An archival journey through the Qatar Peninsula : elusive and precarious /: elusive and precarious. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sue-Ann Harding.
• Authors: Harding, Sue-Ann
• Contents: Prologue: Murwab.- Introduction.- PART I: MAPS.- 1. Claudius Ptolomaeus, 'Sexta Asia Tabula', 1478.- 2. Carsten Niebuhr, 'Sinus Persicus', 1765.- PART II: LITTORAL.- 3. William Vincent, The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean, 1807.- 4. G.B. Brucks, Memoir Descriptive of the Navigation of the Gulf of Persia, c.1830.- 5. R. Hughes Thomas, Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government, 1856.- 6. W.G. Palgrave, Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 1865.- PART III: DESERT, SEA.- 7. Hermann Burchardt, 'Ost-Arabien von Basra bis Maskat auf Grund eigener Reise', 1906.- 8. J.G. Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, 1915.- 9. The Arabian Mission: Quarterly Letters From the Field, 1899-1906.- 10. Handbook of Arabia, 1917.- 11. Bertram Thomas, Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia, 1932.- PART IV: SKY.- 12. Coll 5/11 'Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar': Royal Air Force Reconnaissance of Qatar, 9 May 1934.- PART V: METROPOLIS.- 13. Jette Bang and Klaus Ferdinand, Bedouins of Qatar, 1959.- 14. Nobody Gets Hurt Today.- Epilogue: Sheikh Faisal Bin Qasim Al Thani Museum.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 953.63; Middle East--History; History -- Social History; History -- General; Social & cultural history; History; Civilization--History; Intellectual life--History; History -- Middle East -- General; Asian history; Qatar -- History -- Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031038457
• Related ISBNs: 9783031038440
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