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The Tahiride Rulers tried to imitate Bani Rasool. Thus they built schools , mosques and irrigation channels as well as water cisterns and bridges in Zabid and Aden , Yafrus , Rada, Juban, etc..
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a new persian empire the safavids 1500-1722
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Ottomans absorb part of Yemen into their empire but are expelled in the 1600s.
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Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean in the early 16th century following Vasco da Gama's voyages of exploration saw them battle the Ottomans up the coast of the Persian Gulf. In 1521, a Portuguese force led by commander Antonio Correia invaded Bahrain to take control of the wealth created by its pearl industry.
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On April 29 of 1602, Shāh Abbās, the Persian emperor of the Safavid Persian Empire expelled the Portuguese from Bahrain, and that date is commemorated as National Persian Gulf day in Iran.
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The year 1622 was a turning point in the history of the Persian Gulf as it marked the decline of the Portuguese and the rise of the British in the region.
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Similarly, in the writings of the political counsellor accompanying the embassy of John Malcolm on behalf of the British East India Company to the Persian Court in 1800, the Tonbs and Abu Musa were identified as Persian islands.24.For example, a 786 survey of navigation in the Persian Gulf divided the islands and the ports of the Persian Gulf into five sections; the fourth section dealt with Iranian islands among which the survey listed the Tonbs and Abu Musa."
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On the 14th of October, 1808, the envoy and his suite landed at Bushire, in the Persian Gulf; and, protected by an escort of Persian soldiers, they marched, in procession, through an immense crowd, which raised clouds of dust, so thick that it was scarcely possible to distinguish an Englishman from an Asiatic
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Determined to suppress these outrages, and also to relieve the Seyyid Said from the power of the Wahhabis, the Government of India ordered an expedition to be sent to the Persian Gulf. Their first operations were directed against Ras-el-Khaimah, which appears to be the modern name of Julfar.
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1817 - The measures which the British Government adopted for the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf could not be made effectual so long as the Turkish ports remained open to vessels engaged in the traffic
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The shores of the Persian gulf are inhabited almost exclusively by Arabs.
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The collapse of Tsarist Russia in 1917 during the First World War was a major setback to the Entente cause in Europe and the Middle East. Furthermore, India now appeared more vulnerable to a combined German-Turkish offensive via the Caucasus. The British War Office reacted quickly. In February 1918 they delegated Major-General Dunsterville and a small body of British officers and NCOs the task of recreating the military front between Turkey and India, previously provided by the Tsar's troops. Al
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Abd al Aziz ibn Abd ar Rahman Al Saud, the first king of Saudi Arabia, had not gained control of the western part of the country when he granted the first oil concession in 1923.
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The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers.
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Exxon handled its media relations from a site on the coast of Alaska. The Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989. Exxon handled its media relations from a site on the coast of Alaska. Here there were any number of angry fisherman, government officials
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It is unknown how many seals may have been affected by this spill. Incidences of oil spills are expected to increase with the on- going ...The size of the oil spill was about one-fourth that of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, and was the largest in Korean history. It is unknown how many seals may have been affected by this spill. Incidences of oil spills are expected to
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In 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was called the "Persian Gulf War" or the "Gulf War" when Iraq invaded Kuwait and was subsequently pushed back, despite the fact that this conflict was primarily a land conflict.
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In 2002, the Persian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, produced about 25% of the world's oil, held nearly two-thirds of the world's crude oil reserves, and about 35% of the world natural gas reserves.
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On April 20, 2010, a fire and explosion occurred onboard the semisubmersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and under contract to a ...An investment in the Securities is subject to risks associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, a fire and explosion occurred onboard the semisubmersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transoce
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Despite BP's efforts, only a small percentage of the oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be cleaned up experts say. A Northern Gannet bird, at a Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation station in Fort Jackson, Louisiana Friday, is covered in oil.
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Between June and September 1980, 193 clashes occurred along the Iran-Iraq border. On September 17, Iraq abrogated the 1975 treaty and proclaimed the Shatt "a national river." As Iraq mobilized Arab allies, Iran warned the Gulf states they would be overthrown if they supported Saddam. Tensions built, until a series of clashes occurred in early September along the border near Qasr e-Shirin. Each nation blamed the other for the fighting. Saddam threatened to seize territory he said Iran was suppose
