4612 Saudi Arabia: Profile of a Kingdom. 148pp. £25.00 HB

2888 United Arab Emirates: The Spectrum Guide. Available in German and English. 364pp., 200 colour illus. £12.99 PB

4905 AGIUS, D. In the Wake of the Dhow The Arabian Gulf and Oman. NEW 252pp. Due Nov. '00. £35.00 HB

4989 AHRONI, R. Jewish Emigration from the Yemen 1951-1998. NEW [Throws light on why they were so reluctant to leave.] 288pp. Dec. '00. £40.00 HB

3411 ALLEN & RIGSBEE Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-96. 320pp. 1999. £39.50 HB

3617 AL-ASFOUR, T. Changing Sea-level along the North Coast of Kuwait. £75.00 HB

3615 AL-KHALIFA & RICE Bahrain Through the Ages: The History. £150.00 HB

3651 AL-SABAH, Y. Oil Economy of Kuwait. £45.00 HB

3638 AL-YAHYA, M. Kuwait. £55.00 HB

3380 AL RASHEED, M. Politics in an Arabian Oasis: The Rashidis of Saudi Arabia. 312pp. 1997. £14.95 PB

2904 AL-BADAWI, M. Historical Sites of Madina. A unique pictorial record of many of the lesser known historical sites of Madina. In English and Arabic. 1998. £16.00 PB

4144 AL-DEKHAYED, A. Kuwait: Oil State and Political Legitimation. 252pp. 1999. £35.00 HB

2090 AL-GHANEM, S. The Reign of Mubarak al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait 1896 - 1915. 272pp. 1998. £45.00 HB

3110 AL-HINAI Ceremonies and Celebrations of Oman. 300 colour photos. 252pp. 1999. £40.00 HB

4680 AL-RAWAS, I. Oman in Early Islamic History. 272pp. 1999. £35.00 HB

5473 AL-SABAH, M. Reflections of an Arab Prince: Taking Our Past into Our Future. NEW Autobiography of Prince Meshal Al-Sabah of Kuwait. 16 photos. Nov. '00. £25.00 HB

5183 AL-SHAMLAN, S. Pearling in the Arabian Gulf - A Kuwaiti Memoir. NEW Trans. by P. Clark. 18 photos. Sept. '00. £25.00 HB

2225 ALANGARI, H. The Struggle for Power in Arabia: Ibn Saud, Hussein and Great Britain 1914 - 1924. 234pp. 1997. £35.00 HB

4581 ALHINAI, A. Ceremonies and Celebrations of Oman. 240pp. 200 colour photos. 1999. £40.00 HB

3411 ALLEN & RIGSBEE Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-96. 320pp. 1999. £39.50 HB

2882 AMIN, M. Journey of a Lifetime: Pilgrimage of a Lifetime. 256pp., 220 illus. [Accompanying text has the approval of Al Azhar University.] 1999. £30.00 HB

2883 AMIN, M. The Beauty of Makkah and Madinah. 125 illus., 128pp. 1998. £7.95 PB

4619 ANDERSON, N. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (9th revised edition). Fully illustrated. 36 maps. 256pp. 1999. £35.00 HB

5026 ANSCOMBE, F. The Ottoman Gulf - The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, 1870-1914. 288pp. 1997. £32.00 HB £12.00 PB

2496 ARMSTRONG, H. Lord of Arabia: Ibn Saud: An Intimate Study of a King. 1998. £55.00 HB

3484 BALFOUR-PAUL End of Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Relinquishment of Power in her Last Three Arab Dependencies. 301pp. 1994. £16.95 PB

3250 BALLANTYNE, W. Register of Laws of the Arabian Gulf. 2 vols. 1999. £1317.00 HB

2150 BANG, A. The Idrisi State in Asir: Politics, Religion and Prestige in Arabia. 216pp. 1997. £25.00 PB

3941 BLUNT, A. Pilgrimage to Nejd. 1878 account by Lady Blunt of her 5 month journey. 608pp. £35.00 HB

5294 BRETON, J. Arabia Felix from the Time of the Queen of Sheba: Eighth Century to First Century B.C. NEW 248pp. Trans. by A. LeFarge. Feb. '00. £18.50 HB

3059 BURY, G. The Land of Uz. Description of Aden, originally published 1911. 392pp. 1998. £14.95 PB

2251 CARAPICO, S. Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia. 300pp. 1998. £35.00 HB

4858 CHUBIN & TRIPP Iran-Saudi Arabian Relations and Regional Order. 88pp. 1996. £13.99 PB

3502 CRYSTAL, J. Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. 256pp. 1995. £16.95 PB

4775 DAVIES, C. Global Interests in the Arab Gulf. 432pp. 1992. £45.00 HB

2339 DAVIS, C. The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation into Qasimi Piracy 1797 - 1820. 500pp. Illus. 1997. £40.00 HB

4624 DE CORANCEZ, L. The History of the Wahabis from their Origin until the End of 1809: The Founders of Saudi Arabia. 224pp. 1995. £25.00 HB

4480 DE MAIGRET, A. Arabia Feliz. NEW Archaeological study. 384pp. 72 illus. Sept. '00. £22.50 HB

5173 DONALDSON, W. Sharecropping in the Yemen: A Study in Islamic Theory, Custom and Pragmatism. NEW 288pp. March '00. £61.95 HB

4802 DRESCH, P. A History of Modern Yemen. NEW. 322pp. 23 half-tones. Due Dec. '00. £35.00 HB £12.95 PB

3772 DUTTON, R. Changing Rural Systems in Oman: the Khabura Project.[Discusses how oil-first exported in 1967-profoudly altered life for villagers.] 1999. £65.00 HB

4774 EHTESHAMI, A. From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game. 260pp. 1995. £20.00 PB

3049 EL-SOLH The Sultanate of Oman 1939-1945. NEW 352pp. 2000. £85.00 HB

2212 EL-SOLH, R. Oman and the South-Eastern Shore of Arabia. Archive Documents on the History of the Arab World. 344pp. 1997. £35.00 HB

3154 FANDY, M. Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent. 1998. £37.00 HB

2497 FEILD, R. & M. Reef Fishes of the Red Sea: A Guide to Identification. 500 colour photos. 1998. £25.00 HB

4376 FREEDMAN & KARSH The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order. 540pp. 14 illus. 1995. £19.95 PB

2552 FREITAG & CLARENCE-SMITH Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s to 1960s. 360pp. 8 maps. 1997. £86.95 HB

4903 FURTIG, H. Iran's Rivalry with Saudi Arabia between the Gulf Wars. NEW. 372pp. Due Nov. '00. £35.00 HB

4984 HANSMAN, J. Julfar: An Arabic Port. 114pp. 1985. £40.00 HB

2325 HAWLEY Courtesies in the Gulf. Revised ed. 1998. £9.95 PB

3916 HUNTER & SEALEY Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden. [Reprint of 1909 book listing 20 major tribes.] 368pp. £30.00 HB

4974 HURRIEZ, S. Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates. NEW 288pp. Dec. '00. £40.00 HB

5471 INGRAMS, L. Yemen Engraved: Foreign Travellers to the Yemen, 1495-1890. NEW 300 illus. Sept. '00. £95.00 HB

2520 INGRAMS, H. Arabia and the Isles. 41 photos. [Written in the 1930's when no Westerner had seen the Hadhramaut.] 375pp. 1998. £55.00 HB

5185 JARMAN, R. The Life of Sabah III, Amir of Kuwait 1965-1977. NEW Nov. '00. £25.00 HB

2002 JERICHOW, A. The Saudi File: People, Power and Politics. 260pp. 1998. £45.00 HB

4940 JERICHOW, A. Saudi Arabia: Outside Global Law and Order. 180pp. 1998. £35.00 HB £12.99 PB

3177 JONGBLOED, M. The Green Guide to the Emirates: An Environmentally Friendly Guide to Little-known Places of Beauty and Interest. 1999. £15.99 PB

3408 JOYCE, M. Kuwait, 1945-1996: An Anglo-American Perspective. 208pp. 1998. £35.00 HB £16.50 PB

3732 JOYCE, M. The Sultanate of Oman: A Twentieth Century History. 160pp. 1995. £37.50 HB

4674 KAPISZEWSKI, A. Nationals and Expatriates Population and Labour Dilemmas for the Gulf Cooperation Council States. NEW 372pp. July '00. £35.00 HB

4390 KARL, T. The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States. 380pp. 1997. £55.00 HB £22.00 PB

3739 KAZAN, F. Mass Media, Modernity, and Development: Arab States of the Gulf. 320pp., tables. 1993. £46.95 HB

2491 KHALAF & DISI Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. One of the remarkable repositories of biological diversity on the globe. 238pp. 392 colour photos. 1998. £55.00 PB

2237 KORANY, NOBLE & BRYNEN Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World. Vol. 2, Case Studies. 300pp. 1998. £41.95 HB £16.95 PB

2319 KOSTINER, J. Yemen: The Tortuous Road to Unity, 1990-94. 128pp. 1997. £25.00 HB £10.99 PB

3703 LONG, D. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 22 photos. 192pp. 1998. £29.95 HB £14.95 PB

3813 LONG, D. The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah. 1979. £23.00 HB

2083 LONG & KOCH Gulf Security in the Twenty-first Century. 384pp. 1997. £39.50 HB

4638 LONGVA,A. Walls Built on Sand: Migration, Exclusion, and Society in Kuwait. 266pp. 1999. £19.50 PB

3744 LOONEY, R. Manpower Policies and Development in the Persian Gulf Region. 216pp. 1994. £44.95 HB

3060 LORIMER, J. Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia. 2000pp. 19 vols. Bilingual Arabic/English ed. 2000pp. 1998. £3,000.00 HB

4907 MAHDI, K. Water in the Arabian Peninsula: Problems and Policies. NEW 252pp. Aug. '00. £35.00 HB

3051 MONROE, E. Philby of Arabia. 332pp. 1998. £14.95 PB

4796 MUNDAY & MUSALLAM The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East. NEW. 256pp. 22 figs. Sept.'00. £35.00 HB

32081 MUNDY, M. Domestic Government: Kinship, Community and Polity in North Yemen. 256pp. 1997. £14.95 PB

2274 NASR & NOMACHI Mecca: The Blessed, Medina: The Radiant. Essays by Seyyed Nasr and stunning photos by Nomachi. 1997. £35.00 HB

3158 NEWELL,C. Historical Dictionary of the Persian Gulf War. 1999. £61.75 HB

5070 OWTRAM, F. A Modern History of Oman: State Formation in Oman since 1920. NEW 224pp. Sept. '00. £35.00 HB

3930 RAZIK, S. A History of the Imams and Seyyids of Oman. Unique record, first published in 1856. 584pp. £35.00 HB

2234 PETERS, F. The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places. 26 half-tones, 430pp. New in PB. 1996. £18.95 PB

4362 PETERS, F. Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land. 504pp., 23 half-tones. 1994. £35.00 HB

3769 RIPHENBURG, C. Oman: Political Development in a Changing World. 264pp. 1998. £44.95 HB

2721 RISSO, P. Merchants and Faith: Muslim Commerce and Culture in the Indian Ocean. 168pp. 1995. £23.00 PB

2788 ROBERTSON, REID ET AL The Gulf: Future Security and British Policy. From the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. 64pp.1999. £20.00 HB

4155 RUSECKAS, GREGORY ET AL Caspian Energy Resources: Implications for the Arab Gulf. 352pp. 1999. £35.00 HB

4347 SERJEANT, R. Society and Trade in South Arabia. 17 studies in English, 1 in French. 364pp., 49 illus. 1996. £65.00 HB

4346 SERJEANT, R. Farmers and Fishermen in Arabia: Studies in customary law and practice. 11 studies. 288pp., 15 illus. 1995. £59.50 HB

4732 SHAW, K. Higher Education in the Gulf: Problems and Prospects. 240pp. 1997. £37.50 HB

4350 SMITH, G. Studies in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia. 20 studies. 326pp. 1997. £57.50 HB

2714 SMITH, R. Studies in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia. 19 studies. 326pp. 1997. £60.00 HB

4860 SMITH, S. Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah, and Oil. 320pp. 1997. £20.00 PB

3268 STANDISH, J. Persia and the Gulf: Retrospect and Prospect. 240pp. Illus. 1997. £30.00 HB £16.99 PB

3820 TEITELBAUM, J. The Rise and Fall of the Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia. NEW 288pp. Feb. '01. £35.00 HB

3764 TETREAULT, M. The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order. 248pp. 1995. £46.95 HB

5037 TETREAULT, M. Stories for Democracy: Politics and Society in contemporary Kuwait. NEW 326pp. 2000. £29.50 HB £11.50 PB

4645 THOMPSON, A. Origins of Arabia. NEW [Geological study from the the break-off from Gondwanaland.] 106pp., 129 colour illus. Dec. '99. £25.00 HB

2649 VARISCO & SMITH The Manuscript of Al-Malik al-Afdal al'Abbas b. 'Ali B. Da'ud Yusuf B. 'Umar b. 'Ali Ibn Rasul: A Medieval Arabic Anthology of many disciplines. Arabic text. 1998. £69.00 HB

2269 VASSILIEV, A. The History of Saudi Arabia (1745 - 1994). 584pp. 1997. £45.00 HB £19.95 PB

5470 WATTS & AL-NAFIE Vegetation and Biogeography of the Sand Seas of Soudi Arabia. NEW 40 illus. Oct. '00. £95.00 HB

3108 WOLFE, M., ED. One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travellers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage. 620pp. 1997. £15.50 PB

2505 WHEATCROFT, A. Arabia and the Gulf in Original Photographs. £65.00 HB

3643 WHEATCROFT, A. Life and times of Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa. English and Arabic versions available. £65.00 HB

2301 YAMANI, H. To Be A Saudi. 1997. £14.99 HB

3706 YIZRAELI, S. The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle Between King Sa'ud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962. 219pp. 1998. £10.95 PB

3046 ZAHLAN, R. The Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. 300pp. 1998. £12.95 PB