History of the Indian Navy (1613-1863)

Some references pertaining to the Gulf region.-- 1600-1622 First appearance of East India Company in the Gulf Capture of Ormuz; expulsion of Portuguese.-- 1623-1698 Position of East India Company in the Persian Gulf.-- 1699-1754 Depredations of the Arab pirates.-- 1759-1790 The Bombay Marine at the siege of Bussorah.-- 1722-1795 Lieutenant McCluerś Survey of the Persian Gulf.-- 1797-1820; The Joasim Pirates their origin and early history; Their defeat of the Imaum of Muscat; Capture of Ras-ul-Khymah; Final pacification of the Joasmis, and signature of the Treaty of the 8th January, 1820.-- 1820-1824 Engagements between British forces and the Beni-Boo-Ali at Sohar (Oman).-- 1804-1828 Marine surveys, including the Red Sea, the East Coast of Africa and the Persian Gulf.-- 1831-1838 Action between the East India Company sloop-of-war Élphinstone ́and a piratical Beni-Yas squadron.-- 1828-1838 The travels of Lieutenants Wellsted, Whitelock and others in Oman and along the Arabian coast.-- 1838-1845 The capture of Aden.-- 1854-1857 Boat action at El Kateef; British relations with Imaum of Muscat; Bombardment of Bushire in the Persian War.-- 1848-1863 Survey of the Persian Gulf by Lieutenants Constable and Stiffe; Journeys in Central Arabia of Lieutenant Dawes, Colonel Pelly.