The Persian Gulf
Subtitle: the rise of the Gulf Arabs : the politics of trade on the Persian littoral, 1747-1792
By: Willem Floor.
Publisher: Mage Publishers; Mage Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9781933823188
Subjects: Persian Gulf Region -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-351) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Persian Navy in the Persian Gulf during the eighteenth century; title: A description of the Persian Gulf and its inhabitants in 1756; title: The decline of Bandar 'Abbas 1747-1763, the end of an era; title: The rise and fall of Khark Island 1748-1770; title: The Dutch on Khark Island 1753-1766, a commercial mishap; title: Dutch trade with Masqat 1755-1796; title: The rise of Bushire (1734-1792).