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Turkish Expedition to Nejd [494r] (81/94)
The record is made up of 1 item (47 folios). It was created in 20 May 1871-6 Dec 1871. 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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Abdoollali ben Subab is now at Ojair with the small steamer (Assur'. 'Boats
are engaged at Kateef to take provisions to Ojair. Twelve vessels have left this
for Ojair. The people of Kowait have left Kateef, those engaged in nearL
fishing have gone to the banks. ° ° 1
^ Tt Tw( k Ti:irklsll i vessels 5 -—one a steamer and one sailing vessel,—are anchored
ott Kas Tannooreh.
There is cholera in Kateef: five or six persons are attacked dailv but
many recover. • 5
Ibrahim Beg, the deputy and locum tenens of Kurreek
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, issued an
order for the collection of revenue from the date trees. At sunset he was
attacked by cholera, but is not yet dead.
I return now to Bahrein in the boat which brought me to Kateef. I
have given ten krans to the people of the buggarah to bring you this report,
as I had to detain the boat for it.
(True translated purport.)
(Signed) J. C. EDWARDS,
Uncovenanted Assistant Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Telegram dated the 24th July 1871.
From— Felly, Bushire.
To 1 —Political Secretary, Bombay.
Occupation of Lahsa by Turks officially confirmed from Kateef. Saood in
Riadh. Abdoollah two days’ march distant. Brothers not reconciled. Arabs
said to contrast conciliatory rule of Turks with severity and exactions of their
own Imaums. But recent importation of strumpets and publicans disapproved
by Wahabees. Cholera prevailed in Turkish camp. Commander unable to
advance owing to heat and sickness. His garrison in Kateef, eight hundred
strong.
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871.
The papers cover: the aims of the Ottoman military expedition against Nejd [Najd]; correspondence with Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Governor General of Baghdad; British support for Bahrein [Bahrain]; the movements of British warships in the area (HMS Hugh Rose , HMS Magpie , HMS Bullfinch , and HMS Lynx ); reports of the landing and operations of Turkish troops; the operations of Saood [Saud ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] against the Turkish force, and against his [half-] brother Abdoollah [Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd]; reports of the occupation of Guttur [Qatar] by the Turks; operations in Lahsa [Hasa]; correspondence concerning the ownership of the British steamer SS Snipe , which was reported to be conveying Turkish troops to Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf]; the monitoring of the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the Turkish expedition; the movements of Turkish ships in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and further intelligence concerning Turkish operations.
The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, 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. .
The Enclosures are dated 20 May - 20 October 1871.
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There is an Abstract of Contents on folios 455-458, numbered 1-42.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500
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- Turkish Expedition to Nejd
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- 454r:460v, 462v:479r, 480v:484v, 485v:500v
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