مجموعة ٣٠/٩٠ "المطالبة الفارسية بجزيرة البحرين" [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎٣] (١٠٦٢/٢١١)

Lor. I, 882,
Bombay
Selections,
XXIV, 429.
India Bd. to
F.O., 3.2.1851.
India Bd. to
F.O. 26.7.1849.
Hertslet, 9.
Teh. Desp.
No. 15,
17 2.1848.
Teh. Desp.
No. 11,
2.5.1848.
F.O. to I.O.,
11.6.1849.
Lor. I, 884.
F.O. to
India Bd.,
24.1.1851.
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Resident “ had exercised a wise discretion in nrt taking st ®P ^ sam e 'time,
tion of a new treaty with Bahrein^ Recent ^ tain whether the
authorised, while avoiding discuss on with the ^mKs Her Majesty’^
Sheikh was inclined to enter into a closei connecuo
Government.
v, Protection Refused (1849).
Sheikhs Request to be taken under Briia. ? . . , , ,
S6 In January 1849, ta**™'; ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية Sh “,U “ had originally "
Government of India and H * ^ instructed in September 1849 to
fieTe sSikh^overtures, but to assure him of the continuance of the good
will and friendship of Her Majesty’s Government.
Persian Protest, 1848
Tlnrincr the course of these discussions, the Persian Government pro-
testef a^British mterference ^he f a^of^n, whe^-v
Government 1 weirf unable^to rw'ogn^ise as valid the claims advanced by Persia to
the sovereignty of Bahrein.
Designs of Muscat, 1849
58 In June 1849 the Imam of Muscat, having intimated his desire to ? end
an expedition to take possession of Bahrein and having ?*ed the opinion of Her
Majesty’s Government, was strongly dissuaded Irom doing so b> Her Majesty .
Government.
Summary, 1840-50
59 The ruling Sheikh was expelled in 1843 and continued to intrigue to
regain the throne fill his death m 1849. appealing for during hi
period to the Wahabis, Persia. Muscat and Great Butam, m all cases
In 1847 Turkey asserted a claim to Bahrein. In the same year the islands
submitted themselves to the Wahabi Amir and agreed to W t rlbu . te 1 ^ Q h,m -
Claims by Persia were advanced, but rejected, in 1844—4o and 1848.
Muscat was dissuaded from attacking Bahrein m 1849. , .
Her Majesty’s Government, on consideration of the policy to he adopted m
regard to Bahrein, decided against establishing a protectorate and refused a
request put forward in 1849 by the Sheikh to be taken under British protection.
Thev assured him at the same time of their general goodwill, and their
deliberations made it clear that they regarded the island as independent, but
were reluctant to assume further responsibility in relation to it so .pf
independence and the performance of the engagements undertaken by the bhemh
could be secured without their doing so.
YIL—1850 64
Disputes with Wahabis, 1850-51
60. In 1850 the Resident found it necessary to take disciplinary action
against the ruling Sheikh—an individual of “ irresponsible character. Conse
quent on strained relations between the Sheikh and the Wahabi Amir, the Amir,
with whom the sons of the ex-Sheikh Abdullah were associated, in 1850~ci
threatened Bahrein, whereupon the Sheikh “ against his own better judgment. .
tendered a small annual tribute to the Amir,” a circumstance from which it mav
perhaps be inferred that he had failed to observe the agreement of 1847
referred to in paragraph 50 above. The Amir rejected the offer and made
exorbitant demands instead. The Sheikh was about to succumb to a combination
of the sons of the ex-Sheikh and the Wahabi Amir “ when a British squadron
arriving off Bahrein took the islands under their protection." Peace was subse
quently made with the Wahabis in July 1851.
Her Majesty’s Government and the Claims of Turkey (1851)
61. In the same year Her Majesty’s Government decided that the Turkish
Government should be informed at Constantinople that Her Majesty’s Govern
ment, having heard that the Sheikh was desirous of placing himself under