The Gulf monarchies: Made in Britain (for a purpose): Part two
 

05-05-16 11:16 AM

The al-Khalifa clan, for example, today’s rulers of Bahrain, originally hailed from Umm Qasr in Iraq, from where they were expelled by the Ottomans due to their regular attacks on trade caravans. They first seized control of Bahrain in 1783 after Persian ...

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