Figures
1 [Author unknown], âMap of Hasa, Saudi Arabiaâ (detail) 1939[?], India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2115, British Library, Qatar Digital Library 36
2 Detail from a map of Hofuf: Arabian American Oil Company, [untitled], 1961[?], Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress 47
3 Qatif town. Detail from a map of the Qatif oasis: Arabian American Oil Company, Exploration Department, âQatif Oasis, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,â 1972, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress 48
4 Date garden in Qatif in 2013, Claudia Ghrawi 51
5 Detail from a map of the Qatif oasis centering on Ê¿Awwamiyya and the Ramis: Arabian American Oil Company, Exploration Department, âQatif Oasis, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,â 1972, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress 58
6 Ruins of the Qalʿat al-Qatif in 2013, Claudia Ghrawi 73
7 Detail from a map of the Dhahran area: Arabian American Oil Company, Exploration Department, âDhahran Area, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia,â 1975, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress 85
8 Harold Corsini, Markets next to mosque, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1947, Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, ULPA SONJ_57820, University of Louisville Photographic Archives â Archives & Special Collections, University of Louisville, https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_sonj_57820?locale=en 96
9 Old oil workersâ dormitories (former general camp) on the campus of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran in 2013, Claudia Ghrawi 97
10 The emir of al-Ahsaʾ, SaÊ¿ud b. Jiluwi (center), during a visit of the US Commander Middle East Force and US Consulate in Hofuf in April 1951: âPhotographs, 1950â51,â US Consulate, Dhahran, 1951, Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Saudi Arabia, 1944â1949, RG 84, National Archives and Research Association, Maryland 116
11 Members of the US Commander Middle East Force and US Consulate staff pose with the Saudi Head Executioner (center) during an official visit to Hofuf in April 1951: âPhotographs, 1950â51,â US Consulate, Dhahran, 1951, Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Saudi Arabia, 1944â1949, RG 84, National Archives and Research Association, Maryland 121
12 Harold Corsini, Arabian workers being transported, Raʾs TannuÌrah, Saudi Arabia, 1947, Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, ULPA SONJ_58693, University of Louisville Photographic Archives â Archives & Special Collections, University of Louisville, https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_sonj_58693?locale=en 126
13 Harold Corsini, Applicant being interviewed, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1947, Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, ULPA SONJ_57882, University of Louisville Photographic Archives â Archives & Special Collections, University of Louisville, https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_sonj_57882?locale=en 131
14 Harold Corsini, Arabian workers on payday, Raʾs TannuÌrah, Saudi Arabia, 1947, Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, ULPA SONJ_58708, University of Louisville Photographic Archives â Archives & Special Collections, University of Louisville, https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_sonj_58708?locale=en 133
15 Coffee shop in Kuwait in 1918: [Author unknown], âKoweit: Coffee Shop,â 1918, India Office Records and Private Papers, Photo 496/6/36, British Library, Qatar Digital Library 176
16 Last remains of the Qalʿat al-Qatif (2013), Claudia Ghrawi 213
17 The Ramis in 2013, Claudia Ghrawi 215
Tables
1 Overview of population growth for selected towns and areas in the emergent oil conurbation 220