ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٩‎٠] (٨٦٠/٧٨٤)

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?* a i r P°^t, °ver whicli Her Majesty’s Government do not recognise
1 i 1 jurisdiction, and must repeat once more that all Turkish claims
to Bahrein, which is under the protection of the Queen of England, are
totally inadmissible, and that measures will be taken to nrotect the
island from aggression.
Sir,
No. 9.
Eoreign Office to India Office.
Eoreign Office,
2nd March 1896.
With reference to the letter from this Department of the 21st
of August last, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit
herewith a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty’s Ambassador at
Constantinople, enclosing a Note Yerbale which His Excellency has
addressed to the Turkish Government insisting on the right of British
intervention on behalf of natives of Bahrein.
I am to state that Lord Salisbury proposes, with the concurrence of
Lord George Hamilton, to express his approval of this communication.
I am, &c.,
T. IT. Sandekson.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
Enclosure in No. 9.
Sir JP. Currie to the Marquess of Salisbury.
No. 141. Constantinople,
My Lord, 19th February 1896.
With reference to my despatch, No. 520, of 12th August, I have
the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith copy of a Note Yerbale
which I have addressed to the Sublime Porte, requesting that instruc
tions may be sent to the Yali of Basrah to admit the right of the British
Consul to intervene oh behalf of Bahrein subjects.
I have, &c.,
Philip Currie.
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
&c., &C., &C.
Enclosure in above.
Note Yerbale to the Sublime Porte.
No. 16.
8th February 1896.
TTpi- Maiesty’s Embassy have received a telegram from Her Majesty’s
Consul at Bussorah, stating that a subject of the Sheikh of Bahrein
whose property had been plundered by pirates while he was on hoard
n sailim- vessel in the Shatt-ul-Arab, had appealed to him for assistance.
Cantain White accordingly addressed the Vali on the subject, hut His
Excellency intimated that his action in so doing was improper, and that,