4to. 643 pp., half-title, 8 b/w plates, cloth, with a new introduction by J.B. Kelly, index, small mark on margin of page 186, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, London, second edition, 1966.

Synopsis

The author’s first appointment in Arabia was as Resident at Aden in 1867; he was later made Agent and Consul at Muscat before being promoted Consul General, first at Baghdad then at Zanzibar. This work was published posthumously by his widow from a remarkable archive of notes, “many of which were jotted down on odd bits of paper as he [Miles] rode through the desert on his camel”. The book remains an authority on Omani history and provides a storehouse of knowledge for any reader interested in the Arabian Gulf.