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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’ [73r] (145/190)
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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.and lectures are delivered every week by experts on a variety
of subjects ranging from "A History of the Crusades" to "Women’s
place in Islamic Life". The students are often required to write
an essay some few days after having heard a lecture on a particular
subject and the Director makes a point of dealing with each
individual essay himself.
5. The High Commissioner in Palestine, the District Officers,
Glubb
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Trans-Jordan, and other experienced administrators
and Arabists often ask students from the Course either to spend
the week-end at their homes or to accompany them on a short tour.
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Many of the lecture^ are the most expert that can be obtained on
their particular subject and all of them are men of considerable
experience of the Middle East and the ways of the inhabitants
; thereof. The Centre is particularly fortunate in having Colonel
Bertram Thomas as its first Director for he is personally known
to the vast majority of experts on Arabia and Arab affairs and
can thus induce many shy officials to convey some portion of
their knowledge to his students when they visit Jerusalem besides
being able to persuade the busiest of officials to spare the
time to deliver lectures. In addition of course, Colonel Bertram
Thomas is a well known literary figure and an explorer of renown
with a very sound knowledge of Arabic and a curious proficiency
in a number of colloquial dialects.
6. The Centre is financed by the Foreign Office and the Army
and although no specific promise is made to individual students
it is more than probable that each officer who qualifies at the
Centre will quickly find employment. I have been given to under
stand that the Colonial Office have asked for five of the students
every year. I think it would be admirable if one or two officers
! of 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.
could be sent on the Course each
year. They would have an opportunity of learning a very important
language and of acquiring a knowledge of tG* Middle East affairs
which would be of the utmost value to them and to India.
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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’
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- front, front-i, 2r:21v, 23r:94v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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