EBOOK Arabian Frontier of the British Raj:Merchants, Rulers, and the British in the Nineteenth-Centu

The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj is a study of one of the most forbidding        frontier zones of Britain's Indian Empire. The Gulf Residency, responsible for        Britain's relationship with Eastern Arabia and Southern Persia, was part of an        extensive network of political residencies that surrounded and protected British        India. Based on extensive archival research in both the Gulf and Britain, this book        examines how Britain's Political Resident in the Gulf and his very smallcadre of        British officers maintained the Pax Britannica on the waters of the Gulf, protected        British interests throughout the region, and managed political relations with the        dozens of Arab rulers and governors on both shores of the Gulf.James Onley looks at        the secret to the Gulf Residency's effectiveness - the extent to which the British        worked within the indigenous political systems of the Gulf. He examines the way in        which Arab rulers in need of protection collaborated with the Resident to maintain        the Pax Britannica, while influential men from affluent Arab, Persian, and Indian        merchant families served as the Resident's 'native agents' (compradors) in over half        of the political posts within the Gulf Residency.