'Guttur [Qatar] Sovereignty'

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Folder entitled 'Guttur [Qatar] Sovereignty' enclosing letter No. 5147 of 1871 from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department regarding the question of the sovereignty of Guttur following British interference there in 1868 and the difficulties that recognition of the sovereignty would pose particularly if the Turkish Government succeeds in establishing a right to interfere in the affairs of Nejd.

The letter also references the arrangements made by Colonel Lewis Pelly in having the Guttur tribute to Bahrein paid through the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and that this was not intended to diminish Guttur's sovereignty but rather to secure their frontiers against the Naim and Wahabees [Wahhabi].

The letter concludes by requesting that Colonel Pelly submit his views as to the question of sovereignty over the Guttur territory.

Also enclosed is letter No.5148 of 1871 from H E Jacomb, for the Acting Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle, 26 October 1871 reporting that a copy of the letter had been sent to 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for information and guidance.

Extent and format

4 folios

It is part of

Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.

146 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/40

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/40, ff 62-65

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Oct 1871 (CE, Gregorian)

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