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International Rivalry in The Arabian Gulf (1500-1700) - Coggle Diagram
International Rivalry in The Arabian Gulf (1500-1700)
Islamic Powers
The Ottomans - Turkish
The Mamluks - Egyptians
The Safavids - Iran
The Portugese
1498 - Vasco da Gama = Cape of Good Hope
Established in Goa, India
1506 - Afonso de Albuquerque = Hormuz seized
1521 - Bahrain occupied
Series of forts in the Indian Ocean
Ottoman Portugese-War
Mamluk + Portugese = India = Mamluks lost
Suleiman (The Magnificent) - campaign against Portugese = success = reached Gulf
1650 - The Yarubis (Oman) = Imam Sultan bin Saif recptured Muscat
The Yarubis = Portugese chased to Indian Ocean
The English
East India Company (1600) - British presence began
English + Safavids = Portugese defeated
Expanded in the Gulf
1757 - conquered local Indian states = major empire
The Dutch
1602 - Dutch East India Company
Compete with British for trade - Indian Ocean
Fell behind English = left Gulf (1756)