Persian Gulf Residency - Chronology: 1763-1971

Chronology: 1763-1971

• 1763: British Residency established at Bušehr in Persia by the British East India Company.
• 1798: Sultan of Muscat signed a treaty giving the British East India Company exclusive trading rights, in return for an annual British stipend.
• 1809: Preliminary Treaty of Friendship and Alliance is concluded between Britain and the shah. While modified in subsequent negotiations (Definitive Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, 1812; Treaty of Tehran, 1814), remained the framework of Anglo–Persian relations over the next half century.
• 8 Jan 1820 - 15 Mar 1820: General Maritime Treaty with Britain and sheikhs in the "Trucial Coast States" and Bahrain, abolishing slave trade and forbidding piracy and warfare between the states (This last point was never fully implemented).
• 1822: Persian Gulf residency established by Britain.
• 1822 - 1873: Subordinated to the Governor of Bombay.
• 1835: Treaty with the Trucial States, installing a truce of six months a year, during the pearling season.
• 1843: Treaty renews the treaty of 1835 for ten years.
• 1853: Treaty with Trucial States, renewing the treaty of 1835 for an unlimited time period.
• 1856 - 1857: Anglo-Persian War and proclamation of jihad by Nasereddin Shah.
• 1858: Act of 1858 is passed, transferring powers of the East India Company to the British government of India.
• 1861: Protectorate treaty with Bahrain (completed by treaties of 2 Dec 1880 and 1892).
• 1873 - 1947: Subordinate to British India (from 1946 resident in Bahrain).
• 1873: Trucial states start being administered by the British.
• 8 Mar 1892 – 1 Dec 1971: Informal protectorate with Oman and formal protectorate with the Trucial States. This new agreement includes the sheikhs giving the British effective control over foreign policy: British offer military protection in return.
• 1899: Protectorate treaty with Kuwait (completed 3 Nov 1914).