The Persian Gulf historical summaries, 1907-1953.
Publisher: Archive Editions
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Gerards Cross
Language: eng
Subjects: Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government -- Sources.; Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign Relations -- Persian Gulf Region.
Genres: Sources.
Description: Structure and contents: PG 4 (1908).-- 1. General summary. -- 2. Political: Muscat - Trucial Chiefs - Bahrein - El Katr - the Wahabees - Turkey and Koweit - Mohammerah - Persia - Basidu - Abu Musa, Tamb and Sirri-- 3. Commerce: the Pearl Fisheries - Trade Statistics and German Competition - Lighthouses - British Cables. -- 4.Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography. Structure and contents: PG 13 (1928) Historical chapters Part I - Period before the War (1907-14): The Ottoman Empire - Persia - Nejd. Part II - Period of the War (1914-19). Part III - Post-war period (1918-28): Iraq - Persia - Arabia - Mohammerah. Political control in the Gulf: Arrangements prior to and since 1921. -- Regional chapters Muscat, 1908-28: Administration - History - Internal history - The Oman Rebellion - Foreign relations - Miscellaneous questions - Oil. Bahrain, 1908-28: Administration - Internal history - Oil - External relations - Relations with Persia; with Ibn Saud - Summary. Kuwait, 1908-28; Administration - Kuwait affairs - Internal questions - Oil - External questions - Boundary questions with Nejd and Iraq - Summary. The Trucial Chiefs, 1908-28: Internal history - Oil - External developments - Relations with Ibn Saud; with Persia - Summary. El Katr, 1908-16: History and status of islands and territories, including Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, Sirri, Henjam, Basidu. -- General chapters Review of other matters, including: Wireless stations in the Gulf - Air communications - Slavery - Lighting and buoying - Quarantine control - Arms traffic - Smuggling- Oil interests - Trade - Persian coasting trade.
Notes: Vol. 4 is a box of maps and genealogical tables.
Table of contents: title: vol. 1. Historical summary of events in territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British position in the Persian Gulf, 1907-1928. Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf, 1908; title: v. 2. Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953; title: v. 3. A collection of oil agreements and connected documents relating to the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1954); title: vol. 4. Maps and genealogical tables.