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On the first page of this site I wrote that there are likely to be continual changes as these notes are added to and the pages develop over time. Looking at other sites I’ve found I have a problem discovering what has changed since my last visit so, in an attempt to track what I’ve changed myself, I’ll make a determined attempt to keep this up to date by using this page to record each change.

However, although each reference will take you to the actual comment, when there is more than one change on a single page you will be taken only to that page and will then have to look down for the amendment or addition.

The latest additions and amendments to any of the pages will be marked by a pale background – as in this paragraph. I hope this will be sufficient to mark changes and be relatively easily seen.

Date


Reference

Description

2014.12.28 Greeting cards An illustrated note has been added on the end-of-year cards for 2014.
2014.12.26 Glossary A few words have been added to the glossary and some transliterations amended.
2014.12.24 History of the peninsula
Glossary
A sketch map and accompanying note have been added relating to the Hawar Islands, and a number of words have been added to the glossary.
2014.12.21 References A number of papers have been added to the references page.
2014.12.17 Updates Home page graphic of a draftsman amended with the addition of a second cat.
2014.12.14 Greeting cards A note on the greeting cards produced for the end of the year has been made.
2014.12.11 Old photographs of Qatar 01 Additions and amendments have been made to a note on Zubara.
2014.12.08 Cassini references
Giacomo Filippo Maraldi
A reference has been added to the Cassini section of the site and a note amended on the first of the Maraldi family.
2014.12.06 The Babaud and Masson families A note on the Marquise de Cassini has been added to and a diagram updated.
2014.12.02 Gulf architecture 02
Gulf architecture 04
Glossary
Two illustrations with accompanying notes have been added relating to the old development at Umm Salal Muhammad and Doha’s old wind tower. A spelling mistake has been corrected.
2014.12.01 Population The population statistics have been brought up to date with the addition of the figures for November 2014.
2014.11.27 History of the peninsula
Glossary
The note on Lorimer’s record of the inhabitants of the peninsula has been expanded and a number of glossary items revised.
2014.11.23 History of the peninsula
Glossary
Geography
A note has been added on the ‘Zubara incident’ and tribal and State relationships. Two words have been added to the glossary and the coordinates of two locations added on the geography page.
2014.11.21 The State’s administration
Society 04
The list of the 1972 Council of Ministers has been completed and a note added on pearling in the region.
2014.11.19 Glossary A number of additions have been made to the glossary, mostly to do with pearling.
2014.11.17 The household on its lot A note has been started on the psychological characteristics of life in a courtyard house.
2014.11.10 Islamic geometry 02 A note on the development of a pattern based on twelve-point geometry has had text and a diagram added.
2014.11.06 References The title of a book has been added to the references.
2014.11.03 Population
Gulf architecture 01
Month on month percentage changes have been added to the population statistics and two aerial plans of the Pearl development in June 2004 and July 2014 added.
2014.11.02 Population The population statistics for October 2014 have been added.
2014.11.01 History of the Peninsula An illustration of an 1830 map of the Gulf has been added along with commentary.
2014.10.29 Islamic geometry 02 A note with accompanying illustrations has been added on a basis for twelve-point geometrical patterns.
2014.10.26 History of the peninsula A note has been revised and illustrations added on early developments at Doha and al-Bida.
2014.10.19 Islamic geometry 02 A note has been added illustrating further relationships between rosettes.
2014.10.15 Islamic geometry 02 A note on alternative ways of producing rosettes has been added together with an illustrative graphic.
2014.10.12 Islamic geometry 01 A note has been added on the geometry used to create an embroidered work.
2014.10.08 Islamic urban design 01 Illustrated notes have been written on the design of two masaajid in Doha.
2014.10.07 Islamic geometry 01 An illustrated study of a Western rose window has been added to one of the Islamic geometry pages.
2014.10.03 Society 03 Illustrated notes have been added on women’s dress.
2014.10.02 Traditional boats An illustration of a lateen sail with accompanying note has been added.
2014.10.01 Islamic urban design 01
Population
A note has been made on a simply designed manara, and the population statistics for the month of September have been added.
2014.09.28 Geometry 03 An illustrated note has been added on the setting out of an Islamic pattern.
2014.09.23 Islamic urban design 02
Islamic urban design 05
Illustrated notes have been added on schematic residential and commercial projects.
2014.09.20 Society 02 A note on the hawdaj has been augmented and a photograph added.
2014.09.14 Gulf architecture 02
Gulf architecture 04
Two isometric drawings of residential developments in Wakra and Doha have been added with accompanying notes.
2014.09.12 Islamic geometry 03
References – addendum
An illustrated note has been added on the geometry underlying a piece of inlaid decoration, and a note on wudhuw’ updated.
2014.09.10 Gulf architecture 06 A number of photographs with accompanying notes have been added on badu weaving.
2014.09.06 Population The population statistics for August have been added.
2014.09.05 Islamic urban design 03
Traditional boat types
Notes on the old HSBC building and the traditional shuw’i have been added.
2014.09.01 Gulf architecture 07
Planning 01
Notes on the old masjid in the suq, and the original Qatar University have been added.
2014.08.27 History of the peninsula A note has been added on French and British conflict with the Ottomans.
2014.08.23 Society 01
Society 03
Infrastructure development
Brief notes have been added as an introduction to discussion on the family and on black magic, and a photograph added of Hamad International Airport.
2014.08.20 Arabic geometry 02 An illustrated note on four point geometrical patterns has been added.
2014.08.18 History of the peninsula
Society 01
References
More detail has been provided to a map and a formatting error corrected on the history page, two references have been added as well as a number of small notes relating to the operation of society.
2014.08.10 Bullecourt – introduction
Pressures for change
References
A note on Harry Leonard John Cassini has been updated; a note has been added on some of the pressures on Qatari society together with a reference.
2014.08.05 Population
References
The population statistics have been updated with the addition of the figures for July 2014, and a reference has been added.
2014.08.04 History of the peninsula
References
A note has been written on the Ottomans and two references added.
2014.08.02 Bullecourt – Introduction Photographs with accompanying notes have been added on the WW1 battles at Bullecourt.
2014.07.25 Gulf architecture 02 An illustration of the plan of al-Murwab has been added and related notes amended.
2014.07.18 Gulf architecture 02
References
Links
A reference has been added, links added and amended, and a note written about development at al-Murwab.
2014.07.15 Gulf architecture 07
History of the peninsula
A note discussing another old masjid at al-Dhakhira has been added and an addition made to one of the maps.
2014.07.14 Gulf architecture 07 An illustrated note on a masjid at Wakra has been added.
2014.07.13 Gulf architecture 01
Glossary
A little more has been written about the relationships between elements of the Qatari house, and a word has been added to the vocabulary.
2014.07.10 Gulf architecture 01 The diagram and associated text have been amended.
2014.07.01 Population The population statistics have been updated with the addition of the figures for June 2014.
2014.06.27 Arabic / Islamic geometry 03
Arabic / Islamic geometry 02
Two animated constructions and associated illustrations have been added to two of the geometry pages.
2014.06.23 Old photographs of Qatar 01 Two photographs of old structures with accompanying comment have been added.
2014.06.18 Islamic urban design 02 A note has been written on the introduction of modern styles of architectural design in Qatar.
2014.06.12 Islamic urban design 02
Islamic urban design 01
An illustrated note on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the al-Qubib masjid have been added.
2014.06.10 Old Qatar 02 An old photograph has been added illustrating something of the character of suburban Doha of the 1960s.
2014.06.09 Old Qatar 01
Gulf architecture 07
Old photographs have been added illustrating the low scale of development in a derelict area of Doha, together with a recent photograph of an abandoned mosque.
2014.06.07 Old Qatar 02 An old photograph has been added showing a development immediately adjacent to the shoreline of Doha.
2014.06.06 Old Qatar 02 Two photographs illustrating traditional arrangements of old buildings in the suq have been added.
2014.06.04 Old Qatar 01
References
An enlargement of part of a 1952 aerial photograph of the compound of Sheikh Abdullah, west of the suq, has been added, together with a reference.
2014.06.02 Design studies Drawings for the Amsterdam Town Hall competition have been added.
2014.06.01 Population The population statistics have been updated with the inclusion of the figures for May 2014.
2014.05.31 Arabic / Islamic gardens
Planning in Qatar 01
Old Qatar 01
An illustrated note has been added relating to the demolition of areas of planting, and a new paragraph begun on planting policies. Dating amendments have been made on one of the pages looking at old Qatar together with the addition of three old photographs.
2014.05.28 Graphic studies A rough study for an ‘Eid mubarak’ greeting has been added to similar studies.
2014.05.27 Society 02
Infrastructure development
Glossary
An illustrated note has been added relating to the safe movement of animals, together with a word to the vocabulary.
2014.05.24 Islamic geometry 02 A construction has been added, illustrating how to trisect the side of a hexagon.
2014.05.21 Islamic geometry 03 An illustration has been added to the note on five-point geometry in plants.
2014.05.19 Islamic geometry 02
Glossary
The construction for a panel based on five and ten-pointed stars has been added together with additional glossary items.
2014.05.14 Pressures for change
References
Islamic gardens
A note on the manner in which pressures are seen to be demonstrated has been added together with four references and a correction to the name for the date palm.
2014.05.09 Population The population statistics have been updated with the inclusion of the figures for April 2014.
2014.05.08 Islamic geometry 01 The construction for a fan-shaped tile pattern has been added.
2014.05.06 Islamic urban design 03 An illustrated note has been added relating to the development of architectural vocabulary in the peninsula.
2014.04.29 Gulf architecture 02 A number of photographs with commentary have been added on the developments at al-Zubara and al-Freiha.
2014.04.27 Islamic geometry 01 A note has been written on a non-Islamic pattern and illustrations added to the note on cursive designs.
2014.04.18 Society 01
Glossary
A note on observation has been slightly expanded and some words added to the glossary.
2014.04.12 Gulf architecture 02
History of the peninsula
References
A note on the development of Zubara has been added on one of the Gulf architecture pages and the history page together with a reference.
2014.04.08 Society 01
Glossary
A number of photographs have been added to a page looking at the tambura, and commentary amended and added together with words to the glossary.
2014.04.06 References
Population
History of the peninsula
A note has been made on issues derived from labour statistics, a reference added together with comments on the history of the peninsula.
2014.04.04 Society 01 Notes and photographs have been added relating to religion and the annual hajj.
2014.04.01 Population
Perception
The population statistics have been updated with the inclusion of the figures for March, and a note added on Arab manuscript.
2014.03.27 Gulf architecture 04
Design elements
Photographs with accompanying notes have been added on the early provision of utilities to properties and bathrooms.
2014.03.23 Gulf architecture 02 A sketch has been added to the note on the traditional use of roofs.
2014.03.22 Gulf architecture 02 An illustrated note has been made on the use of roofs in traditional buildings. The Approach pages have been brought up to date.
2014.03.20 History of the peninsula
Society 04
An illustration of petroglyphs has been added with a note together with additional commentary on expatriates.
2014.03.18 Geography A note with photographs has been added on domesticated animals and subjects related to geography.
2014.03.16 Geography A number of illustrations have been added to the geography page, with accompanying notes.
2014.03.13 Greeting cards
Islamic geometry 02
A note has been written in the graphics section of the site which relates to the construction of a folded envelope, and which has relevance to the Islamic geometry section of the site.
2014.03.05 Population
Society 02
The population statistics for February 2014 and notes on rallying and recreation have been added.
2014.02.19 Links to other sites A lost link has been deleted and three others added relating to the layout of Arabic typewriters.
2014.02.15 Society 02 Notes and photographs have been added on desert activities.
2014.02.13 Society 02 Notes and a number of photographs of horses and camels have been added.
2014.02.09 Gulf architecture 01 A number of photographs with associated commentary have been added relating to the design of entrances.
2014.02.06 Gulf architecture 01
Design studies
Photographs and commentary have been added on access to properties and decoration. An illustration has been added on an old student project.
2014.02.02 Population
Gulf architecture 01
References
The population statistics for January 2014 have been updated, a photograph of the central area has been added together with a reference.
2014.01.31 Gulf architecture 01 A number of maps and photographs have been added and associated commentary expanded relating to the development of the central area of Doha.
2014.01.29 Geography A map and photograph have been added with commentary on the location of gas and oil.
2014.01.25 Geography Fifteen illustrations with associated comment have been added on the page looking at some aspects of the geography of Qatar.
2014.01.23 Gulf architecture 02
References
A note has been written on the traditional baraha, together with the addition of two photographs, and a reference on historical events in the region has been added.
2014.01.21 Gulf architecture 02 An illustrated note has been written on simple structures with battered walls.
2014.01.19 Infrastructure development A number of photographs with descriptive comment have been added on the development of roundabouts in and around Doha.
2014.01.15 Society 05
Islamic urban design 03
Islamic urban design 04
Comments have been amended and added on the designers of the Gulf Hotel and Municipality building, and of the Clock Tower. A new page has been added.
2014.01.11 Gulf architecture 07 An illustrated note on temporary masaajid has been added.
2014.01.10 Gulf architecture 07 An old photograph of a masjid in Doha has been added, with commentary.
2014.01.09 Society 01 A number of photographs have been added relating to the traditional razeef, and the accompanying notes have been expanded.
2014.01.07 Old Qatar 02
Society 03
Photographs with accompanying notes have been written on the old centre of Doha and the batula.
2014.01.06 Islamic urban design 03
References
Photographs of the RasGas, Qatar Monetary Agency and Citibank buildings have been added with commentary. A reference has also been added.
2014.01.04 Infrastructure development
Islamic urban design 03
A note on the development of drainage in Doha has been slightly expanded, and a note and photograph added on the demolition of the Civil Defence building at Rumaillah.
2014.01.02 Population
Reference – addendum
The population figures for December 2013 have been added along with three photographs on one of the reference pages.
2014.01.01 Updates 2014
References
The site has been updated to reflect the new year and a reference has been added.

 

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