Alan D الان دي @_AlanDillon
Former Royal Marine, diplomat, author & Royal Historical Society Fellow. Occasional documentary talking head & lecturer. 🇬🇧🇦🇫🇹🇼🇱🇰🇲🇻🇸🇦🇲🇬 amazon.co.uk/Biographies-Me… United Kingdom Joined June 2012-
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Joined scholars and professionals last week at a symposium on Curzon at @DerbyUni Rich discussions and analysis to put the former Viceroy into context. Pleased to have presented on his influence in the Gulf, beyond the pomp of his 1903 grand cruise. qdl.qa/en/archive/810…
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Had a great day in @HMNBPortsmouth last week being filmed for another episode of the Saudi Erth (heritage) documentary series - this time on the Qawasim and Britain’s various campaigns against them; but were they pirates, privateers or corsairs?
360 years and counting. Happy Birthday to all dashing high-spirited young - and old - @RoyalMarines
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The QDL is 10 years old! 🎉 Since it launched a decade ago, we've digitised many unique materials. Check out some of the highlights in this first part of our new blog series blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…
Showing a bit of index leg to all #HistoryWriters of a #RoyalNavy, #Arabia, #Iran and #British Empire persuasion. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf,Oman & Central Arabia remains without equal. “If knowledge is power, geographical knowledge is world power!”
If you’re a researcher or historian focussed on the #Gulf, you may well have consulted or quoted Lorimer’s gazetteer. But did you know that it published without an index, limiting its utility? My latest work addresses that shortcoming.#HistoryWriters
Major Maurice ‘Paddy’ O’Connor Tandy’s Foreword has always struck a chord with me. I have feeling he would be a fine individual to complete my trilogy on the lives of British Political Agents in the #Gulf. Congratulations to everyone celebrating #HistoryWritersDay24 @BLQatar
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning #WeWillRememberThem
An excellent explanation by @KKriegeBlog on the historical method or how historians use both primary and secondary sources to contextualise the past. But as with any discipline, bring 10 experts together and you can expect 11 different interpretations. #History
An excellent explanation by @KKriegeBlog on the historical method or how historians use both primary and secondary sources to contextualise the past. But as with any discipline, bring 10 experts together and you can expect 11 different interpretations. #History
Interested in #Saudi history? Why not tune in to KSA1 or Shahed tonight at 8pm KSA to watch the docu-series ‘Heritage’. Both @RGS_IBG and I will feature in the first episode to talk about #WHIShakespear and early 🇬🇧 🇸🇦 relations. linkedin.com/posts/imago-pr…
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بمناسبة #اليوم_الوطني لـ #السعودية نص المقالة عن أول صورة للمؤسس #الملك_عبدالعزيز في #الرياض. dropbox.com/scl/fi/jmnqlel…
It’s taken over 12 years to find but I finally have that perfect camel print. Thank you @jomckinneyart for producing such a wonderful piece of art. Sadly it’s got to remain wrapped as it’ll now join the rest of my heavy baggage bound for 🇬🇧
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This 👇: Here's a plea for more history in our politics and less politics in our history.
This 👇: Here's a plea for more history in our politics and less politics in our history.
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