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The Anglo-Omani Society Review 2015 001 - Front Cover_Layout 1 30/09/2015 11:39 Page 1 40th Anniversary Edition 002 - William & Son Ad_Layout 1 23/09/2015 16:26 Page 1 003-004 - Contents&Officers_Layout 1 23/09/2015 14:33 Page 3 JOURNAL NO. 80 COVER PHOTO: Arabian Leopard ascending Jabal Samhan in Oman Photo Credit: Andrew Spalton CONTENTS 5 DESERT PAGEANTRY 66 RUSTAQ-BATINAH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY UPDATE 12 TRAVELS ALONE TO MEET THE PEOPLE OF OMAN 68 PALACE OF WESTMINSTER AND HOUSE OF LORDS TEA PARTY 16 EARLY RECORDS OF OMAN’S ARABIAN LEOPARDS 70 HERE YESTERDAY, GONE TODAY… 20 NOMADS OF OMAN: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW 72 ROYAL PRESENCE AT A RECEPTION 26 DISCOVERING OMAN’S ANCIENT OASIS TOWNS 74 THE GAP YEAR SCHEME 30 OUTWARD BOUND OMAN WINS 76 SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION 77 NEW GENERATION GROUP 32 A MOBILE EXHIBITION TO INSPIRE OUTDOOR 4X4 LEARNING A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ACROSS DHOFAR 35 SOME TREASURES OF THE BRITISH INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME EMBASSY MUSCAT A SLOAN FELLOW JOURNEY OMANI GOLD… FLY FISHING DREAM 38 THE MAKING OF PORT SALALAH OMAN AS A GATEWAY TO ASIA 42 BEAUTIFUL OMAN NEW GENERATION GROUP DELEGATION OMAN’S ECONOMY, THE ROAD AHEAD OMAN’S RECENT SPORTING SUCCESSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS RISE AND FALL 44 OMANI WOMAN 46 THE OMANI CHILD: HOW FAR WE’VE COME 101 REFLECTIONS ON THE DHOFAR 49 SHEIK EL ZUBAIR? SHAKESPEARE IN INSURGENCY 1965-1975 OMANI SCHOOLS 103 PEACE IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR PROSPERITY 52 BRITISH EXPLORING SOCIETY 104 OMANI STUDENTS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL IN UK 54 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-OMANI SOCIETY (1970-1995) 106 VISIT TO UK BY OMANI LAWYERS 62 CHAIRMAN’S OVERVIEW 107 TRAINING VISIT TO UK UNIVERSITIES 64 THE SOCIETY’S GRANT SCHEME 108 BOOK REVIEWS 3 003-004 - Contents&Officers_Layout 1 23/09/2015 17:36 Page 4 THE ANGLO-OMANI SOCIETY Patron Advertising HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Christine Heslop 18 Queen’s Road, Salisbury President Wilts. SP1 3AJ HE Abdulaziz Al Hinai Telephone: 01722 324822 E-mail: [email protected] Vice Presidents Printed by Hussain bin Mohammed bin Ali Brunton Business Publications Hon Ivor Lucas CMG 1 Salisbury Office Park Sir Terence Clark KBE, CVO London Road, Salisbury Mr Richard Muir CMG Wilts. SP1 3HP Telephone: 01722 337038 Board of Trustees www.brunton.co.uk Chairman: Mr Robert Alston CMG, QSO, DL Vice Chairman: Col Nigel Knocker OBE Hon Treasurer: Mr Martyn Bishop FCA Company Secretary: Mr Alan Milne FCIS 2015 REVIEW ONLINE Mr Oliver Blake Visit the Anglo-Omani Society website and see Gp. Capt Geoffrey Brindle ‘The Review 2015’ online using the latest page turning Mrs Louise Hosking technology. Pass the link to this year’s issue on to Dr. Elisabeth Kendall colleagues and friends. Wg. Cdr Ian Kendrick Brigadier John McKeown CBE www.angloomanisociety.com Mr Richard Owens OBE The Board of Trustees also has representatives of the Oman Embassy and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on a rotating basis. Editor Wg Cdr Ian Kendrick [email protected] Staff Mr Ben Wright Manager Ms Rocio Corrales Events, Projects & New Generation Group Ms Gretchen Hines Administrator Ms Kamille Leon Receptionist PROTECTIVE NOTICE Unless stated to the contrary, the copyright of all articles in this Review is the Society Address property of the Anglo-Omani Society. No part of this Review may be reproduced in any way whatsoever without the permission in writing of the 34, Sackville Street Society. London W1S 3ED Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge ownership of copyright +44 (0)20 7851 7439 material; the publishers will be glad to make suitable arrangements with any copyright owner it has not been possible to contact. www.angloomanisociety.com 4 RawahyNew_2015_Layout 1 23/09/2015 17:02 Page 1 006-011 - Desert Pageantry_Layout 1 23/09/2015 16:55 Page 1 DESERT My quest in life is to have PAGEANTRY adventure through travel and ARTICLE BY HENRY DALLAL experiencing different cultures of the world, and of course, always with a camera.To support this habit, one destination became the lovely country of Oman. Hence the development of my new book ‘Desert Pageantry’. 006-011 - Desert Pageantry_Layout 1 23/09/2015 16:55 Page 2 DESERT PAGEANTRY The Massed Mounted Band included A seven year journey into this beautiful when invited to The Anglo Omani Society female musicians. country, its people, the nature, and of last year. course, the horses of The Royal Cavalry. To I am very proud that the book Desert then be able to share the moments that I Pageantry, which has been translated into shot on film with others is a particular joy to Arabic as well, has been awarded a gold me. Hence giving an exhibition or a medal for most outstanding design by the multimedia presentation using images and Independent Publishers’ Book Award in music in a stirring audio visual experience 2013. The award was given at a ceremony in gives me particular enjoyment. I was New York out of a pool of over 5,000 coffee Beating the Retreat on Horse Guards Parade. honoured to share these and some stories table books. 7 006-011 - Desert Pageantry_Layout 1 23/09/2015 16:55 Page 3 DESERT PAGEANTRY The Omanis ride past Buckingham Palace. A very proud moment for me was in 2012, The wonder and splendour of a 1,000-horse when The Royal Cavalry was invited to jamboree exploded into my senses during my participate in the Diamond Jubilee Pageant The Royal Cavalry of first visit to Oman. From the gleaming at Windsor Castle for Her Majesty The Oman is close to the uniforms and traditional dress of the riders, to Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, to see female the equally ornate Arabian horses galloping, members of the Royal Cavalry on the drum heart of His Majesty trotting, dancing and marching past, in time horses with the kettle drums, leading the Sultan Qaboos, with the band’s triumphant music, it was mounted band during the procession. I captivating to experience. This dress know of no other mounted regiment that whose vision is to rehearsal foreshadowed the magnificent can boast of having female mounted keep the equine Annual Royal Horse Racing Festival to take drummers that would lead the mounted place on New Year’s Day at Maidat Al-Adiyat, band. tradition alive among home of The Royal Cavalry of the Sultanate Since I was familiar with The Household his countrymen. of Oman. With the waters of the Sea of Cavalry etc. through my book Pageantry Oman as a backdrop, the smell of burning and Performance, I suggested to The frankincense mingled with the sea air and Household Cavalry and the GOC of The the excitement of the galloping steeds, I was Household Division and The Royal Cavalry overwhelmed as I tried to absorb the of Oman, to stay on in the UK following the enormity of the pageant with my camera. Diamond Jubilee Pageant, and participate for the first time in Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade. This idea became a reality with a kaleidoscope of bright colours of The Royal Cavalry to dazzle the crowds during three nights’ performance at Horse Guards. This included The Royal Cavalry escorting The Household Cavalry on one day during the guard change at Horse Guards Parade. On another morning, The Royal Cavalry paraded in front of Buckingham Palace as a rehearsal to Horse Guards. I don’t think throughout history there has ever been this many horses and their riders in traditional Omani saddles parading in front of Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade with both rider and horse without shoes. 8 006-011 - Desert Pageantry_Layout 1 23/09/2015 16:55 Page 4 DESERT PAGEANTRY So began my relationship with Oman, which over the next seven years was to involve many such memorable moments as I endeavoured to experience and photograph as much of The Royal Cavalry and the country as possible. It created for me a connection with the country which I look forward to continuing and embracing in the future. Oman is a dramatically beautiful country with a rich history and culture, as well as a country noticeably comfortable in its own skin. It has historically been a nation of seafarers, trading horses across the seas as reported by Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo. Hence I should not have been surprised to hear, in addition to a range of Arabic dialects, Swahili, Baluchi, Persian, Urdu and English commonly spoken. The Omanis value the rich traditions passed down through the generations, while embracing the challenges of modernity. It was a thrill to be able to travel into the heart of the country to experience equine pageantry and desert racing, the traditions which The Royal Cavalry oversees, and to see tribal communities gathered in their hundreds to proudly participate in ancestral games and displays. The Royal Cavalry of Oman is close to the heart of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, whose vision is to keep the equine tradition alive among his countrymen, in part, by the welcome and encouragement that The One of many highlights for me in the creation of my book was the Royal Equestrian and Camel Festival, which is held every five years on New Year’s Day. Royal Cavalry offers to children. Women excitements, not merely from a participate actively alongside men – and photographer’s perspective, but through the Oman boasts the world’s first and probably sheer thrill of being there, weaving in and only all-women mounted band – in addition out among the 2,011 members of the to mounted pipe bands, both on horseback massed bands to capture that special and camels.
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