Persian Gulf Residency
The Persian Gulf Residency was an official colonial subdivision ( i . e . , residency ) of the British Raj from 1763 until 1947 ( and remained British protectorates after Indian independence in 1947 , up to 1971 ) , whereby the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political and economic control over several states in the Persian Gulf , including what is today known as the United Arab Emirates ( formerly called the "Trucial States" ) and at various times southern portions of Persia , Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , and Qatar . 
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