Volume 7 • Number 16 • December 2016 ISSN 1729-9039 Liwa Journal of the National Archives Editor-In-Chief Dr. Abdulla M. Al Raisi Director General of the National Archives Deputy Editor-In-Chief Advisory Board Majid Sultan Al Mehairi H.E. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh Adviser in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Deputy Managing Editor Chairman of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Dr. L. Usra Soffan Heritage (ADACH) and Board Member of National Archives Editorial Board Prof. Mustafa Aqil al- Khatib Dr. Jayanti Maitra Professor of Modern History-Qatar University Farhan Al Marzooqi Dr. John E. Peterson Saeed Al Suwaidi Historian and Political Analyst Gregory Keith Iverson, Ph.D. Dr. Muhammad Sa’ad al- Muqaddam Editorial Secretary Assistant Professor of Modern History Nouf Salem Al Junaibi Sultan Qaboos University Dr. Sa’ad Abdulla al- Kobaisi Design & Layout Assistant Professor of Anthropology Printing Unit UAE University National Archives, 2016 © Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The Editor of theLiwa Journal (ISSN 1729-9039) invites the submission of original and unpublished scholarly articles in English and Arabic related to archaeology, history and heritage of the UAE and the Arabian Gulf region. Manuscripts and all other correspondences concerning ‘Liwa’ should be addressed to:
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