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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [388r] (780/860)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1902-16 Dec 1910. 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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ENCLOSURES.
No. 1.
Note Vcrbale from Sir Clare Lord to the Sublime Porte,
dated Constantinople, 11th November 1892.
Her Britannic Majesty’s Embassy has the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of the Note Verbale of the Sublime Porte, No. 62, of 22nd
October 1892, requesting that orders may be sent to Her Majesty’s
Consul at Basra instructing him to desist from claiming the restitution
of certain taxes levied on natives of Bahrein, on the plea that the
islands are under British protection.
Her Majesty’s Embassy regrets that it is not possible to comply with
the requests of the Sublime Porte in the matter.
It will be in the recollection of the Imperial Government that, on the
10th December 1871, Server
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, then Minister for Eoreign Affairs,
formally assured Count Pisani, Dragoman of Her Majesty’s Embassy,
that the Sublime Porte entertained not the least intention to attack or
obtain any supremacy over the independent tribes on the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Bahrein being now under the protection of Her Majesty the Queen of
England, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs has
instructed the Embassy to inform, the Imperial Government that no
interference by the Ottoman authorities with natives of that island can
be admitted.
No. 2.
Telegram from Viceroy, dated 4th August 1895.
Eoreign, secret. Zobara. The Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, telegraphs,
under date 2nd August“ The Mudir claims the A1 bin Ali as Turkish
“ subjects settled at Zobara by order of Mutasarif, and declares
<c Bahrein unconditionally, Katr in part, Ottoman dominions. Jasim
“ said to be collecting boats and followers^’
I am instructing Resident to inform Mudir of Zobara that iurkish
claims to Bahrein are totally inadmissible, and anyone making attempts
against Bahrein must take consequences.
°I recommend strong remonstrance to Porte on proceedings of their
local officials on Katr coast, over which we admit no Turkish juris-
PSee Lord Kimberley’s Secret Despatch, No. 35, of 8th September
1893 and correspondence forwarded with Sir Steuart Bayley s Letter,
No. 27, dated 27th January 1893.]
No. 3.
Eoreign Office to
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.
.
The Under Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs presents his com-
ffiin ents to the Under Secretary of State for India, and is directed by
fhe Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of Lord George
ils
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This volume contains memoranda, copies of correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding:
- Turkish claims over El Katr (Qatar), and the creation of Turkish administrative posts on the Qatari coast, with 'mudirs' (sub-governors) being assigned during 1903 to Odeid (Al Udeid), Wakra (Al Wakrah), Zobara (Al Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), and Musalamia Island (Suwad ash Shamaliyah);
- 'the desire of Sheikh Ahmed bin-Thani, Ruler of Qatar, to be taken under British Protection', in 1902, and a Proposed Protectorate Treaty with the Ruler of Qatar, in 1904;
- the Ruler of Abu Dhabi's intention to occupy Odeid in 1906.
The main correspondents are: the Viceroy, the Foreign Office (Thomas Henry Sanderson), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne), and the 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. .
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
The volume also contains the translation of a Turkish press article.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 428; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Condition: the spine is detached from the volume and preserved in a polyester sheet, on folio 427.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:427v, back-i
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