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Invitation to Mr and Mrs Tibbetts to a reception on the occasion of the announcement of the Heritage of Oman Festival. This included a film show and lecture by Tim Severin on the forthcoming 'Sindbad Voyage' and was held at the London Hilton Grand Ballroom on 18 June 1980.

Series contains material relating to Tibbett's role as consultant in the Sindbad voyage project (1980-1981), which was led by Tim Severin. This was an attempt to recreate the fictional voyage of Sindbad the sailor in the publication 'The book of one thousand and one nights.' This involved creating a replica of an early Arab trading ship and completing a 6,000 mile journey to sail it all the way to China. Most of this material concerns the Heritage of Oman festival which sponsored the voyage.

The Papers include publications written orcollected by the academic Gerald Tibbetts connected to his research interests in early Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean. Related to this are draft copies of a lecture given by Tibbetts at the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the origins of navigation in the Indian Ocean.

There is also material collected by Tibbetts relating to his work on the Sindbad Voyage project (1980-1981) and his invitation to participate in the Heritage of Oman Festival.

A letter and leaflet containing the Announcement of the Conference on Oman Studies as part of the Heritage of Oman Festival. This was organised by the Ministry of National Heritage & Culture to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the accession of his Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. With the announcement is the card of Dr. P.M. Costa, Deputy Chairman-Co-ordinator.