The Persian Gulf in History

Introduction; L.G.Potter PART I: GULF HISTORY AND SOCIETY The Archaeology and Early History of the Persian Gulf; D.Potts The Persian Gulf in the Pre-Islamic Period: Sasanian Perspectives; T.Daryaee he Gulf in the Early Islamic Period; D.Whitcomb The Kings of Hormuz; M.B.Vosoughi Boom and Bust: The Port of Basra in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century; R.Matthee The Cultural Unity of the Indian Ocean; M.R.Bhacker The Gulf and the Swahili Coast: A History of Acculturation over the Longue Durée; A.Sheriff Ties between India and the Gulf; P.Risso The Arab Presence on the Iranian Coast of the Persian Gulf; S.Nadjmabadi Gulf Society Today: An Anthropologist's View of the Khalijis; W.Beeman PART II: THE ROLE OF OUTSIDERS The Portuguese Presence in the Persian Gulf; J.Teles e Cunha Dutch Relations with the Persian Gulf; W.Floor The Ottoman Role in the Gulf; F.Anscombe Britain and the Gulf: At the Periphery of Empire; J.Peterson The U.S. Role in the Gulf; G.Sick