Floor, Willem M. <br/><br/>
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. 
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<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 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Harbors--History.--Arabian peninsula
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arabian peninsula--Commerce--History.<br/>Hormuz, Strait of--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE559.P47  / F65 2006