The Persian Gulf (RLE Iran A) (Hardcover)

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  Appendix A Summary of Scientific Research in the Persian Gulf.  List of Abbreviations.  Bibliography. Index.