'File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih' [100r] (199/252)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1900-19 Feb 1906. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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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.
, London,
25th November 1904.
Secret.
No. 56
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
My Lord,
With reference to the Secret letter of your Excellency's Govern-
Fersian Oulf: as to reparation men ^ i n the foreign Department,
for the murder by the Behaih tribe dated 11th August last, No. 143,
of a party of Bahreinese near El as to the murder of a party of
Bahreinese near El Katif by the
Behaih tribe, I forward herewith copies of correspondence* with the
* To Foreign Office, dated 8th September ^ Oreign Oflicc on the subject.
1904.
and'enclosure' date<, ^ Sep "" ,,ber 1904 ' 2. It will be seen from the
From ditto, dated iGth November 1904, despatch of 11 is Majesty's Charge
and d'Affaires at Constantinople of the
26th October last, No. 832, that the Turkish Government have been
informed that His Majesty's Government had a rig!it to expect that the
Porte would make some more effectual attempt to bring the offenders to
justice, and that otherwise they could not reasonably continue to
restrain the Sheikh from taking the matter into his own hands.
3. In these circumstances His Majesty's Government do not desire to
place any further restrictions on the Sheikh's liberty of action, provided
that he does not attack the Behaih while they remain in territory
recognised as Turkish. Should, however, tlie Turkish Government make
a successful effort to bring the offenders to justice before the Behaih
move down to the coast beyond the limits of Turkish territory, it will
be necessary to advise the Sheikh to refrain from molesting them.
4. Having regard to what is said in the third paragraph of your letter
of the 11th August as to the attitude of the Sheikh, I leave it to your
Excellency to decide as to the moment when an intimation should be
made to him in accordance with the conclusions arrived at by His
Majesty's Government.
1 have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) St. John Brodrick.
S. 58.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing ; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf.
These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Khalīfah, cousin of Shaikh ‘Īsá, together with some twenty-five others, at the hands of the ‘Behaih’ section of the Āl Murrah tribe while on their annual hawking trip on the mainland of Eastern Arabia at al-Darayah, some thirty to forty miles south of al-Qaṭīf.
The file contains details of the murder itself (folio 7), as well as subsequent dealings with Turkish officials and the Āl Thānī family in order to avert revenge attacks (‘blood feud’) by the Āl Khalīfah family (for example, folio 45) between 1902 and 1906. There are incidental references to the outbreak of plague in the Gulf in 1903 (folio 76).
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- 1 file (126 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has two foliation numbers in the top right hand of each folio. The primary number is enclosed by a circle and begins on the first page. The secondary number is not enclosed by a circle and begins on the first page of text.
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- 'File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 6v:14v, 19r:22v, 28v:29v, 30v:95v, 96v:125v, back-i, back
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