Kuwait and Iran
Mutual Contact in the Pre-oil Era

Author: Al-Hijji, Yacoub Y.

Source: Anthropology of the Middle East, Volume 3, Number 2, Autumn 2008 , pp. 93-99(7)

Publisher: Berghahn Journals

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Abstract:

This article examines the relations and interaction between Kuwait and Iran before the export of oil from Kuwait in 1946. It begins with a short account of the establishment of Kuwait as a small maritime community, the ramifications of its location amongst its three large neighbours, and Iran's role in helping Kuwait to establish its roots as a seafaring community by providing its earlier inhabitants with basic food requirements. The article then goes on to review several aspects of the interaction between Iran and Kuwait and the influence that these communities have had on one another. It concludes by emphasising that the relationship of mutuality between the two countries must continue in this age of oil and globalisation for the benefit of both peoples.

Keywords: INDIAN OCEAN CULTURE; IRAN; KUWAIT; PEARLS; SEAFARING COMMUNITY; TRADE

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: 10.3167/ame.2008.030207

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