This book is a collection of the notes of S.B. Miles, longtime British official in the Persian Gulf, and covers pre-Islamic history, pointing out that the inhabitants were masters of maritime commerce where trade included slaves, spices, gold, precious stones, and textiles from Asia and Africa.

Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles

Volume 2, The Albu Saeedi Dynasty, History of the Commerce of the Persian Gulf, Description of the Country and the Pearl Fisheries, Tribes of the Persian Gulf; Arabia, Estern and South-Eastern and the Kooria Mooria Islands; History and Geography of Dhofar.