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BRITISH RESIDENCY IN BUSHIRE

BRITISH RESIDENCY IN BUSHIRE
by. Essa Amia

hn the beginning of the 16th British in the Gulf. The idea
Century the British in India and plan to establish residencies
noticed the importance of the started at 1757 after the Battle
Gulf as a commercial location of Plassey where by the British
which gradually and over the became the sole rulers of Bengal.
years became a political and later By 1858 India was under the rule
military importance, This interest of British administration with
reached its climax when the naval semi-independent small Indian
power of East India Company states with exception of defense
joined the military efforts of Shah and foreign relations under the
Abbas to get rid of the Portuguese jurisdiction of the British.
presence in the Gulf (1622 AD). By the end of 1859 the locations of
This successful campaign gave the British Residencies in lndia were
East lndia Company a permanent as follows:
presence in (Bander Abbas) ٥ Aden
which became the principal potr ٥ Baroda
in the Gulf. In 1661 the company ٥ Indore
empowered by the chatrer of ٥ Jaipur
Charles the II. The company was ٥ Kolhapur
responsible for conducting British ٥ Kollam
foreign policy in the Gulf as well ٥ Mewar
as conducting various treaties ٥ Mysore
agreements and engagements with ٥ Rajputana
the Gulf States.

In 1763 the British East lndia At the same time the Gulf States
conpany established its resideney ‫ ﺍ‬came under Biriths prtoeciton.s
at Bushire. This was the irst Bahrain 1880 1971
political establishment for the k‫خ‬uwait1899 1961