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No. 238, dated Bushire, the 27th May (received 5th June) 1905.
From— C aptain A. P. T revor, I.A., First Assistant to the Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf,
lo—S. M E raser, Esq., C.I.E., Secretary to the Government of India in the
roreign Department,
With reference to your endorsement No. 1568-E. B., dated the 26th April
1905, I^have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India,
No. 161, datedjigth May. ^ of a letter which I have received
. r ., ,, j t *11* r the Political Agent, Bahrein, on the
subject of the alleged building of a guard house by the British naval authorities
opposite Bahrein.
2. Captain Prideaux's report explains the matter fully, and it is unnecessary
to comment beyond remarking that the complaint made by the Turkish Govern
ment is as baseless as their other recent complaints.
No. 161, dated Bahrein, the 19th May 1905.
From— C aptain F. B. P rideaux, Political Agent, Bahrein,
To—The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
In reply to your letter No. 629, dated the 12th May 1905, on the subject of
two^ communications made by the Turkish Ambassador in London to His
Majesty s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, complaining of the erection of
variously described buildings in the vicinity of Bahrein, but on Turkish territory
1 have the honour to report that no such infringements of Turkish rights have*
been in any way committed.
. . 1 2, '^ e com pl a int probably is founded on one or more of the three followinp 1
incidents :— 6
(I) In February last, after completion of the nautical survey of Khor
Kaliya, the Commander of H. M. S. Redbreast caused a cairn or
beacon to be built in the sea near Muharraq Island for the guidance
of navigators entering the harbour.
(II) In March, the Commander of H. M. S. Redbreast laid out a rifle-
range and erected a stop-button the sandy desert at the south end
u , nd ' one of the Bahr ein group, east of and adjacent to
the chief island on which Manama is situated. In the construction
of this range ^ no efforts were employed to give it a permanent
character, but in a rainless climate such as Bahrein has, there is
little doubt that the range will last for many years. No objections
were raised by Sheikh Esain this connection. On the contrary he
deputed an official to attend the camp and render all necessary
assistance to the officer conducting the musketry practices.
(iii) In February also, when I heard that an infantry detachment was on
its way to Bahrein to act as Political Agent's guard, I commenced
building a guard-room of the ordinary pattern close to the main
entrance of the Agency house and within our own grounds. A
barrack-room has still to be built, and for this the Chief has granted
an additional site adjoining the west side of the Agency wall.
3. These are the only cases in which His Majesty's Naval Officers or myself
have been connected with the construction of new buildings this year. The
Victoria Memorial Hospital was started last year and cannot have any connection
with this complaint.
4. I am inclined to think that the Turkish Ambassador, and possibly the
Wall of Basrah too, have received indistinct accounts of recent events here i e