The work is devoted to the analysis of various concepts of English historiography of the 19th - early 20th centuries. on the problems of British politics in the Middle East (in Iran, Afghanistan and partly in India). The works of the brightest and most talented representatives of English historiography are analyzed: J. MacDonald, Evans de Lacy, G. Rawlinson, J. Curzon and others. A significant place in the book is given to Anglo-Russian relations in the Middle East.