Journey  through the Shamiyah country of Iraq

Lees, Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald

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Title:: Journey through the Shamiyah country of Iraq

Collection:: LEES, Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald (1899-1969)

Archive reference:: LEES/3/3

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/lees

Level of description:: Collection

Date of material:: 1924 Mar

Creator:: Lees, Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald

Source collection title:: LEES, Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald (1899-1969)

Description (scope):: Illustrated account of Lees' journey through the Shamiyah country of Iraq, 1924 Feb - Mar, and his encounters with Bedouin tribes.

Copyright:: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.; King's College London Archives

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myself? Great as the expectations naturally are from anybody desirous to fill the position of Professor in such a College as King's College is, I can confidently say that I am fully competent to teach those two languages there. I have lived the greatest part of my life in the East & chiefly amongst Turks; I have been in a Turkish College, have had transactions with the Ottoman Porte & have occupied a position in Her Majesty's Service. I have most valuable & interesting documents at my disposal to facilitate to the pupil the study of Turkish. In the same time I beg to be honored with your advice whether I cd [ie, could] with propriety remain in the Dept where I am in case I shd [ie, should] become a lecturer, or whether I should enter the theological Department at once. I have the honor to be Revd & dear Sir Your most obedt Servt [ie, obedient Servant] G Leitner.

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