmonds, 1959-60. 5 boxes. Photographic

collection. Handlist

SMITH, John Allan. (1894-1966). GB165-0510

Papers relating to the life and work of John Allan Smith at Gellatly, Hankey and Co (Sudan)

Ltd consisting of a newspaper article entitled ‘J.A. Smith leaves’, along with a 4 sheet extract

from a history of the firm that mentions John Allan Smith and his work at Gellatly, Hankey and

Co. Souvenir photographs showing the Hajj before the end of Ottoman rule, that were sent to

John Allan Smith in 1923 by a friend who had been on the pilgrimage. 2 files. Handlist.

Photographic Collection.

SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME BELGE-EGYPTIENNE DE L’EZBEKIEH. GB165-0267

Correspondence and agreements, 1921-27, relating to the purchase by the New Egyptian

Company and M. Josse Allard of shares belonging to His Highness Abbas Hilmi II, ex-Khedive

of Egypt, in the Société Anonyme Belge-Egyptienne de l’Ezbekieh. 52 sheets

SOMERSET, Fitzroy Richard, 4th Baron Raglan. (1885-1964). GB165-0268

Photocopied papers on the British administration in Transjordan, including Hon. Fitzroy

Somerset’s letters to his parents, memoranda and correspondence on border and security

matters, 1919-21; minutes of the Jerusalem conference, 1921; correspondence between

Elizabeth Monroe, Major Monckton and Lt-Col. F.G. Peake, 1967-68, about the Somerset

Papers. 1 box.

SPEARS, Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Louis, 1st Baronet. (1886-1974). GB165-0269

Papers relating to Syrian and Lebanese affairs including the Spears Mission, 1941-44; the

Lebanese constitutional crisis, 1943; Syrian and Lebanese independence; the future of Palestine;

Anglo-Arab Association correspondence, 1946-66; Mt. Scopus case, 1953; Anglo-Arab Club

correspondence, 1962-70; British-Tunisian Society correspondence; Middle Eastern affairs in

general; press-cuttings on Syria and Lebanon, Palestine, Arab refugees, the Arab-Israeli conflict.

28 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

SPRY, Sir John Farley. (b.1910) GB165-0315

Papers relating to land law and land tenure in Palestine, 1919-48. 1 box. Handlist.

STAINTON, Benjamin Whitelaw. (1856-1927). GB165-0270

Baptismal certificate of Elsie Stainton, Shiraz, 1884; 2 menus for dinners given by the Shah,

1901 and 1902; 2 letters from General A. Houtum Schindler to Stainton, 1907 and 1912; MS

notes for Stainton’s Persian dictionary/grammar; series of articles on Persia by Stainton

published in The Financier, 1912-13; press-cuttings from British newspapers on Persian affairs,

1914-31; signed off-prints of 15 articles on Persia, India and Central Asia from The Scottish

Geographical Magazine, 1916-20, by Lt.-Col. A.C. Yate. 1 folder. Handlist.

STANLEY, Sir Henry Morton. (1841-1904). GB165-0271

Typed transcript of a letter to Charles Sterling, 2 July 1898, on the prospects of an advance


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beyond Khartoum to Fashoda. 1 sheet.

STEINFELD, Rebecca: Fertility Policy in Israel GB165-0574

A series of interviews undertaken by Rebecca Steinfeld in support of her DPhil for the

Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, entitled “The History

and Politics of Fertility Policy in Israel, 1948-2010”. Topics covered in the interviews include

discussions of policy, reproductive culture, demographic issues, religious issues, fertility

tourism and the interviewees’ roles in the process and development of fertility policy. 2 boxes,

21 Mp3 recordings. Handlist.

STEWART, William David. (b. 1928). GB165-0634

Papers and audio-visual material relating to William Stewart’s service in the Palestine Police

including a policeman’s notebook, a 1947 Christmas dinner menu and his 1949 certificate of

discharge. The majority of documents relate to Stewart’s membership and involvement with the

Palestine Police Old Comrades Association, and material relating to reminiscing about his time

in Palestine. These include a constitution pamphlet, certificates of membership and details of

dinners in 1998 and 2005. Material relating to reminiscing about his service in Palestine include

a list of some colleagues compiled in 1991 and two VHS cassettes of a Palestine Police

recruitment film and the BBC documentary ‘ A Dream so Fair: The Palestine Police.’ 2 boxes.

Handlist.

STORRS, Sir Ronald. (1881-1955). GB165-0272

TS notes on Pt. 1 of the Arab Bulletin, n.d.; Reuter’s duplicated text of a lecture by Storrs on

T.E. Lawrence, 18 June 1935. 15 sheets.

STRAHAN, Alec J. (b. 1918) and HARRIS, Martin. (b.1915) GB165-0273

Photocopied TS extract from the diary of Captain Strahan RA, 8 February 1942 relating to the

Abdin Palace incident, with an account by Capt. Martin Harris RHA of the same incident; two

letters from Alec Strahan, January and February 1990, supplementing these accounts. Chapters

9 – 17 of Alec Strahan’s Memoirs. One black and white photograph of Alec Strahan, April 1944.

1 folder. Handlist.

SWEENEY, Daniel. (b.1945). GB165-0633

OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers relating to Daniel Sweeney’s military service in Oman consisting of

a memoir written covering his time the Baluch Training Centre and Southern Oman Brigade

Training Centre 1975-1982, a digital copy of a cine film of the 1977 recruit passout parade with

accompanying notes, a vaccination certificate, an employment contract and digital copies of

photographs taken during his service in Oman c1975-1982. 1 file. Handlist. Photographic

collection.

SULTAN’S ARMED FORCES ASSOCIATION GB165-0333

OMAN ARCHIVE: A full serial of the Association publication (Newsletters, later Journals),

and a small amount of printed ephemera. The Newsletters reports on the activities of the SAF,

and social events of the Society. Activities of the Anglo-Omani Society are also documented

in the later issues. The publication is intended to be a journal of record containing illustrated

articles of historic as well as current interest, book reviews relevant to SAF and to Oman and

personal details of members, including obituaries. The publication provides insight into the

development and achievements of the military in Oman over a period of thirty years, as well as


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regular descriptions of the development of the country itself in a context not solely military. 3

boxes. Handlist.

SYKES, Herbert Rushton. (1870-1952). GB165-0274

Tour diaries and survey reports relating to the construction of the Indo-European Telegraph line,

1902-04, and lectures on Persian geography, 1903, 1905 and 1907. 2 boxes. Handlist.


SYKES, Sir Mark, 6th Baronet. (1879-1919). GB165-0275

Photocopies and microfilms of documents 1-130 from Section 11 of the Sledmere Papers,

including material on the Arab revolt; 1915-16, Sykes-Picot agreement 1916-17; liberation of

Baghdad 1917; agreements on Asia Minor; Zionism; Palestine settlements 1917-19. 2 boxes.

Handlist.

SYKES, Edward Molesworth. (1910-1992). GB165-0344

Photographs of construction work in the late 1930s of the railway from Abadan to Tehran with

a short account by Edwards Sykes of his work on the railway. One photograph, taken in April

1944, showing Edward Sykes seated in a tent with the Khans of the Qashqai tribe, negotiating

the handover of some escaped German agents and one page of an account written by Edward

Sykes detailing his journey to Tehran in August 1942 and the work assigned to S.O.E. 30 items.

Handlist.

SYKES, Sir Percy Molesworth. (1867-1945). GB165-0276

Reports of a mission 1892; a reconnaissance through Persian Baluchistan and Eastern Persia,

1893-94; routes and notes of a third journey in Persia (War Office, 1894); Perso-Baluch

Boundary Commission papers, 1896; foundation of the Sistan Consulate; despatches to Lord

Salisbury on current events, 1899-1900; report on the agriculture of Khorasan (Simla, 1910);

bombardment of the Meshed shrine, 1912; reports and despatches of South Persia Rifles, 1917-

18; miscellaneous writings on Persia, Anglo-Russian occupation, modern Turkey, etc; reports,

despatches, correspondence and miscellanea relating to Sykes’ work in Persia 1905-18;

correspondence with Allenby, the Foreign Office and others 1934-45; lectures, articles and

press-cuttings on Central Asian affairs 1897-1982. 6 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

TASSELL, Robert. (1784-1874) GB165-0277

Letter-book containing copies of Robert Tassell’s letters to his daughter Mary describing his

journey to Egypt, Palestine, and Syria with his son Robert, 30 October 1839-25 July 1840; diary,

11 April-9 May 1840, of same journey illustrated with pencil sketches. 1 box. Handlist.

TATTON-BROWN, Eden. (1877-1961) GB165-0433

Papers relating to Eden Tatton-Brown’s life and work in Egypt in the Ministry of Education and

then in the Customs Administration, including an account of a journey to Mt. Sinai, letters to

his wife and mother and his memoirs, 1877-1932, 2003. 1 box. Handlist.

TAYLOR, Major Charles Theodore Cochrane. (b. 1895). GB165-0278

TS draft autobiography “Many Happy Returns”, indexed, and illustrated with photographs,

covering Major Taylor's early life, training at Sandhurst, military service in France and Turkey

during the First World War, emigration to Southern Rhodesia under the Empire Settlement

Scheme to take up tobacco farming, military service in Turkey during the Second World War,


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and postwar white Rhodesian politics, with a MS postscript dealing with Rhodesian affairs from

1976. 1 box.

TEAGUE, Mrs. Heather, née Fairley. (d.1966). GB165-0279

Duplicated TS letters, April 1936-June 1940, to her parents and brother Harold from Jerusalem

where her husband, Col. John Teague, was working for the Government of Palestine. 44 sheets.

TEESDALE, Capt. Frank Robinson. (d.1916) GB165-0280

Photocopied TS biographical notes on Capt. Teesdale and summary of a ten page diary of his

journey from Aleppo to Basra , 20 December 1909-15 January 1910, while serving with the

75th Cavalry (Frontier Force) Indian Army. 3 sheets.

TEGART, Sir Charles Augustus. (1881-1946). GB165-0281

Papers relating to British policy in Palestine, internal security, the reorganisation of the Palestine

Police, construction of border defences, and police work in general, 1937-39; personal papers

relating to the attempt on his life, 31 December 1938; press-cuttings. 5 boxes. Handlist.


THAMES TELEVISION. GB165-0282

Photocopied transcripts of research interviews with British officials, Jews and Arabs, used in

the three-part series Palestine, produced by Richard Broad and transmitted by Thames

Television, 27 June-11 July 1978. Handlist. 2 boxes.

THE STAR NEWSPAPER ARMISTICE EDITION GB165-0434

Armistice edition of The Star newspaper, 11 Nov 1918, announcing ‘The War is Over (Official).

Armistice Signed at 5am’ reporting on the end of fighting, the abdication of the Kaiser as well

as some short articles on the arrival of British troops at Dedeagatch in Turkey and the

appointment of Admiral Gough-Calthrope as High Commissioner at Constantinople to maintain

‘contact with the Turkish Government during the present transitional period’. Handlist. 1 item.

THOMPSON, Barbara M., née Sherrell. (1904-1992). GB165-0283

Travels of Tatah 1938-45 by Barbara M. Thompson: illustrated account by the wife of Jack

Thompson, Senior Medical Officer Palestine Railways, of her journey to Palestine and

subsequent wartime journeys between Palestine and South Africa, edited by Michael

Thompson; additional biographical information by Michael Thompson. 78 sheets.


THORNE, Charles GB165-0347

Photocopy of the original diary kept by Charles Thorne 29 Aug 1915 – 19 Jan 1918, TS

transcription of Charles Thorne’s diary entitled ‘A Wartime Diary by Trooper Charles Thorne

of the Warwickshire Yeomanry 1915 to 1918’. 1 box. Photographic Collection.

TIBAWI, Abdul-Latif. (b. 1910). GB165-0284

Two printed letters from the Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch,1887, probably intended for

private circulation; Jihad, 1914 - photocopies of Ottoman proclamations in Turkish and French;

map of the administrative divisions in Greater Syria, 1914; two letters in Arabic from Prof. Anis

al-Maqdisi,1932; Arab Revolt, 1936 -Qawuqji's 1st and 8th proclamations; monthly Newsletter

no. 2 of the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regt.; three letters written by A.L. Tibawi but published


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under the name or initials of his friend Alfred Haik; pact of 1919 submitted to the Palestine

Royal Commission, Jan. 1937, with associated articles, letters and press-cuttings; pamphlet

“The Husain McMahon correspondence, or, Palestine is covered by the British pledge of 1915

regarding the Arab independence”, Jaffa, 1939; report on education in the Southern District,

Palestine Feb. 1941 - Oct. 1945; letters from A.J. Arberry and H.A.R. Gibb relating to

Guillaume's translation of the Sirah; essay on Islamic biographical dictionaries by Tarif

Khalidi,1973; essay entitled “The Basic features of Arabic poetry at the beginning of the

Abbasid period” by V.K. Belayer, 1960. 4 boxes. Handlist.

TOD, George (b.1914) GB165-0349

Photocopy of ‘From Pillar to Post. The family and autobiography of George Tod’ who worked

in the oil industry, including material on Iraq 1940-1965, Lebanon 1950-1953, Syria 1953-1956

and South East Arabia 1956-1962. 1 box

TOMLINSON, David GB165-0360

TS memoir written by David Tomlinson in October 2003 describing his arrival in Palestine and

evacuation in Operation Polly 1946-1947 and including a brief description of his work as Shell’s

District Sales Manager in Aden and the Federation of South Arabia in 1964-1967. 24

photographs of rescue work, mainly showing the clearing of the debris, after the bombing of the

King David Hotel, 1946. 5 sheets; 24 photographs. Handlist.

TOTTENHAM, Percy Marmaduke. (1873-1975). GB165-0285

TS copy of a letter, 11 March 1905, to his mother describing the Sobat to Bor expedition; Times

press-cutting, 20 April 1972, of Tottenham’s recollections, as Under-Secretary of State for

Public Works, of the discovery of the tomb of Tutunkhamun; TS note on the history of the

Egyptian Irrigation Service written for the Sudan Diocesan Review, May 1972. 27 sheets.

TRIPE, William Borrowdale. (b.1906). GB165-0287

TS report, 1942, on the political development of Transjordan with a view to the possibility of

applying its system of government to Cyrenaica at some future time; explanatory note, unsigned,

on the background to the creation of the report. 32 sheets.

TUDOR-POLE, W. (1884-1968). GB165-0288

Photocopied TS reminiscences of the Balfour Declaration and of personalities in the Zionist

Commission to Palestine, 1918, with a photocopy of a covering MS letter to Mrs. Grieve,

October 1967, an explanatory note by Lord Wakehurst, November 1967, and notes by Elizabeth

Monroe, 1971, and Bernard Wasserstein, 1972. 13 sheets.

TYRRELL, John. GB165-0413

Oral history interview of John Tyrrell, who served in the Palestine Police 1945-1948,

interviewed by Anziska Seth on 8 Jun 2007. Sound file 49 minutes. Summary of interview 1


TWEEDY, Owen Meredith. (1888-1960). GB165-0289

Papers, diaries and press-cuttings relating to his service in the Middle East, journalism and

exploration, 1926-52, with diaries of trips to Russia, 1930, and Germany, 1933, forming the

basis of his published works. 7 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.


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UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PALESTINE. GB165-0290

TS report of a conference between UNSCOP representatives Mr. Emil Sandstrom, Dr. Victor

Hoo and Dr. Ralph Bunche, and the Commander and two other representatives of the Irgun Zvai

Leumi, 24 June 1947, giving details of the movement’s origins and policies; TS transcript of an

anti-British broadcast, 13 August 1947, from The Voice of Fighting Zion, the broadcasting

station of the Irgun Zvai Leumi. 14 sheets.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. GB165-0291

Microfilms of American diplomatic documents relating to the internal affairs of the Ottoman

Empire and Turkey, 1910-29, and of Iraq, 1930-44. 35 reels.

VAUX, Sir Richard Augustus. (1869-1946). GB165-0293

“Egyptian and Other Episodes, Personal, Political and Legal”: TS unpublished memoirs, 1941,

of his youthful travels to Australia and New Zealand, legal training in London and Paris, and

later career in Egypt, 1903-39, by a former President of the Mixed Court of Appeal of Egypt.

1 box.

VIVIAN, Sir Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian. (1834-93). GB165-0294

Correspondence, mainly with Lord Salisbury, and press-cuttings concerning the British

Government’s promotion of reform in Egypt, the difficulties encountered, and Vivian’s removal

from office as Consul-General, 1879; correspondence relating to Vivian’s transfer to Berne,

1879, and to his appointment as Ambassador to Italy, 1892, and offer of posting to Russia, 1892.

1 box.

WADE, Harry Llewellyn. (1908-1983). GB165-0592

Biographical account and photo album relating to Harry Wade’s Royal Air Force service in Iraq

and India between 1928 and 1934. The photo album includes photos of landscapes, aircrafts,

and military life, taken, ordered and labelled by Harry Wade. It also includes photographs with

an anthropological interest such as ‘Iraqi types’ and ‘Kurdish and Indian types’. 1 file, 1 box.


WADDINGTON, James Hilary Sheffield. (1903-89). GB165-0323

Photographs and papers relating to the survey of Athlit Castle, Palestine, 1930-1936 including

photographs of the ruins of Athlit Castle, map of Athlit, financial accounts of the survey and

temperature charts. Photographs showing scenes north of Jericho 1930-1935; Album of

illustrations to accompany note on Madreseh el Khatuniyeh Jerusalem; photographs of Ramleh

and a pot makers photograph exhibited at the R.I.B.A Camera Club; as well as an architectural

sketch plan of a house near Herod’s Gate, Jerusalem. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic Collection.

WARD, Richard Joseph. (b.1921) GB165-0427

Papers relating to the life and work of Richard J Ward, Senior Economist and Program Director

for U.S. Aid, in Jordan from 1961-1963, including U.S. AID Memorandums, Reports and

Tables; Social observations on local habits and customs; and Travel Notes. 2 boxes. Handlist.

WARTON, Keith. (1940-2010) GB165-0569

Papers and photographs relating to Keith Warton’s secondment from the Royal Air Force to the

Sultan of Oman’s Air Force (SOAF) between September 1966 and May 1968. The papers

include maps of Oman, captions for slides and notes written by Keith Warton for talks given on


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a trip to Oman in 2008. The notes include general notes on equipment, facilities, tactics and

operations; an account of an ambush on an oil convoy in 1967 and an account of evacuating

casualties from Raven’s Roost airstrip in 1968. The photographs consist of 2 boxes of 35mm

colour slides taken by Keith Warton during his service in Oman 1966-1968 and include images

of daily life in Oman, army movements, roads, aircraft, street scenes, aerial photography, official

ceremonies and landscapes. 2 folders; 2 slide boxes. Handlist.

WATERFIELD, Gordon. (1903-87). GB165-0295

Research material for a biography of Sir Percy Loraine including copies of correspondence with

Gertrude Bell and copies of official documents in the Public Record Office, 1921-23; research

material on Sir Henry Layard, including speeches, 1854 and 1868, and miscellanea;

correspondence, 1933-74, with Gerald Delany and others relating to Egyptian affairs of

the1920s-40s. Handlist. 5 boxes.

WEBB, Cecil Richard. (1887-1974). GB165-0297

Palestine Railways Annual Report, 1930; letter from Webb to his wife about his trip across the

desert from Damascus to Baghdad in the Nairn Transport bus 16 April 1934; photocopy of

Beatrice Webb’s TS account of the evacuation of families of British officials at Suez, 1941;

menu of a dinner at the King David Hotel, 19 January 1931; two membership cards of the Sodom

and Gommorrah Golfing Society Dead Sea Golf Course, 3 January 1941. 18 sheets; 4 items.

Photographic collection. Handlist.

WELLS, Edward H. (b.1924) GB165-0393

Oral history interview of Edward Wells, who served in the Palestine Police 1944-1948,

interviewed by Josephine Delap on 27 Apr 2006. Sound file 44 minutes. Summary of interview

1 sheet and transcript 13 sheets. Also includes a photocopy of letter from B.N. Hinga

(Commissioner of Police, Kenya) to Mr Wells summarising his career and giving thanks for his

devoted service, 23 Aug 1965. 4 items. Handlist.

WHEELER, Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Edleston. (1897-1990). GB165-0298

TS memoirs “Fifty years of Asia” concerning his career in the Indian Army, linguistic pursuits,

Intelligence work in Turkey, Persia, India and Iraq, work for the Ministry of Information in

India, and the foundation of the Central Asian Research Centre; TS article on orientalists in the

Soviet Union, 1960. 1 box. Handlist.

WHEELER, Percy D’Erf (1861-1944) and Grace (b.1872). GB165-0355

Papers relating to the life and work of Dr. Percy D’Erf Wheeler, especially in the London Jews

Society Mission Hospital in Jerusalem 1892-1944; Published articles mainly concerning

mission work, such as the work of St Luke’s Boarding School for Boys in Haifa and material

collected by Mrs Whishaw including papers relating to the death of the Palestine Policemen

Captain J. Mackenzie in 1922 and two reports on the Coptic Orthodox Church in 1985. 1 box.


WHEELER, Brig. Ralph Pung. (1898-1977). GB165-0299

MS notes on a visit to Wadi Ballut, 23 March 1946, while serving with the Survey Directorate,

Palestine, with maps showing military positions of Wheeler's company there March-August

1918. 4 sheets.


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WHITE, Harold ‘Chalky’. (1922-2012) GB165-0600

Two printed pamphlets relating to Chalky White’s service in the Palestine Police consisting of

the Criminal Code Ordinance Consolidated Edition (as in Force on 1st March 1945) published

by P. Kadi, Jerusalem and the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry regarding

the problems of European Jewry and Palestine, Lausanne, 20th April 1946 Miscellaneous No 8

(1946) His Majesty’s Stationery Office Cmd. 6808. 1 file (2 items). Handlist.

WHITEHOUSE, Frank GB165-0359

Letter from Abdul Mecid (last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire) to Canon Frank Whitehouse 9

September 1920 and a photocopy of a letter discussing the background of Abdul Mecid’s letter.

3 items.

WHITTALL & CO. GB165-0300

TS account of the Whittall family and their business, C. Whittall & Co., in Istanbul and Izmir

(Smyrna), 1812-1938. Booklet ‘The Genealogy of the Whittall Family of Turkey’ compiled and

produced by Betty and Paul McKernan, Nov 1996. 15 sheets; 1 booklet

WILLIAMS, Vivian. GB165-0441

Fifteen issues of the Ring Road Rag, a newsletter/magazine produced by members of the British

expat community in North Yemen, between June 1984 and December 1985. Contents include

local sports and arts news, international and diplomatic developments, descriptions of walks in

the area, descriptions of journeys made, cookery suggestions and advertisements. The collection

also includes eight drawings made by Vivian Williams during his time in Yemen, 1983-1984. 1

box. Handlist.

WILSON, Henry Beckles. (Canadian journalist). GB165-0301

TS copy of a letter, 15 October 1918, from Wilson to Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of

Canada, recounting T.E. Lawrence’s description of the capture of Damascus, with comments on

the proposed French mandate and the situation in Palestine. 7 sheets.

WILSON, Miss H. M. (d. circa 1992). GB165-0302

“School year in Palestine, 1938-39”: TS account of a teacher’s life at the Arab High School,

Bir Zeit, during the Arab rebellion; curfew pass; notice in Arabic. 79 sheets; 2 items; 13

photographs.

WILSON, Monica (1920-2017). GB165-0573

Papers relating to Monica Wilson’s work in Palestine as a radio broadcaster, journalist and civil

servant, consisting of letters to her parents, 1943-1948 which include accounts of the bombing

of the Palestine Post and the King David Hotel as well as the siege of Jerusalem; a statement

from Monica Wilson regarding her letters from Palestine (c.2010); an overview of Monica

Wilson’s letters by Roger Hardy, 2013; 14 transcripts of letters written by Monica Wilson,

transcribed by Roger Hardy 2013. 2 boxes. Handlist.

WILSON, (Thomas) Woodrow. (1856-1924). GB165-0303

Photocopy of letter from President Woodrow Wilson to the Hon. A.J. Balfour 19 May 1917,

acknowledging his explanation of the Allied case and thanking him for sending ‘the important

papers accompanying your…note’ and promising to ‘study them with the greatest interest’.

(Original in PRO: F.O./208). 1 sheet. Handlist.


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WILTSHIRE, Edward Parr. (b.1910) GB165-0318

Photocopied TS account, 1984, of his experiences in Lebanon in the 1930s and his friendship

with Antun Sa’ada while studying Arabic at the American University of Beirut, with a résumé

of subsequent Lebanese history. 22 sheets. Photographic collection.

WINGATE, Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie, 2nd. Baronet. (1889-1978). GB165-0304

TS copy of proclamation of the deposition of the Khedive and establishment of a British

Protectorate in Egypt, December 1914; papers on Wingate’s service in Mesopotamia, and

Muscat and Oman, 1917-22, with TS of a lecture on this subject, including an account of the

Treaty of Sib, given at the Middle East Centre, 1965; TS article on the papers of Sir Samuel

Baker for the period 1875-93. 1 box. Handlist.

WILLIAMSON, Graham Frank. (b.1926). GB165-0556

TS memoir ‘Reflections on Oman’ giving an account of the setting up of vocational technical

training centres in Oman and also commenting on the impact of the Iranian revolution on Shiites

in the Omani Government, as well as increased state enforcement of Islamic law and social

separation between Omanis and expatriates. The memoir also comments on living conditions

including the climate and issues with water and electricity. Photocopy of a printed article ‘The

Labour Situation in Oman’ written by Graham Williamson but credited to H.E. Khalfan Nasser

Al-Waheiby, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour and published in Al-Markazi in November

1977. 1 file. Handlist.

WOLSELEY, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley. (1833-1913).

GB165-0305

Photocopies of 19 private letters, 7 August 1882-18 June 1885 written from Egypt and the Sudan

by Wolseley to H.R. Hopkins, Adjutant General, War Office. 31 sheets.

WOOD, Barbara (b.1926) GB165-0375

Mainly consisting of copies of a diary of life in Saudi Arabia kept during the 1960s and 1970s,

typed up by their creator in the 1990s. Additional papers, comprising of an introduction to events

leading up to the beginning of the diaries, and a key to the pseudonyms used in the typed version

of the diary, augment the major papers. Further to this there are also 14 sheets of photocopied

photographs which were taken in around the same period as the original diary. Handlist. 1 box.


WOOD, Sir Richard. (1806-1900). GB165-0306

Personal and career papers, 1824-98; political correspondence, 1831-98, including service in

Damascus and Tunis; travel diaries and notebooks, including a journey from Baghdad to Ali

Pasha’s camp at Harir, 1836, and through Kurdistan; memorandum of Wood’s services to the

British Government; papers concerning Wood’s landholding in Syria; family correspondence.

Handlist. 8 boxes.

WRIGHT, Sir Denis. (1911-2005) GB165-0316

TS edited extracts of letters and diaries covering his service as a British Vice-Consul in Romania

and Turkey, 1939-1945. The extracts were finalised in February 1978 and were made from his

‘wartime letters and diaries’ and are arranged chronologically in chapters which have

introductory notes. 1 box. Handlist.


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WYLIE, Sir Francis Verner. (1891-1970). GB165-0307

Duplicated TS copy of a letter, 11 February 1954, from Wylie to E.B. Boothby, Foreign Office,

about the policy of the Egyptian Government to the Suez Canal Company. 4 sheets.

YALE, William. (1887-1975). GB165-0308

Microfilm and photocopies of Yale’s reports 1-31 (lacking nos.4 and 30) from Cairo, Jerusalem,

London, etc., 1917-18, and Paris Peace Conference, 1919; papers on his appointment to Cairo,

1917; letter of thanks from Lord Allenby, 28 January 1919; interview with Elizabeth Monroe,

1960s; portions of unpublished MS memoir “It takes so long” on Palestine, 1914, and events in

Damascus, 27 September-5 October 1918, written in 1938; correspondence with Elizabeth

Monroe. 2 boxes. Handlist.

YOUNG, Sir Hubert Winthrop. (1885-1950). GB165-0309

Photocopies of papers relating to a journey across the Ottoman Empire, 1913; service in the

Middle East, 1917-32, chiefly in Iraq, but including the Sherifian campaign, 1917-18; the future

of Palestine. 1 box. Handlist.

YOUNG, J.W.A. GB165-0310

TS and MS memoirs “A Little to the East: Experiences of an Anglo-Egyptian Official, 1899-

1925”; TS accounts of 3 months in Jidda, 1916, and a journey to Baghdad before the First World

War; TS memoir of his Egyptian syce, El Usta Mohammed; TS dramatised account of the

appointment and punishment of Egyptian village omdas and sheikhs; off-print of an account of

a journey to survey the Khedive’s estates in Dalaman Valley, Anatolia, published in The Cairo

Scientific Journal no.38, vol.III, Nov. 1909. 1 box.

ZANANIRI, Fr. Gaston. (b. 1904) GB165-0311

TS of “Histoire contemporaine de l’Egypte, 1800-1962", Zananiri’s unpublished book on the

modern history of Egypt,1965; photocopied TS of an English translation of his unpublished

book “Problems of Egypt”, 1940s. 1 box.

ZISSU, Theodore A.L. (1916-42). GB165-0312

Two duplicated undated TS reports on the Negev, with maps: “A report embodying the data at

present available relating to the Negeb: the Negeb and partition.”; “Notes on the Negeb,

Palestine’s empty half.”. 2 items.

UNCATALOGUED MATERIAL

Access to uncatalogued material is restricted, please contact the archivist for further details. In

some cases draft handlists are available.

AL-ALI, Naji (1938-1987). GB165-0599

Papers of the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali consisting of his original cartoons, a paper copy

of the cartoons and a digital copy of the cartoons. The newspapers that the cartoons were

published in include As Safir (Lebanon), Waton (Kuwait), Khaleej (United Arab Emirates),

Qabas (Kuwait) and Qabas International (London) and Al Mawkif al Arabi magazine (Cyprus),

c1974-1987. Draft catalogue. 34 boxes.


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ALTOUNYAN, Dr. Ernest Huie Riddall. (1890-1962). GB165-0006

Papers relating to medical work in Syria. One file (94 sheets) containing typescript lectures by

Altounyan 1946-1959 is open. The rest of the collection has restricted access and a draft

catalogue. 12 boxes.

ANGLO-PALESTINE ARCHIVES PROJECT. GB165-0010

Working files of correspondence with individuals and institutions leading to the publication of

Britain and Palestine 1914-1948: Archival Sources for the History of the British Mandate,

compiled by Philip Jones and published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press,

1979; handlists and guides to various collections and institutions; Anglo-Palestine Archives

Committee: minutes of meetings, etc. Uncatalogued. 4 lever-arch files; 3 boxes.

BICKERSTETH, Revd. Edward Monier. (1882-1976). GB165-0027

Papers relating to his work as Secretary of the Jerusalem and the East Mission,1915-32. Draft

Catalogue. 8 boxes.

BUTT, Charles Richard (1935-2006) GB165-0043

TS account illustrated with 4 photographs by Sgt. Charles Butt, 2nd Battalion Aden Protectorate

Levies, of a border incident at Merta, Aden Protectorate, in June 1958. Copies of Al-Aqsa and

other uncatalogued material relating to the Sultan’s Armed Forces, Oman. 2 boxes.

Photographic Collection.

CAFFERATA, Col. Raymond Oswald. (1897-1966). GB165-0044

Photocopies of press-cuttings and notes on the life of Col. R.O. Cafferata, Palestine Police 1922-

48 (54 sheets) plus additional papers and photographs covering his childhood, service in the

First World War, the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Palestine Police also including some post

Palestine Police papers such as articles, correspondence and obituaries. Draft Catalogue. 5

boxes.

GLUBB, Lt.-Gen. Sir John Bagot. (1897-1986). GB165-0118

Memoranda, reports, telegrams and correspondence relating to Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan,

1920s-50s. 14 boxes. Draft Catalogue.

HENDERSON, Alexander, 1st Baron Faringdon. (1850-1934) GB165-0313

Papers relating to the formation and commercial activities of the National Bank of Turkey,

especially in relation to Mesopotamian oil, and various building contracts and loans;

negotiations with the Foreign Office over the extent of the bank’s influence; correspondents

include Louis Mallet, Sir Edward Grey, Sir Arthur Nicholson, Sir Henry Babington Smith, H.P.

Kingham, and S. de Bilinski. Draft Catalogue. 50 boxes.

ORIENTAL CARPET MANUFACTURERS LTD. (1908-1986) GB165-0488

Papers relating to the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd including Articles of Association,

Contracts, Agreements, Minutes of Board Meetings, Reports and Accounts presented at Annual

General Meetings, correspondence, branch reports, printed galley proofs of book 'The Persian

Carpet' by A. Cecil Edwards, an unpublished history of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers by

Dr Matthew Lee and a small number of photographs. Draft Catalogue. 11 boxes.


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PALESTINE POLICE OLD COMRADES’ ASSOCIATION GB165-0224

Records of the Palestine Police Old Comrades’ Association, such as newsletters and

membership certificates, 1946-2000; personal papers of Palestine Policemen 1920s-1990s;

mandate period material such as police training manuals, official publications and newspapers

1920-1948; and material compiled by Edward Horne as official historian of the Palestine Police

Old Comrades’ Association. Draft Catalogue. c50 boxes.

PALESTINE POLICE SERVICE RECORD CARDS GB165-0365

Service record cards for British and Palestinian (Jewish and Arab) Palestine Policemen who

served at the end of the Palestine Mandate including information such as places they served in

and information on training received, 1940s. Draft Catalogue. 58 bundles and 5 boxes. Please

note that the service record cards are subject to Data Protection Legislation. Access can

only be granted in line with this legislation. Further details on access are available from

the Archivist.

VATIKIOTIS, Panayiotis J. (1928-97). GB165-0292

Articles, broadcasts and correspondence relating to Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, 1980s. 2

boxes. Uncatalogued.