PROPERTY OF I IRPAPY MIDDLE EAST I NSTITUTE 1761 N Stre et, N.W. Washington, D.C 20036 (202) 78M14I THE ST ATES OF TH E ARABIAN PENINSULA AND T HE GULF LITTORAL A S elected Bibliography Compiled and Partially Annotated by John Duke Anthony The Middle East Institute Washington, D.C. $.75 THE ST ATES OF T HE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE GOLF LIHORAL A S ELECTED BI BLIOGRAPHY Compiled and Partially Annotated by John Duke Anthony ; % "1 (&U t' v-**- " 1 [tw%<> l*f w I. Books. Hearlnos, itopographs, Pamphlets, Proceedings Abu Dhabi: Birth of an Oil Sheikhdom, by Clarence Mann. Rev. ed. ^ Beirut: Khayats, 1969. 153 pages. Appends. Index. Maps. , \I\J>* A w ell-written and informative account by a US army officer of I £ ",x\ ^bu Dhabi's history from the 1800s to the mid-1960s. Among the more interesting sections are those on the ruling family, the leading tribes, the controversy over al-Buraymi, the impact of oil wealth on the shaykhdom, and the role of the British; appended material includes a genealogy of the A1 Bu Falah ruling family, a chronology of events, the texts of the treaties between Abu Dhabi and Great Britain and useful maps of the shaykhdom, Abu Dhabi Island, the villages of al-Buraymi and boundary proposals for the areas in dispute between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. This bibliography covers the following states of the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf littora'l: Abu Dhabi, 'Ajman, Bahrayn, Dubay, Fujayra, Iran, ^ Iraq, Kuwavt, Oman, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Qatar, Ra's al-Khayma, Sau3T~Arabia, Sharja, Unm al -Qa yuayn, the United Arab Ami rates and the Yemen Arab Republic. The focus is primarily on material perv..Tint to the area's Governmental systems, political dynamics, international re­ lations and economies. While some of the works listed have been super­ ceded bv more recent studies, they remain useful references for insight into the life styles, values and social systems of the Peninsula and Gulf's peoples as well as into the background of contemporary problems and patterns of development. MIDDLE EAST IN STITUTE WASHINGTON, D.C. 1S73 c-sL^ ~" "T^ew^o tL ^y The Arablan P„rHnsula: Society and Politics, ed. by Derek Hopwood. , To tow a, Bowman and Littlefield, 1972. 320 pap.es. Illus. Bibl. ~J) S 5-° Index. This volune, which grew out of a conference held in London in 1969, V contains much material for anyone in need of a background for understanding contemporary developments in the area. Following a bibliographical survey by the editor, there are six papers on historical topics, three on "Political Developments and Inter­ national Relations," three on "Society and Culture,' and two on "economics"; among the better-known contributors are Abu Hakima, Bathurst, Burrell, Kelly, Penrose, Sayigh, Stoakes and Wilkinson. Arbitration Concerning Buraimi and the Common Frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia: Memorial Submitted by the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. London: HMSO, 1955. Taken together, this memorial and the Saudi memorial listed below present a valuable picture of the difficulties that continue to lie in the way of a settlement of outstanding territorial disputes between Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi and, to a lesser extent, between these states and Oman. The memorials are detailed and carefully argued analyses of the respective claims set forth by the British and Saudi governments before the aborted arbitration, proceedings of 1955. Arbitration for the Settlement of the Territorial Dispute between bus cat and Abu Dhabi on One Side and Saudi Arabia on the Other: liemorlal of the Government of Saudi Arabia. Vol. I, Text. Cairo: n.p., 1955. Area Handbook for Iran, by Harvey H. Smith ejt al. Foreign Area Studies, American University. Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1971. Jocii + 653 pages. Maps. Tables. Gloss. Bibl. Index. This handbook and the others listed below contain a mass of etailed information on the countries covered. Sections of interest are the chapters on governmental and social structure, political attitudes and values, national defense and economy, tach volume also contains a wealth of bibliographic and tabular data plus a good collection of maps. Arwlh^°°k l°l Iraq- Forei8n Area Studies, American University. SSTi! 1971 • 361 pages- Haps- Tables- Gl089' Ar b k f ^ v Fore^ rr c! ^^^eral st_ates of the Arabian Peninsula. 1971 Jil l ' Amerlcan University. Washington, D.C.: USCP°« 71* XlV + 178 Pages. Haps. Tables. Gloss. Bibl. Index. (vUrvUi^ S- ^ • iw AU t qu [US. Or IWw W ' . ^4^. ^ £lVP ?/U-SS t Sfc«=U:_5^fcn ^ v< DS 2o\- . Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia, by Norman C. Ualpole et al. Uj -a^_ Second printing with additions by Richard F. Nyrop et al. , Foreign Area Studies, American University. Washington, X. D.C.: INfiPrt. i£>7i. xlviii + 373 pages. Maps. Tables. JIOSS. Bibl. Index. Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates: Colonial Past, Present Problems, and Future Prospects, by Muhammad T. _ Sadik and William P. Snavely. Lexington, Ilass.: Lexington Books, 1972. xxll + 255 pages. Illus. Blbl. Index. This book, the product of extensive field research by two specialists in development problems, is the best single work yet to appear on the nine lower Gulf shaykhdoms since they received their Independence in 1971. Interspersed throughout the text are more than 100 charts and tables, many of which are based on official reports that were not hitherto available except in government publications printed for limited distribution. Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, by Eric Macro. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1958. Although lacking in entries for the period since 1958, this bibliography remains the most extensive listing of periodical literature on the peninsula. The Changing Balance of Power in the Persian Gulf, by Elizabeth Monroe. New Y ork: American Universities Field Staff, Inc., 1972. 69 pages. Appen. This small volume includes the findings of two dozen specialists on the Middle East and energy questions who attended a conference in Rome in the summer of 1972 to examine a wide range of problems bearing on the future of the Gulf. The mostly British and African participants analyzed the implications of a number of far-reaching political and socio-economic changes that have occurred in the area in recent years. Conflict and Tension Among the States of the Persian Gulf, Oman and South Arabia, by Joseph Churba. Foreign Affairs Research Paper No. 15346-P. Documentary Research Study AU-204-71-IPD: Montgomery, Alabama. The Institute for Professional Development, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, 1971. 74 pages. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ A b rief but highly readable survey of the major problems affecting political stability within and among the peripheral states of the Arabian Peninsula. ^ ~ to - 3 - The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, by S.M. Miles. 2d ed. 2 vols, in one. London: S.M. Harrison and Sons, 1919 and Frank Cass, 1966. With a new introduction by J.B. Kelly. 580 pages. Illus. Index. Despite the fact that these volumes first appeared some fifty years ago, they can still be read with profit. Among the sections of particular interest are those dealing with the history of commerce in the Gulf and the rise of the A1 Bu Sa'id dynasty of Oman; also of value are the finely etched portraits of some of the m«?e remote places in Oman visited by Miles which in the intervening years have changed very little. Eastern Arabian Frontiers, by J.B. Kelly. New York: Praeger, 1964. 319 pages. Map. Bibl. Notes. A s tudy in considerable detail of some of the background to the conflicting claims of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Oman to the regloo of al-Buraymi and other areas in the eastern Arabian Peninsula; the author finds little basis for the validity of the various claims advanced to territory in this area over the years by the Saudis. Economic Development and Regional Cooperation: Kuwait, by Ragaei El Mai lakh. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, l9btt. xxi + 265 .pages. (Illus. Bibl. Index. ^ • *> v.W viA An important contribution to the history of Kuwayt's economic development and its role in promoting economic and soCI al^change in other Arab states; indispensable background reading for appraising the nature and likely direction of the country's future development policies. Education and Manpower in the Arabian Gulf, by Robert Anton Hertz, ashington, D.C.: American Friends of the Middle East, 1972. xiv + 226 pages. Illus. G n e rre a t:I devplnnm° -i ^ -*- -ip between human and economic Oman nrL K ^atar» tbe United Arab Amirates and statistics S 6 °n field research supplemented by government Barber^lOfefbyG erald de Gaury. London: Arthur Cel.' IUusT Bibl. InndLex^.r ae8er' W"- + 140 teuEh?5<the Klns of Sa«* Arabia by a for«r of peraonal materlal 't" °"erS " i formative years of Fav^i • n8, much of it dating back to the bbooth beffoorere and since^ hhifst SL Lpr'!e!p?a™rat"i™on f°r the roleles he has »play1« and since his accession to the throne in 1964. \io s \ ^ - VW>x how ^ ~ 4 - l .. v I Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, by J.G. Lorimer. 6 vols. Calcutta: India Office, 1915 and Farnborough, Eng.: Gregg International, 1970. Although compiled primarily from data gathered by British officials during the early years of the present century and before, these volumes constitute a compendia of information that is still valuable for its insights into the background of the geography, economies, tribes, leading families and much other phenomena in the areas and societies described. The Great Powers, the Indian Ocean, and the Gulf, by John D.