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Ext 5050/43 ‘Formation of an Arab Centre in the Middle East for providing selected British officers with knowledge of Arabic, Arab countries and Middle East problems’ [‎25r] (49/190)

The record is made up of 1 file (93 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1943-5 Jan 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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MIDDLE EAST CE
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- DlCEIvIBER 194 5
TRE' OF ARAB' STUDIES,
jl^STORICAL BAGKBROUr-D (13) LECTURES ON MIDDLE EAST.
Course given by Major G- > E,Kirk > (Resident Instructor).
" The Middle East as the Cradle of C ivillzat ion".
II. "Greek Civilization in the Middle East".
III. "The Later Roman (Byzantine) Empire in the Middle East".
IV, "The Beginnings of Islam and of Arab Expansion",
V. "Brief Survey of the Arab Period to the Turkish Conquest".
VI. "The Empire of the Umayyads - (661-750)",
VIi, "The Golden Age of Islam - I,The Political and Economic
Background",
M II, Science and Practical Knowledge"
— ;• " III, Moslem Thought and Practice".
a. Transmission of Moslem Culture to 'Western Europe".
XI. "The Crusades".
(b) Other background lectures,
XII. "Jerusalem in History".
given by Canon J.Fison,S.C,F, (Late lecturer at Wycliffe
Hall, Oxford).
XIII, "The Prophet Muhammad & the Elements of Islam",
given by Shaikh Dhia Ed Din El Khatib (Preacher of
A1 Aq s a Mo s quo),
ill) PRESSUT DAT POLITICAL ,xXD CULTURAL (17) LECTURES.
1, Col,Bertram Thomas, O.B.E,
(Director).
2, Major G.E.Kirk, M.A•
(instructor).
3, The Rev.J, Van Ess, M.A.
(ihnerican Mission, Basra).
4, His Beatitude, The Armenian
* Orthodox Patriarch of JerusaH
5, J.W,Robertson, Esq.,
(Civil Secrctary-Sudan Govt:)
"A Word of Advice on your social
relationships with Middle East
Peoples".
"Geographical Survey of the
.Arabic-speaking World".
"The Native Mind - the experience
of 40 years in Iraq".
"The Eastern Orthodox Churches",
m.
"The Sudan Government",
6, J.W,Robertson, Esq,, "Local. Government in the Sudan",
•(Civil Secretary-Sudan Govt:)
7. John Morrison, Esq., M.A. "The Work of the British Council
(Director British Council in in the Middle East".
Palestine & Professor-designate
• Durham Univers if y) .
p,Major G.E.Kiii^ M.A, "The Religious Divisions of Islam"
9. Brigadier I, N. Clay ton, C ,B,E., "Survey of ^.rab Countries -
(British Middle East Office). (excluding Palestine)",
\10. sir William Croft,K.B.E.,C.I,E."Public Affairs as viewed by a
C.V.C,(Permanent Deputy Under- Whitehall Official",
^Secretary of State, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ),
11,Sir Arnold McNair,K,B.E.,F,B,^."The United Nations* Charter".
L1,B.(Professor of International -
'Law, Cambridge University),
12,Brigadier J.B.Glubb Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , "The ^rab Legion".
•(C.O.Arab Legion, Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ).
13*Hajji All Dajani.
14ialbert Haurani, M.A,
15, The Right Rev,Dr.W.H.Stewart,
•(Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem)
16, Lt,Col,Sir Giles Isham,Bt;,
'(D.S.O,, H,Q., Palestine).
17, D.M.H,Evans, Esq,,
(Sudan Political Service),
"The Hajj Pilgrimage",(with film),
"Syria and the Lebanon",
"Nationalism and Christianity-with
.particular reference to the M.E."
"Security Problems in the M,E.".
"The Middle East - African Border
line" ,

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The file contains papers regarding the establishment of the Middle East Centre of Arabic Studies at Jerusalem and the appointment of Bertram Sidney Thomas as its first director; the purpose of the Centre was to provide training in Arabic and the ‘Arab Countries’ to British personnel for wartime and post-war administrative, diplomatic, and military demands in the Middle East. It also contains information on the Centre's early syllabus, some details of its students, and discussion related to desirability of recruiting its graduates to the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. for service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

For information related to the syllabus see f 25, ff 32-42, and ff 55-71.

For information related to the students see ff 26-27, ff 29-30, and ff 72-75.

The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Sir Geoffrey Prior), officials of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (Roland Tennyson Peel and Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison), and representatives of the Government of India.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (93 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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Ext 5050/43 ‘Formation of an Arab Centre in the Middle East for providing selected British officers with knowledge of Arabic, Arab countries and Middle East problems’ [‎25r] (49/190), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/857, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044161144.0x000032> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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