Qatar Digital Library: a new resource for the study of the Gulf Region history

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|October 23, 2014|Archival collections, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

The Qatar Digital Library (QDL) is making a vast archive featuring the cultural and  historical heritage of the Gulf and wider region freely available online for the first time. It includes archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and much more, complete with contextualised explanatory notes and links, in both English and Arabic. This archive is bound to transform the study of Gulf history, improving understanding of the Islamic world, Arabic

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