A Study of Reasons of Establishment of Ottoman Empire Political Agency in Boushehr Port

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

Abbas  Ashoorinejad ¹ (عضو هیأت علمی گروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی بوشهر)

Received: 2016-07-12 Accepted : 2016-07-12 Published : 2008-03-20

Keywords: Iran, England, Germany, Ottoman, Boushehr, Persian Gulf the Qajars, Shahbandari,

Abstract :

Following England and Netherland Ottoman Empire was the third international power which opened its political agency in BoushehrPort entitled "Shahbandari" in 1871 AD/1288 AH. This verifies the exceptional significance of BoushehrPort and Persian Gulf waterway in regional and international relations throughout the second half of the 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries. The Ottomans established their political agency for some reasons: firstly, BoushehrPort which was close to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway had a significant role from ancient times in international politics and business also in transiting goods to hinterland India and the ArabiaPeninsula. Secondly, the English as the most important international rival of the Ottomans had peculiar influence on South of Iran, Boushehr, and Persian Gulf. The presence of the Ottomans would az a rule limit the activities of the old rival. Thirdly, the anti-English feeling of the people in the southern Iran, especially in Boushehr was so high that Ottomans, united with Germany, could practically benefit from this feeling of people against England on the threshold of First World War. This article tries to study the afore-mentioned issues on the basis of first-hand documents and records, some of which being still unpublished.