"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٦‎٣] (١٧٨٢/٤٠٦)

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They are 30 fannhes vending at Ki,hm, but owing to lad treatment thev wished to
leave and return to the.r country, but the Sheikh of Ki s hm prevented them Be. Rest
dent w.I] arrange to get permission for them to leave Kishm, ae they are British sub-
jects, and do not wish to remain any longer in Kishm.
0f a l etter fr0m TurS00 ' Bun ->' a ' dated the 2 9th Zilkaada 1282
(16th Apnl 1866). Eeceived 16tli April 1866.
Informs that their bugla with telegraph stores on board suffered from bad weather
and put into Bahrain for repair, but the Sheik would not permit them to repair their
bugk at Bahrein, and forced them to put to sea end proceed to Fao : but on their way
thither were obliged to put the bugla on shore at Ashan Coast, where she broke to pieces
and her wreck was taken away by Amaier tribe, 180 planks, and three boats from the'
Boo ielsa tribe took portions of the wreck ; rest has been brought to Koweit This
information has been corroborated by one Sheik Mahomed-ul-Mugheyzee of Koweit and
Abdoollah bin Sleyman Kateef, both of whom are now in Bushire.
It does not appear, however^ that the Government of India thought it
necessary to modify their former instructions or to issue any new order.
In ] 870-/1 a Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to report
on the subject of the British Diplomatic and Consular services, considered
anew the question of the dependence of the Tehran Legation, which still
remained in all respects subject to the Foreign Office, though to a large
extent maintained out of Indian revenues. They inclined to the view that
the Mission should be placed under the Secretary of State for India, and
recommended that, if such a change were considered impracticable, its
members should generally be selected from the Indian services, and that
the proportion of the cost of the Legation borne bv the Government of
India should be reduced. This resolution had, however, no result in prac
tice.
In 1868, in connection with telegraph construction and the boundary
dispute pending between Kalat and Persia, a European Assistant Political
Agent was stationed at Gwadur. The post was maintained during the
rest of the period.
Dependency
of the British
Legation at
Tehran,
1870-71.
Appointment
of an Assist
ant Political
Agent at
Gwad ir
1863.
British political and official matters in Turkish'Iraq, 1862-73.
The development of civilisation in the Persian Gulf had its counterpart
on a smaller scale in Turkish 'Iraq, where, as already shown, British
commercial navigation continued to make progress, and where, perhaps in
consequence of the rapid growth of British interests, the attitude of the
local Turkish authorities was, during the earlier part of the period, ex
tremely unfriendly.