Wahhabi-Qasimi Piracy in the Persian Gulf
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Around 1805, the Emirate of Diriyah maintained an unsteady suzerainty over parts of the southern Persian coast. They implemented a system of organized raids on foreign shipping. The vice-regent of the Pirate Coast, Husain bin Ali, compelled the Al Qasimi chiefs to send their vessels to plunder all the trade ships of the Persian Gulf without exception
Wahhabi-Qasimi Piracy in the Persian Gulf | |||||||
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Supported by: Omani Empire[1] |
- ↑ مِيخين فيكتُور ليُونُوفِيتس. حلف القواسم وسياسة بريطانيا في الخليج العربي في القرن الثامن عشر، والنصف الأوّل من القرن التاسع عشر [Al Qasimi alliance and British politics in the Persian Gulf in the 18th century, the first half of the 19th century]. Translated by سمير نجم الدين سطاس (الأولى ed.). دبي- الإمارات العربية المتحدة: مركز جمعية الماجد للثقافة والتراث. pp. 310–315.