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The approximately 300 photographs displayed on these pages were handed over to J.E. Peterson on 14 August 1998 by John Dennison and Yvonne Gibson, brother and sister of the late Malcolm G. Dennison. Malcolm Dennison served for many years as the Force Intelligence Officer for the Sultan's Armed Forces and then as the Sultan's Adviser on Security and Tribal Affairs after 1970. The photographs relate to the Omani armed forces, scenes in the interior of northern Oman, and personalities and scenes in the Muscat area. All photographs appear to date between the early 1950s and the early 1970s. They seem to have been acquired by Malcolm Dennison from a variety of sources, including a number taken by Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal Al Sa`id in Muscat during the 1950s and 1960s, a number taken by Noel Ayliffe-Jones, a contract officer with the Muscat and Oman Field Force, ca. 1954-1955, and a number taken by Britain's Royal Air Force Intelligence in 1958 of al-Jabal al-Akhdar region. All but a few photographs exist as prints and some of these prints are obviously relatively recent copies made from original prints or negatives. The images contained on these prints therefore exist in duplicate as 35mm negatives and 3x5 prints. The remaining photographs exist only as prints, roughly half in 5x7 size and the remainder in a variety of odd sizes. All photographs are from black and white originals; only MGD-292 is in color. Numbering of this collection has been done according to the negative rolls of these copies. Nearly all the photographs lack identification, so descriptions, identification of people and/or places, and/or annotations of individual photos have been made by me, with assistance from others. I am grateful for identifications made by Muhammad Sa`id al-Wuhaybi, Kamal Sultan, David Insall, Donald and Eloise Bosch, and John Graham and others who provided information to the latter. I would be grateful if any viewer who has any additional information on any of the photographs would contact me by e-mail.



The first fifty photographs were posted in October 2007. Additional photographs will be added as time permits. Since the process is very time-consuming and tedious, additions will be slow in coming.

     

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MGD-001. Sayyid Faysal b. `Ali greeting Shaykh Zayid b. Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. Others in photo include: Sayyid Muhammad b. Ahmad (on L); `Asim al-Jamali (in center). Date: 1970s.

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MGD-002. Group photograph on courtyard veranda of Muscat house (?). L to R: Cyril Cooper (British Vice-Consul), unknown European male, unknown European female, unknown European male, unknown European female, Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal, Sayyid Tariq b. Taymur. Date: 1962 or before.

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MGD-003. Group photograph outdoors with hills visible in background (at Bayt al-Falaj?). L to R: unknown European male, unknown (Baluch?) soldier, unknown European male, J.F.S. Phillips (British Consul-General), unknown European soldier, unknown European female, unknown European soldier, Sayyid Tariq b. Taymur, unknown European soldier, unknown European female, Anne DeJong (nurse in American Mission after 1956/1957), unknown European soldier, unknown European male (partially obscured). Date: c1960-1962.

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MGD-004. Group photograph taken indoors or in courtyard of house; first row are seated on lawn chairs. 1st row, seated (L to R): unknown South Asian male, unknown European female, unknown European female, unknown South Asian female, unknown South Asian male, unknown European female. Standing (L to R): unknown (Arab?) male, unknown South Asian male, unknown male, J.S.R. Duncan (? British Consul-General), unknown European male, unknown South Asian male, unknown South Asian male, Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal, unknown male (partially obscured), Pat Waterfield, unknown South Asian male, unknown European male, Isma`il al-Rasasi. Date: c1963-1965?

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MGD-005. Group photograph taken indoors or in courtyard of house; smaller group of same people in MGD-004. L to R: unknown European male, Brenda Hughes (wife of PDO General Manager), unknown European male, unknown European female, unknown European female, Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal, unknown European female, Barbara Chauncy. Date: 1960s

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MGD-006. Portrait of John Kendall, of Agents Charles Kendall and Partners. Date: 1960s

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MGD-007. Sayyid Majid b. Taymur Al Sa`id shaking hands with Barbara Chauncy, with Leslie Chauncy on R. Photograph taken outside a Muscat house?

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MGD-008. Group photo in doorway of a Muscat house? L to R: Darwish Haydar Darwish, Dr. Muhammad Qureishi, Diana Drury. Date: 1966-1968.

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MGD-009. Group photograph in doorway of a Muscat house? L to R: Darwish Haydar Darwish, Dr. Muhammad Qureishi, Diana Drury. Date: 1966-1968.

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MGD-010. Sayyid Thuwayni b. Shihab holding his eldest son Hamad. Date: 1967 (Signed on reverse, `Abbas b. Faysal, 11 Dhu al-Hijjah 1386/23 March 1967)

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MGD-011. Sultan Qabus b. Sa`id. Date: late 1960s or early 1970s

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MGD-012. Dalal, youngest daughter of Darwish Haydar Darwish. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-013. Group photograph outside a Muscat house (?). Seated (L to R): unknown European female, unknown European female. Standing (L to R): unknown European male, Isma`il al-Rasasi, K.B. Maqbul Husayn, Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal, Sayyid Thuwayni b. Shihab. Taken at same time as MGD-023 and MGD-124. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-014. Family portrait of Darwish Haydar Darwish, with his five daughters on the sofa (L to R, Raja, Muna, Dalal, Maha, and Hanan) and two sons standing behind (L to R, Ahmad and Fu’ad). Date: 1960s?

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MGD-015. Group photograph outside fuselage of British RAF aircraft. L to R: Pat Waterfield (Military Secretary), Bill Monteith (British Consul-General), Madelaine Waterfield, Sayyid Hamad b. Hamud with his small son Badr. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-016. Firing range outside Bayt al-Falaj (?). 3 Omani civilians and one soldier lying prone and shooting; two uniformed MR instructors observing; shooter in foreground may be Sayyid Tariq b. Taymur (see MGD-018); other is Mahmud b. Muhammad b. Murad (Finance Officer for Sultan Sa`id b. Taymur). Standing officer is Philip Allfree. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-017. Diana Drury (signed on 10-7-67; PDO elementary teacher) and Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal (signed on 27-6-67) on Muscat tennis court. Date: 1967

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MGD-018. Group photograph at firing range near Bayt al-Falaj (?). L to R: Sayyid Tariq b. Taymur, William Monteith (British Consul-General), unknown European female, unknown European female, unknown European female, Mahmud b. Muhammad b. Murad (Finance Officer for Sultan Sa`id b. Taymur), unknown European male, unknown European male. Apparently taken on same occasion as MGD-016, MGD-114, and MGD-116. Date: c1958-1960

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MGD-019. Tennis court in Muscat: Pat Waterfield and Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal. Taken at same time as MGD-108. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-020. Group photograph on roof of house (Bayt Faransa, Muscat?). L to R: unknown European male, unknown European female, Ian Skeet, Sayyid Thuwayni b. Shihab, unknown European male. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-021. Unknown European female (same woman as in MGD-020 wearing same dress). Date: 1960s?

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MGD-022. Tennis court at Maqbul Club, Muscat, with a unknown school prize being presented by K.B. Maqbul Husayn and unknown European female to Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal. Sayyid Hilal b. Badr Al Bu Sa`id can be seen on right. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-023. Group photograph outside a Muscat house (?). Seated (L to R): unknown European female, unknown European female. Standing (L to R): unknown European male, Isma`il al-Rasasi, K.B. Maqbul Husayn, unknown Omani male, unknown European male. Taken at same time as MGD-013 and MGD-124. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-024. Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal (?) with unknown European female. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-025. Courtesy visit by Indian Navy. Gift presentation to Sultan Qabus b. Sa`id by Admiral Kurovila of the Indian Navy, with Mr. Soori (Indian ambassador) and Lt. Sa`id Salim al-Wuhaybi, ADC to Sultan, in background. Date: 1972. [MGD-026 is a duplicate]

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MGD-027. Group photo inside house. L to R: Sayyid Thuwayni b. Shihab, unknown European male, Barbara Chauncy, unknown European female, Leslie Chauncy, unknown European female, unknown European male, unknown European female (partially obscured). Taken on same occasion as MGD-048. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-028. Probably Hilal b. Hamad al-Sammar, Wali of Nizwa, with his seven children. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-029. Line of unknown Omani males standing to rear of older convertible car; Shaykh Sulayman b. Himyar al-Nabhani is 5th man from L. Date: 1950s?

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MGD-030. View of Riyam waterfront, showing modern house on seashore and road to pass in background. The house apparently was owned by Isma`il al-Rasasi and rented to an oil family. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-031. Two European males standing in front of group of camels and their handlers. Martin Wynne is on R. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-032. Sayyid Shabib b. Taymur and Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal. Date: early 1970s.

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MGD-033. Sayyid `Abbas b. Faysal at the wicket. Date: 1960s? [Duplicate of MGD-096]

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MGD-034. Martin Wynne standing amidst group of Omani men and boys, under corrugated-roof walkway. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-035. Sayyid Shihab b. Faysal inspecting troops of Sultan's Armed Forces, at Bayt al-Falaj. Also in photograph (L to R): Captain Aziz of Muscat Regiment; Lieutenant Muhammad Jalal of Muscat Regiment; David Smiley, CSAF; Pat Waterfield, Military Secretary; unknown European male, various unknown soldiers. Taken on same occasion as MGD-041. Date: October 1960.

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MGD-036. New Grindlays Bank, Muscat. Date: late 1960s.

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MGD-037. View of Riyam and electricity generating plant from Riyam Pass. Date: before 1969.

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MGD-038. Two European males, one unknown and Leslie Chauncy (tall), in countryside setting amidst group of Omanis and with Land Rover in background. Taken on same occasion, with same two unknown European males, as MGD-074. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-039. Omani leading laden camel across water-filled wadi. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-040. Group photograph inside house. L to R: Colin Maxwell, Barbara Chauncy, Richard "The Drum" Anderson, Sayyid Thuwayni b. Shihab, unknown uniformed European male, unknown British RAF ADC?, AVM Maurice Heath (Commander, British Forces in the Persian Gulf), Leslie Chauncy. Written in Arabic on reverse: after dinner at Major Chauncy's house for Air Marshal and Commander of British Forces in the Persian Gulf. `Abbas b. Faysal, 1388/1968. Date: 1968.

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MGD-041. Sayyid Shihab b. Faysal inspecting troops of Sultan's Armed Forces, at Bayt al-Falaj. Also in photograph (L to R): Captain Aziz of Muscat Regiment; Captain Muhammad Jalal of Muscat Regiment; Pat Waterfield, David Smiley, various unknown soldiers. Taken on same occasion as MGD-035. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-042. Group photo by a wadi. L to R: unknown Omani family, unknown European female, unknown European male, unknown European male (probably Bill Monteith, British Consul-General). Date: 1960s?

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MGD-043. Peter Mason, British Bank of the Middle East (standing at R). Date: late 1960s?

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MGD-044. Two unknown European males sitting indoors (John Kendall sitting on sofa). Date: 1960s?

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MGD-045. Photo of large group watching a demonstration. Sitting L to R: unknown European male, unknown Omani male, unknown European or South Asian male, unknown Omani males. Taken on same occasion as MGD-075. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-046. Two SAF soldiers from Northern Frontier Regiment. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-047. Unknown Omani SAF soldier from Northern Frontier Regiment. Date: 1960s?

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MGD-048. Group photo taken in a house. L to R: unknown European male (from PDO), unknown European female, Sayyid 'Abbas b. Faysal Al Sa'id, unknown European female, Leslie Chauncy, unknown European female, Francis Hughes (General Manager of PDO), Brenda Hughes. Taken on same occasion as MGD-027. Date: 1960s? [duplicated in MGD-049]

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MGD-050. Group photo with Peter Mason, of British Bank of the Middle East (standing in center).

     
     
     
     

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