A Residency was an

administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

of: *the former

British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

. Most notable were the following: ** British Residency of the Persian Gulf **

Residencies of British India The Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident (title), Resident, who dealt with the relations between the British Government of India and one (or a territorial set) of princely states. History The Residency ...

see: :Residencies of British India *the Dutch East Indies, e.g. ** Jambi Residency, Batavia Residency, Semarang Residency, etc. See

Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony consisting of what is now mostly the modern state of Indonesia. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which ceded Dutch Malacca, a governorate of the Dutch East Indies that was transferred to Great ...

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