Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Volume 3; Volume 6

ancient appears Arabian Gulf Arabs archaeological Bahrain Beeston built centres century Civilization coast coastal culture described Dilmun direct Duarte Barbosa early east Eastern evidence Excavations existence fact further given hand Herat Hurmuz important India indicates Indus Indus seals inscriptions Iran Islamic islands King Kish land late letters Lihyanite London Magan major maritime mentioned Mesopotamia millennium mountains occurs Oman origin Oxford perhaps period Persian Philby port Portuguese pre-Islamic present probably Professor records refer region river route rule Sasanid script seals seems Seminar settlements ships shows side sources South Arabian Southern square stamp seals stone suggest Sumer survey Tepe term territory trade trans translation travelled Uman Valley villages villes Wall