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| Source: Qatar Digital Library website. |
The aim is to transform the study of Gulf history, improve understanding of the Islamic world, Arabic cultural heritage and the modern history of the Gulf, states the website.
The QDL includes rich media including digital versions of archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs complete with contextualised explanatory notes and links in both English and Arabic.
Half a million images are expected to be available on the QDL by end-2014. Current highlights include:
Half a million images are expected to be available on the QDL by end-2014. Current highlights include:
- India Office Records that span the period 1763–1951, comprising files from the Bushire Political Residency Records and the Bahrain Agency Records
- J. G. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1908, 1915), a classic introduction to the history of the Gulf
- Five hundred maps, charts and plans of the Persian Gulf and the wider region
- The Private Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf between 1862 and 1872
- Arabic Scientific Manuscripts from the British Library’s Manuscripts Collections, covering topics such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy and engineering
- A selection of photographs, postcards and other printed objects as well as sketches, drawings and watercolours; etchings, engravings and illustrations
- A selection of audio collection materials including 200 shellac discs recorded in Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq between 1920 and 1940
Explore the QDL by curated topics here.