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my appreciation to Jeanette Ovenden, Archivist at the Record Office for

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland; Michael Hughes, Senior Archivist at the

Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford; Debbie Usher, archivist at the Middle

East Centre Archive, St Anthony’s College in Oxford; Adam Cox, Archives Assistant at

King’s College London; and Tina and Nicholas Hampson for their archival assistance

at The National Archives in Kew, Richmond.

I also extend my gratitude and appreciation to Dr Abdulla Al-Sulaiti for

allowing me to access his personal collection. The following institutions have also

generously allowed me access to their archives and libraries. I thank the staff

working at The National Archives, British Library, University of Exeter, University of

Cambridge, Churchill College Cambridge, Imperial War Museums, Isa Cultural

Centre in Bahrain, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s Library. Finally, I would

like to thank my family for their patience, their confidence in me, and their financial

support over the years.

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