The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation into Qasimi Piracy, 1797-1820

Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface A Brief Chronology of Events Dramatis Personae Part One: Introductory Prologue 1 Outline 2 The Setting 3 The Players Part Two: Of the Evidence 4 The Question of Piracy a) Tableux 5 Incidents at Sea, in the Years 1797-1819, Which are Attested by Virtue of Admissions or Possession 6 The Most Important Cases of Alleged Piracy by the Qawasim Against British Vessels b) Perspectives 7 Local Opinion 8 Cruiser Commanders' Blunders 9 Off the Indian Coast Part Three: Interpretation 10 Preliminary Sketch 11 Political History 12 The Port of Ras al-Khaima, Her Society and Economy 13 Some More Piquant Ingredients in Qasimi Maritime Plunder, Conclusion Afterword: The Motivation behind Britain's Two Expeditions Against Ras al-Khaima in 1809/10 and 1819/20 Appendix A The Qawasim's Seizures off the Coast of India Appendix B Qasimi Voyages to South Arabia Appendix C Ras al-Khaima's War with Muscat, and the Political Fortunes of the Za'ab and the Tanaij, 1808-1809 Appendix D Hostilities Between Muscat and the Wahhabis in the Aftermath of the First Ras al-Khaima Expedition of 1809/10 Notes Bibliography Index