The Origins of Kuwait / B.J. Slot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slot, B.J., author.

Series:

Middle East and Islamic Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Middle East and Islamic Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kuwait--History--Maps.  .

Kuwait.

Kuwait--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p. ) ill. (some col.) ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physical size. The country had already played a role in history before, however. Local sources take that history back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The present book takes the history of Kuwait still further back using European sources. It includes analyses and comparisons of indications on maps from the sixteenth century onwards and of references to the Kuwait area in documents produced by officials of the Dutch East India Company-the principal Western political and economic power in the Gulf during most of early modern times-, in British documents and in early travel accounts. The book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the political position of Kuwait in history vis-à-vis its neighbours, especially the Ottoman authorities in Basra.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / B. J. Slot

Introduction / B. J. Slot

Part I Ilha de Aguada / B. J. Slot

Part 2 Kazima / B. J. Slot

Part 3 Aguada Becomes Faylaka / B. J. Slot

Part 4 Grain and the Utub / B. J. Slot

Part 5 Kuwait / B. J. Slot

Part 6 The Last Steps towards Modern Cartography / B. J. Slot

Conclusion / B. J. Slot

Bibliography / B. J. Slot.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-66153-0

0-585-23904-5

OCLC:

45730367

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004661530 DOI