Persian Gulf and Bushire

Political and Economic Relations of Iran and Europe from 1890-1920

 

Author: Dr. Abdoulkarim Mashayekhi

Date of publication: First print 2007

Print run: 2000

Number of pages: 220

Price: 25000 Rials

 

" …Following Shah Abbass' Consent, the British were stationed in Jask port in 1615. Later in 1622, they helped the Safavid king to drive out the Portuguese from straits of Hormoz. When the joint forces of Iran and the British occupied the key positions of the Portuguese, and began their new activities in Bandar Gambrun – Bandar Abbass. Thus the British gain more and more influence in the Persian Gulf…"