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Dr James Onley CD, Dip, BA, Grad Dip, DPhil (Oxon), FRHistSPublicationsBooksThe Arabian Frontier of the British Raj: Merchants, Rulers, and the British in the Nineteenth Century Gulf, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Articles'The Raj Reconsidered: British India's Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa', Asian Affairs, 40, 1, 2009, pp. 44-62. 'Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820-1971: The Politics of Protection', Occasional Paper No. 4, (Georgetown University, Center for International and Regional Studies), 2009, pp. 1-44. 'L'empire britannique informel dans le Golfe (1820-1971)', Maghreb-Machrek, 187, 2006, pp. 101-14. Ć Listing on Choiseul-editions.com with Sulayman Khalaf, 'Shaikhly Authority in the Pre-Oil Gulf: An Historical-Anthropological Study', History and Anthropology, 17, 3, 2006, pp. 189-208. 'Britain's Informal Empire in the Gulf, 1820-1971', Journal of Social Affairs, 22, 87, 2005, pp. 29-45. 'Britain's Native Agents in Arabia and Persia in the Nineteenth Century', Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 24, 1, 2004, pp. 129-37. Ć Download article. Listing of all articles in this special edtion of CSSAAME on 'Collaboration and Empire', guest-edited by Julia Clancy-Smith 'The Politics of Protection in the Gulf: The Arab Rulers and the British Resident in the Nineteenth Century', New Arabian Studies, 6, 2004, pp. 30-92. Chapters in Books'Transnational Merchants in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Gulf', in Alanoud Alshareskh (ed), The Gulf Family: Modernity and Kinship Policies, London: Saqi Books, 2007, 37–56. Ć Download chapter. Listing at Saqi Books. 'Transnational Merchants in the Nineteenth Century Gulf: The Case of the Safar Family', in Madawi Al-Rasheed (ed), Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf, London: Routledge, 2005, pp. 59–89. Ć Download chapter. Listing on Amazon.co.uk. ReviewsReview of McKinnon Films, Abdulaziz, The King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Saudi Arabia), in MESA Bulletin, 36, (2) 2002: pp. 267–8. Review of Ivor Lucas, A Road to Damascus: Mainly Diplomatic Memoirs from the Middle East, Radcliffe Press, in The European Review of History, 8, (1) 2001: pp. 80–1. Conference Papers'The Gulf Region since 1820', HMS Excellent, HM Naval Base Portsmouth, January 2009. 'Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820–1971', Georgetown University, Qatar campus, January 2009. 'The Maritime Truce and the Pax Britannica in the Gulf, 1835–1971: The Secrets of Their Success', British Scholar annual conference, University of Texas at Austin, February 2009. 'History and Heritage in the Gulf Arab States', Port Cities Workshop, Harvard University, February 2008. 'The Politics of Heritage in Bahrain', Luce Memorial Lecture Series, University of Durham, March 2008. 'Britain and the Gulf Shaikhs: The Pax Britannica and the Politics of Protection, 1835–1971', Georgetown University, Qatar campus, June 2008. 'Britain and the Gulf Shaikhs in the 1950s: A Study in Indirect Rule', Commonwealth History Seminar, University of Oxford, October 2008. 'The Cultural Transformation of the Gulf Arab States', Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 2008, Washington DC, November 2008. 'The Authority of Rulers in the Gulf Arab States before Oil', Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter, October 2008. 'The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj (launch of my book)', Society for Arabian Studies lecture series, SOAS, University of London, October 2008. 'The Maritime Truce and the Pax Britannica in the Gulf, 1835–1971: The Secrets of Their Success', Joint Services Command Staff College, Shrivenham, October 2008. 'The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj (launch of my book)', University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio, September 2008. 'Britain and Manama (Bahrain) in the Ninetieth Century', World History Association annual conference, Queen Mary College, University of London, June 2008. 'The Raj Reconsidered: British India’s Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa', British Scholar annual conference, University of Texas at Austin, November 2007. 'The British Community in Bahrain, 1900–99', Defining the British World conference, University of Bristol, July 2007. 'Gulf Arab Headdress before Oil: A Study in Cultural Diversity and Hybridity', Middle East Centre 50th Anniversary Conference, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, June 2007. 'Britain’s Early Diplomatic Agents in Qajar Iran: The Case of Mahdi Ali Khan, 1798–1803', Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual conference, Boston, November 2006. 'Britain’s Native Agents in Arabia and Persia in the Nineteenth Century', MESA annual conference, Washington DC, November 2005. 'Transnational Merchant Families in the Gulf, 1778–2005: Two Case Studies', Transnational Migration: Foreign Labor and Its Impact in the Gulf, Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy, June 2005. 'The American University of Sharjah', EuroGolfe annual conference, Menton, France, June 2005. 'Transnational Merchants in the 19th and 21st Century Gulf', The Gulf Family – Modernity and Kinship Policies, London Middle East Institute, April 2005. 'Britain’s Native Agents in Arabia and Persia in the Nineteenth Century [presented in my absence]', Imperialisms — Temporal, Spatial, Formal (American Comparative Literature Association), Pennsylvania State University, March 2005. 'Gulf Arab Headdress before Oil: A Study in Cultural Diversity and Hybridity', MESA annual conference, San Francisco, November 2004. 'The Politics of Protection: The Arab Rulers and the Pax Britannica in the 19th Century Gulf [presented in my absence]', British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) annual conference, London, July 2004. 'Euro-Gulf Cooperation in the Field of Education and Research', EuroGolfe annual conference, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, UAE, April 2004. 'A Transnational Merchant Family in Nineteenth Century Arabia [presented in my absence]', Families and Households in History, American University of Cairo, March 2004. 'Gulf Headdress: Then and Now', Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa annual conference, American University of Sharjah, January 2004. 'Britain’s Native Agents in Arabia and Persia, 1758–1958', the University of Victoria, Canada, February 2003. 'Transnational Merchant Families in the 19th and 20th Century Gulf', the University of Sharjah, UAE, December 2003. 'Britain’s Native Agents in Arabia and Persia, 1758–1958', Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA, February 2003. 'Transnational Merchant Families in the 19th and 20th Century Gulf', Practices of Borders and Boundaries, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationalles, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, November 2003. 'The Early Days of the British Council in the Gulf, 1939–1971', BRISMES annual conference, University of Exeter, July 2003. 'Britain’s Political Residency System in South and Southwest Asia: The Case of the Gulf', Administering the British Empire, University of Exeter, February 2003. 'Britain’s Native Agents in Arabia and Persia, 1758–1958', American Historical Association annual conference, Chicago, January 2003. 'The Infrastructure of Informal Empire in the Gulf: The Local Elite and the Pax Britannica in the 19th Century', MESA annual conference, Washington DC, November 2002. 'Britain’s Muslim Political Agents in the Middle East and India', Michaelmas Term Seminar Series (Modern History Faculty), University of Oxford, November 2002. 'Transnational Merchants in the Nineteenth Century Gulf: The Case of the Safar Family', Transnational Connections within the Arab Gulf and Beyond, University of Oxford, September 2002. 'Britain’s Native Residency Agents in Bahrain, c.1816–1900', Bahrain Society, London, May 2001. 'Duty Without Dominion? British Influence and Control in Bahrain, 1820–1947', MESA annual conference, Orlando, Florida, November 2000. 'Research in Bahrain', School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, December 1999. 'A Rose by Any Other Name: Bahrain and the Indian States under the Raj, 1880–1947', MESA annual conference, Washington DC, November 1999. 'British Society in the Gulf', Middle East Centre, University of Oxford, November 1997. Commissioned WritingKuwait: History' [update of the 2008 edition], in The ' ' ' ' ' 'De Perse, d'Inde et d'Afrique', Qantara: Magazine des cultures arabe et méditerranéene, 64 (Juillet 2007), pp. 36–7. Æ Listing on Qantaramag.com '
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Protecting Arabia: Britain and the Gulf Shaikhs, 1820–1971. A reinterpretation of Britain’s role in the Gulf through the paradigm of dakhalah—the ‘rules’ in Arabian political culture guiding the practice of protection-seeking and conduct of protector-protégé relations. It explains how regional alliances, tribal allegiances, and tribute relations worked, offering new insights into the role played by outside powers.
Britain and the Gulf, 1820s–1970s. An edited collection of autobiographical pieces by former British political officers who served in the Gulf, together with studies by Gulf historians.
A History of the Gulf Arab States: Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. A study of the long-term patterns in Gulf politics, society, and economics from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.