Books & References

Available in multiple digital formats.

Available in multiple digital formats. Complete Hajj narrative, 1853.

Available digitally. 2 volumes. Najd Bedouin ethnography.

Available digitally. Second volume.

Available digitally. Early Wahhabi movement documentation.

Available digitally. Rwala Bedouin ethnography. Multiple volumes available.

Available digitally. Bedouin Arabic dialects, oral poetry.

Available digitally. Kuwait British Political Agent 30+ years experience.

Available digitally. FIRST European to cross Empty Quarter 1931.

Available digitally. Bahrain archaeology, 100,000+ burial mounds.

History and civilizations of Al-Aflaj region, south of Riyadh — covering Islamic and pre-Islamic periods. First edition 1992. Foreword by Sheikh Hamad al-Jasser. 277 pages.

Available digitally. 5 volumes PDF. Comprehensive modern Gulf history Arabic.

Available online. 14 volumes Arabic translation. Historical + Geographical sections.

Purchase or library. DEFINITIVE UAE history. Updated 2005 edition.

Library access. Ancient Dilmun to modern comprehensive.

Updated 2017 edition. Pearl diving to LNG development.

2009 analysis Sultan Qaboos era.

2015 publication. 18th century to present.

2000. Leading Yemen scholar. Ottoman to present.

Library access. 5000 BCE - 300 CE comprehensive.

University subscription required. scholarly Arabian Peninsula entries.

Available online. British Library digitized. 6 volumes historical + geographical.

Classical Arabic. Foundational chronicle of the first Saudi state and Wahhabi movement.

Saudi (Najd) · d. 1810 · First chronicler of the Saudi-Wahhabi alliance

Saudi (Najd) · 1795–1873 · Definitive chronicle of Najd

Saudi (Najd) · 1854–1924 · Key transitional period source

Saudi (Najd) · 18th century · Earliest Najdi annalist; cited by Ibn Ghannam & Ibn Bishr

Yemeni · 893–945 CE · Foundational reference for Peninsula geography

Bahraini · 1868–1951 · One of earliest Gulf-authored comprehensive histories

Omani · 19th century · Classic Omani chronicle

Omani · 1869–1914 · Major Ibadi scholar; comprehensive Omani history

Saudi · 1910–2000 · "Hamdani of the Peninsula"; founded Al-Arab journal

Saudi · 1920–2011 · Encyclopedic author; fieldwork-based geography

Saudi · 1936–2016 · PhD Edinburgh; King Faisal Prize Sec. General

Saudi · 1928–2016 · Born in Diriyya; key reference for Saudi national history

Saudi/Kuwaiti · 1898–1954 · "Poet of the Gulf"; combined poetry & history

Saudi/Syrian · 1893–1976 · Al-A'lam is a standard Arab biographical reference

Saudi · 1935–2020s · Pioneer of Saudi archaeology; excavated Qaryat al-Faw

Saudi · 1930–2023 · Prolific; over 100 books on Peninsula heritage

Saudi · Contemporary · Professor at Imam University; supervised many theses

Saudi · Contemporary · Specialist in Ottoman sources on SW Peninsula

Saudi · Contemporary · Key academic contributor to Najdi source criticism

Saudi/Omani · Contemporary · Assoc. Prof. at Univ. of Virginia

Kuwaiti · 1887–1938 · First book on Kuwait history (1926); pioneer historian

Kuwaiti · 1924–1988 · Among first Arab PhDs on Gulf history

Kuwaiti · 1926–2010 · Documented last generation of Gulf pearling

Kuwaiti · 1919–1995 · Historian & journalist; first Kuwaiti satirical magazine

Kuwaiti · Contemporary · Traces Kuwait 1716 to present

Bahraini · 19th–20th c. · Early Bahraini chronicler of ruling family

Bahraini/Kuwaiti · b. 1942 · Key thinker on Gulf modernization; editor of Al-Arabi

Qatari · Contemporary · Among first Arab PhDs on Gulf; reform advocate

Qatari · Contemporary · Historical fiction; Gulf under Portuguese & Ottoman rule

Qatari · Contemporary · Based on British docs & India Office Records

Emirati · Contemporary · Comprehensive history from 600 CE to modern state

Omani · Contemporary · Oman's foreign policy through historical lens

Omani · Contemporary · Specialist in early modern Omani political history

Yemeni · 1920–2008 · Major 20th-century Yemeni historian

Pioneering overview of folk and traditional music, dance and rituals of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. The only comprehensive scholarly work of its kind — fieldwork-based, 19 chapters, 200+ images, audio recordings, glossary of 400+ terms.