By James Onley
and his very small cadre of British officials maintained the Pax Britannica at the waters of the Gulf, safe British pursuits through the sector, and controlled political family members with the handfuls of Arab rulers and governors on either beaches of the Gulf.
James Onley seems to be on the mystery to the Gulf Residency's effectiveness - the level to which the British labored in the indigenous political structures of the Gulf. He examines the best way Arab rulers wanting security collaborated with the Resident to keep up the Pax Britannica, whereas influential males from prosperous Arab, Persian, and Indian service provider households served because the Resident's 'native brokers' (compradors) in over half the political posts in the Gulf
Residency.
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