The Persian Gulf in the 1890's -- The French challenge in Oman, 1894-1899 -- The rise of the Kuwait question, 1896-1899 -- The Russian danger -- Bahrain and the Hasa-Qatar coast, 1895-1905 -- Oman and the question of the French flag, 1899-1905 -- Kuwait and the Baghdad railway, 1899-1905 -- Toward a ...