'File: E/4. Turkish mudirs of Wakra and Zubara on the Qatar Peninsular' [‎95v] (221/234)

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No. 3132, dated Bushire, the 26th November (received 6th December) 1910 (Confidential)
From Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S .I., C.I.E., 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. ,
To -The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to my telegram No. 1088, dated 13th November 1910, I
have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India,
xt froo o i j a C0 PJ ^ a letter since received from the
' ' ae ' ^ ovom ' er A • Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, on the subjecr
of the nomination of Turkish Mudirs for Odaid, Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and Wakrah.
2. It will be seen that he now names the individuals holding the nominal
appointments at Odaid and Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . As regards Wakrah I imagine that the
r J urkish authorities satisfy the requirements of their record by styling the son
of Shaikh Jasim bin Thani who acts as headman there, as " Mudir " in the
same way that they address Shaikh Jasim as Kaimmakam of Katar and Shaikh
Mubarak as Kaimmakam of Kuwait.
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No. 780, dated Bahrain, thp November 1910 (Confideimw^,
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;f rom —Captain C. F. Mackenzie, I .A, Political Aorent, Bahrain,
To —Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C .I .E., 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. ,
Bushire.
1 have the honour to request that my letter No. 759, dated the 11th instant,
referring to the Mudirs of Odaid, Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , and Wakrah may be cancelled
as I have since obtained the following information indirectly from one All,
who has just been visiting Bahrain.
This Ali is the nephew of Ibrahim, who was until recently the Mudir of
Ojair, and he is thus acquainted with the internal workings of the Hasa
Office. s
2 When Suad Beg, Mutasarrif of Hasa, returned to Ojair in the
S S John O'Scott on the 5th August 1910 {vide diary No. 280) after
temporarily acting as Vali of Basrah, he brought with him two men, one
named Sulaiman Eflendi and the other is named Abdullah Effendi (mixed
negro blood).
He first wished to appoint Abdullah as Mudir of Ayun, and Sulaiman
-is Mudir of Odaid, but at the request of the latter the two appointments
were interchanged. The pay of these posts is said to be 60 Rials each.
3 The name of the Mudir of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. is also Abdullah Effendi, not
however to be confused with the Abdullah Effendi of negro blood.
4. I can still find no corroboration of the appointment of a Mudir for
Wakrah; on the contrary, this rumour is denied to have foundation.
5 Ao>ha Abdul Karim bin Agha Hasan, referred to in my previous letter
Nn 75Q was Mudir of Odaid till recently, and the mistake thus crept in
fs he was known to many people under hi* old title as Mudir of Odaid.