Floor, Willem M <br/><br/>
The Persian Gulf :  a political and economic history of five port cities, 1500-1730 / 
Willem Floor 
 - Washington, DC :  Mage Publishers,  2006 
 - xviii, 637 p. :  ill., maps ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-630) and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The Kingdom of Hormuz : institutions, territory and trade (1500-1622) --The Kingdom of Hormuz : from the arrival of the Portuguese to the Ottoman challenge (1507-1550) -- Basra, the other emporium in the Persian Gulf (1500-1612) -- The Kingdom of Hormuz and the conflict with Safavid Persia (1550-1621) -- Bandar 'Abbas : maritime gateway to Safavid Persia -- From Portuguese to Ya'ariba Masqat (1622-1725) -- Bandar-e Kong, the last Portuguese toehold in the Persian Gulf (1630-1721) -- Basra under Afrasiyab emirs and Ottoman pashas (1600-1730) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1933823127 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781933823126 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006025629 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Harbors--History--Persian Gulf Region
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Persian Gulf Region--Commerce--History<br/>Hormuz, Strait of--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE559.P47  / F65 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>953