Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy (1912-86) Tandy had a career spanning the Royal Artillery, the North-West Frontier Province of India, and colonial administration in the Persian Gulf, where he was Political Officer, Trucial Coast, and later Political Agent, Kuwait. His posts and dates include: Vice-Consul Zabul 1939-40, Assistant Commissioner Kohat 1940-41, Vice-Consul Bushire 1941, Political Officer Trucial Coast 1943-44, Assistant Political Agent Bahrain 1944-45, Political Agent Kuwait 1945-48.
The Finnish Oriental Society (Finska Orientsällskapet) ( SIS ) was founded in December 1917 to promote research and knowledge of Oriental cultures in Finland. Originally focused on the Middle East, it has since expanded to include Asia and Africa as a whole.