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The Gulf Collection
The Gulf Collection is housed in the Arab World Documentation Unit (AWDU), located on the ground floor of the Institute building. The personal papers are housed in the Special Collections section of the Old Library, a five minute walk from the Institute. Please direct your questions about the Gulf Collection to the AWDU Librarian, Ahmed Abu-Zayed
The AWDU is equipped with a computerized microform reader that allows readers to scan and save documents as Word or PDF files. There is no cost for this service.
General holdings
Personal papers
- Sir Charles Belgrave (1894-1969), Advisor to the Rulers of Bahrain, 1926-57.
- Sir William Luce (1907-77), British Governor of Aden, 1956-60; Political Resident in the Gulf, 1961-6; British Special Representative for Gulf Affairs (in charge of Britain's withdrawal from the Gulf), 1966-72.
Government of Bombay Diaries on the Gulf, 1778-1820
The Bombay Diaries are photocopies of the daily records of the British Government of Bombay (run by the East India Company) from the Bombay Archives in India. The 4,000 pages of extracts held in AWDU were selected for their relevance to the Gulf.
The Petroleum Collection
The Collection consists of publications from Gulf governments, oil companies, and NGOs (the Arab League, IEA, OPEC, OAPEC, UN, and so on), including annual reports and reviews, guides, statistics, market trends and prices, energy profiles, directories, and oil conference proceedings.
The Gulf Information Project
The Gulf Information Project documents humanitarian effects of the Iraq-Kuwait war. It includes press cuttings, reports, and documents.
Online aids (compiled by the AWDU)
- Writing on the Gulf region and Yemen:
- Publications
- News
- Gulf in the Media (Gulf Research Center, Dubai)
- Gulf States Newsletter (UK)
- Gulf Wire (Washington, DC)
- Agence Global (USA): 'Uncommon Commentary' on Iraq and Iran
- Middle East Media Research Institute (Washington, DC): negative analysis on the Gulf Arab States , Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran
- AME Info (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Middle East Economic Digest (London, UK)
- UAE Interact (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Emirates Economist
- Emirates Group Media Centre (Dubai, UAE)
- Gulf newspapers
- Societies, organizations, & centres concerned with the Gulf region and Yemen:
- Gulf region
- Gulf 2000, Columbia University (New York, USA)
- EuroGolfe (France)
- Gulf Research Center (Dubai, UAE)
- Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (UK & Bahrain)
- Center for Iran & Gulf Studies, University of Haifa (Israel)
- Centre for Gulf and Arabian Peninsular Studies (Kuwait)
- Persian Gulf Studies Programme, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (Norway)
- Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance, and Globalisation in the Gulf States, London School of Economics
- London Middle East Institute (UK)
- The Council for Arab-British Understanding (UK)
- The Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (UK)
- Middle East Institute (Washington, DC)
- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Centre, Middle East Institute (Washington, DC)
- Centre for West Asian and African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India)
- Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies Program, University of Virginia (USA)
- Institute of Gulf Affairs (Washington, DC)
- Arabian Peninsula
- Kuwait
- Bahrain
- Bahrain Society (UK)
- Bahrain-British Foundation (UK & Bahrain) no website
- Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (UK & Bahrain)
- Bahrain National Museum (Manama, Bahrain) no website
- Shaikh Ebrahim Center for Culture & Research (Muharraq, Bahrain) no website
- Bait Abdullah Al-Zayed (Muharraq, Bahrain) no website
- Bahrain Historical and Archaeological Society (Jufair, Bahrain) no website
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Gulf Folklore Center (Doha, Qatar) no website
- UAE
- Oman
- Iraq
- Iran
- Yemen
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