Led by British officer Lt Martin Timmis, a Trucial Oman Scouts unit sets off on camel patrol in Sharjah, in August 1961. A British-financed force, the scouts were formed to maintain security in what was then known as the Trucial States. Many of the Arabian Gulf Digital Archive files relate to this period. AP

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