4to. 357 pp., of English and Portuguese text, 193 pp., of Arabic text, illustrated in 56 facsimile leaves (113 pp) of the 16th century manuscript, introduction by the editor Sultan Bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, Hard Back binding, copy in mint condition, new, Published as a Joint Collaboration between Science and Arts Institute, Dr Sultan A Qasimi Centre of Gulf Studies, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and College of History and Geography Academia des Ciencas de Lisboa, Portugal, 2017.

Synopsis

Contains an introduction by the editor, preface by António Dias Farinha, translation of the manuscript text in English by Prof. Filipe Folque de Mendosa, transcription of the manuscript in Portuguese, by Prof. Maria de Carmo Jasmins Dias Farinha, Facsimile of the manuscript and translation into Arabic in the final pagination.
An important and careful edition that disseminates to all interested parties, in three world-wide languages, a 16th century text very rich in information about the Portuguese discoveries, with the first descriptions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (Sharjah 1939-) ruler, politician, historian and writer of the United Arab Emirates is the current ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah since 1972 and a member of the Supreme Federal Council of the United Arab Emirates. He studied at the University of Cairo and later at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several works, including: The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf (1986), The British Occupation of Aden (1990), The Fragmentation of the Omani Empire (1989) and the recent autobiographical book, My Early Life (2009), with English translation in 2011.