Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
I don't read this, but it might interest others:

S. B. Miles, "The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf. Two volumes in one"
Publisher: Harrison and SONS | 1919 | ASIN B000WQ67LI | PDF | 283, 394 pages | 22.3 MB
I believe it was Anwar Sadat who described the countries of the Arabian Peninsula as "Tribes with Flags."