ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [ظ‎‎٣‎٩‎٠] (٨٦٠/٧٨٥)

according to his instructions, the Turkish Government does not recognise
the claim of British Consular authorities to intervene on behalf of
Baliremese.
Her Majesty’s Embassy have the honour to refer to their Note Yerbale
No 84, of 12th August 1895, and to numerous other written and verbal
communications made on this matter, and they would remind the Sublime
Porte that, as the Chief of Bahrein is under the protection of the Queen
of England, it is quite inadmissible that the natives of Bahrein should,
when on Ottoman territory, be treated as Turkish subjects. They have
accordingly to request that immediate instructions be sent to the Vali of
Bussorah to recognise the right of Her Majesty’s Consul to intervene
in cases in which natives of Bahrein are concerned.
The Sublime Porte.
No. 10,
India Office to Foreign Office.
India Office,
4th March 1896.
I am desired by Lord George Hamilton to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 2nd March, and to acquaint you in reply
that His Lordship entirely concurs in the Marquis of Salisbury’s
proposal to express approval of the Note Yerbale which Her Majesty’s
Ambassador at Constantinople addressed to the Sublime Porte on the
8 th February 1896, insisting on the right of British Consular authorities
to intervene on behalf of natives of Bahrein.
I am, &c.,
A. Godley.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
No. 11.
Foreign Office to India Office.
Foreign Office,
Sir, 4th August 1896.
With reference to the letter from this Office of the 2nd of March
last, I am. directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you, to
be laid before Lord George Hamilton, a copy of a despatch from Her
Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Constantinople, respecting the right of
British Consular officers to protect subjects of the Sheikh of Bahrein,
and the apparent intention of the Porte to disregard the contention that
Bahreinees are British protected subjects.
Lord Salisbury would be glad to receive any observations which
Lord George Hamilton may have to offer on this despatch.
I am, &c.,
T. H. Sanderson.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.