Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir is an engrossing, cross-cultural memoir of revolution and exile. It is the story of a fifteen year-old Persian boy sent for his education from an old-world, pre-oil boom Tehran, to the new-world, avant-garde San Francisco of the 1960s. Abbas Milani richly chronicles his education, politicization,
The Persian Gulf: Dutch-Omani Relations A Commercial & Political History 1651-1806
By Willem Floor In History and Politics & Economics Tagged In Books by Willem Floor, Industry, Persian Gulf Series, Social Science, Sociolology, and Trade.
Pub. Date : May 7, 2014
ISBN No. : (hc) 1933823682
Dutch relations with Oman from 1651 to 1806 were substantial and the written accounts provide the most detailed picture of the political and socio-economic situation in that country during this period.[read more>>]
The Persian Gulf: The Hula Arabs of The Shibkuh Coast of Iran (Kindle/iPad Edition)
By Willem Floor In History, Kindle & iPad, and Politics & Economics Tagged In 17th Century, 18th Century, Books by Willem Floor, Economics, Persian Gulf Series, Shibkuh Coast, and Trade.
Pub. Date : October 30, 2015
Little is known about the Arab migrants who settled on the Iranian coast between Bushehr and Lengeh in the late 1500s. They were a disparate group of small tribes of sailors, traders, fishermen, pearl divers, and cultivators. Although they were all referred to as the Bani Hula, they were not a uniform group. In fact, they were each other's fiercest competitors for access to the pearl banks. This frequently led to bloody and murderous encounters and feuds.[read more>>]
The Persian Gulf: The Hula Arabs of The Shibkuh Coast of Iran
By Willem Floor In History and Politics & Economics Tagged In 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Arabs, Books by Willem Floor, Bushehr, Kangan, Lengeh, Nakhilu, Oman, Persian Gulf Series, Portuguese, Safavid, Shibkuh Coast, Taheri, and Tribes.
Pub. Date : March 4, 2014
The Persian Gulf: Links with the Hinterland, Bushehr, Borazjan, Kazerun, Banu Ka'b, & Bandar Abbas (Kindle/iPad Edition)
By Willem Floor In History, Kindle & iPad, and Politics & Economics Tagged In 19th Century, Bandar Abbas, Banu Ka'b, Books by Willem Floor, Borazjan, Isfahan, Kazerun, Khuzestan, Persian Gulf Series, Social Science, Sociolology, and Trade.
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The Persian Gulf: Links with the Hinterland, Bushehr, Borazjan, Kazerun, Banu Ka'b, & Bandar Abbas
By Willem Floor In History and Politics & Economics Tagged In 19th Century, Bandar Abbas, Banu Ka'b, Books by Willem Floor, Borazjan, Isfahan, Kazerun, Persian Gulf Series, Safavid, Social Science, and Sociolology.
Pub. Date : September 21, 2011
Links with the Hinterland focuses on two related themes: the importance of what goes on in a port city's hinterland, and, the importance of a safe and secure road that connects a port city to its markets.[read more>>]
The Persian Gulf: The Rise of the Gulf Arabs and The Politics of Trade on the Persian Littoral, 1747-1792 (Kindle/iPad Edition)
By Willem Floor In History, Kindle & iPad, and Politics & Economics Tagged In 18th Century, Books by Willem Floor, East India Company, Economics, Hormuz, Kuwait, Persian Gulf Series, Social Science, Sociolology, and Trade.
The Persian Gulf: The Rise of the Gulf Arabs and The Politics of Trade on the Persian Littoral, 1747-1792
By Willem Floor In History and Politics & Economics Tagged In 18th Century, Arabs, Books by Willem Floor, East India Company, Hormuz, Kuwait, Persian Gulf Series, and Sheikh Naser.
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The Persian Gulf: Bandar Abbas, The Natural Trade Gateway of Southeast Iran (Kindle/iPad Version)
By Willem Floor In History, Kindle & iPad, and Politics & Economics Tagged In 17th Century, 18th Century, Bandar Abbas, Books by Willem Floor, British East India Company, Pahlavi Iran, Persian Gulf Series, Qajar, and Shah Abbas.
The Persian Gulf: Bandar Abbas, The Natural Trade Gateway of Southeast Iran
By Willem Floor In History and Politics & Economics Tagged In 17th Century, 18th Century, Bandar Abbas, Books by Willem Floor, British East India Company, Oman, Pahlavi Iran, Persian Gulf Series, Qajar, and Shah Abbas.
Pub. Date : January 3, 2011
Bandar Abbas, once a small fishing village, became the gateway port for Iran after Shah Abbas defeated the Portuguese in 1622. However, with the fall of the Safavids and the withdrawal of the British East India Company in 1759 the port went into decline; by 1793 Bandar Abbas was under the direct control of Oman.[read more>>]
The Persian Gulf: The Rise and Fall of Bandar-e Lengeh The Distribution Center for the Arabian Coast, 1750–1930 (Kindle/iPad Edition)
In History, Kindle & iPad, and Politics & Economics Tagged In 18th Century, Bandar-e Lengeh, Books by Willem Floor, Lengeh, Persian Gulf Series, Qavasem Arabs, Ras al-Khaimah, Social Science, Sociolology, and Trade.
A small, sleepy port in the Persian Gulf, Bandar-e Lengeh has had a varied and checkered history since its launch onto the historical scene around 1750. In those days the tribal people of the region felt at home on both sides of the Gulf and often went to wherever they thought would offer them a better life.[read more>>]