During the years 1797-1820 the Qasimi Arabs or Qawasim, inhabitants of the present day United Arab Emirates, acquired an enduring reputation as ruthless pirates

The “Middle East” has long been an indispensable and ubiquitous term in discussing world affairs, yet its history remains curiously underexplored. Few quest

The first book to examine the interwar period origins of the present-day Arab-Iranian conflict.

In the Name of the Battle against Piracy discusses antipiracy campaigns in Europe and Asia in the 16th-19th centuries. Nine contributors argue how important ant

Many people in the western world maintain the contradictory notions that the pirates of old were romantic social bandits while their modern brethren are brutal