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Persian Gulf

- Karkh -- The Islands Untold Story
Af: D T Potts, Dr Willem Floor Engelsk Paperback

Persian Gulf

- Karkh -- The Islands Untold Story
Af: D T Potts, Dr Willem Floor Engelsk Paperback
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The island of Khark was an important link in Persian Gulf navigation, supplying passing ships with water, victuals, and pilots for ships sailing to and from Basra. This was why the Arabs called Khark the Mother of Skippers (Umm al-Rubbaniyan). Through the ages, Khark has also been a place of pilgrimage: in Sasanian times, due to the presence of an early Christian church and monastery, and in Islamic times, because of the presence of the tomb of Mohammad al-Hanafiyya. In the eighteenth century, the Dutch made the island their centre of trade in the Persian Gulf, and by the nineteenth century the island was dubbed the most important strategic point in the Persian Gulf, reason why the British occupied it twice. Although by 1900 the island had lost its strategic importance, it acquired it again after the 1950s, when the National Iranian Oil Company decided to make Khark its main terminal for the export of crude oil. Later, chemical factories were added to the islands economic make-up. As a result, Kharks name is now better known around the world than it was ever previously, but the history has remained untold. This book tells the whole story, from the early archaeological evidence and the Islamic and Safavid periods, to the Dutch projects in the eighteenth century and the British in the nineteenth century. And in the end, how the traditional way of life ended and industrialisation began.
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The island of Khark was an important link in Persian Gulf navigation, supplying passing ships with water, victuals, and pilots for ships sailing to and from Basra. This was why the Arabs called Khark the Mother of Skippers (Umm al-Rubbaniyan). Through the ages, Khark has also been a place of pilgrimage: in Sasanian times, due to the presence of an early Christian church and monastery, and in Islamic times, because of the presence of the tomb of Mohammad al-Hanafiyya. In the eighteenth century, the Dutch made the island their centre of trade in the Persian Gulf, and by the nineteenth century the island was dubbed the most important strategic point in the Persian Gulf, reason why the British occupied it twice. Although by 1900 the island had lost its strategic importance, it acquired it again after the 1950s, when the National Iranian Oil Company decided to make Khark its main terminal for the export of crude oil. Later, chemical factories were added to the islands economic make-up. As a result, Kharks name is now better known around the world than it was ever previously, but the history has remained untold. This book tells the whole story, from the early archaeological evidence and the Islamic and Safavid periods, to the Dutch projects in the eighteenth century and the British in the nineteenth century. And in the end, how the traditional way of life ended and industrialisation began.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 244
ISBN-13: 9781933823904
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1933823909
Kategori: Mellemøstens historie
Udg. Dato: 25 apr 2017
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 292mm
Højde: 227mm
Forlag: Mage Publishers
Oplagsdato: 25 apr 2017
Forfatter(e): D T Potts, Dr Willem Floor
Forfatter(e) D T Potts, Dr Willem Floor

Kategori Mellemøstens historie

ISBN-13 9781933823904

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 244

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 292mm

Højde 227mm

Udg. Dato 25 apr 2017

Oplagsdato 25 apr 2017

Forlag Mage Publishers

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