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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' [123r] (245/252)
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:l.
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 "Dhe Foreign Office.
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.
,
Sth February 1906.
Sir,
With, reference to previous correspondence as
to the murder of Bahreinese by the Behaih tribe, terminat
ing with Sir H. Walpole's letter of 24tii August last, I am
directed by Mr: Secretary Morley to transmit, for the in
formation of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
copy of a letter from the G-overnmait of India, dated 4th.
ultimo, together with its enclosures, reporting the result
of further enquiries into the matter by the Political
Officers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
2. The 'roveimment of India state that they have come to
the conclusion, after careful examination of the informa
tion which has been supplied to them, that there are two
possible alternatives (1) to press for compensation from
the Porte, (2) to drop the case.
S. . In the circumstances it appears to Mr: Morley that,
unless Sir N. 0'Conor wishes to reserve power to press the
claim for compensation, it would be desirable to adopt the
second alternative, and to drop the case, and he would be
glad to be favoured with Sir E. Grey's views as to the
course to be followed.
4. It will be observed that the Government of India ap
parently contemplate informing Sheikh Esa, in the event of
the claim being altogether dropped, that the further re
medy lies in his own hands by the exclusion from Bahrein of
members of any tribes which are in a position to exercise
pressure upon the Behaih with a view to their coming to a
settlement. Mr: Morley sees no objection to such a coimnu-
nication
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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)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 6v:14v, 19r:22v, 28v:29v, 30v:95v, 96v:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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