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{{War|name=Arabian Peninsular Conflicts |dates=1809-1905 |image=|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula Arabian Peninsular] |combatant1=British and Indians |combatant2=Arabian Tribes and Pirates |result=Seizure of territory/suppression of piracy |medal= |category=[[:Category:Arabian Peninsular Conflicts|Arabian Peninsular Conflicts]] |link1= }}
{{Battlemap|war=Arabian Peninsular Conflicts|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00047b11b784051cf9ff1&ll=20.11784,51.70166&spn=15.821246,19.555664&t=p&z=6}}
== Summary ==
The British mounted several expeditions to suppress the piracy which was disrupting shipping in the Indian Ocean. In 1839 they took possession of [[Aden]] as a military base for the [[East India Company]] and as a water and coaling station on the route from UK.
== External Links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/244/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Arabian Peninsular] archive.org
== Historical Books on-line ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i0oOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+British+Settlement+of+Aden+in+Arabia&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false A History of Arabia Felix or Yemen by Captain R L Playfair] Google Books
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns]]
[[Category:Arabian Peninsular Conflicts| Arabian Peninsular Conflicts]]
{{Battlemap|war=Arabian Peninsular Conflicts|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00047b11b784051cf9ff1&ll=20.11784,51.70166&spn=15.821246,19.555664&t=p&z=6}}
== Summary ==
The British mounted several expeditions to suppress the piracy which was disrupting shipping in the Indian Ocean. In 1839 they took possession of [[Aden]] as a military base for the [[East India Company]] and as a water and coaling station on the route from UK.
== External Links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/244/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Arabian Peninsular] archive.org
== Historical Books on-line ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i0oOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+British+Settlement+of+Aden+in+Arabia&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false A History of Arabia Felix or Yemen by Captain R L Playfair] Google Books
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns]]
[[Category:Arabian Peninsular Conflicts| Arabian Peninsular Conflicts]]
