Author: Sultan Muhammed Al-QasimiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415029735
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Sultan Muhammed Al-QasimiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415029735
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Muhammad Al-QasimiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000156370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century. The conventional view has justified British imperial expansion in the Gulf region because of the need to supress Arab piracy. This book, first published in 1988, challenges the myth of piracy and argues that its threat was created by the East India Company for commercial reasons. The Company was determined to increase its share of Gulf trade with India at the expense of the native Arab traders, especially the Qawasim of the lower Gulf. However, the Company did not possess the necessary warships and needed to persuade the British Government to commit the Royal Navy to achieve this dominance. Accordingly the East India Company orchestrated a campaign to misrepresent the Qawasim as pirates who threatened all maritime activity in the northern Indian Ocean and adjacent waters. Any misfortune that happened to any ship in the area was attributed to the ‘Joasmee pirates’. This campaign was to lead eventually to the storming of Ras al-Khaimah and the destruction of the Qawasim. Based on extensive use of the Bombay Archives, previously unused by researchers, this book provides a thorough reinterpretation of a vital period in Gulf history. It also illuminates the style and method of the East India Company at a critical period in the expansion of the British Empire.
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Muḥammad Al-Qāsimı̄Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Mu°h̤ammad Al-QāsimīPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: Sulòtåan ibn Muòhammad al-Qåasimåi (Ruler of Shåariqah)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Persian Gulf Region
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
the myth of arab piracy in the gulf
Author: سلطان بن محمد القاسميPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : ar
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Ottoman Gulf
Author: Frederick F. AnscombePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231108386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
What caused the decline of the Ottoman empire in the Persian Gulf? Why has history credited only London, not Istanbul, with bringing about the birth of the modern Gulf States? Using the Ottoman imperial archives, as well as European and Arab sources, Anscombe explains how the combination of poor communication, scarce resources, and misplaced security concerns undermined Istanbul's control and ultimately drove the Gulf shaikhs to seek independence with ties to the British.
My Early Life
Author: Sul??n Ibn-Mu?ammad al-Q?sim? (Sharja, Emir)Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140881420X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A unique memoir by the current emir of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates
The Mith of Arab Piracy in the Gulf
Author: In the Name of the Battle against Piracy
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004361480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the Name of the Battle against Piracy discusses antipiracy campaigns in Europe and Asia in the 16th-19th centuries. Nine contributors argue how important antipiracy campaigns were for the establishment of a (colonial) state, because piracy was a threat not only to maritime commerce, but also to its sovereignty. 'Battle against piracy' offered a good reason for a state to claim its authority as the sole protector of people, and to establish peace, order, and sovereignty. In fact, as the contributors explain, the story was not that simple, because states sometimes attempted to make economic and political use of piracy, while private interests were strongly involved in antipiracy politics. State formation processes were not clearly separated from non-state elements. Contributors are: Kudo Akihito, Satsuma Shinsuke, Suzuki Hideaki, Lakshmi Sabramanian, Ota Atsushi, James Francis Warren, Fujita Tatsuo, Murakami Ei, and Toyooka Yasufumi.