The Persian Gulf (RLE Iran A)This volume records the history of the Persian Gulf from the very earliest records until the 1920s. It records the rise and fall of ancient Empires and discusses the rule of Turks and Arabs. It chronicles the Western maritime nations – the Portuguese, Dutch, French and British – outstrip one another in trade and influence. |
Contents
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III The Persian Gulf in the Earliest Historical Times | 25 |
IV The Classical Writers | 36 |
V The Middle AgesIraq Khuzistan Fars Kirman and Makran | 56 |
VI The Middle Ages contdOman and Bahrain | 77 |
VII Siraf Qais and Hormuz | 92 |
VIII The Coming of the Portuguese | 110 |
XII The Eighteenth Century and the Growth of British Influence | 171 |
XIII Piracy | 192 |
XIV The Slave Trade | 213 |
XV The Growth of the Arab Principalities | 231 |
XVI The Persian Gulf in International Politics | 254 |
APPENDIX A Summary of Scientific Research in the Persian Gulf | 274 |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 295 |
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