Amendments and additions – most recent first

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
2018.12.31	Planning in Qatar 01	Notes on the beginning of planning in Qatar have been slightly revised and an image added.
2018.12.24	Public housing	An existing note on public housing has been updated.
2018.12.15	Germany 1965	Descriptions for some of the photographs on the Germany 1965 pages have been amended.
2018.12.09	Greeting cards	A note on the greeting cards for the end of 2018 has been added.
2018.12.05	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note has been added illustrating the setting out of a plate design based on eleven-point geometry.
2018.12.02	Population	The population statistics for November 2018 have been added.
2018.11.29	Germany 1965 Site map	Fifty photographs, taken in south Germany in 1965, have been added to the photography section, and the site map updated.
2018.11.20	Arabic / Islamic gardens	Revisions have been made to the text relating to introversion in gardens.
2018.11.12	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	A note has been added referring to studies in tricursive geometry by others.
2018.11.07	Iran	Information has been added to a number of the photographs of Iran.
2018.11.03	Population	The population statistics for October 2018 have been added.
2018.10.27	Greeting cards	Examples of some of the rough 2018/19 greeting cards have been added.
2018.10.21	History of the peninsula	An illustrated note has been added on the land border of the peninsula with its hinterland.
2018.10.15	Old photographs of Qatar 01 Old photographs of Qatar 02	Illustrated notes have been added on two of the early airports in Qatar, at Umm Said and Dukhan.
2018.10.01	Population	The population statistics for September 2018 have been added.
2018.08.15	The Babaud and Masson families	A note on William Wickham has been expanded.
2018.09.05	Introduction	A number of small amendments and corrections have been made to the introduction to the Islamic pages.
2018.09.03	Population	The population statistics for August 2018 have been added.
2018.08.28	The Babaud and Masson families	A note on William Wickham has been extensively revised, with more to be written.
2018.08.23	References	A number of references from a conference relating to tribes and States in the Middle East and Gulf have been added.
2018.08.20	References	Two references have been added.
2018.08.16	The Babaud and Masson families	A note on William Windham has been extensively revised.
2018.08.13	The Babaud and Masson families	A number of revisions have been made, particularly relating to William Windham and William Wickham.
2018.08.06	History of the peninsula	A very brief, illustrated note has been added on the Ottomans in the Gulf.
2018.08.03	Links to other sites	One of the links to academic research is broken and has been replaced by a similar one.
2018.08.01	Population	The population statistics for July 2018 have been added.
2018.07.31	References	Two references have been added.
2018.07.29	Society 03 References Glossary	A note on the design of the ghutrah has been expanded, and a reference and glossary entry added.
2018.07.25	Background to the war in Italy Vittorio Veneto	Notes and illustrations have been added to two pages looking at the First World War in Italy.
2018.07.19	References	Three references relating to women in Qatar, archaeological works at Zubara and a traffic manual have been added.
2018.07.17	Background to the war in Italy Site map	The notes on the Great War in Northern Italy have been expanded and a map re-drawn, and the site map brought up to date.
2018.07.10	References	A reference to a book on the Ottomans in the Great War has been added.
2018.07.06	Vittorio Veneto Background to the war in Italy	Notes have been added to the page looking at a part of the Great War in northern Italy together with a new page on the background.
2018.07.01	Population	The population statistics for June 2018 have been added.
2018.06.25	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	An image of the original Control Tower at Doha International Airport has been added, along with a brief commentary.
2018.06.21	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	The note on the Ministry of the Interior has been expanded and two photographs added.
2018.06.17	Planning in Qatar 01	An illustrated note has been added showing some of the early buildings in the New District of Doha.
2018.06.06	History of the peninsula	An illustration of a British torpedo gunboat has been added, and its accommpanying note revised.
2018.06.03	Population	The population statistics for May 2018 have been added.
2018.05.31	References	Two references relating to traditional marine craft in the Gulf have been added.
2018.05.27	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A brief note on a characteristic of √2 has been added.
2018.05.22	Arabic / Islamic urban design 04 Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	A note on the Ali bin Ali grocery store has been added and the note on the Ministry of Municipal Affairs revised.
2018.05.18	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	An illustrated note has been added on Grindlays bank, and a little more written about a number of other banks.
2018.05.09	Gulf architecture 01/08	A satellite view of the Pearl development has been added together with an updated annual aerial view.
2018.05.04	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03 Introduction	An illustrated note on the old Standard Chartered Bank building has been posted and additions made to the page on Bullecourt.
2018.05.01	Population	The population statistics for April 2018 have been added.
2018.04.29	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	A note on three buildings near the Diwan al-Amiri has been re-written.
2018.04.25	References	A reference has been added on the introduction of modern arms to Arabia.
2018.04.23	Photography	Amendments have been made to my photography entrance page.
2018.04.20	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	An illustration and note have been added to an existing note on tricurve design.
2018.04.17	References	A reference to the relationship of Islamic to Greek geometry has been added.
2018.04.16	Arabic / Islamic urban design 04	Illustrated notes have been added looking at some of the retail outlets of the 1970s.
2018.04.09	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	The photograph of a decorated metal plate with its suggested layout has been added.
2018.04.04	Population	The population statistics for March 2018 have been added.
2018.04.03	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	An illustrated note has been written on the Qatar National Development Exhibition building.
2018.03.28	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03 References	An illustrated note has been written looking at the initial development of a zoo at al-Shahaniyah. A reference has also been added.
2018.03.25	References	A reference to a work on cultural heritage in the Arabian peninsula has been added.
2018.03.23	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02 Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	Two illustrations have been added together with a small expansion to the notes looking at early international schools in Qatar. An illustration has been changed on one of the geometry pages.
2018.03.20	References	Seven references have been added.
2018.03.18	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	An illustrated note has been added looking at patterns formed with a tricurve form.
2018.03.11	References Gulf architecture 02 Geography History	A reference has been added on the heritage of water in Qatar and the spelling of the settlement, al-Adhbah, amended on three pages including two maps.
2018.03.09	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	An illustrated exploration of a ten-pointed rosette has been added.
2018.03.02	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	An illustrated note has been added on international schools in Qatar.
2018.03.01	Population	The population statistics for February 2018 have been added.
2018.02.26	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	An illustrated note on the building housing the Ministry of Municipal Affairs has been posted.
2018.02.25	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02 Arabic / Islamic urban design 03 Glossary	The notes on the Central Post Office has been amended and an image changed, and some words added to the glossary.
2018.02.23	References Glossary	Two books have been added to the references, and some vocabulary to the glossary.
2018.02.21	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	Notes have been posted on the Radio and Earth Satellite stations, and the note on the Television station updated.
2018.02.17	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	An illustrated note has been added on the Women’s hospitals in Doha.
2018.02.14	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	A note as been started on the development of hospitals in Qatar.
2018.02.10	Arabic / Islamic urban design 04	An illustrated note on a project for Senior Staff housing at Umm Said has been added.
2018.02.07	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	A note on the early development of Government Primary Health Care centres has been made.
2018.02.05	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	A note has been added on the Jaidah tower in Doha.
2018.02.04	Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	A note on one of the first office buildings in Qatar has been added.
2018.02.01	Population	The population statistics for January 2018 have been added.
2017.01.22	Islamic geometry 01	A note on the development of the arms of a twelve-pointed star has been added.
2017.01.15	References	Two references have been added.
2017.01.13	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02 Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	A note on the first schools in Qatar has been revised. Links on two notes have been amended relating to the Guest Palace.
2017.01.11	References	A reference has been added relating to the character of Doha’s development.
2017.01.10	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02	A note on the first schools in Qatar has been updated.
2017.01.09	References References	Reference have been added relating to the Government Centre competition and the rehabilitation of a central area of Doha.
2017.01.06	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02 Arabic / Islamic urban design 03	An illustrated note on the development of the Gulf hotel has been added and notes on the Qatar Monetary Agency amended on both pages.
2017.01.05	Arabic / Islamic urban design 02 Gulf architecture 02	Notes on the development of Khalifa International Stadium and the Oasis hotel have been added.
2017.12.02	Population	The population statistics for December 2017 have been added.
2018.01.01	Updates 2018 Graphic design studies Posters	The site has been updated with respect to the copyright notices on each page. An illustrated note on the design of geometric frames has been added together with an example of a poster design.