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Notes

INTRODUCTION
1. In the notes that follow, they arc distinguished from reports in English
by the inclusion of the Islamic date.
2. Elizabeth Monroe, Britain's Moment in the Middle East, 1914-1956 (London,
*965) eh. 3 (‘'rite Years of Good Management, 1922 -1945’) pp. 71-94.
3. Ibid., p. 81.
4. L/P&S/18, B478, ‘Oil Concessions in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the
Persian Gulf’, 13 Mar 1944.
5. Al-Anwar (Beirut daily newspaper), 22 Aug 1973. Luckily, no one
was seriously injured.

CHAPTER 1
1. L/P&S/10, Pbi9/o7(7), P4389/10, Naval Commandcr-in-Chicf to Admir­
alty, 30 Dec 1910 (telegram).
2. For an account of the European rivalry in the Gulf region during
this period, see B. C. Busch, Britain and the Persian Gulf\ 1894-1914
(Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif., 1967).
3. J. G. Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf Oman and Central Arabia,
2 vols (Calcutta, 1908-1915) vol. 11, p. 1437.
4. L/P&S/20, C242, ‘Military Report and Route Book: The Arabian
States of the Persian Gulf, prepared by the General Staff, India,
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5. Although British treaty relations with the shaykhdoms on the Coast
did not technically claim any overall right by the British Government
to make laws for peace and order, the Political Resident did exercise
a certain jurisdiction. This jurisdiction had no legal basis and had
grown up by long usage, relying very much on the paramount influence
of the British Government. The same ease applied to British jurisdiction
over foreigners; legally, the rulers of the Coast had jurisdiction over
all individuals in their respective stales, but did not seem to be aware

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