1757-1914 AD period is significant in view of Britain s influence over both the above channels of commerce, navigation and her hold on its Indian colony. The British first appeared in the Persian Gulf at the beginning of the 17th century for the purpose of trade. They were searching for markets where they could export their manufactured goods and also a source which could provide cheap raw materials. The real importance of Persia lay in the fact that it provided the British with one of its few outlets for Britain’s industrial goods. The British tried to establish their commercial monopoly over the Middle Eastern market by the export of woollen and silk manufactures and iron, copper, tin, and lead. British imports from the Gulf consisted of spices, gold, copper, raw silk and Kirman wool. Britain was mainly interested in protecting and expanding its trade.` As a matter of fact, the British, in order to build up their influence in Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, tried to establish friendly relations with local rulers of Persia and to obtain privileges in Persia. They entered into various treaties with them and also established factories (trading posts) at many commercially and strategically important ports and places.