Education in Trucial States

This file relates to education in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence relating to:

• Political difficulties over the appointment of a Sudanese Director of Education in Dubai. It includes the suggestion to persuade the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to ask the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah for support; the objections of the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani against the appointment; translations of replies from Kuwait and Doha to Sheikh Rashid's letters, an uncomfortable meeting between J C Moberly, Sheikh Rashid and Sheikh Ahmad and the appointment of the Director for a probationary period (14, 17-18, 22)
• Sudanese teaching staff for the Trucial States, including the selection of six Sudanese teachers to work in Abu Dhabi and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's potential backtracking; a conversation between T F Brenchley and the Sudanese Minister of Education Sayyed Ziada Othman Arbab (16, 19)
• Inability to recruit British assistants for the Dubai section of the Trade School and the suggestion that J F E Lee might be suitable for Robin Huntingdon's post (20)
• Unsuitable nature of Sudanese Headmaster Omar Mohammad Babiker for teaching at the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) School (21)
• Request for information on salaries payable and terms of service for teachers at the Trade School (23)
• Paper by the First Secretary (Commercial) in Bahrain A T Lamb entitled 'The Future of Education in the Trucial States' (24)