The Sand Kings of Oman: being the experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions of Trucial Oman, Arabia.
O'SHEA (Raymond).

The Sand Kings of Oman: being the experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions of Trucial Oman, Arabia.

SHARJAH IN THE 1940s

First edition. 16 half-tone photographic illustrations, double-page map on the front endpapers and a full-page map in the text. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine; spine slightly faded, light wear to extremities, otherwise good. xx, 209pp. London, Methuen, 1947.

£250.00
O'SHEA (Raymond).
The Sand Kings of Oman: being the experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions of Trucial Oman, Arabia.

A fascinating memoir of life in the United Arab Emirates (then Trucial Oman) during the final years of the Second World War. The author spent 1944 and 1945 in command of a desert post at Sharjah, which was part of the air route delivering supplies to Allied Forces in the Far East. (Though an Officer in the R.A.F., he was seconded to the British Overseas Airways Corporation which ran many of the remote routes.)

In addition to recording social and political events in Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, O’Shea describes visits to Ajman, Dubai and Buraimi.

Macro, 1723.

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The Sand Kings of Oman: being the experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions of Trucial Oman, Arabia.
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