ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٨‎٨] (٨٦٠/٧٨٠)

ENCLOSURES.
No. 1.
Note Vcrbale from Sir Clare Lord to the Sublime Porte,
dated Constantinople, 11th November 1892.
Her Britannic Majesty’s Embassy has the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of the Note Verbale of the Sublime Porte, No. 62, of 22nd
October 1892, requesting that orders may be sent to Her Majesty’s
Consul at Basra instructing him to desist from claiming the restitution
of certain taxes levied on natives of Bahrein, on the plea that the
islands are under British protection.
Her Majesty’s Embassy regrets that it is not possible to comply with
the requests of the Sublime Porte in the matter.
It will be in the recollection of the Imperial Government that, on the
10th December 1871, Server Pasha, then Minister for Eoreign Affairs,
formally assured Count Pisani, Dragoman of Her Majesty’s Embassy,
that the Sublime Porte entertained not the least intention to attack or
obtain any supremacy over the independent tribes on the coast of the
Persian Gulf.
Bahrein being now under the protection of Her Majesty the Queen of
England, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs has
instructed the Embassy to inform, the Imperial Government that no
interference by the Ottoman authorities with natives of that island can
be admitted.
No. 2.
Telegram from Viceroy, dated 4th August 1895.
Eoreign, secret. Zobara. The Resident, Persian Gulf, telegraphs,
under date 2nd August“ The Mudir claims the A1 bin Ali as Turkish
“ subjects settled at Zobara by order of Mutasarif, and declares
<c Bahrein unconditionally, Katr in part, Ottoman dominions. Jasim
“ said to be collecting boats and followers^’
I am instructing Resident to inform Mudir of Zobara that iurkish
claims to Bahrein are totally inadmissible, and anyone making attempts
against Bahrein must take consequences.
°I recommend strong remonstrance to Porte on proceedings of their
local officials on Katr coast, over which we admit no Turkish juris-
PSee Lord Kimberley’s Secret Despatch, No. 35, of 8th September
1893 and correspondence forwarded with Sir Steuart Bayley s Letter,
No. 27, dated 27th January 1893.]
No. 3.
Eoreign Office to India Office.
The Under Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs presents his com-
ffiin ents to the Under Secretary of State for India, and is directed by
fhe Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of Lord George
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