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  2. Piracy in the Persian Gulf - Wikipedia

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    He believes the pirates were attacking ships travelling from Siraf to Basra. [14] Marco Polo made observations of piracy in the Persian Gulf. He states that in the seventh century, the islands of Bahrain were held by the piratical tribe of Abd-ul-Kais, and in the ninth century, the seas were so disturbed that the Chinese ships navigating the ...

  3. Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 - Wikipedia

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    The case made against the Qawasim has been contested by the historian, author and Ruler of Sharjah, Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi in his book The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf, in which he argues that the charges amount to a 'causus belli' by the East India Company, which sought to limit or eliminate the 'informal' Arab trade with India, and ...

  4. Al Qasimi - Wikipedia

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    The Al Qasimi (Arabic: القواسم, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem Arabic: القواسم and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, today forming two of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates.

  5. Trucial States - Wikipedia

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    The Trucial States (Arabic: الإمارات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), also known as the Trucial Coast (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), Trucial Arabia or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal ...

  6. Persian Gulf campaign of 1809 - Wikipedia

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    The Persian Gulf campaign of 1809 was an operation by the British East India Company backed by the Royal Navy to force the Al Qasimi to cease their raids on British ships in the Persian Gulf, particularly on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Strait of Hormuz.

  7. General Maritime Treaty of 1820 - Wikipedia

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    The treaty was signed following decades of maritime conflict in the Persian Gulf, with British, French, and Omani flagged ships involved in a series of disputes and actions that were characterized by officials of the British East India Company as acts of piracy on the part of the dominant local maritime force, the Qawasim. [1]

  8. Persian Gulf Residency - Wikipedia

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    British Residency of the Persian Gulf headquarters in Bushehr in 1902.. The Persian Gulf Residency (Arabic: المقيمية السياسية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي [citation needed]) was a subdivision of the British Empire from 1822 until 1971, whereby the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political and economic control over several states in the ...

  9. List of board wargames - Wikipedia

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    The Company War: Mayfair Games: 1983: Cosmic Encounter: Eon Games: 1977: Re-released by West End Games in 1986, by Mayfair Games in 1991, and by Avalon Hill in 2000: The Creature That Ate Sheboygan: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1979: Dark Nebula: Battles for the Stars: Game Designers' Workshop: 1980: Direct Conflict in Dimension Six ...