Persian Gulf Pilot

£1,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

descriptions of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. A scarce pilot guide of the Persian gulf describing Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, and numerous other villages and towns along the Arabian coast. Includes coastal views of Ras Al Hadd, Sur, Qalhat, As Suwaiq, Sohar, Fujairah, Khasab, the Tunb Islands, Abu Musa, Sirri Island, Al Jazirah Al Hamra, Al Shebeakah, Rams, Ajman, Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas, the Doha Fort, Bahrain Harbour, and Tarut Island, amongst others. The guide was published to give accurate sailing directions to the ports, towns, and safe anchorages along the Arabian coast from Ras al Hadd on the eastern peninsular of Oman to Shatt al Arab in the North, and back along the coast of Iran to Bandar Abbas and beyond. With much early information on the principal settlements of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, and an interesting glossary of Arabic-English key terms. By 1955 it was clear how the oil boom had changed the economy of the region. The first chapter gives an overview and includes the character of the sea and ports, description of major towns and cities and their respective populations (for example 18,000 in Qatar), the main economic imports and exports of each locale, and considerable weather information. Dubai is described as well as Daira: 'Daira is a large suburb consisting of mat huts, amongst which stand a number of well-built houses.' 'Dibai (Dubai) contains the residence of the Shaikh.

• Binding: Hardcover

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