'File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih' [101r] (201/252)
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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ENCLOSURES.
Enclosure No. 1.
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 Foreign Oflior,
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.
,
Sir, 8tli S j ptemher 1901.
In continuation of Sir A. Godleys letter of 22nd June last
relative to steps to be taken in tonsequence of the inability of the
Turkish authorities to punish t^e perpetrators of the outrage on a
relative of the Sheikh of Bahrein, I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Brodrick to enclose, for L'ml Lansdovvne's information, a copy of a letter
from the Government of India, No. 143, (Secret), dated 11th August
1904, and enclosures.
It will he seen that, for the reasons stated in the third paragraph op
their letter, the Government of India do not propose to give the Sheikh
of Bahrein authority to avengo himself pending the revis-ed arrange
ments for their representation at Bahrein which were sanctioned in the
Secretary of State's Despatch of 5th August last. No. 33 (Secret), and
which, it may be expected, will be carried into effect shortly.
Mr. Gaskins report of ] lih June, however, categorically denies the
allegation that the guilty members of the Behaih tribe have been since
been killed in an engagement with the Turks. Mr. Biodrick would,
therefore, suggest that Sir N. O 'Conor should now bo instructed again
to approach the Turkish Government on the subject, and to warn them,
in accordance with the terms of Lord Lansdowne's Despatch No. 132 of
the 12th April last, that if satisfactory reparation is not made by them
without further procrastination. His Majesty's Government will be
unable to disuade the Sheikh from taking the matter inio his own
hands.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, Horace Walpole.
Foreign Office.
Enclosure No. 2.
Foreign 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.
.
Foreign Office,
Sir, 27th September 1904.
With reference to your letter of 8th September. I am directed by
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid
before the Secretary of State for India, the accompanying copy of a
Despatch to His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, relating to
the murder of Bahreinese by members of the Behaih tribe.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State F. A. Campbell.
for India.
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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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 6v:14v, 19r:22v, 28v:29v, 30v:95v, 96v:125v, back-i, back
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