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‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’ [113] (125/160)
The record is made up of 1 volume (80 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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"The Secretary o£ State for India, as will be seen from my letter of the 17th September
previous, would have preferred a different procedure, under which the commanders of Royal
Navy ships in the Gulf would at once have beeo authorized to act as might be necessary for
the capture and punishment of marauders, without regard to Turkish claims of pretensions,
though scrupulously avoiding collision with Ottoman cruisers or troops the Porte being left to
remonstrate against the action which might be taken in any particular case, if it thought fit.
Id the face, however, of a report received from the Law otHcers of tne Crown and of other
considerations, Lord Salisbury was reluctant to sanction so decided a course, and, under the^e
circumstances, Lord Cranbrook felt that he had no alternative but to acquiesce in an attempt,
in the first instance, to come to s>me friendly arrangement with the Porte.
" As regards Mr. Plowden's objections, I am directed to state that his memorandum, as
Mr. Gosohen observes, reproduces the views of the Indian Foreign Office which were fully con
sidered when the correspondence of last year was in progress. With respect to the territorial
limits within which Ottoman jurisdiction might recognized, it was then deliberately decided
that, while interference either at Odeid, or with Bahrein, or with the coast occupied by the
Trucial Chiefs, and the Saltan of Maskat, should not be permitted, there was no sufficient
reason—provided the peace of the seas was preserved.—for objecting to such relations between
the Turkish authorities in El-Hassa and the tribes to the north of Odeid as might be agreeable
to the parties concerned.
" Lord Hartingtrm is of opinion, therefore, that Mr. Goschen's proceedings should be
approved. His Lordship would, however, suggest that tha particular attention of His JExcel-
leucy should be drawn to paragraph 2 of Lord Salisbury's 4 very confidential' despatch, No. 13
of the 5th January last, which refers to possible Turkish pretensions over Maskat, Bahrein,
and the possessions of the Trucial Chiets and re-affirms the aften declared policy of Her
Majesty's Government in respect to those territories.
" It also appears to Lord Hartington to be very desirable that Mr. Goschen should not
permit himself to be entangled m any discussion with the Porte on the territorial question, but
that, in the event of reply to his note beinar either long delayed, or evasive, or otherwise
unsatisfactory in tenor, the negotiations at Constantinople should be dropped. It Would then
be for consideration whether the policy suggested in my letter of 17th September 1879 should
not be reverted to."
A copy of tins letter was forwarded to Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople for his guidance in negotiations with the Porte.
In a subsequent despatch to the Eoreign Office, Mr. Goschen suggested
that, should he be unable to obtain any
Secret, jmnavy 1881, No. 116. satisfactory offer of an arrangement from
the Porte, the commanders of Her Majesty's ships in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
might
be instructed not to allow themselves to be too much hampered by the three-mile
limit in pursuing and capturing pirates, especially as the Turkish authority on
the coast was at so many points of a very shadowy description.
434. This despatch was sent to 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.
, and Lord Hartington con
curred with Lord Granville in thinking that the Porte should be called upon,
for a reply to Mr. Gosehen's note of the 7th July 1880, which, as already shown
proposed that, subject to certain restrictions, Her Majesty's cruizers should be
permitted to act freely within the territorial waters of that portion of the Arab
coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
where Turkish authority was imperfectly established.
Should that reply be delayed, or be unsatisfactory in tenor, His Lordship was of
opinion that Her Majesty's ships engaged in the suppression of piracy in the
Gulf should he instructed not to permit their operations to he hampered hy
considerations connected with 0 ttoman claims to juris diet ion along the coast'
Mr. Goschen was accordingly instructed, on the 26th October 1880, to
press for a reply from the Porte to the proposals contained in his note to
Abedine
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of the 7th July 1880.
435. As no arrangement could "^e arrived at with either tbe Porte or the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
secret January issi. No. lie. of Baghdad, Her Majesty s Government
secret December 1881, Nos. 224—158. ultimately decided that the naval officers
on the East Indian Station should not be hampered by the three miles limit in
pursuing pirate craft in Turkish waters,
ibid Prof, No. 224. ^g ee g ecre t ar y 0 f State's Despatch No. 2^,
dated 5th August 1881).
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Part 1 of a Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. gazetteer of historical and political materials, a précis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs. The précis was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha, whose preface (under which his surname is erroneously spelt Saldana) is dated 25 November 1904, and published by the Government of India Foreign Deptartment, Simla, India.
The preface is an historical outline of the struggle for political dominance in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Portuguese, British, Wahabi [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] and Turkish expansion. The chapters (titles shown in italics) deal with the subject in an roughly chronological fashion:
1. Early history of Hasa and Katif , including: references to the area in Arabic writing; the first known Arab colonists; and early references to the area in British (East India Company) records;
2. Conquest of Hasa by the Wahabis and Turkish expeditions into Nejd [Najd] and Hasa, and their results 1800-1865 , including: conquest of the area by the Wahabis; Turkish expeditions to the area, 1811-19 and 1836-40; Amir Feysal’s [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] nominal dependence on Turkey, 1855; troubles in Katif, 1859-62; Turkish protest against British proceedings at Damaum [Dammām], 1862; the British war against Amir Feysal, 1865-66; obsolete title of award of Arabia by an Abbasid caliph to the Ottoman Porte; Ottoman ambitions in Arabia (Holy Ottoman Empire);
3. Turkish expedition to Nejd and Hasa, 1871-72 , including: origins of the expedition; intelligence from 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. , Colonel Lewis Pelly; British policy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and effects of the Turkish expedition on that policy; Turkish assurances to Britain, communicated to Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) by Pelly; Turkish promise of non-interference with the rulers of the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; narrative of the events leading up to and including the landing of the expeditionary force in Nejd; Turkish designs on Katar [Qatar], and their hoisting of the Turkish flag at Budaa [Al-Bidda]; Turkish naval activity in the Gulf, and Britain’s naval response; murder of a suspected Turkish messenger at Bahrain; reasons for the non-interference of the British Government in operations on land; further narrative of the expedition and affairs in Nejd; evidence of Turkish designs on Bahrain; Turkish assurances; relations between Turkey and Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi]; close of the Turkish expedition;
4. Internal affairs of Hasa and Katif, 1872-1904 , including: administration and internal organisation; and a list of governors at Hasa, including events of significance occurring during their rule;
5. Survey of the Katif coast, 1873-74 , including: British intentions and permission gained from the Ottoman Porte; complaints of British survey officers landing on the Nejd coast; written permission to land to undertake surveying.
6. Increase of Turkish military and naval forces in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Turkish policy , including: a memorandum by Captain T Doughty on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
7. (1) Trade Relations of Hindu and other traders of Bahrain with Katif, and their disabilities , and (2) Proposal appointment of a consular officer at Katif ;
8. Piracies , including: piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878; ; revolt in Hasa and piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878-81; Turkish responsibilities and jurisdiction for the purpose of suppressing piracies in Katif waters, 1878-81; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1883; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1886; piracies in 1887-88; piracies in 1891-92; piracies in 1899-1900; piracies in 1902 and the proposal of the Chief of Bahrain to maintain an armed dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. for the pursuit of pirates, 1902-03;
9. Murder of Sheikh Selman-bin-Diaij-el-Khalifa [Shaikh Salman bin Diaj Āl Khalīfah] , a cousin of the Chief of Bahrain and his party about 40 miles south of Katif. Question of satisfaction and compensation for it ;
10. Turkish designs on Oman and the rest of the East Arabian Littoral, 1888-1899 ;
11. Summary of British declarations against Turkish encroachments in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and of the Porte’s assurances, 1871-1904 .
The cover of volume, on which the title is printed, also has a number of different pencil and pen annotations, marking former external references or numbering systems (‘P.2557/29’, ‘No.5’, ‘C238’).
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- 1 volume (80 folios)
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The volume is arranged into eleven chapters, preceded by a preface. Each chapter is organised by subheadings, and its paragraphs numbered. The paragraph numbers are continuous throughout the whole volume, beginning on 1 at the start of the first chapter, and ending on 553/553A at the end of the eleventh chapter. A contents page at the front of the volume (ff.4-5) lists the chapters by their headings and subheadings, with each referring to paragraph, rather than page, numbers.
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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 hand 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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- ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’
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- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:4, 1:2, 1:35, 37:40, 42:80, 82:108, 110:144, iii-r:iii-v, back-i, back
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