محمد منصوری مقدم

The Persian Gulf has attracted the attention of foreign powers, especially the British government, due to its geographical and communicational status, and this has led the region to become one of the major economic, political and social exchanges between East Africa, the Indian Ocean and the South East. The present study, that examines British policies and practices in the Persian Gulf region during the 1800-1800s' Believes that the British government has been strengthening its influence over the Gulf region since the beginning of the nineteenth century by changing its previous approaches to the region from commercial to military politics. The thesis is devoted to the subject through the historical method, drawing on written library resources and based on the sources of the first hand and the new sources and using travel documents, documents, correspondences, photographs, reports, handwritten notes and memories. The result of this discussion is that "what expanded and tightened the power and influence of the British government at the beginning of the nineteenth century in the Persian Gulf region was the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and his policies and actions to confront and achieve India. »