The Representation of the Arabian Peninsula Before the Establishment of the Gulf States: The Contemporary Areas of Oman,, United Arab Emirates,, Saudi Arabia,, and Bahrainn in a Diachronic Study of Ethnonyms and Toponyms in Historical Arabic and English Sources

Abstract

The representation and tradition of the Arabian Peninsula in historical writings across cultures and languages is here investigated in the cases of the contemporary territories of Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain in a historical diachronic linguistic study, which examines the usage of ethnonyms and toponyms of the area in Arabic and western sources.