ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٧‎٢] (٨٦٠/٧٤٨)

Persian gunf.
TURKISH CLAIMS OH THE ARABIAN COAST.
In 1879 lord C rant rook expressed the view that
"provide no Obstacles are interposed to any operations
•which may be necessary to preserve the Peace of the seas
•ana to punish marauders, and that no interference is
"attampted either with Bahrein or the Trucial Chiefs from
•Odeid to Ras el Khymah, or with Muscat” no exception need •
be taken to the proceedings of the Tuifcs at any point of
the coast north of Odeid* The result of correspondence
with the foreign Office was the issue of two sets of instr
uctions. Pi rst, Sir II.Layard was instructed to propose to
the Porte an arrangement, whereby H.y.cruisers should oe
authorised to pursue and capture pirates witliin the 3 mile
limit off the Arabian Coast North of O&eid. Second, Sir
H.Layard was infomed that it was useless to attempt an
explicit settlement of the question, in view of the exagger
ated claims to sovereignty which the Porte is always
prepared to advance; but that Hts Majesty^ Govenrtcjnt held
a decided view that W wherever the Tuifcish sovereignty is at
•the present time fimly established upon the coast, they
•are ready to recognise it, and would gladly see it
•accompanied by a regular and civilized administration.•
In short, the objection was not to Turicish rule to the
north of'&Mfed, but to anarchy. The substf.nce of the first
set of instructions was conveyed to the Porte by Mr.Goschen
in his Note of the 7th July 1880. The Tiuftish Government
replied 8 February 1881 that they were informed that no
such tiling as piracy existed in the Persian Gulf; that
nevertheless a vessel of war had been sent to the Kejd
coast as a precaiitionary measure and that in the circum
stances there was no occasion for the proposed arrangement.