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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [390r] (784/860)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1902-16 Dec 1910. It was written in English. 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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?* a i r P°^t, °ver whicli Her Majesty’s Government do not recognise
1 i 1 jurisdiction, and must repeat once more that all Turkish claims
to Bahrein, which is under the protection of the Queen of England, are
totally inadmissible, and that measures will be taken to nrotect the
island from aggression.
Sir,
No. 9.
Eoreign 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.
.
Eoreign Office,
2nd March 1896.
With reference to the letter from this Department of the 21st
of August last, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit
herewith a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty’s Ambassador at
Constantinople, enclosing a Note Yerbale which His Excellency has
addressed to the Turkish Government insisting on the right of British
intervention on behalf of natives of Bahrein.
I am to state that Lord Salisbury proposes, with the concurrence of
Lord George Hamilton, to express his approval of this communication.
I am, &c.,
T. IT. Sandekson.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
Enclosure in No. 9.
Sir JP. Currie to the Marquess of Salisbury.
No. 141. Constantinople,
My Lord, 19th February 1896.
With reference to my despatch, No. 520, of 12th August, I have
the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith copy of a Note Yerbale
which I have addressed to the Sublime Porte, requesting that instruc
tions may be sent to the Yali of Basrah to admit the right of the British
Consul to intervene oh behalf of Bahrein subjects.
I have, &c.,
Philip Currie.
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
&c., &C., &C.
Enclosure in above.
Note Yerbale to the Sublime Porte.
No. 16.
8th February 1896.
TTpi- Maiesty’s Embassy have received a telegram from Her Majesty’s
Consul at Bussorah, stating that a subject of the Sheikh of Bahrein
whose property had been plundered by pirates while he was on hoard
n sailim- vessel in the Shatt-ul-Arab, had appealed to him for assistance.
Cantain White accordingly addressed the Vali on the subject, hut His
Excellency intimated that his action in so doing was improper, and that,
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This volume contains memoranda, copies of correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding:
- Turkish claims over El Katr (Qatar), and the creation of Turkish administrative posts on the Qatari coast, with 'mudirs' (sub-governors) being assigned during 1903 to Odeid (Al Udeid), Wakra (Al Wakrah), Zobara (Al Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), and Musalamia Island (Suwad ash Shamaliyah);
- 'the desire of Sheikh Ahmed bin-Thani, Ruler of Qatar, to be taken under British Protection', in 1902, and a Proposed Protectorate Treaty with the Ruler of Qatar, in 1904;
- the Ruler of Abu Dhabi's intention to occupy Odeid in 1906.
The main correspondents are: the Viceroy, the Foreign Office (Thomas Henry Sanderson), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne), and the 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. .
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
The volume also contains the translation of a Turkish press article.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 428; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Condition: the spine is detached from the volume and preserved in a polyester sheet, on folio 427.
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- File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:427v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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