Discovery of ancient Arabic books in Oman. Code BA file 1761

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Discovery of ancient Arabic books in Sulaiman Bin Himyar's cave in Oman by SAS troops and initial fears that this may be a hoax by Stewart Carter (1) Certainty that books were found, but doubt as to how ancient they are and whether they include a history of Oman. It also discusses the dispersal of these books (2)
• Professor R B Serjeant's (School of Oriental and African Studies) hope of being able to travel to Muscat and Oman to conduct research (3)
• Statement by Ibrahim Seirafi at the Arab archaeological conference in Fez suggesting the Arab League send a scientific mission to Qatar to conduct archaeological excavations and stop oil companies stealing them (4)