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First published in Great Britain by
John Wiley & Sons Ltd 1976
(Reprinted 1977, 1978, 1980 & 1985)

Second edition published in Great Britain by
David Fulton Publishers 1988

©Peter Beaumont, Gerald Blake & J. Malcolm Wagstaff 1988

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Beaumont, Peter

The Middle East: a geographical study.--2nd ed.
1. Middle East--Description and travel
I. Title II. Blake, Gerald H. III. Wagstaff, J. Malcolm
915.6 DS49.7

ISBN 1-85346-093-1

Typeset by Chapterhouse, Formby

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Adlard & Son Ltd, Letchworth, Herts.

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