Muscat, Zanzibar and Persian Gulf Commercial & Social Relations in Nineteenth Century

Abstract

By a survey on Qajar dynasty, there are some negligence by historians to investigate the Internal and external relations between southern Persian Gulf ports and its Eastern ports. Substantially, it is believed that southern ports had no role in Qajar foreign relations. But by study of several sources we find that there was several ground of cooperation between north and south ports, on which, for instance, there where a circulating and exchanging human skills from Africa and Persian Gulf. Focused on Shirazi and Baluchs and Negros-Zanzibari transition that is reversed in English sources as “slave trade”. Although, this transition predominated in Africa-Persian relation for several century, but there was an excessive Exchange from Omani domain in east Africa to Persia in nineteenth century. While, Zangs’ send to the Persian Gulf for several activities, Persian like Baluch and Shirazi migrated to East Africa and had significant role in East African history. This article attempts to fill the gap in knowledge of the Muscat role in Persian-Zangi exchange in the nineteenth century by especial sight on Negro migration and transition to Persia and Persian Gulf, their Origins, and their influence in Persian and Arab