This volume includes primary and secondary<br />sources from documents obtained by the<br />Center from the National Archives in India<br />which is the largest archival repository in<br />Southeast Asia and is complementary to the<br />documentary collections kept in the British<br />Archives in London.<br />Through a multitude of public records<br />and private papers covering the period of<br />time from 1748, as well as a number of<br />manuscripts and decrees issued by the<br />sultans of the states of the Islamic East,<br />and in addition to maps, pictures and other<br />historical vessels, this book constitutes<br />an important source for researchers and<br />scholars in the history of Qatar, the Gulf,<br />the Arabian Peninsula, the countries of the<br />Middle East.<br />It is an essential volume with great scientific<br />and historical benefit to researchers,<br />scholars, historians, and those interested in<br />the history of Qatar and the region.