ملف رقم ٧٥٧ لسنة ١٩٠٩ "الخليج الفارسي: تركيا والعدوان التركي (احتلال جزيرة الزخنونية. الموقف تجاه قضايا القرصنة. المدراء في الزبارة والعُديد والوكرة) العلاقات البريطانية مع تركيا في الخليج الفارسي" [ظ‎‎٩‎٤] (٤٩٥/١٩٣)

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Z l 'T je T. Ure p tIla V h i S r S a 1 Turkish expedient for avoiding formal with.
v r a ,‘ ^ he Oonsm at Basra, however, reported on 27th October that the
utzijsr* ord “' " d ■ tii1 —^ Si-
El Bidaa is on (he er.st coast of the Katr peninsula, and, as has already
been mentioned, the 1 urks have maintained a garrison there siAce 1872 Their
made*to th’ri'wm m th ff t ? le u ated ’ thou « h uo communication has been
been resisted The °dr‘ S 606 ’ ^ to extend their control have
lesisted 1 he garrison recently consisted of 60 men and 4 guns
exnected i'f Hi^ b<5 gathered the de g ree of opposition to be
expected it His Majesty s Government announce at Constantinople their
intention no longer to observe the status quo. P 6 tlleir
(b) Wakra, Odeid, and Zabara are all on the coast of El Katr a
promontory south of the recognised Turkish sphere. In 1902 it was
Th'Tr b P * a11 three r? ^ be converted int0 administrative districts
^Zobara^n^Tarhe^ / lready f ° rCib , ly dis P ersed a Turkish settlement
ZiObara in lodo as being dangerous to the safety of Bahrein* and Odeid
Idl'd i’ e with e ' l f ° r at T 1 30 years t0 be the property of the Chief of Abu
Sir N OTbnor warned the T ^ ea ‘V elations - Accordingly in March 1903
qtrnf - ” i o a tlle } lir kish Government against making any admini-
nges a ectmg the status quo in El Katr, and reminded them of
previous representations made by His Majesty’s Government (e g inl™83
, d93 ’ aud f 189 ’ J )- 1“ rofty he was informed that the question had been
discussed at a Council of Ministers, and that there was no intention of sending
mudn-s to these places. Sir N. O’Conor had been unwilling to raTse he whok
question of Turkish sovereignty unless His Majesty’s Government were quite
cai as to the policy to be pursued if the Turks—as he thought they probably
uouk merely reaffirmed their claims, and it was hoped that the incident
and succeeded
t i In tdU4 tbat His Majesty s Government succeeded in gettimr the
post altogether abolished. In August last the Consul at Basra renorterf tW
% mU p(n h/oo TP been a PP oin ted to Odeid, and Sir G. Lowther (Despatch
^ktaunt PointTto Ti ^ ht t that tbis ’ along with'SaXnt
sovereignty in ih, n.ightanl
...s nritten yroie.,, "pointing on, e!oLi
f h. 1 Chiefs who are under the protection of His Majesty's Govern
rescind” Sr rz t ^tl hat the a Pl“ ent "light be J “ immediately'
roscmaea (bn L. Grey s telegram of 20th September). The Foreign Office
to effLTrianZfat E ‘odeA^' 1 ?)! 1 '' 11 * 7 28 t0 "' hether . :it ' v °n ld be^possible
Mo* + ’ A & 1 ^ Gdeid for the purpose of expelling the mudir if His
Majesty s Government should decide to resort to forcibWeTsures The
Admiralty in reply recommended that the necessary action should he taken
by Indian troops, the part of the Navy being limited to assTs W in the
anding operations, and they pointed out that the employment of "he Koval
Sir P } r\ Vlt !i regar 1 t0 f , he lim , itation of Turkish authority to Katif and Uiair
Sir G. Lowther, in his despatch of 22nd August, wrote as follows J ’
As regards Zakhnuniyeh, El Katr, and Bahrein which in a wav for™
one group, the active forward policy of the Younc Turk Vail of li'" i,
“ 1 *•»—« »< Hosa (Kejd, have .Cfy