"مذكرة حول المطالبات المنفصلة لتركيا وبلاد فارس بالسيادة على جزيرة البحرين." [ظ‎‎١‎٨] (٤٠/٣٦)

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soumis k la conscription et qui seraient originaires
de Bahrein.
" Permettez -moi de vous faire remarquer, M. le
Charg^ d'Affaires, que ces observations toucbent a
une question de principe qui, traitee pr^cedemment
entre les deux Gouvernments par I'entremise de
I'Ambassade Tmperiale Londres, est r^solue aux
yeux de la Sublime Porte. Nous ne pouvons
aujourd'hui que nous en tenir aux conclusions de
nos communications ant^rieures et Musurus Pacha
vient d'etre charg^ de s'en entretenir avec le Prin
cipal Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majesty le Reine.'
On the 22nd of the same month Musurus Pasha Musurus Pasha,
, . , January 22, 1874.
communicated to Lord Granville a telegram which
he had received from his Government on the Telegraphic, January s, 1874.
subject.
A copy of these notes were sent to the India To India Office,
. „ February 2, 1874.
Office, on the 2nd February, 1874, with a sugges
tion that a reply should be returned, reminding
the Turkish Ambassador that the explanations
given by the Govern or-General of Bagdad as to
the circumstances under which the enlistment of the
Bahreinites was effected had already been accepted
by Her Majesty's Government as satisfactory, and
that Her Majesty's Consul-Gencral at Bagdad had
been instructed accordingly; and stating that as
his Lordship did not consider that it would be wise
to pass over in silence the renewed claim to a right
of sovereignty over Bahrein, which was implied in
the telegram from Raschid Pasha, he proposes to
draw the attention of Musurus Pasha to the com
munication made to the Porte in 1851 and 18/0 Pages 9 and 21.
distinctly stating that Her Majesty's Government
did not admit the claim of Turkey to consider
Bahrein as a part of the Ottoman Dominions, and
that, if natives of that Island applied to British
Consuls in Turkey for protection, the latter could not
refuse their good offices on behalf of such persons,
as being the subjects of a Chief with whom Her
Majesty's Government had friendly relations.
The Duke of Argyll entirely concurred in this India Office,
proposed reply. This letter has not, however, yet I 'ebiuary 10, is< 4.
been sent off, and, since its adoption, a copy of a
despatch has been received addressed by Colonel
Herbert, British Consul-General in Bagdad, to Sir Mr. Locock, No. 20; •
H. Elliot, in which he maintains the right of sons Februar > 3 '
pf Bahreinites, not themselves born in Bahrein, to