First edition. Folding map (showing Niebuhr’s map of the Gulf). 8vo. Original peach cloth, gilt; spine very slightly sunned, corners a little bruised, otherwise very good. vi, 163pp. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1967.
A study of British imperialism in the Persian Gulf from 1747 to 1780. It covers, inter alia, the strategy of the East India Company, competition with the Portuguese, the development of British activity at specific ports (such as Basrah and Bandar Abbas) and relations with different rulers (including the Persian Shah Karim Khan Zand).
