ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٩] (٨٦٠/٣٤٢)

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Notwithstanding the explicit statement of His Excellency the Wali of
.oasran to the effect that he has instructed him to appoint no more Mndirs till
turther orders as communicated by His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Basrah, in
the confidential despatch No. 9, dated the 9r,h June 1903, to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Mutassarif has made the new nomination
a Ai ^i-o 81 ^ 1011 ln . conse q ue nce is in no way altered. The nomination of
Abdul Rahman, I think, shows that the Turks do not intend to adhere to the
declarations made to our Ambassador at Constantinople, and further represent
ations to the Porte will be necessary for the abolishment of the post.
I regret to state that I have been misinformed as regards the name of the
Turkish official holding the post at El Bidaa mentioned in the last paraoraph
of my letter No. 129, dated the 28th June 1903. The post is an Assfstant
Kaimmakamieh, and the incumbent’s name is Muhammad Emin Effendi and
not Abdul Kadir as previously stated.
No. 149, dated Bushire, the 12th August 1903.
From— Captain Y. deY. Hunt, /hr Officiating Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to correspondence ending with my letter No. 141, dated the
30th ultimo, I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Govern-
Letter from His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, me nt of India, a COpy of the marginally
Basrah, No. is, dated the 4th August 1903 . noted correspondence, regarding the
Better to His Britannic Majesty’s Consui, appointment by the Mutassarif of Al
Basrah, No. 687, dated the 12th Aegust 1903. Hagsa Qf sheikh ' Ab(Jul Eahmail> son of
gheikh Jasim-bin-Thani, as Sheikh of Wakra.
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No. 18, dated the 4th August 1903.
From—F. E. Crow, Esq., His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul at Basrah,
To —Captain Y. deY. Hunt, First Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf.
In reply to yonr endorsement No. 660 of 30th July, regarding the appoint
ment of a new Mudir of Wakra, I communicated with the Wali, who informs
me that the Mutassarif of Nejd has appointed a man as Sheikh at Wakra, and
not as Mudir, in accordance with instructions received from the Minister of the
Interior.
I have informed His Majesty’s Ambassador by telegraph of the Mutas-
sarifs action, and have communicated to His Excellency the substance of
Mr. Gaskin’s report by post.
No. 687, dated the 12th August 1903.
From— Captain V. dkV. Hunt, First Assistant to the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf,
To—F. E. Crow, Esq., His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul at Basrah.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch No. 18, dated
4th August 1903, conveying to me the sense of the Wall’s reply regarding the
new appointment of an official by the Turkish Government at Wakra.
2. Abdur Rahman has for some time past been acting as Sheikh of
Wakra as Deputy for his father, Sheikh Jasim-bin-Thani, Chief of Katr; it is,
therefore, not understood how the Turks can now have appointed him Sheikh
of the place and assigned him a salary as such. Moreover, as the Katr
peninsula is beyond the sphere in which the nominal suzerainty of the Porte
has been recognised by His Majesty’s Government, it is not to be supposed
that the latter will acquiesce in the appointment of any administrative official
by the Turks in that region whether he be styled Sheikh or Mudir.
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