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<DIV>Dear Sir</DIV>
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<DIV>Somehow I received an e-mail from you </DIV>
<DIV>and have not a clue to what or why it was sent to me.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am looking for someone to finance a photo trip to Oman </DIV>
<DIV>and to take photos of what exists in the Bedu desert areas...as Sir Wilfred
Thesiger did</DIV>
<DIV>many decades ago...</DIV>
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<DIV>AA culture...evaporating...and in need to be brought forth.</DIV>
<DIV>I suggest Pitts River Museum ...Wilfred Thesiger...</DIV>
<DIV>to see what I mean.</DIV>
<DIV>he was a friend of the past Sultan Oman.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you</DIV>
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<DIV>DCW</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:16:26 +0400 "Ralph" <<A
href="mailto:ralphmct@omantel.net.om">ralphmct@omantel.net.om</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I note enquiries about Al Sultana trip to
the USA. Contempory American newspaper reports of her arrival in New York City
refer to her on Thursday, Apri 30th, 1840 , as a "bark" twice which seems
quite a specific description.Possibly the 3 masted ship in the background
seascape of Mooney's portrait of Ahmed bin Naáman was intended to represent
Sultana but there is no corroberating evidence. .M.Guillain (Paris 1856),
II,241. states Sultanah was built in Bombay, but susequently refitting did
take place at Matrah.This suggest to me that she made her 87 day voyage rigged
as a "bark". Regards Abdulrauf</FONT></DIV>
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