The Arabs of the Gulf, 1602-1784 : an alternative approach to the early history of the Arab Gulf States and the Arab peoples of the Gulf, mainly based on sources of the Dutch East India Company / by B. J. Slot.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-420) and index.

CHAPTER 1 : HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE GULF - old maps and geographical descriptions - the population pattern - the geography of the Northern coast - the Southern Coast - the tribes of the Arabian peninsula -- CHAPTER 2 : FOREIGN AND LOCAL POWERS AND ECONOMIES - a survey of the political structures around the Gulf between c . 1600 and 1784 - the Kingdom of Hormuz - Persian influence on the Gulf - the Ottoman Empire - the Arab tribes - the Portuguese - the English East India Company - the Dutch East India Company - the Anglo-Dutch rivalry - the other European nations and the Gulf - the personnel of the establishments of the Europeans on the Gulf - the economy - piracy : myth and reality -- CHAPTER 3 : THE DECLINE OF PORTUGUESE POWER IN THE GULF - first setbacks for the Portuguese - Portuguese countermeasures : the mission of Ruy Freire - the siege of Qishm and operations in Sir - The siege of Hormuz - Arabs , Ottomans and Persians in the Upper Gulf -- CHAPTER 4 : OMANI ARABS , DUTCH AND ENGLISH DOMINATE THE SCENE - the English and the Dutch - Portuguese attempts to consolidate their power on the Southern coast of the Gulf - the second battle for Hormuz - the continuity of Portuguese trade - events in Oman : the Ya'ariba dynasty - Dutch military intervention in the Gulf - the Afrasiyab of Basra and European interests in the Upper Gulf - the end of Portuguese Oman -- CHAPTER 5 : ARABIAN EXPANSION – the consolidation of Oman - Dutch and English ventures in the Gulf, 1650-1660 - the Dutch mission and its observations on the state of Oman in 1672 - the Arabs on the Northern coast of the Lower Gulf - events on the Upper Gulf and the end of the Afrasiyab dynasty - competition between the Europeans - conflicts between Persia and the European powers after 1680 - new Portuguese initiatives -- CHAPTER 6 : THE WAR BETWEEN PERSIA AND OMAN - the first phase - turmoil in the Upper Gulf - the second phase of the war between Persia and Oman - the third phase - CHAPTER 7 : THE AFGHAN CRISIS AND THE ARAB TRIBES - the position of the Arab tribal leaders in South-Eastern Persia and Sir - events during the time of the power vacuum, 1722-1727 - the Afghan intermezzo in Bandar Abbas - the Safavi restoration, 1730-1736 - the Upper Gulf during the Afghan troubles in Persia -- CHAPTER 8 : NADIR SHAH'S WARS IN OMAN - the weakness of the Europeans - the conquest of Julfar and the first siege of Muscat - the mutiny of Nadir Shah's navy - final operations against Oman - the rebellion of Taqi Khan - the end of Nadir Shah's rule - the Upper Gulf benefits from trouble in the Lower Gulf - economic consequences of the years of chaos -- CHAPTER 9 : THE ARABS TAKE OVER - disintegration of Persian authority on the coast of the Lower Gulf - Mulla Ali Shah and The Huwala - The seizure of Bahrain by Shaikh Nasir of Bushahr - the alliance between Mulla Ali Shah and Shaikh Rahma Al Qasimi - Upper Gulf events - The Dutch in Basra and on Kharg -- CHAPTER 10 : THE DECLINE OF EUROPEAN POWER - the end of the Dutch adventure on Kharg - The English and the security of navigation in the Gulf - Karim Khan's wars with Oman and the Ottomans - the last years of Mulla Ali Shah in the Lower Gulf - Laristan under control of Karim Khan - The war of the Lower Gulf Arabs against the Utub.