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Seizure and Execution of Messenger at Bahrain [505v] (10/12)
The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 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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Enclosure No. 7.
Telegram dated the 18th October 1871.
From— Herbert, Baghdad.
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Recommandee .—Tours of yesterday. Will endeavour to avoid communi
cation with
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, but hope I may receive further instructions shortly lest he
should act. If pressed, will tell him the other version.
Enclosure No. 8-
Telegram dated the 18th October 1871.
From— Herbert, Baghdad.
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Recommandee .—Further reinforcements of about three hundred infantry
left yesterday for Kateef. It is reported more troops will go with
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
early
in next week.
\
Enclosure No. 9.
Telegram dated the 20th October 1871.
From—Political Secretary, Guneshkhund.
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Your telegram of the 18th. Prom Colonel Pelly’s communications His
Excellency thinks that the messenger was sent by Nassir bin Mobarik and only
incidentally carried letters from
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, but telegram has been sent to Colonel
Pelly desiring particular information on this point.
Enclosure No. 10.
Telegram dated the 24th October 1871.
From— Herbert, Baghdad.
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Recommandee .—My telegram of 18th. Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
expects to leave
Thursday, and it is probable he will make the death of the messenger a pretext
for interference at Bahrein, if he receive from me no satisfactory communi
cation before he goes. Further reinforcement, 250 men, to leave to-morrow.
Two new corvettes and steamer await to accompany
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Enclosure No. 11.
Telegram No. 2353 P,, dated the 30th October 1871.
From—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
To—Political Secretary, Bombay.
Following from Herbert: “ My telegram of 18th. Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ex
pects to leave Thursday, and it is probable he will make the death of the
messenger a pretext for interference at Bahrein, if he receive from me no sa
tisfactory communication before he goes. Further reinforcement, 250 men,
to leave to-morrow. Two new corvettes and steamer await to accompany
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.” Message ends. Colonel Pelly should either go or send Assistant
to Bahren coast to watch events.
2
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871.
The papers concern the seizure and execution of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarik, to Jassim bin Mahomed bin Thani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] of Gwuttur [Qatar], at Bahrein [Bahrain], and the seizure of letters he was carrying. The messenger was said to have been responsible for the murder of the father of the Ruler of Bahrain, and the letters included some from the Ottoman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at El Hassa [Hasa]. British officials feared that the execution might provide a pretext for interference in Bahrain by the Ottoman Government. The correspondence also provides some military intelligence on Turkish operations in Nejd.
The main correspondent is 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. .
The Enclosures are dated 1 September - 30 October 1871.
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