A readable history of the Persian/Arabian Gulf, going back to the Greek and Roman period, through to the arrival of the various European maritime powers and going up to the 1920s. Covers specific topics in detail including the slave trade, piracy, the role of the British Empire, and the rise of local administrations. The author was a British administrator and soldier based in the Indian Empire. Second edition, published in 1954 by George Allen and Unwin in London. First published in 1928. With a portrait of the author and a large colour folding map of the region. Hardback, bound in blue cloth.  327 pages.