ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٨٦٠/٦٠)

and enquired if there was any objection to the
appointment. Colonel Kemball considered that
the appointment by the Turks of an administra
tive official should he objected to, and that a
British ship of war should visit Wakra to observe
the situation.
Sir N. O’Conor, Sir N. O’Conor accordingly made representa-
September 8,1903. tions to the Porte, and was informed that
instructions had been sent to the Yali of
Bussorah to deprive Sheikh Abdul Bahman of
Sir N. O’Conor, his character of Mudir of Wakra. The Yali
subsequently informed the Acting Consul at
Bussorah that he had instructed the Mutessarif
No. 598,
September 28,
1903.
India Office,
November 11,
1903.
of El Hasa to revert to the status quo and to
suppress the Mudirate.
In September 1903, Mr. Gaskin, the Assistant
Political Agent at Bahrein, proceeded to El Katr
to interview Sheikh Jasim on the Wakra situa
tion. He was informed that the Sheikh had, in
1898, abdicated in favour of his brother, Ahmed-
bin-Thani, who was therefore in effect Sheikh of
El Katr, and accepted as such by the people and
the Turks. Mr. Gaskin afterwards had an inter
view with Sheikh Ahmed, who stated that Abdul
llahman (son of Sheikh Jasim) had been posted
Sheikh of Wakra in 1898, and nominated in
July 1903, by the Mutessarif of El-Hasa, as
Mudir of Wakra, in place of Yusuf Bey, at a
salary of £ T. 0 a-month.
Sir X. O’Conor, Considerable delay occurred in the execution
foo/ 35 ’ ^ ^ le ^ >01 ^ e s f° suppress the Wakra
Mudirate. Representations by Sir N. O’Conor
on the subject were met by the Forte’s assurance
that Sheikh Abdul Rahman was merely the head
of his tribe, and did not hold the position or title
of Mudir.
India Office, The India Office, when consulted as to the
May 18,1904. formal cancellation of Sheikh Abdul Rahman’s
appointment as Mudir, held that the delay which
had occurred would justify the conclusion of an
agreement with Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani similar
to those concluded with the Chiefs of the southern
littoral. This view, however, did not meet with
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 516, June 28,
1904.
Mr. Townley,
No. 863,
November 8, 1904.
the approval of Sir N. O’Conor, who pointed out
that instructions had been given to the Yali of
Bussorah to annul the appointment, and that
they would ultimately be carried out.
In October 1901 the Acting Consul at Bussorah,
reported to Constantinople that, according to the
Acting Yali, Sheikh Abdul Rahman had been
finally and definitely deprived of the position of