Britain and the Persian Gulf. 1795-1880 / by J. B. Kelly.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [852]-866) and index.

Note on the Spelling of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Words -- I. The Persian Gulf in the Late Eighteenth Century - II. The Wars with France and the Missions to Persia, 1798-1814 - III. The Wahhabi Power and Piracy, 1800-1818 - IV. The Expedition to the Pirate Ports, 1819-1820 - v. The Search for a Base, and the Bani Bu 'Ali Expedition, 1820- 1823 - VI. 'Watch and Cruise': the Maintenance of Maritime Peace, 1823-1834 - VII. The Routes to India, 1826-1836 - VIII. The Egyptian and Persian Crises, 1837-1841 - IX. The Trucial System, 1835-1853 - x. The Arab Slave Trade, 1800-1842 - XI. The Persian War, 1856-1857 - XII. Muscat and Bahrain, 1853-1864: The Growth of Intervention - XIII. The Attack on the Slave Trade, 1842-1873 - XIV. Muscat and Bahrain, 1865-1871: the Price of Intervention - XV. The Turkish Expedition to Hasa, 1871-1873 - XVI. Turkish Jurisdiction on the Arabian Coast, 1873-1880 -- Appendixes : I. Henry Ellis's Memorandum on the Designs of Mehemet 'Ali, 9 January 1833 - II. The First Maritime Truce, 21 May 1835 - III. Lytton's Despatch of 22 May 1879 on Turkish Jurisdiction on the Arabian Coast -- MAPS : I. The Sphere of Operation of the Arab Slave Trade - Map II. Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf.