ed. by E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. Transl. from the Span. by Guy Le Strange with an introd., Main Heritage Shelves General, DS23 .G66 1928, Book, Item-ID: i10072962, BIB-ID: 1008931
List of plates -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Historical and geo-political setting -- Qatar in ancient and medieval times -- Towns and topography in modern times -- The British survey of Qatar -- Shaikhs and tribes in Qatar -- Al-Thani family -- The major powers -- ...
by A.J. Mounteney-Jephson, with the revision and cooperation of Henry M. Stanley ... With map and numerous illustrations., Main Heritage Compact General, DT363 .J54 1890, Book, Item-ID: i15637566, BIB-ID: 2907697
Historians of the Middle East in the long nineteenth century have often considered empire-building the preserve of European powers. This book revises this picture by exploring how the Ottomans re-conquered and ruled large parts of present-day Yemen between 1849 and the end of World War I, after more ...
By William Wright ... With decipherment of the Hittite inscriptions by Prof. A.H. Sayce, LL. D.; a Hittite map by Col. Sir C. Wilson ... and Capt. Conder, R.E. and a complete set of Hittite inscriptions revised by Mr. W.H. Rylands, F.S.A.