Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795-1880

Author(s)

• Kelly, J. B. (John Barrett)

Bibliographic Information

Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795-1880

by J.B. Kelly

Clarendon P., 1968

Note

Bibliography: p. [852]-866

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Since its original publication twwenty years ago, this work has remained the standard authority on the history of British relations with the countries of the Persian Gulf during the nineteenth century. It covers such wide-ranging topics as the repercussions of the Napoleonic Wars in the Middle East; the defense of India against the advance of Russia in Asia; the Eastern Crisis of 1839-41; the Anglo-Persian War; the supression of the East African slave trade; and the reassertion of Turkish authority in Arabia. Written by one of the leading historians of relations between the Gulf states and the West, this invaluable volume draws on inaccessible primary sources to provide the most comprehensive account available of how Britain acquired its preeminent position in the Gulf.

Table of Contents

• Note on the spelling of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish words
• The Persian Gulf in the late eighteenth century
• The wars with France and the missions to Persia 1798-1814
• The Wahhabi power and piracy 1800-1818
• The expedition to the pirate ports
• The search for a base, and the Bani Bu 'Ali expedition 1820-1823
• 'Watch and Cruise': The maintenance of Maritime Peace 1823-1834
• The routes to India 1826-1836
• The Egyptian and Persian crises 1837-1841
• The Trucial system 1835-1853
• The Arab slave trade 1856-1857
• Muscat and Bahrain 1853-1864: the growth of intervention
• The attack on the slave trade 1842-1873
• Muscat and Bahrain 1865-1871: the price of intervention
• The Turkish expedition to Hasa 1871-1873
• Turkish jurisdiction on the Arabian coast 1873-1880
• Conclusion
• Appendices: i. Henry Ellis's memorandum on the designs of Mehemet 'Ali 9 January 1833
• ii. The first maritime truce 21 May 1835
• iii. Lytton's despatch of 22 May 1879 on Turkish jurisdiction on the Arabian coast.

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Details

• NCID: BA19340653
• ISBN:
  • 0198213603
• LCCN: 68100230
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 911 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS326
  • DC : 327.42/053/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Persian Gulf region -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf region