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Empire Jurisdiction; also that Naval Commandant there has ordered Bahrein boats to fly
Turkish flag. A Bahrein Nakhuda Ahmed-bin-Ali-bin-Manif states he was taken out of
his boat and brought before Naval Commandant by whose orders he was forced to buy
materials for Turkish flag and required to hoist it; but sailed without doitig so. One such
flag produced by another Bahrein subject has been sent me. I hope redress for these pro
ceedings and orders to local authorities to cease interfering will be obtained from the
„ Ottoman Porte. Vali is still at Hasa. Am
Secret E., May ,893, No,. 207-26,. asking Ba! , arahi to show flag agajn
Bahrein."
306. This telegram was reported to the Secretary of State, on 14th January.
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. received further confirmation of the action of the Turkish
officials in compelling Bahrein subjects to accept Turkish flags from various
other sources.
No. 253. .307- On a reference made by 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. to the Foreign Office, 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. 's message of 10th January 1892, was repeated on loth Tanuarv
to Sir C. Ford, and it was added
" Inform the Porte that as 1 urkish local authorities disregard the orders, they must have
received in consequence of representation made by you at the Porte, it will be necessary
for the Government of India to give to the Chief of Bahrein such material support as may
be required to resist the interference of Turkish local authorities with his subjects."
308. The Turkish local authorities proceeded even further to assert Ottoman
(4) Proclamation of Turkish sovereignty over
Sovereignty over Bahrein. The Kaim-
,893 ' m o akarn of Katit P^ blis| i ed on August
. • , , I 893a proclamation, which he caused to
be stuck up in the bazaars and coffeeshops of the town, the translation which
runs as follows :—
No. 192.
No, 248.
" According to orders received from the Government, Home and Foreign, regarding
Bahrein, the British Government has no right to give either order or protection there.
Bahrein is part of the Ottoman dominions and will be treated in the same way as the
other subjects of the Ottoman Government are."
309. Representations were duly made to the Porte, and the result thereof
was reported by Sir A. Nicolson to the Foreign Office in his despatch dated 2Qth
December 1893 : —
" An assurance was given that telegraphic instructions had been sent some days pre
viously to ihe Vali of Basrah for the withdrawal of the proclamation of the Kaim-Makam of
Brr K^fr ling a local authorities not to enter into disputes or discussions with
British officials in regard to Bahrein.
As t0 tlie c ] u ^ st [ on of the status of the Bahreinese while in Ottaman territory the Grand
Vizier stated that the Sublime Porte intended to maintain and act upon its connection that
the Bahreinese must be treated as Ottoman subjects. action tnac
On the 26th instant Mr. Nicolson informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs under
direction o Lord Rosebury that^ there was no intention on the part of Her Maies^
overnment to depart f rom the position laid clown in the note addressed to the Porte bv
nat vefo^thr Jnt 'o^o 11 ^ ^ British to extend protection^ th^
natives ot tUhrein in Ottoman territory, and he represented to His Excellencv that he w**
Pc^aslo^h^rtu's of^B f ■ ty ' S the contention^ ttsubtae
extend tVe^'^^^L'the™ w^V^c^rn^iredt^t" inadmi£Sib,e ^
310. In March 1893, Lieutenant Beville, the British Consul at Basrah
1893 Tranship of Turkish troops at Bahrein, reported to Colonel Mockler that the Turks
Secret e ., July 1893, not. 97-112, were arranging to despatch 30 soldiers'
t ii- Wlt ^ ammunition to Bahrein nrpqum^blv
or re-embarkation to Hasa, and that he had warned the A^ent of the British
ndian Steam Navtgauon Company against taking them to Bahrein on the
ground that the presence of Turkish soldiers might create popular disturbance
He asked for instructions for future guidance and su^crested thJ 1 " b !; nce -
ernment at Basrah be informed tlfat there -..irff n^b eedon to soMie?;;"
"".f,. 0 th f Arab coast being taken to Bahrein, provided thit arrangements be
made there for their immediate transhipment. 63 e ts be
t , 3 , '- 1 C „ 0,onelMockI e r instructed him that he should make no reference to
the local Government, but if referred to by them, S ay that he had authority to