'Persian Gulf. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 81'
Date:
1919/1919
Description:
This volume concerns the geography and political history of the Persian Gulf and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919. It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political', divided in 'Arabian Coastal Region', 'Head of the Gulf', 'Persian Littoral' (folios 3-20); 'Political History', including 'History of the Gulf States to 1914' and 'European Activity in the Gulf' (folios 21-38) and 'Social and Political Conditions' (folios 38v-41).The title page is marked with 'Unclassified' in 1966 (folio 1).1 volume (44 folios)Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 44.