Medical Aspects of Persian Gulf Operations: Serious Infectious and Communicable Diseases of the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabian Peninsula

1991 ◽  
Vol 156 (8) ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Baker ◽  
Harold K. Strunk
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The Port of Qanaʾ, a Junction between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Davidde
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Roman World ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
The Web

South Arabian kingdoms based their wealth and power on agriculture and the export of incense and other aromatics so much appreciated in the ancient world. After Aelius Gallus’ campaign against Arabia Felix in 25–24 BC, Roman trade by sea with the region greatly increased compared to the overland caravan routes. This chapter summarizes the political situation in Arabia Felix in those times through the analysis of archaeological, historical, and numismatic evidence and focuses on the harbours and mooring places along the Yemenite and Omani coasts. Italian underwater research at Qanaʾ discovered the ancient anchorage, with ceramics dating between the first and the end of the sixth century AD, with a higher percentage before the fourth century AD. Typological and petrological study suggests the close involvement of the Arabian Peninsula in the web of trade routes that connected the Roman world via the Red Sea with India, and the Persian Gulf.

scholarly journals A Crude Threat: The Limits of an Iranian Missile Campaign against Saudi Arabian Oil

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson ◽  
Miranda Priebe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The United States and its Persian Gulf allies have been increasingly concerned with the growing size and complexity of Iran's ballistic missile programs. At a time when the United States and its allies remain locked in a standoff with Iran over the latter's nuclear program, states around the Persian Gulf fear that Iran would retaliate for an attack on its nuclear program by launching missiles at regional oil installations and other strategic targets. An examination of the threat posed by Iran's missiles to Saudi Arabian oil installations, based on an assessment of Iran's missile capabilities, a detailed analysis of Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure, and a simulated missile campaign against the network using known Iranian weapons, finds no evidence of a significant Iranian missile threat to Saudi infrastructure. These findings cast doubt on one aspect of the Iranian threat to Persian Gulf oil while offering an analytic framework for understanding developments in the Iranian missile arsenal and the vulnerability of oil infrastructure to conventional attack.

OFFSHORE OIL SPILL RECOVERY OPERATIONS IN THE PERSIAN GULF

1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-223
Author(s):  
Hugh D. Williams ◽  
Gunnar Kr. Gangsaas
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
System Failure ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Oil Company

ABSTRACT On or about January 25, 1991, Iraqi forces in Kuwait discharged more than 4 million barrels of Kuwaiti crude oil into the Persian Gulf. The counterclockwise current carried the resulting slick southeastward along the coast of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian oil company, Aramco, chartered the multiclassed tanker and response vessel Al Waasit, based in Dubai, to assist in the offshore recovery operation. The Al Waasit's response resulted in the offshore recovery of about 100,000 barrels of oil during a 42-day period, without a recovery system failure. The authors both served on board Al Waasit as operations managers during this response operation.

Sayyids of Hadhramaut in Early Modern India

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Khalidi
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Upward Social Mobility ◽  
Medieval India ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Modern Era

AbstractEthnic Arab communities in medieval India originate mainly from the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. Among these Arabs, the ones that gained widespread fame within India and abroad were the Sayyids of Hadhramaut, descendants of Prophet Muhammad, through his daughter Fatima. Many of these Hadhrami Sayyids achieved rapid upward social mobility in India through their ascribed status as the Prophet's descendants, as exemplars of good Muslims, and as preachers and teachers of Islam in a non-Muslim environment. However, migration to India at the dawn of the modern era heralded changes in their traditional status and occupation. The sources of this article are primary works in Arabic, Persian and, Urdu, supplemented with interviews and field observations.

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