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.
The Iran-UAE Gulf Islands Dispute
Author: Charles L.O. BuderiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004236198
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description
In The Iran-UAE Gulf Islands Dispute, Charles Buderi and Luciana Ricart take the reader on a journey through centuries of Gulf history and evolving principles of international law on territorial disputes to reach conclusions over the rightful sovereign of three Gulf islands – Abu Musa and the Tunbs – claimed by both Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly works and archival documents from sources as diverse as the Dutch East India Company, the Ottoman Empire and the British Government, Buderi and Ricart analyze historical events from antiquity up to modern times. Ultimately, the authors reach conclusions on the ownership of the islands under international law which challenge the positions of both parties.
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 Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Author: Dario Fernandez-MoreraPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684516293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
A finalist for World Magazine's Book of the Year! Scholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden history by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed. This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate's conquest of Spain. Far from a land of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization of Christians and other groups—all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise provides a desperately needed reassessment of medieval Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its "multiculturalism" and "diversity," Fernández-Morera sets the historical record straight—showing that a politically useful myth is a myth nonetheless.