"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٨‎٠‎٩] (١٧٨٢/٩٦٤)

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In 1876 Shaikh Jasim ; who had then recently been appointed hy the ^
Turkish Government to be Qaim-Maqam of Qatar, took advantage of his traders, 1876-
new powers to vent his spite against Chela and llama, two of the Biitish
Indian subjects for whom compensation had been obtained by Captain
Fraser in the previous year ; this he did by causing them to be sum
moned to the distant provincial capital of Hofuf on the frivolous ground
that their depositions were required.
In 1879 a fresh ease occurred, in which a Hindu was beaten and
otherwise ill-treated by the Turkish officer at Dohah for having exported
dates—an act not known to be prohibited. Notwithstanding a recom
mendation by the Government of India to Her Majesty's Government that
compensation should be claimed on behalf of the Hindus Chela and Rama,
no satisfaction had as yet been obtained in the case of 1876 ; and Colonel
Ross was inclined to recommend that, in view of the unfortunate effect
of such incidents as these upon British prestige in the Gulf, steps should
be taken to withdraw all British subjects from Dohah. The Government
of India, however, thought it better to press for the removal from Dohah
of the offending Turkish officer, by name Muhammad Agha ; and this,
in the end, was obtained.
In 1879 a warning by the Political Resident against connecting
themselves with the Bani Hajir pirates, who at this time were giving
Warning ad
dressed to
the Shaikhs
much trouble along the Arabian coast, was conveyed to the Shaikhs of ^Qatar^and
Qatar by Captain W oodroffe, accompanied by the Residency Agent in w ith Turkey,
Bahrain. This was done in connection with a case in which the Bani 187.. 1881.
Hajir buccaneer Zaid-bin Muhammad, having seized two vessels belong
ing to the Mahandah of Khor Shaqiq, used them to plunder a fishing
vessel anchored off Ras Laffan to the amount of 2,000 Qrans, one of
the crew also being killed.
It should be noted that in March 1881 Shaikh Jasim represented
to the British Resident that his authority did not extend to the whole
Qatar coast and that he was only responsible for Dohah and Wakrah
under the Agreement of 1868 ; he requested therefore that the people of
other ports, such as Fuwairat and Ruwais, should be compelled to
remove and settle in his territory, after which he would answer for their
behaviour.
A discussion with the Porte, relative to piracies off the Arabian
coast generally, took place between 1879 and 1881 and is fully related in
the history of Hasa.
In 1881, in consequence first of threats of an invasion of Bahrain by Q ae stion of
Nasir- bin-Mubarak with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim of Dohah, and dealings and