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Oman and the southern shore of the Persian Gulf.

Uman wa-al-sahil al janubi lil khalij al-farisi.

Stock Code 113911

Cairo, Imp. Misr S. A. E., 1952

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Rare dual language first edition. The very rare first edition with English and Arabic text of this comprehensive study of Oman produced by the Arabian American Oil Company.

The book deals in detail with Muscat and Oman and the territory along the coast from Abu Dhabi to Qatar. The states dealt with all have borders with Saudi Arabia and the chief purpose of this work was to provide an introduction to these adjacent lands and the problems arising from their ill-defined borders with Saudi Arabia. The bulk of the book deals with the Imamate of Oman as was little known to the outside world despite its long history. Printed in Cairo, this dual text first edition is rarely found.

First edition, text in English & Arabic; 8vo, xiii, [ii], 326, [ii]; xiii, 318 pp., 16 maps (most folding), comprising 2 suites of 8 in English & Arabic, original green morocco lettered in gilt, very neat repair to upper joint, a very good copy.

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Oman and the southern shore of the Persian Gulf.

[OMAN].

Stock code: 113911

$21,126.00

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