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James Worrall is Associate Professor in International Relations and Middle East Studies at the University of Leeds.

James Worrall has produced the most definitive account regarding the history of Anglo-Omani relations. Rich in detail yet nuanced in interpretation, this book will be invaluable to all those who want to understand why the Sultanate of Oman has developed in the way that it has, and how these ties both strategic and economic have managed to endure for so long.

Clive Jones, Professor of Regional Security, Durham University

Thoroughly researched and authoritative an incisive diplomatic history covering a hitherto neglected aspect of postwar British foreign policy.

Diplomacy and Statecraft

STATEBUILDING AND COUNTERINSURGENCY IN OMAN

Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire

JAMES WORRALL

Paperback edition published in 2018 by

I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd

London New York

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Hardback edition first published in 2014 by

I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd

Copyright 2014 James Worrall

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ISBN: 978 1 78831 116 8

eISBN: 978 1 78672 382 6

ePDF: 978 1 78673 382 5

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Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY

In Memoriam

G.D.L, E.W & D.F.H

We set out thereafter for the land of Oman, and after travelling for six days through desert country we reached it on the seventh. It is fertile, with streams, trees, orchards, palm groves and abundant fruit of various kinds

Ibn Battutah

He is a tall, stout and noble looking man, with a benevolent countenance... and appears to wish to be considered as an Englishman in everything. The English, he says, he looks upon as brothers, and will willingly give them his country

Captain Henry Hart RN, on Sayyid Said, Sultan of Oman, r.1804-1856

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

An undertaking of this nature requires the involvement and support of many people and it is a pleasure to acknowledge their help here. Firstly I wish to thank my PhD supervisors who inspired the research upon which this book is based: Professor Clive Jones and Dr Neil Winn have given me tremendous support and guidance from start to finish, and have continued to do so since completion. I could not have wished for better supervision and will remain in their debt. I also wish to thank Caroline Wise for essential help with the more practical administrative details of university life. The kindness of staff at archives and libraries will not be forgotten. Thanks also to Professor Alice Hills and Dr Georgina Sinclair for their help and advice. A mis compaeros de oficina Adam, Chris y Hector for the always enlightening discussions and general distractions from work. My other friends and fellow PhD students: Naomi Head, Wali Aslam, Helene Dyrhauge, Simon Mabon and Alam Saleh for the many and varied chats, help with everything under the sun and some great memories.

In Oman my friend Ali al-Hashli who gave me many insights into modern Oman, how Omanis see their own past and of course for taking me to see the places I was writing about. Omanis are said to be the most hospitable people on earth and Ali and his family more than lived up to that reputation. In Dhofar, my thanks go to Mahad for his kindness and hospitality. Those people who kindly agreed to be interviewed helped to bring the archive documents to life and added a new dimension to my understanding. My thanks especially to Sir Donald and Lady Hawley who were so welcoming and tolerant of my many questions.

I would also like to thank my grandparents who always remained interested in my studies and provided some of the financial means needed to embark on this project. Most of all though, my parents made this whole thing possible, without their support in all its myriad forms I would not have got to this point and would not be who I am. Thanks for everything, always.

At I.B.Tauris my thanks go to Jo Godfrey for seeing the potential in my book proposal and for getting it accepted with such alacrity and especially to my editor Maria Marsh for her kindness and patience when what should have been a matter of a few weeks to deliver the manuscript unexpectedly turned into many months. I would also like to thank Major D. J. Cuthbertson and Trish Sole for the permission to include photographs from their time in Oman during the 1970s.

This book is dedicated to those who fought in Dhofar when no one was looking and secured for Oman the stable future which it is still enjoying and is in memory of both Sir Donald Hawley, who played such a key role in co-ordinating the effort, and my grandfathers who sadly did not see this book published.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADDF	Abu Dhabi Defence Force
ADS	Air Defence Scheme
AIOC	Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AL	Arab League
ANM	Arab Nationalist Movement
BATT	British Army Training Team
BBME	British Bank of the Middle East b/d or bpd Barrels Per Day
BFAP	British Forces Arabian Peninsula
BFPG	British Forces Persian Gulf
CBFG	Commander British Forces Gulf
CENTO	Central Treaty Organisation
CAT	Civil Aid Team (Dhofar)
CDS	Chief of the Defence Staff
CGS	Chief of the General Staff
CoS	Chiefs of Staff
CPRS	Central Policy Review Staff
CSAF	Commander Sultans Armed Forces
CSOAF	Commander Sultan of Omans Air Force
CSON	Commander Sultan of Omans Navy
DCA	Dhofar Charitable Association
DIO	District Intelligence Officer
DOPC	Defence and Overseas Policy Committee
FO	Foreign Office
FCO	Foreign & Commonwealth Office
FST	Field Surgical Team
GPMG	General Purpose Machine Gun
HMG	Her Majestys Government
IBRD	International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
IIBG	Imperial Iranian Battle Group
IITF	Imperial Iranian Task Force
IMF	International Monetary Fund

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