The Sultanate of Oman, The Persian Gulf and British Imperialism

Contenu

Titre

The Sultanate of Oman, The Persian Gulf and British Imperialism

Créateur

Hughes, Geraint

rédacteur

Johnson, Gaynor

Best, Antony

Sujet

Relations -- Oman -- Royaume-Uni

Résumé

The Anglo-Omani alliance remains the longest enduring diplomatic relationship that Britain has established with any Arab polity. This chapter traces the evolution of the Sultanate of Oman’s ‘sub-imperial’ position within Britain’s informal empire in the Middle East from the Napoleonic Wars to the ‘East of Suez’ withdrawals (1968–1971). It concludes that although the Anglo-Omani relationship during this period was a patron-client one, the survival of the Busaid dynasty was also an important British interest. In turn, Britain’s patronage not only enabled the survival of the Sultanate, but it also defined its territorial extent and also (from the First World War onwards) created and sustained the development of its military power against its internal foes.

Est une partie de

British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century, Volume II: 1940-1990

Date

2026

Editeur

Springer Nature Switzerland

Couverture spatiale

Cham

pages

123-143

ISBN

978-3-032-14307-5

doi

10.1007/978-3-032-14307-5_7

Langue

eng