1st Edition
Indian Diaspora in the Persian Gulf States History, Communities and Bilateral Relations
By Prakash C. Jain
Copyright 2026
218 Pages
by
Routledge India
218 Pages
by
Routledge India
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Indian Diaspora in the Persian Gulf States focuses on the historical as well as the contemporary aspects of the Indian diaspora of the region where small Indian merchant communities called Banians already existed for centuries.
Persian Gulf countries emerged as rentier states since the 1970s, mainly due to the development of the oil industry, which transformed the region from subsistence to... Read more
Introduction Part I: Emigration Dynamics 1. Persian Gulf States: Imperatives of Human Resource Development 2. Indian Emigration to the GCC and other Persian Gulf States Part II: Indian Diaspora in the Gulf 3. Kingdom of Bahrain 4. State of Kuwait 5. Sultanate of Oman 6. State of Qatar 7. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 8. The United Arab Emirates 9. Islamic Republic of Iran 10. Republic of Iraq 11. Republic of Yemen Part III: Summing Up 12. Indian Diaspora in the Persian Gulf States: An Overview
Biography
Prakash C. Jain is former Professor of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
