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1943ABC_484281943. Contemporary embossed brown cloth with the title embossed in silver on the front board and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board. Ca. 32.5 x 26 cm. With 150 gelatin silver photographs various sizes. Unusual military photo album with 150 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command PGC at the base in Andimeshk Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established to facilitate the supply of material from the U.S. Lend-Lease programme through the Persian Corridor. This material was sent to the Soviet Union to strengthen it so it could help defeat Nazi Germany. The photographs in this album which cannot be found anywhere else offer a visual documentation of this time. However they show the simple soldiers; the men tasked with driving trucks maintaining oil supply lines or working alongside Iranians at the two factories producing trucks for the war effort. The work therefore offers a fascinating insight into daily life of PCG members in Persia in the Second World War.This album was compiled by John Stefano dates unknown a technician fourth grade in the PGC. It includes photographs of the Tehran conference in 1943 the first World War II conference between the Soviet Union the United States and the United Kingdom where it was decided to open a second front against Germany. Other than this there are photographs of the barracks the men lived in the military vehicles they used the marches and excercises they partook in but also the surrounding landscape and the local people.Inserted in the album is a booklet with images and information about Persia with a letter by PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth 1902-1993 which was sent to PCG members after the war to congratulate them on a job well done. He hoped the booklet would serve as a memento. Together with the album it continues to do so until this day.With the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf command mounted on the inside of the frfont board some of the photographs are captioned on the back. The eyelets for the string on the front board have come loose. The corners of the leaves are slightly creased. Overall in very good condition. hardcover
122010London Archive Editions 2003. . 6 vols 8vo 25.5 x 16.5 cm; includes maps & genealogical tables; publisher's original black cloth white lettering to upper board and spine a fine set.<br /> Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf was compiled by officials of the British Government in India during the decade after Lord Curzon's Vice-Regal tour of the Gulf in 1903. When first issued in 1915 it was classified as Secret and for Official Use Only and just a few dozen copies were printed for circulation to British Government departments and agencies.<br /><br />The work was planned in two parts; the first comprising a history of the Gulf region the second being a geographical dictionary but grew to encompass all aspects of Gulf life culture cities towns tribes and topography.<br /><br />Lorimer was an official of the India Civil Service who had spent most of his career on the North West Frontier. He was placed on 'special duty' to compile the Gulf handbook which was intended to be completed in six months but due to Lorimer's dedication and extensive field trips the work took some ten years to complete.<br /><br />The present edition printed from the India Office Records makes available one of the most important primary sources for the study of the Gulf region from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.<br /> London, Archive Editions, 2003. hardcover
121954London Archive Editions 1991. . 8 vols 8vo 25.5 x 16.5 cm; 7 vols text & map portfolio containing 12 large folding maps; publisher's original green cloth gilt arms of Qatar to upper boards gilt lettering to spines with red lettering pieces top edges gilt a fine set.<br /> An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960 focussing on primary documents charting the history of the peninsular from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960. Many of the documents within are published for the first time.<br /> London, Archive Editions, 1991. hardcover
1943ABC_484291943. Contemporary embossed brown cloth with the title embossed in silver on the front board the name of the owner painted in silver and the green shoulder sleeve insignia of the Persian Gulf Command embedded in the front board. Ca. 32.5 x 26 cm. With 76 gelatin silver photographs various sizes. Remarkable military photo album with 76 photographs of the activities of the Persian Gulf Command PGC at various locations in Iran. The PGC was a branch of the United States Army established in 1941 to assure the supply of U.S. Lend-Lease war material to the Soviet Union through the Persian Corridor. After the war members of the PCG received an empty album to fill with personal memories of their time in Iran. These albums are now relatively rare. The present one was compiled by Colonel S. Morgan Thomas dates unknown a PGC member who carried out inspections of the railroads. It includes various photographs of him at work.This album also contains photographs of PCG commander Donald Prentice Booth 1902-1993 a visit by Soviet soldiers and a young child military activity in Teheran locals and soldiers sending telegrams. Loosely inserted in the album are maps of Iran the lands surrounding Hamadan and the Trans Iranian Railroad which would have been important to carry for someone who inspected the railroads. The work offers a rare insight into life of a PGC member stationed in Iran.The corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed. One of the inserted maps is somewhat foxed and another has a tear that has been repaired with tape in the lower margin not affecting the image some leaves are missing one of the corner mounts the photographs are mounted on possibly missing a photograph on the verso of leaf 4. Otherwise in very good condition. hardcover
1917000214<p><strong>We believe this to be the first complete collection of its kind</strong> including several items that we have not encountered in public libraries or archival sources. In any case it represents the most comprehensive collection of issues that we have traced over a period of twenty-five years of Ottoman state publications many of which are difficult to assemble. The collection essentially consists of official reports most of which were prepared by the two ambassadors <strong>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu</strong> and <strong>Muhammad Nâbi</strong>. These reports are highly restricted official documents.</p>Description of the Collection<p>The reports were prepared in <strong>Ottoman Turkish</strong> except for four items written in modern Turkish after the alphabet reform; these were prepared by <strong>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik</strong> and <strong>Abdulgani Seni Bey</strong>.</p>1. <em>Najd Issue</em> Najd Question<p>Ottoman Turkish report published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 15 pages octavo.<br />Prepared by Ambassador Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and the Ottoman Ambassador in Rome Muhammad Nâbi dated 11 March 1917.</p><p>The report discusses the political borders of Ottoman Najd; the treaty signed between Süleyman Şefik Pasha and Abdulaziz ibn Saud; the Ottoman–British treaty concerning Najd including Qatar; and the Ottoman treaty with Ibn Saud converting Najd from a <em>mutasarrifate</em> into a province <em>vilayet</em> appointing Ibn Saud as governor and commander-in-chief including military organization.</p><p>Topics include:<br />Midhat Pasha's report; Wahhabis; the conflict between Saud and Abdullah ibn Faisal; the sheikhs of Muscat Mukalla Oman Hadhramaut and Bahrain and their relations with Britain; Saudi movements along eastern Najd; Ottoman naval response under Midhat Pasha; the administrative difficulty of Najd; support of Mubarak al-Sabah for the Ottomans; coercion of Abdullah al-Faisal to sign the al-Ahsa treaty; Ibn Rashid's advances; tribal dynamics; British support of Al-Sabah; British protection; Ibn Saud and the Muntafiq sheikh; Ottoman–Wahhabi agreements 10 April 1905; British protests regarding Ibn Saud's border violations and interference in Qatar and Oman; the 12-article Ottoman–Ibn Saud treaty of 12 July 1913 including the separation of Qatar from Najd; maritime boundaries; recognition of Jasim Al Thani; compensation to the Sheikh of Bahrain.</p>2. <em>Muscat Issue</em><p>Ottoman Turkish report Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 6 pages.<br />Prepared by Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi dated 27 November 1916.</p><p>Covers Muscat modern Oman the Imamate foreign involvement Ottoman views rejecting Muscat's independence from the Arabian Peninsula; relations between Najd Muscat and British India; strategic location; occupation history; Al-Sa'id relations with Wahhabis; British and French recognition of Omani independence in 1862; Ottoman perspective on Oman's connection to Arabia.</p>3. <em>Qatar Coasts Issue</em><p>Prepared 8 January 1917. Printed at the Imperial Press. 7 pages plus 9 pages of French appendices.</p><p>Topics include British expansion from Bahrain to Qatar; Ottoman claims; British intervention since 1891; correspondence with the Ottoman state; Bahrain–Qatar disputes over Zubarah and al-'Udayd; appointment of Abd al-Rahman Al Thani; British encroachments; Qatar within the Kuwait treaty framework; confirmation of Jassim Al Thani's authority in 1913.</p>4. <em>Kuwait Issue</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. Imperial Press Istanbul 1334 AH. 34 pages.</p><p>Geography population sect history of Al-Sabah; Ottoman administration of Baghdad and Basra; British policy; secret treaties 1899–1904; borders; railways; maritime flags; taxation refusal; British attempts to place Kuwait under protection; Ottoman responses; oil islands Bubiyan Khor Abdullah; Sheikh's declaration of being an officer in the British army. Dated 31 August 1918.</p>5. <em>Basra Gulf Issue</em> Bahrain Qatar Pirate Coast/Emirates<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Ankara 1931. 32 pages.<br />Political tribal and documentary history in Turkish English and French.</p>6. <em>Irrigation in Arabia</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. 14 pages.<br />Ottoman irrigation projects; British interference since 1910; German involvement.</p>7. <em>Asir Revolt of 1911</em><p>Report by Consul General İsmail Hakkı. 31 pages.<br />Ottoman military actions; Idrisi revolt; tribal loyalties; Wahhabi involvement; detailed military maps.</p>8. <em>Aqaba Issue</em><p>By Rashdi Infantry Brigade Commander. Istanbul 1326 AH. 154 pages.<br />Ottoman–British relations; Egypt's role; Hijaz railway; Aqaba dispute.</p>9. <em>War in Arabia between Ibn Saud and the Imam of Yemen</em><p>By Abdülgani Sünni Bey. Ankara 1934. 20 pages.<br />Unique copy. Covers causes tribal alignments Asir Aden Najran foreign involvement.</p>10. <em>Guide to the Gulf of Aden</em><p>Ottoman Turkish. Istanbul 1310 AH. 276 pages.<br />Includes maps; authored by naval officer Süleyman Nutqi.</p>11. <em>Tripoli Benghazi and the Twelve Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 24 pages French treaty texts.<br />Ottoman North Africa American conflicts Italian ambitions Lausanne Treaty.</p>12. <em>Sheikh Sa'id Island Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1916. 4 pages.<br />Strategic Bab al-Mandab island dispute with France.</p>13. <em>Palestine Issue – Zionist Claims</em><p>Istanbul 3 March 1918. 43 pages.<br />Origins of Zionism; European diplomacy; Jerusalem administration.</p>14. <em>Notes on the Iraq War</em><p>Military Press 1333 AH. 88 pages.<br />Translated from English for official use only. Rare.</p>15. <em>Bahrain Issue</em><p>Report dated 8 January 1917. 12 pages French texts.<br />History British protection treaties 1820–1898 inclusion in 1913 Gulf treaty.</p>16. <em>Muhammarah Issue</em><p>Report dated 1 March 1917. 8 pages.<br />Borders oil Sheikh Khaz'al Anglo-Iranian-Ottoman relations.</p>17. <em>Oil Concessions in Arabia</em><p>Report dated 26 March 1917. 9 pages English treaty.<br />Mosul Baghdad Basra Shell Najd Kuwait.</p>18. <em>Baghdad Issue</em><p>Report dated 31 August 1917. 53 pages French texts.<br />Baghdad Railway; British–Ottoman rivalry; Gulf politics.</p>19. <em>Farasan Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 28 November 1916. 8 pages.<br />German coal depot request; British occupation; oil and gas.</p>20. <em>Hadhramaut Issue</em><p>Report dated 11 March 1917. 6 pages.<br />Tribal governance; British relations via Aden.</p>21. <em>Aden and the Nine Districts</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 39 pages French annexes.<br />Portuguese Ottoman British rule; Yemen administration; sovereignty claims.</p>22. <em>Memorandum on British Claims Regarding the Baghdad Line and Basra Gulf</em><p>Istanbul 21 January 1911. 35 pages appendices.<br />Detailed diplomatic negotiations since 1903.</p>23. <em>Guide to the Red Sea</em><p>Istanbul 1307 AH. 459 pages.<br />Comprehensive nautical and railway guide with ports and routes.</p>24. <em>South Arabia Issue</em> Hadhramaut Socotra etc.<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Bulgaria 1935. 132 pages with photographs and maps.</p>25. <em>The Egyptian Issue</em><p>Prepared March 1918. 186 pages.<br />Ottoman legal and political analysis of Egypt from Muhammad Ali to British occupation.</p>26. <em>Shatt al-Arab Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1917. 30 pages.<br />1913 treaty with Britain; navigation borders Iran Muhammarah.</p><p><strong>Note</strong><br />İsmail Hakkı Tevfik was a senior Ottoman and Republican diplomat and son-in-law of Sultan Mehmed VI. Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi were leading Ottoman statesmen. Other contributors include Süleyman Nutqi naval officer and Abdulgani Seni Bey later a key Republican thinker.</p><ul><li><strong> 26 items</strong></li></ul> Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs paperback
