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Regional map showing the word Bahr Fars, ("Persian Sea") in Arabic, from the 9th century text Al-aqalim by Persian geographer Istakhri.

From 1763 until 1971, the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political control over some Persian Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates (originally called the "Trucial Coast States")and at various times Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar.

• 1763: British Residency established at Bushir in Persia by the British East India Company.
• 8 Jan 1820 - 15 Mar 1820:Treaty with 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 period.
• 1873 - 1947: Subordinate to British India (from 1946 resident in Bahrain).
• 1861: Protectorate treaty with Bahrain (completed by treaties of 2 Dec 1880 and 1892).
• 8 Mar 1892: Informal protectorate with Oman and formal protectorate with the Trucial States.
• 1899: Protectorate treaty with Kuwait (completed 3 Nov 1914).
• 3 Nov 1916: Protectorate treaty with Qatar.
• 16 Dec 1971: End of British protectorate presence in the Persian Gulf.

Agents:

• 1763 - 1812 : ....
• c.1798 : Mirza Mahdi Ali Khan
• c.1810 : Hankey Smith
• 1812 - 1822 : William Bruce (acting to 1813)

Chief political residents of the Persian Gulf :

(for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States)

• 1822 - 1823 : John Mcleod
• 1823 - 1827 : Ephraim Gerrish Stannus
• 1827 - 1831 : David Wilson
• 1831 - 1835 : David Alexander Blane
• 1835 - 1838 : James Morrison
• 1838 - 1852 : Samuel Hennell
• 1852 - 1856 : Arnold Burrowes Kemball
• 1856 - 1862 : James Felix Jones
• 1862 : Herbert Frederick Disbrowe (acting)
• 1862 - 1872: Lewis Pelly
• 1872 - 1891: Edward Charles Ross
• 1891 - 1893 : Adelbert Cecil Talbot
• 1893 : Stuart Hill Godfrey (acting)
• 1893 : James Hayes Sadler (1st time)(acting)
• 1893: James Adair Crawford (acting)
• 1893 - 1894 : James Hayes Sadler (2nd time)(acting)
• 1894 - 1897 : Frederick Alexander Wilson
• 1897 - 1900 : Malcolm John Meade
• 1900 - 1904 : Charles Arnold Kemball (acting)
• 1904 - 1920: Percy Zachariah Cox

- Acting for Cox -

• 1913 - 1914 : John Gordon Lorimer
• 1914 : Richard Lockinton Birdwood
• 1914 : Stuart George Knox (1st time)
• 1915 : Stuart George Knox (2nd time)
• 1915 - 1917 : Arthur Prescott Trevor (1st time)
• 1917 - 1919 : John Hugo Bill
• 1919 : Cecil Hamilton Gabriel
• 1919 - 1920: Arthur Prescott Trevor (2nd time)

Chief Political Residents :

• 1920: Arnold Talbot Wilson (acting)
• 1920 - 1924 : Arthur Prescott Trevor
• 1924 - 1927 : Francis Bellville Prideaux
• 1927 - 1928 : Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth
• 1928 - 1929 : Frderick William Johnston
• 1929  : Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett (acting)
• 1929 - 1932: Hugh Vincent Biscoe
• 1932 - 1939: Trenchard Craven William Fowle
• 1939 - 1946: Charles Geoffrey Prior
• 1946 - 1953:William Rupert Hay(from 1952, Sir William)
• 22 Oct 1953 - 1958: Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows(from 1955, Sir Bernard)
• 1958 - 1961 Sir George Humphrey Middleton
• 1961 - 1966 Sir William Henry Tucker Luce
• 1966 - 1970 Sir Robert Stewart Crawford
• 1970 - 15 Aug 1971: Sir Geoffrey Arthur

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