Bahrain
edited by Robin Lamb

10 1/4” x 11 1/2” • 300 pages • color photographs
ISBN 9781905299706 • hardback • $60.00

Publication delayed indefinitely

Bahrain has been known for generations as a symbol of sound administration, stability and advancement, and as a hub of internationalism and regional communications. Today it is a thriving, independent, forward-looking state: a constitutional monarchy which sets standards among its neighbors for democratic reform including female suffrage, and for respect for human rights, freedom of expression, and the independence of its judiciary.

From ancient times Bahrain was an entrepôt for trade between the major civilizations of the day, flourishing in the third and second millennia as a power in its own right, Dilmun, essential to the interplay of Mesopotamia with its fellow riverine cultures, westwards on the Nile and the Indus eastwards.

Its people converted to Islam within the lifetime of the Prophet, and Bahrain was to flourish anew as the centre of the global pearling trade down to the third decade of the 20th century.

This new work, Bahrain, is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated book on the island state and the latest in a series of highly successful Stacey International titles on individual countries across the Near and Middle East, and south and central Asia. The authoritative text and brilliant photography and maps cover the full gamut of information on Bahrain in a structured work of seven sections.

Robin Lamb, a recent British ambassador to Bahrain, and indeed son a former ambassador in the Gulf and diplomat in Bahrain itself, has a deep familiarity with the island and its people, He is currently head of business development for the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce and is a founding member of the Bahrain-British Business Council. For the present work he has drawn in contributions for several specialists on aspects of Bahrain.

Stacey International

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