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 developed 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. Please remember that these are my personal notes and are not essays, as they might often appear.

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 blue background – as in this paragraph. I hope this will be sufficient to mark changes and be relatively easily seen.

Date	Reference	Description
2025.10.10	Gulf architecture 07	A number of illustrations and associated comments on small masaajid in the peninsula have been added.
2025.10.07	France and the defence of England	A brief note has been added about the range of Barbary piracy in the nineteenth century.
2025.10.02	Gulf architecture 07	A revision has been made to a note on a masjid at al-Jumailiyah, and an image added.
2025.09.30	Islamic urban design 05 Glossary	An illustrated note on graffiti at al-Jumailiyah has been posted, together with an addition to the glossary.
2025.09.23	Islamic urban design 05	An illustrated note on the restoration of old masaajid at al-Jumailiyah has been added.
2025.09.27	Design studies	A study for a ’eid al-milaad design has been added.
2025.09.25	Population	In the lack of official population statistics since November 2024 a theoretical projection has been made.
2025.09.23	Gulf architecture 07	An illustrated note on the restoration of old masaajid at al-Jumailiyah has been added.
2025.09.21	Gulf architecture 07	A photograph of a ruined masjid at al-Jumailiyah has been added and comments amended.
2025.09.17	Old Qatar 02	Annotated images of Gulf architecture, taken in the 1970s, have been added.
2025.09.15	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	A note on the construction of a pattern, based on a hexagon, has been added.
2025.0.9.10	Joseph Cassini and Susannah Gill	A note on the birth of another Joseph Cassini in Perinaldo, Italy, has been added.
2025.0.9.06	Joseph Cassini and Susannah Gill	An illustrated note has been added relating to the Neapolitan Legation in London in the late 1790s.
2025.08.22	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	Two notes on the construction of an angle of 20° has been re-written.
2025.07.28	Islamic urban design 01 Glossary	A note has been written on an important new masjid in Doha, and two words added to the glossary.
2025.07.25	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	An illustration of a pattern based on a decagon has been added.
2025.07.10	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	A small sketch illustrating the differences in pattern layout of two sixteen-pointed Moroccan constructions has been added.
2025.07.09	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	A sixteenth century Moroccan tile has been added with an overlying construction.
2025.07.07	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	An illustration of a sixteenth century Moroccan tile has been added on the first of the geometry pages and the accompanying notes slightly revised.
2025.07.04	Islamic urban design 03 Glossary	An illustrated note has been added describing an informal external masjid in the New District of Doha, and a word has been added to the glossary.
2025.06.14	Population	The population figures for September, October and November 2024 have been discovered and added to the statistics.
2025.06.11	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	The construction of a basic twelve-pointed design has been illustrated.
2025.06.03	Arabic / Islamic geometry 01	A design study has been re-named and moved and links from related pages amended.
2025.05.28	Islamic urban design 01	A note has been written on the masjid at Hamad International Airport, Qatar.
2025.05.19	Perception	A brief note on the interpretation of Hokusai’s famous ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’ has been added together with a re-drawn graphic.
2025.05.09	Islamic urban design 01	An illustrated note on the the Fanar masjid in the centre of Doha has been added together with a word in the glossary.
2025.05.02	A new approach – conceptual	A brief note on th use of guidelines has had a comment added.
2025.04.22	Islamic urban design 01	An illustrated note on the the Education City manaratain masjid has been added.
2025.04.15	Population	The State has not published its population statistics in the same format since August 2024, however they have published summaries up to November 2024 which are updated here.
2025.04.14	Perception	An illustration with accompanying description has been added relating to Hokusai’s Great Wave.
2025.04.09	Islamic urban design 02	An illustrated note on the General Directorate of Passports at Wadi al-Banat, Duhail, has been added.
2025.04.05	Islamic urban design 02	An illustrated note on the Traffic Department Headquarters at Medinat Khalifa has been added.
2025.04.03	Islamic urban design 02	A note on the new Ministry of the Interior has been amended.
2025.03.31	Population	A brief note on the missing Qatar population statistics has been added.
2025.03.27	Introduction	A number of notes and images have been added to the first page of the notes on my family in the First World War.
2025.03.21	Gulf architecture 02	An image has been added showing a number of deserted dwellings with pitched roofs.
2025.03.12	Islamic urban design 01	A note on issues relating to women and children in masaajid has been added.
2025.03.05	Islamic urban design 01 Glossary	An illustrated note on the Qassim bin Muhammad al-Thani masjid has been added together with words to the glossary.
2025.03.04	Introduction Resources	Two images have been added to the note on Harry Leonard John Cassini, and a book title added to the resources page.
2025.03.02	Design studies	Another example of an Islamic pattern has been added to the graphic studies page.
2025.03.01	Gulf architecture 05	An illustrated note on the design of a naqsh panel on the Qassim bin Muhammad al-Thani masjid has been added.
2025.02.28	Islamic urban design 01 Glossary	A number of amendments and additions have been made to the notes on masaajid in Qatar, and a word added to the glossary.
2025.02.26	Islamic urban design 01	A note has been posted on the design of masaajid.
2025.02.24	Society 04	Two images have been added of travelling salesmen at the doorways of old houses.
2025.02.22	Old Qatar 01 Old Qatar 01	Two photographs taken in the 1960s have been added showing the entrance to the Guest Palace and the fort at Zubara.
2025.02.21	Design studies	An example of an Islamic pattern has been added to the graphic studies page.
2025.02.17	Joseph Cassini Introduction	The site map has been brought up to date with the addition of a link to the page for Joseph Cassini, and two maps on the Bullecourt introduction have been revised.
2025.02.15	Old Qatar 01	A photograph of the Guest Palace garden at Rumeillah in the 1960s has been added.
2025.02.14	Introduction	A photograph has been added and the accompanying note amended accordingly.
2025.02.13	Introduction	A photograph has been added together with small alterations to text relating to Bullecourt.
2025.02.12	Joseph and Susanna Cassini Introduction	A number of additions have been made throught the note, and a small addition made to the dating of an article written during WW1 on Bullecourt.
2025.02.06	Joseph and Susanna Cassini	A new page of notes has been introduced for Joseph and Susanna Cassini and their family.
2025.01.31	France and the defence of England Cassini and Maraldi references	A note on the events in Naples at the end of the Eighteenth century together with a reference, have been added.
2025.01.27	Graphic design	Three congratulationary card designs have been added to an animated image.
2025.01.25	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	The note discussing a geometric pattern on a flank wall in the Great masjid at Herat, Afghanistan has been expanded.
2025.01.20	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note has been started on a geometric pattern on a flank wall in the Great masjid at Herat, Afghanistan.
2025.01.10	Perception	Amendments and additions have been made to a note on Japanese perception of space.
2025.01.06	Gulf architecture 02	An amendment has been made relating to the roofing of simple rooms.
2025.01.01	Perception Population">	A note on the subject of comparative Japanese perception of space has been started, and a comment on Qatar’s population statistics added.