Author name:
محمد نصر سعيد
Supervisor name:
حسين علي فليح الخزرجي
Abstract:
The historical period of the search has a great importance since it associated with significant international changes that reflected on British policy in India in general and the Gulf region in particular, as it has transferred the British responsibility of India after independence in 1947 from the India office to the Foreign Office, which had a clear impact on the rulers of the Arabian Gulf. This study came to complete previous academic studies which dealt with part of British policy in the Gulf region, and provide the Iraqi historical library with a needed study. The years 1947 - 1968 constitute a new phase of British policy, which led in the end to the emergence of the United Arab Emirates after British announcement of its withdrawal from the region in January 1968. The studying of the history of British relations with the Trucial Emirates represents the fundamental basis of British policy in the Gulf region and confirms British interests in proportion to the international changes after the end of World War II and the resulting economic and social impact in the Trucial Emirates. In addition Britain adopted a new approach in dealing with the rulers of the Emirates after World War II by concentrating power and prestige in the region as expressed by an important British document.Also, this study provides important information about the role of the sheikhs of the Emirates and their relations with Britain in drawing the political map of the Emirates and the region in this historical period.The study came according to historical scientific methodology based on investigation, research, access to consulting relevant historical sources and analysis of many documents, sources, newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias and interviews that show British policy in the Gulf region, especially Trucial Emirates and its attitudes towards political, economic and social issues in this period of research.The thesis consists of an introduction, four chapters and a conclusion stating the main findings. The first chapter (Britain and the Trucial Coast Emirates until 1947) studies British policy towards the Trucial Coast until 1947. This chapter has two sections, the first (political and economic realities of the Trucial Coast Emirates until 1918), discusses several topics First : British treaties with Coast Emirs who were control key of the Gulf, second : Britain and internal conditions of the Coast Emirates, third : Britain's role in the border problems, fourth : Britain and Coast Emirates during World War I, fifth : Britain's policy towards foreign Participation in the pearling. The second section(British policy towards coast Emirates 1919 - 1947) which tackles several topics, first : Britain 's policy towards Emirates between the two wars, second : the problem of the borders, third : the economic effects of the war on the Coast Emirates, fourth : aviation agreements and the establishment of stations, fifth : oil, sixth : Trucial Emirates in World War II until 1947, Both sections discuss the British attitude towards the political and Economic developments of these Emirates between 1805 and 1947.The second chapter (Britain's attitude towards the political issues in the Trucial Coast), which contains nine sections : the first, the issue of the external borders 1949 - 1964, the second : the internal borders 1947 - 1968, the third : The Board of Trucial Emirates 1947 - 1968, the fourth : the power of the coast of Oman 1949 - 1965, the fifth : The Role of Arab League States in the Trucial Emirates 1952 - 1966, the sixth : British intervention in changing the rulers of the Trucial Coast 1948 - 1967, Seventh : Britain and administrative and judicial conditions of the Trucial Emirates 1947 - 1961, Eighth : Britain's attitude about the openess of the rulers of the Trucial Coast Emirates towards abroad 1951 - 1967, Nineth : British withdrawal from the Arabian Gulf and dual union 1952 - 1968.The third chapter (Britain's economic policy towards the Trucial Emirates) consisted of five sections, the first : Britain's attitude towards the banking activity in the Trucial Emirates 1947 - 1968, second : Britain's attitude towards the oil concessions in the Trucial Coast 1949 - 1966, third : trade 1947 - 1968, fourth : Agriculture 1948 - 1967, fifth : pearling and fishing career 1948 - 1967. The fourth chapter (Britain's policy towards social issues in the Trucial Coast) contains four sections to study the social changes in the Trucial Emirates by tracking the stages of development in several fields : First, the British attitude towards Education 1947 - 1968, second : Health 1949 - 1968, third : Britain and development projects in the Trucial Emirates 1950 - 1968, fourth : Britain's attitude towards the public social life, by focusing on the British policy towards mentioned fields 1948 - 1968.
