The Persian Gulf : an historical sketch from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century / Arnold T. Wilson

Author: Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir, 1884-1940
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 327 pages).

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Routledge library editions : Iran ; Volume 10

Contents

1. Introductory -- 2. Primitive man in the Persian Gulf and Oman -- 3. The Persian Gulf in the earliest historical times -- 4. The classical writers -- 5. The Middle Ages : Iraq, Khuzistan, Fars, Kirman and Makran -- 6. The Middle Ages (cont'd) : Oman and Bahrain -- 7. Siraf, Qais, and Hormuz -- 8. The coming of the Portuguese -- 9. English and Portuguese rivalry -- 10. The expulsion of the Portuguese -- 11. The Dutch -- 12. The eighteenth century and the growth of British influence -- 13. Piracy -- 14. The slave trade -- 15. The growth of the Arab principalities -- 16. The Persian Gulf in international politics.

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ISBN

9780203833124 (e-book : PDF)
9781136841019 (e-book: Mobi)
9781136841057 (e-book: ePub)
9781136841064 (e-book: PDF)
9780415608497 (hardback)

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First published in 1928 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-313) and index.

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