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Ad-Dalil al-'amm li'l-Mamlaka al-'Arabiya as-Su'udiya. Damascus, Mat'ba'at Muh'ammad Has'im al-Kutubi, 1957 CE / 1376 H.

Small folio (200 x 282 mm). 1021, (1) pp. With numerous photo illustrations within the pagination. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt title to upper cover. The "General Guide to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia": a rare public directory to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, published on behalf of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce in what was for the monarchy an eventful year: King Saud established the first university in Saudi Arabia and the country became a member at the International Monetary Fund; also, the government was strongly occupied with international affairs in the Middle Eastern crisis, the larger Arab world, and developments of the Cold War. The volume documents the remarkable degree of development which the Kingdom had achieved since its foundation 25 years previously. - Covers somewhat rubbed; inner front hinge loose; slight browning. A well-preserved copy. OCLC 318024526.

Address by H.M. King Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz to Pilgrimage Missions for 1393 A.H.-1974 A.D. [Mecca], printed by Dar Al-Asfahani & Co. Jiddah, 1974 CE = 1393 H.

8vo. 15, (1) pp. With 6 photographic illustrations and decorative borders. Original stapled green wrappers with a photographic portrait of King Faisal and gilt title. A scarce, appealing booklet commemorating King Faisal's speech at a banquet in honour of notable pilgrims and heads of official Hajj missions, given at the Bat-Haa Palace in Mecca on 30 December 1973. Includes the full speech as well as several illustrations showing the king kneeling in prayer, during his speech behind an array of microphones, and seated among the audience. - Spine slightly rubbed. Ballpoint initials to upper cover. Very rare, no copy traced in libraries worldwide.

Aden harbor. Aden, 12 Oct. 1893.

Photograph panorama, taken from the Austrian corvette "Fasana". Two conjoined albumen prints on backing cardboard, with Bublay's autogr. caption. 490 x 180 mm. Impressive view, photographed near the beginning of the two-year expedition of the Austrian "Fasana", in which the later Rear Admiral Bublay participated as ensign. This Austrian circumnavigation of the world, begun in Pola on Sept. 1, 1893, was completed in March 1895. - Includes a group photograph of the "Fasana" officers during a "Picknik im Middle-Harbour (Sydney) 9./5. 1894" (Bublay's caption).

Aden Harbour and Approaches. No. 7. London, British Admiralty, 1936.

Standard issue, 710 x 1264 mm. Scale 1:24,300. Fine nautical chart of the port of Aden, historically a major hub of transportation for the region, prepared by the British Admiralty. Undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of Aden under British administration. With a small panoramic view of the peninsulas of Aden and Little Aden. - The chart shows the Aden Peninsula with the city and harbour, as well as Little Aden peninsula and Bander Tauwahi. It details the port area, labeling the clock tower, the market, the cemetery, the Prince of Wales pier, police lines and telegraph stations, as well as Marbut Hill, Chapel Hill and Barrack Hill. It includes the mountainous Aden Peninsula and Gold Mohur Valley, as well as smaller islands such as Flint Island, Slave Island, and Sirah. On Little Aden the chart includes the Sheikh Ghadir temple as well as Mount Sugarloaf. In addition, the chart marks a quarantine area between both peninsulas for sea-going vessels. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys of 1906; it was first published in 1907 and saw several corrections up to 1936. - With two folds. A few manuscript notes. Slightly brownstained.

Aden Harbour. No. 3660. London, British Admiralty, 1937.

Standard issue, 698 x 1024 mm. Scale 1:6,120. Detailed nautical chart of the port of Aden, historically a major hub of transportation for the region, prepared by the British Admiralty. Undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of Aden under British administration. - The chart details the port area, labelling the Hotel de l'Europe, churches, the post office, the American Consulate, Cunningham market, the Prince of Wales pier, coal wharfs and the Aden Coal Company, as well as Marbut Hill, Chapel Hill and Barrack Hill. It includes the mountainous Aden Peninsula and Gold Mohur Valley, as well as the quarantine station on Flint Island. - The British Admiralty has produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (HO). Its main task was to provide the Royal Navy with navigational products and service, but since 1821 it has also sold charts to the public. The present chart was composed after Admiralty surveys between 1906 and 1936; it was first published in 1907 and saw several corrections up to 1937. - With a single fold. Captioned in print and in a former collector's hand on verso. Slightly brownstained near upper right corner and on lower right margin.

Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1900-1901. [Series title at head: Selections From the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department. No. CCCLXXXV. Foreign Department Serial No. 121]. Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1901.

Folio (210 x 335 mm). Publisher's original blue printed boards. First edition. A separate annual "Administration Report" on the Gulf region which the British Political Residents submitted to the Indian Viceroy and Governor. The bland official title belies the true value of the series, which has been called "a mine of information on the development of the modern Gulf" (Cambridge Archive Editions). Regularly the reports contain political details of the local sheikhdoms as well as trade information. - The present issue offers a detailed introduction by the resident British Consul and Political Agent C. A. Kemball, commenting on the Sultan, his tours, customs and taxes, slave trade, and an outbreak of disease ("small-pox of a severe type appeared at Shargah in the first week of April, causing, it was reported, about 500 deaths"). Kemball further reports on a "Pearl Dispute" in which "the Sultan was interested, connected with the discovery and sale of a pearl of extraordinary value", which has "at last been amicably settled by a committee consisting of certain of the Trucial Chiefs". The Consul "visited the Arab Coast in December and met the Chiefs of Shargah [Sheikh Saqr bin Khalid Al Qasimi] and Ajman [Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi]. The Chief of Abu Dhabi [Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan] was away in the interior, but I saw his son [Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan] and other principal men [...]". He also discusses the dispute between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman over the colonisation of Al Zorah by the Al-Suwaidi, the July 1900 coup by which Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi seized power in Ajman, and the newly established joint rulership of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah by Sheikh Saqr bin Khalid Al Qasimi, which would last until 1914. - The "Administration Report on the Persian Gulf" was published under various titles annually between 1875 and 1957. Original specimens are almost unobtainable in the trade. - Binding rebacked with tape. Provenance: removed from the London Library, with their printed label on the upper cover and their stamps (in blind and printed) on title-page and final leaf, accompanied by cancel stamps. Macro, p. xii (s.v. "RAPA": Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency). OCLC 224558510. ZDB-ID 768652-3. Cf. the 1989 Cambridge Archive Editions reprint.

Administrative reform in the Arab world: Readings.

Very Good English Paperback. Roy. 8vvvo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 380 p. Administrative reform in the Arab world: Readings. No copy in OCLC.

Adventures During a Journey Overland to India, by Way of Egypt, Syria, and the Holy Land. London, Richard Bentley, 1836.

8vo. 2 vols. XI, (1), 324 pp. XI, (1), 291, (1) pp. With 2 engr. frontispieces (portrait and view of the Lake of Tiberias). Contemporary calf with triple giltstamped cover fillets and blindstamped ornamental borders, leading edges gilt, inner dentelle gilt, spines rebacked to style with giltstamped label. Marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. First edition. - An account of a journey made in 1833 through Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia (Baghdad, Babylon and Basrah), Persia, down the Arabian Gulf (stopping at Muscat, "the hottest place on earth") and thence to India. - Corners bumped; frontispieces foxed. Attractively bound copy; armorial bookplates ("Gadsden", motto "decrevi") to pastedowns; contemporary ownership "C. J. Wilton" to flyleaf. Blackmer 1547. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 237. Röhricht 1808. OCLC 4255403. Cf. Atabey 1142 (1837 second ed.).

AEI. Arabia Egypt India. A Narrative of Travel. London, William Mullan & Son, 1879.

8vo. VIII, 488 pp. With coloured frontispiece map and 12 plates. Original dark grey decorated cloth with bevelled edges, ruled and lettered in silver and gold. First edition. - Lady Burton's second book, detailing a journey made with her husband Sir Richard Francis Burton to India via Arabia and Egypt between 1875 and 1876. Although the work is predominantly focused on India, there is a chapter devoted to Jeddah and some notes on Trieste, where this particular voyage began. - Provenance: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, with the author's presentation inscription on the half-title: "The Duchess of Somerset with affecti[onate] love from Isabel Burton / 21 Feb 1879". The beautiful Jane Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1809-84), was the granddaughter of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. - Neat restoration to extremities and inner hinges. A fine association copy. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 108. OCLC 64763306.

Aeronautical chart and information center. Persian Gulf | ONC-H-6/7. St. Louis, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Force, 1967.

Map (1030 x 785 mm), colour-printed on two sides. Scale 1:1,000,000. Rayon pilot's map of the Arabian Gulf region focusing on the Trucial States (modern UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Iran and Saudi Arabia, including main oil installations. Items of specific interest to aircraft, such as airfields and even seaplane bases, are particularly listed. Warnings to stay within the specific flying routes while in Iran are placed on multiple locations. - Slightly frayed at the edges. In very good condition.

Afkar va asrar : 11 Siptambar 2001 = Opinions and secrets of September 11 nivisandagan, Muhammad Qadri Sa`id va `Abd al-Mun`im Sa`id ; mutarjim, Isma`il Iqbal.

280 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm Scarce. Uniform Title: Afkar wa-al-asrar. Persian translation from the Arabic original. Author(s): Sa`id, Muhammad Qadri. Sa`id, `Abd al-Mun`im. || September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. || Qaida (Organization) al-Qaeda ; United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan. Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.

Africa. No. 1 (1898). Report by Vice-Consul O'Sullivan on the island of Pemba, 1896-97. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. January 1898. [C.-8701]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1898.

Folio. (2), 9, (1) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Includes references to slavery on Pemba and dhows trading from the Arabian Gulf and Oman. - Some edge chipping, but a good copy. Bennett 2240.

Africa. No. 14 (1904). Correspondence respecting slavery in the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. [In continuation of "Africa No. 6 (1902)."] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. December 1904. [Cd. 2330]. London, printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1904.

Folio. (2), 6 pp. Loosely sewn as issued. On legal and social problems of the progress of the abolition of slavery and the new "free" status of former Zanzibar and Pemba slaves after their emancipation. - Hull University Library stamp on title-page. A very good copy. Bennett 2244.

Africa. No. 3 (1900). Correspondence respecting Slavery and the Slave Trade in East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. [In continuation of "Africa No. 8 (1899)."] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. April 1900. [Cd. 96]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1900.

Folio. (2), 22, (2) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade mainly in Zanzibar and on the liberation of several slaves, as well as reports of fugitive slaves having claimed protection from British vessels in the Arabian Gulf (Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh) and off Muscat. - A good copy. Bennett 2243.

Africa. No. 6 (1891). Papers relating to the trade in slaves from East Africa. Presen-ted to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. June 1891. [C.-6373]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1891.

Folio. (2), 11, (1) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade in the Arabian Gulf, with special mention of slaves received at Bandar Lengeh from the Agent at Sharjah as well as first-hand observations on child slaves and the so-called "domestic servants" in demand in Basrah and Bushire. - Chipped edges reinforced; sewing renewed; paper a little browned throughout but a good copy.

Africa. No. 6 (1892). Papers relative to Slave Trade and slavery in Zanzibar. Pre-sented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. June 1892. [C.-6702]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1892.

Folio. (2), 8, (2) pp. Top edge gilt. Loosely sewn as issued. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade in Zanzibar, also describing the country's depletion of labour through the recruitment of soldiers and porters for service throughout the African continent by Arab and European traders. - Sewing renewed, a good copy. Bennett 2231.

Africa. No. 6 (1893). Paper respecting the traffic in slaves in Zanzibar. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. August 1893. [C.-7035]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1893.

Folio. 5, (1) pp. Top edge gilt. Disbound. A paper respecting the traffic of slaves in Zanzibar, with a report on slaves there kidnapped, with reference to "the Arabs who come down from the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf with a view to procuring slaves". - A good copy.

Africa. No. 6 (1902). Correspondence respecting slavery and the Slave Trade in East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. [In continuation of "Africa No. 4 (1901)."] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. December 1902. [Cd. 1389]. London, printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1902.

Folio. (2), 28 pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Largely concerning the ramifications, both legal and social, of the progress of the abolition of slavery and the new "free" status of former Zanzibar slaves after their emancipation. - Stamp on title-page, a very good copy. Bennett 2243.

Africa. No. 7 (1888). Reports on Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa: 1887-88. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. November 1888. [C.-5578]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1888.

Folio. IV, 87, (1) pp. Sewn, with remains of former spine. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including reports of naval battles with dhows (often flying false French colours) between the east coast of Africa and Jeddah, as well as a report on British activity in the Arabian Gulf which halted the slave trade on the northern shore of the Peninsula: "the strict blockade which has been established on the Arabian coast during the past two seasons has to a great extent stopped the transport of cargoes of slaves in large numbers from Africa to the Arabian coast and the Persian Gulf" (p. 3). - A good copy. Not in Bennett, but cf. his no. 519, noting Parliamentary Paper C.-5575, possibly in error.

Africa. No. 8 (1903). Report on slavery and free labour in the British East Africa Protectorate. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. July 1903. [Cd. 1631]. London, printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1903.

Folio. 9, (1) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. A memorandum on slavery and labour in today's Kenya and Uganda. - Oxford library stamp on title-page. A very good copy.

Africa. No. 8A (1890). Translations of Protocols and General Act of the Slave Trade Conference held at Brussels, 1889-90; with annexed Declaration. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. August 1890. [C.-6049-I]. London, printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1890.

Folio. (2), 191, (1) pp. Sewn, with remains of former spine. English-language Protocols and General Act of the 1889/1890 Brussels Conference, at which the European colonial powers, Russia, Turkey, and Persia came together to counteract the slave trade in Africa. Note on the title-page: "The Annexes to the Protocols have not been translated: but the Originals will be found in 'Africa No. 8 (1890).'" - A good copy. Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Vol. I. Historical, Part II, Appendix R. Books of Reference. IV. Anonymous Official Works, 606 [p. 2733; under Slave Trade].

Africa. North Eastern Sheet. New York, 1859.

Hand-coloured engraved map. Interesting map of Northeast Africa, extending from Tripoli and Egypt to Mt. Kenya, Somalia, etc. and including all of Saudi Arabia. Nice detail in the interior, including Nubia, Sennar, Abyssinia, etc. Shows the Sahara and some details in the interior. Inset map showing the Nile region. Unusually detailed for the period. Decorative border. A terrific regional map, from Colton, one of the most prolific American mapmakers of the mid-19th Century. Not in Tibbets, Al Ankary or Al-Qasimi.

Africae accurata tabula. [Amsterdam], Nicolas Visscher, [ca. 1690?].

Afro-Arab Relations in the New World Order

1978 · 008543 — 1978. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: St. Martin's Press 1978 Good HB ISBN: 0-312-01063-X hardcover