British missions around the Gulf, 1575-2005 : Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman /
Recent events have once again focused international attention on the volatile politics of the Gulf region. This new book, by three former British ambassadors all with long service in the region demonstrates the importance of the Gulf for Britain from the days of Elizabeth-I to the present. It tells...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Folkestone :
Global Oriental,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- -- Part I. IRAN. 1. The Embassy. A. Persia under the Qajars
- - b. Iran under the Pahlavis
- - 2. The Consulates
- -- Part II. IRAQ. 3. Iraq. a. The Beginning: first in Basra and then in Baghdad 1635-1800
- - b. Early Diplomatic Relations with Turkish Arabia 1800-1914
- - c. Major changes in Baghdad and Basra 1900-32
- - d. A new relationship and the end of an era 1932-58
- - e. Epilogue
- 1958-2006
- -- Part III. KUWAIT. 4. Kuwait. A. 1904: The first agency
- - b. Curzon, Mubarak, the 1899 bond and its consequences
- - c. Aftermath of the First World War
- - d. Dickson, the Ikwhan and oil
- - e. The Second World War
- - f. The impact of Suez
- - g. Iraq invades: the embassy under siege
- - h. Conclusions
- -- Part IV. OMAN. 5. Oman. A. British representation in Muscat 1645-2005
- - b. The embassy site in Old Muscat
- - c. Moving with the times
- a fresh start outside Old Muscat
- -- Annex: Contents of the time capsule buried on 10 May 1994 in the entrance to the new British embassy, Muscat.