Persian Gulf Residency
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The Persian Gulf Residency was a subdivision of the British Empire from 1822 until 1971, whereby the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political and economic control over several states in
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The British Expeditionary Force of 1809 landing troops at Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah fell to British forces on 9 December 1819
Trucial States
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The Trucial States, also known as the Trucial Coast, or the Trucial Sheikhdoms, or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal confederations in southeastern Arabia south of the Persian Gulf whose leaders had
Persian Gulf Residency
…political and economic control over several states in the Persian Gulf, including what is today known as the United Arab Emirates (formerly called the "Trucial States") and at various times southern portions of Iran, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar. British interest in the Persian Gulf originated in the sixteenth…
British naval fleet attack Ras Al Khaimah on 13 November 1809
RAF at No. 44 Staging Post, Sharjah, Trucial States, c. 1945
1961 Trucial States stamps, denominated in Gulf rupees.