The Persian Gulf Administration Reports

A valuable resource on the Arabian Gulf, the work is a compendium of confidential British Government reports on the region from 1873 to 1947. 

• Sold as a set of 10 volumes.
• Gerrards Cross: Archive Editions, 1986.
• Octavo.
• Reprinted from original copies in the British Library and the India Office Library.
• Bound in original red cloth cloth.

Published in small numbers for administration officials, the original reports are of considerable rarity. The reports cover all of the Gulf states including Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Authors include S. B. Miles writing biographical sketches of the rulers of Muscat, and E. C. Ross on Nejd. Subjects include the oil industry, the pearl trade and fisheries.