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                                  Arabian Peninsula Background Notes 
                                 This series of background notes is intended to provide information on various events, developments, and personalities in the
                                    recent history and politics of the Arabian Peninsula. The material they contain is derived from secondary publications and
                                    unpublished matter, archival sources, and the author's personal observations and interviews. They lay no claim to being comprehensive
                                    or fully accurate. Although considerable effort has been made to assure the reliability of the information they contain, their
                                    accuracy is limited to the information contained in the sources listed in the note. It is anticipated that new APBNs will
                                    be issued on a continuing but irregular basis, as the author's time allows. The contents of these notes may be freely quoted
                                    and cited provided both the author and source are given.
  
                                  
                                 APBN-001.  Oman:  al-Ghafiriyah and al-Hinawiyah Tribal Confederations (September 2003). 
                                 
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                                 APBN-002.  Bahrain:  The 1994-1999 Uprising (January 2004). 
                                 
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                                 APBN-003.  Saudi Arabia:  Internal Security Incidents Since 1979 (January 2004; updated to 31 December 2007). 
                                 
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                                 APBN-004.  Oman:  The 1966 Assassination Attempt on Sultan Sa`id b. Taymur (August 2004). 
                                 
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                                 APBN-005.  The Shi`ah Dimension in Gulf Politics (July 2007) 
                                 
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                                 APBN-006. The al-Huthi Conflict in Yemen (August 2008)  
                                 
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                                 APBN-007.  Tribes
                                    and Politics in Yemen (December 2008)   
                                  
                                 
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                                 APBN-008.  Political Activism Among Shi'ah in Kuwait (July
                                    2009)   
                                  
                                 
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                                 APBN-009.  British Counter-Insurgency Campaigns and Implications
                                    for Iraq (August 2009)  
                                  
                                 
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                                 APBN-010.  Onassis and
                                    the SATCO Affair of 1954 (November 2012)  
                                  
                                 
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                                 APBN-011.  Some Thoughts on Rebuilding Yemen (April 2020) 
                                 
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                                 APBN-012. The Saudi-Yemeni War of 1934 Through British Official Sources (June 2022)  
                                 
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                                 Bibliographies 
                                 Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula.  (Updated September 2014)  
                                 
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                                 Bibliography of Saudi Arabia (2020).  
                                 
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                                 Chronologies 
                                 Chronology of Saudi Arabia. 
                                 
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