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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.' [190r] (384/566)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Eritannic Majesty s Govemment.j
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STATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[June 13.]
Section 3.
[20906]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 13.)
g °- 369 - Confi “-) Tkerapia! June 8; 1910 .
A REPORT reached me in the middle of April last from a confidential source that
the Vali of Bussorah had, under instructions from the Ministries of War and of the
Interior, called on the Sheikh Mubarak to take twenty-one men from Koweit for
gendarmerie service at Hassa, to which the sheikh had agreed.
The Ministry of the Interior, however, denied that any such orders had been sent
to the vali, who on his side declared to the resident of Bushire that they had been
issued to him by the Ministry at his own request. The vali said the actual orders
were to take one sergeant and twenty men from tribes subject to Mubarak, the sheikh
being free to make his own selection, but being required to give his guarantee for
them. They were wanted, it was said, for the gendarmerie camel corps at Hassa.
Sheikh Mubarak’s version of the story, which has now reached me, is that the vali
had asked him for some twenty to thirty men from Koweit for the gendarmerie in
Hassa, for whom the vali would supply a commander, pay, food, and clothing. The
sheikh said that his men had their own personal occupations, and he had no one
available for such service ; but if the vali desired Arabs there were Nejada camel men
and others from Central Arabia to be found in Koweit. The vali replied that he did
not wish these, but the sheikh’s own men, over whom he would have control, whereupon
the sheikh declined to assist the vali for the reasons already given.
I have, &c.
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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)
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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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