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File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.' [141r] (286/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 1910-1915. 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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29th Juno 1910.
My dear Colonel,
My official letter C.56 of 15th June had the
following confirmation from Baghdad (I don't know what you
hear from Lorimer so send this which reached me last mail),
x x x "He (JTazim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
) is surrounded hy a very
modern (and I should think efficient) staff; and probably
there will not be as much leakage of information here as
formerly; I hear in a general way that he means to
the Turkish claims to ICoweit for all they are worth; and
if he does, it will be quite in keeping with his general
attitude, which seems to be that it is only Turkey that counts ']j
in this part of the world x x x TT .
i i
I didn't get much of a definite nature out of Crow.
However he thinks pretty much the same regarding the new
order of officials. He said the Busreh Wall had told him
flat that he had no business putting his finger in the
■
Moharamerah - bombardment pie ! and Crow thought his attitude
would be much the same over Koweit if he had to tackle him
on a Xoweit question. At the same time Crow seemed to think
Sulairaan ITazif Bey a rather impulsive and somewhat foolish
official.
I can't help thinking that we ought to make the
status of Koweit and our position in it more definite now
while it is fairly easy than letting it drag on with the
Turks improving their side of the show every day until
perhaps a few years hence it will be much more difficult.
Yours sincerely,
(Sd. ) W. II • I. Shake si)ear.
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Correspondence including telegrams, hand written letters and printed enclosures, discusses an attack by a Turkish gun-boat on a village - Zain, belonging to the Shaikh of Mohammerah - which lay on the Turkish bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The correspondence outlines the circumstances that led to the quarrel between the Turkish authorities and the Sheikh of Mohammerah, and suggestions that the Porte should be urged to replace the Wali of Basrah with a less aggressive official.
Correspondence discusses the proposal to give the Shaikh of Mohammerah assurances against naval attack, whatever the pretext for such action; letters and telegrams also discuss the award of a decoration (Knight Commander of the Indian Empire) to the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
A letter (dated 7 December 1913) from Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , outlines the Government of India's interests in Arabistan including: the oil fields and their future; irrigation; railway enterprises; telegraphs; Russian and German activity.
Correspondents include Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Sir Gerard Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople; Charles Murray Marling, Ambassador to Tehran; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign affairs; Francis Edward Crow, H M Consul at Bussorah [Basra]; Arnold Talbot Wilson, H M Consul at Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal bin Jabir, Shaikh of Mohammerah; Wali of Bussorah; Viceroy of India.
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- 1 volume (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 345 (Mohammerah: situation) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/132-133. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 278; 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.
The folio sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one ending flyleaf.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel throughout; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:280v, 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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