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Conclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2020

Chelsi Mueller
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Summary

The dramatic events of the interwar period constituted a watershed, separating millennia of interconnectedness and interdependency in the Persian Gulf from an era of geopolitical rivalry and Arab-Iranian conflict. Indeed, these two decades heralded the dawn of economic and political modernity in the Persian Gulf subregion. This period witnessed the collapse of the Qajar dynasty, the coming to the fore of Reza Shah Pahlavi and his assumption of the nationalist mantle, the introduction of nationalist policies into the Persian Gulf, and the incorporation of the Gulf Arab shaykhdoms into the Arab nationalist awakening. Reza Shah’s Iran took issue with Britain’s dominant position in the Gulf and rejected its claim to protect the Arab shaykhs of the southern littoral and strove to make Iran the main security provider in the Persian Gulf waterway. Iran’s ambition to gain sovereignty over the entire Persian Gulf region and regain territories of its former days was an ambition that resonated in the minds of many Iranian people. Iran’s bellicose policies also made a substantial and lasting impression on the rulers and inhabitants of the Gulf Arab shaykhdoms.

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The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
Nationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf between the World Wars
, pp. 229 - 241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Conclusion
  • Chelsi Mueller, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
  • Online publication: 24 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108773881.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Chelsi Mueller, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
  • Online publication: 24 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108773881.010
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  • Conclusion
  • Chelsi Mueller, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
  • Online publication: 24 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108773881.010
Available formats
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