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Ibn Al Hamra Bertram Thomas

Alarms and Excursions in Arabia

The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman.

Ibn Al Hamra, Bertram Thomas

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Arabesque Travel
02 April 2021

Autobiography: general; True war & combat stories; Peacekeeping operations; Adventure holidays; Classic travel writing

Series: Oman in History

THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF BERTRAM THOMAS - Minister for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman & the first non-Arab to cross the Empty Quarter.

Alarms and Excursions in Arabia is one of two memoirs written by Bertram Thomas about his time in the Arab world.

Bertram Thomas started life in an obscure village in England and rose from a British Army officer in Iraq, through Assistant Political Officer to Oman's financial and administrative Minister for it's then ruler, Sultan Taimur.

He was a key person in Iraq's early 20th-century development as he was the British political officer for 5 years in southern Iraq and, often as a lone British representative, helped secure the region for Britain during the Iraqi Revolt of 1920 against British rule. In Oman he rose to be the effective deputy for the Sultan, acting as administrator and judge. In Musandam his action helped maintain the exclave within the sultanate.

Alarms and Excursions in Arabia is not only a memoir of Bertram Thomas, but also a first-person view point of how an individual can hold together fragmenting regions.

This annotated edition gives an extensive background to Thomas and, supporting the grainy original photographs, has modern colour photos to add understanding of the text.

By: Bertram Thomas
Compiled by: Ibn Al Hamra
Imprint: Arabesque Travel
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781838075668
ISBN 10: 1838075666
Series: Oman in History
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 02 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Bertram Thomas played a role in the creation of both modern Iraq and Oman. Alarms and Excursions in Arabia is his own account of part of his decade in these two countries. He describes his role as a British Political Officer (administrator) in the post World War One Iraq. Most especially his role in the 1920 Iraqi Revolt against British rule. In Oman he played a key part in ensuring Musandam remained part of Oman. Bertram Thomas spent his working life from 1916, to his death in 1950, in the Arab World and this book is full of unexpected events in both Iraq and Oman, and illustrating how a single individual is able to shape the destiny of a nation, this is a must-read to understand parts of Arabia as they are today. New to this edition are place-specific modern photographs for context, in addition to scanned black & white images by Bertram Thomas. An introductory biography to Thomas gives background to his life. This annotated edition has been completely retyped from the original book, its images were scanned to improve print quality. Punctuation and spellings, though occasionally at odds with current usage and often inconsistent within the book have generally been kept as in the Bertram Thomas text.