"البحرينيون خارج البلاد" [و‎‎٦‎٦] (١٧٦/١٣١)

No. 1009 (Confidential), dated Bushire, the 16th April (received 1st May) 1911.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf,
To—The Hon'ble Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. H. McMahon, K.C.I.E., C.S.L,
Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Simla.
In continuation of my letter No. 922, dated 9th instant, regarding the treat
ment of Bahreinese at Basrah by the
Turkish authorities, I have the honour to
forward, for the information of the Govern
ment of India, copies of the marginally-
noted telegrams which have passed between
His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah, and His
Majesty’s Embassy, Constantinople, on the
subject. The Vaii’s reply to the last telegram was repeated to Government in
my telegram No. 301, dated 6th April 1911.
(1) From Constantinople, No. 34, dated and
April 1911.
<2) To Constantinople, No. 70, dated 3rd April
1911.
(3) From Constantinople, No 33, dated 1st April
1911.
(4) From Constantinople, No. 36, dated 3rd
April 1911.
No. 13.
Basrah,
April 7 th, 191 r.
My dear Cox,
With reference to previous telegrams about the action of the VaH at Basrah
in regard to the Bahreinese, the following telegrams to and from the Embassy
have not been repeated to you, but I think it well to send them to you by post
for the information of the Government of India.
No. 34, dated 2nd April 1911.
From—Ambassador, Constantinople,
To—His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah.
With reference to your telegram No. 56 of March 22nd, last paragraph.
Was the Vaii’s official reply to you in writing or was it a verbal answer made to
you personally ? In the former case, I think it would be better at present not.to
discuss the history and merits of this question with him.
No. 70, dated 3rd April 1911.
From—His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah,
To—Ambassador, Constantinople.
In reply to your telegram No. 34, regarding the Bahreinese. The reply of
the Vali was in writing. I have avoided any discussion of the question with him
and have confined myself to communicating to him the substance of your instruc
tions m this matter contained in your despatch of September 2nd, 1908, as you
informed me in your despatch of February 21st, 1910, in reply to my enquiry on
the subject, that you had no objection to my communicating the substance of
these instructions to the Vali for his information.
No. 33, dated 1st April 1911.
* From—Ambassador, Constantinople,
To—His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah.
Bahreinese. According to instructions which I have received from the
Foreign Office I have urged the Minister for Foreign Affairs to despatch instruc
tions immediately to the Vali of Basrah to release the natives of Bahrein now in