THE REMARKABLE Life OF Bertram Thomas - who rose from an Assistant Political Officer in Early 20 th Century Iraq, to Minister for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman 5 years later.
In Oman.
He was a British political officer for 5 years in southern Iraq and, often as a lone British representative, helped secure the region for Britain.
Bertram Thomas was not only the first non Arab to cross the Rub Al Khali Desert, but also a key person in Iraq\'s Early 20th-Century development.
THE REMARKABLE Life OF Bertram Thomas - who rose from an Assistant Political Officer in Early 20 th Century Iraq, to Minister for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman 5 years later