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‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’ [13r] (25/92)
The record is made up of 1 volume (46 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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maintenance of the settlement would sooner or Jater lead to collision by
sea.
Colonel Pelly having warned the Ahutliabi Chief to abstain from action
by sea, proceeded to institute further enquiries on his own account.
The information he collected showed that Odeid belonged to Abuthabi,
and that the Katar Chief, whose territories were on one side conterminous
with the district of Odeid, ignored all connection with it.
Under these circumstances, he wrote to the settlers at Odeid, cautioning
them to conform to the rule of the Chief of Abuthabi within whose territories
they had taken up their abode.
political a, march 1872, no. 373. On the 31st July, Colonel Pelly
Nos. 247 -252, dated nth March 1871. wrote again, enclosing a report received
No. 26 of 2iit Jul/i87i. from Major Smith on his return from
Odeid.
Since the date of his previous letter, Colonel Pelly had taken every opportu
nity to advise a peaceful adjustment between the Chief of Abuthabi and the
colonists at Odeid. Hitherto his efforts had been successful. But the case
now appeared liable to complication from the presence of a Turkish force on
the coast. The position taken up by the Chief, which Colonel Pelly held to
be reasonable and iu accord with the facts, was briefly this :—That Odeid
belonged to him; that it had now been colonised by certain Arabs, who owed
him allegiance; that in conformity with the terms of the maritime truce he
bad referred the case to the British Resident; and that having thus fulfilled
his trucial obligations, he claimed the right to move along his coastline and
coerce the colonists unless they submitted to his rule.
52. The Odeid colonists, however, contended that Odeid did not belong to
Abuthabi; they were desirous of living as an independent society under the
trucial flag ; and they had been offered, but had as yet declined, the protection
of the Turkish flag, The supposition was that, if Abuthabi now attempted
coercion, they would accept the Turkish flag, and so further complicate
matters, not only at Odeid, but at other points on the Arab littoral. For
instance, while on the one side a Chief willing to accept that flag for temporary
• At the time tbe Tnrks were operating against PUrpOSBS might avgUB that the Turkish
Nejd, and had brought troopa by sea from Busrah expedition* was Operating by land, and
t0 Lahsa • was therefore apart from the sphere of
British policy and action ; on the other side, a Chief injured or aggrieved by
such acceptance of Turkish protection might argue that the Turkish expedition
reached the Arabian coast by sea, and could not, except by means of such
movement by sea, have placed itself in a position to foster dissensions among,
or coerce, the littoral tribes. Under these circumstances. Colonel Pelly asked
for instructions as to the course to be pursued in dealing with tbe quarrel
between the Chief of Abuthabi and the Odeid colonists.
53. Prom Major Smith's report it appeared that that officer had person-
political a, m.r c h m»,h. 374. »}ly diseussed the situation with Sheikh
No. 25, dated 20th July 1871, with accompani. Buttye-bin-Khadim, the; head of the
m8nt, • El Kabizat at Odeid. He not only abso
lutely refused to submit to Abuthabi, but stated that his people were in their
own right at Odeid, and independent. The territorial limits of the colony were
declared to extend from Ras-ul-Hala, midway to Wukra in Katar, continu
ously along the southern coast through Odeid to a point abreast of the island
of Seir Beni-Yas. He further claimed the island of Dalma and other islets
within that circuit,hitherto unquestionably belonging to Abuthabi.
He assented that this territory constituted the ancient home of the
Kabizat, which they would maintain against Abuthabi, who was not their
Chief; that in short he, Sheikh Buttye, was the real Chief of the district; he
would do everything that the Resident desired, and not think of breaking the
peace at sea; in fact, he was so poor, as might be seen, that he had no power
to do so,; and as he had received a trucial flag, which he always hoisted at sea,
he only looked to the British.
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The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.
The main subjects of the précis, which is comprised chiefly of extracts from Government correspondence, run as follows:
- Turkish movements in Qatar, 1873; Chief of Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) advised to keep aloof from complications in Qatar, 1873;
- British intervention refused to Chief of Debai [Dubai] in case robberies committed against vessels of his subjects on Qatar coast, 1873;
- Threatened attack on Bahrain and Qatar (Zobarah [Zubara]) by the Bedouin tribes of Beni Hajir, 1874;
- Complaints of Turkey about Chief of Bahrain’s encroachments in Qatar, 1874;
- The Beni Hajir attack Zubara and commit piracies, 1875;
- Aggressive policy of the Turks and establishment of a new Turkish province on the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- Plunder of a Bahrain boat by the Beni Hajir and an excessive contribution levied by the Chief of Bidaa [Al-Bidda] on British Indian traders residing there;
- Claims preferred by the Government of Basrah [Basra] on behalf of the inhabitants of Qatar against certain residents of Bahrain, 1876;
- Alleged ill-treatment of British Indian subjects, 1879;
- Piracies at Zubara – destruction of Zubara by Shaikh Jasim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], 1878;
- Ill-treatment of Indian traders, 1879;
- Question of suppression of piracies on the Arab coast. Claims of the Turks to Odeid [’Odaid] (1871-81); previous history of ’Odaid, 1837-76;
- History of ’Odaid continued, question of Turkish jurisdiction on the Qatar coast, and suppression of piracies, 1878-81;
- Removal of section of the Al-bu-Kowareh tribe from Al-Bidda to Foweyrat [Fujairat], 1879;
- Threatened attack on Bahrain by Nasir-bin-Mobarik [Nasir bin Mubarak] and Shaikh Jāsim of Al-Bidda, 1881;
- Shaikh Jāsim’s desire to occupy ’Odaid, 1881;
- Policy as to the relations to be maintained with Shaikh Jāsim and the Turkish Government in Qatar, 1881;
- Ill-treatment of British subjects by Shaikh Jāsim and exaction of a fine from him, 1880-82;
- Protest of the Porte against British proceedings at Al-Bidda. British disclaimer of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1883;
- Shaikh Jāsim’s projected expedition against a branch of the Beji Hajirs in 1884;
- Fight between the Ejman [Ajman] and allied tribes on one side and Morah and Monasir tribes on the other, 1884;
- Disputes between Shaikh Jāsim and the Chief of Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi], Jāsim’s intentions to occupy ’Odaid and the ill-treatment of Bedouins at Al-Bidda, 1885-86;
- Outrages against Indian subjects under Jāsim’s instigation, and Shaikh Jāsim made to pay a fine, 1887;
- Protests of the Porte against British Government proceedings, 1888;
- Question of withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from Al-Bidda;
- Turkish expansion along the Arab coast and the policy of the British Government, 1888;
- Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and Shaikh Zaid [Zayed bin Khalifa] of Abu Dhabi, reported movements of the Chief of Jabal Shamer Ibn Rashid towards Oman in order to aid Shaikh Jāsim, 1888-89;
- Jāsim carrying munitions of war by sea, 1889;
- Turkish project of rebuilding Zubara, 1888;
- Turkish measures for establishing their jurisdiction on a firmer basis on the Arab coast. Increase of Turkish forces in Qatar, 1888;
- Intrigues of Jāsim against Abu Dhabi, 1889-90;
- Turkish projects for rebuilding Zubara and ’Odaid, 1890-91;
- Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and the Turks, 1891-93;
- British policy towards Jāsim during the hostilities. Chief of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, 1893;
- Question of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1893;
- Removal by Turkish authorities of the British flag from a boat at Al-Bidda, 1897;
- Occupation of Zubara by the Al-bin-Ali tribe with the support of the Turks and Shaikh Jāsim. Threatened attack of Bahrain, and the energetic measures taken to expel the settlement, 1895;
- Arab rising against the Turks in Qatar;
- Disturbances off the Qatar coast between the Amamera and Al-bin-Ali tribes, 1900;
- Piracies committed by the Beni Hajir off the Qatar coast, 1900;
- Reconsideration of our general policy on the Arab side of the Gulf;
- (1) Proposed British protectorate over the Chief of Qatar; (2) Aggressive action of the Porte in attempted to establish mudirates at ’Odaid, Wakra and Zubara, 1902-04.
The appendices are as follows:
- A. Memorandum on the causes of the hostility between Shaikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi and Shaikh Jāsim;
- B. Extract from Captain Daly’s draft letter to the address of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , submitted for approval on 14 January 1901, relating to Qatar;
- C. Memorandum by Mr EC Block, dated 11 March 1903, about the Turkish claim over Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (46 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the précis are arranged in rough chronological order, and organised under a number of subheadings, with each paragraph numbered from 1 to 229. Three appendicies follow the main précis. There is a contents page at the front of the volume (f 5) which lists the subheadings with their corresponding paragraph numbers. The appendices are referenced using the volume’s pagination system.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
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