Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
- ISBN-10
- 1859640559
- ISBN-13
- 9781859640555
- Series
- Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
- Category
- Persian Gulf Region
- Language
- Arabic
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- John Gordon Lorimer
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