Imarat al-Sahil wa Oman wa al-Dawla't al-Saudiyaat al-Ula 1793-1818,
ABDULLAH, Muhammad Mursi.
Imarat al-Sahil wa Oman wa al-Dawla't al-Saudiyaat al-Ula 1793-1818,
Imarat al-Sahil wa Oman wa al-Dawla't al-Saudiyaat al-Ula 1793-1818,
[The Emirates, Oman, and the First Saudi State 1793-1818]
Stock Code 114415
Cairo, Maktabah al-Misri al-Hadith, 1978
The text offers a thorough history of the region beginning with the British Persian Gulf Campaign of 1819, the conflict which resulted in the signing of the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 whereby the British recognised the area as the 'Trucial Coast'. This geographical region then became the United Arab Emirates as it is known today and the present text includes numerous maps, plates and illustrations taken from a wide range of primary sources of both British and Arab military accounts.
first edition, printed in arabic, complete, 334, (2) pp. with 2 folding maps and 23 plates, small 4to (250 x 175 mm); original cream cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, with original pictorial dust-jacket showing the gulfs of Oman and Arabia, jacket a little rubbed, small closed tear to foot of spine. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7 inches).
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