1949 Gulf Cooperation Council Region Tribal Map

Description:

This vector layer represents the tribal boundaries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region of the Middle East based on a map found in a H.R.P. Dickson's 1949 book, The Arab of the Desert. Dickson was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s, and author of several books on Kuwait. The map was recreated in 2018 by NYU Abu Dhabi student for a course project.

Creator:

Maitha Salem AlMemari and H.R.P. Dickson

Publisher:

Provider:

NYU

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Boundaries, Tribal government--Arab countries--History, Historical map, and Families

Temporal Coverage:

1949

Date Issued:

9/17/2018

Spatial Coverage:

Middle East

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile

More details at:

http://hdl.handle.net/2451/43452