Scarce first arabic edition. An important scholarly account, in the authentic Arabic language, of the history of the coastal Emirates, Oman and first Saudi state which is considered one of the primary references to date for the history of the area that would become the United Arab Emirates.

The text offers a thorough history of the region beginning with the British Persian Gulf Campaign of 1819, the conflict which resulted in the signing of the General Maritime Treaty of 1820 whereby the British recognised the area as the 'Trucial Coast'. This geographical region then became the United Arab Emirates as it is known today and the present text includes numerous maps, plates and illustrations taken from a wide range of primary sources of both British and Arab military accounts.

first edition, printed in arabic, complete, 334, (2) pp. with 2 folding maps and 23 plates, small 4to (250 x 175 mm); original cream cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, with original pictorial dust-jacket showing the gulfs of Oman and Arabia, jacket a little rubbed, small closed tear to foot of spine. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7 inches).