Qasimi Piracy and the General Treaty of Peace (1820).
By 1800, the English East India Company at Bombay was, interested in achieving stability in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, which served as an imperial trade and mail route. The first obstacle encountered was piracy of the Qawasim tribal confederacy of al-Sir province of 'Uman. Piracy was an integral...
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McGill University
1975
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