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‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’ [49] (61/160)
The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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" Abdullah is reported to be in Riadh and Saud to continue in tlie neighbourhood of
Gwattur, while a correspondence is said to be going on between them, though as yet it is not
known that they have come to any terms.
" Meantime Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
shows no intention of withdrawing from his aggressive, costly,
and hopeless policy in Nejd. While at Bassorah on his way back to Baghdad he purchased
from the Persian Governor of Mahomerali a steam vessel to run between Hussorah and Katif,
and on the 1st instant a detachment of about 300 soldiers left this to supply the place of some
of the sick men whom he brought up.
" This country is thus being denuded of troops to a considerable extent, and it is highly
probable that these will be needed here in the spring.
" The Arabs are said to be much disaftacted, particularly the Sharamar, who are excited
by the mode of execution at Moosul of their late Sheikh, Abdul Kurreem. Rain is now falling
abundantly throughout the country and will fill the wells in the desert, and a rising is con
sidered by no means impossible.^
175. Colonel Felly's last news, dated 13th January, was that the Turkish
Commodore had proceeded to El Bidaa taking with him the steamer Assur
and a battalion of regular troops. These he landed at K1 Bidaa against the
will of the Chiefs. Colonel Felly wrote:—
" This practical experience of what is meant by Turkish friendship may, perhaps, account
for the Gwattur Chief having addressed a very polite letter to me."
The following report of the landing at El Bidaa is given by the Assistant
Folitical Resident in his news gleanings
"The two Turkish ships at El Biddeh saluted and invited the Chief, Mahomed bin Sanee,
on board; he excused himself, but afterwards, at the request of Abdullah bin Subah, Chief of
Koweit, he went on board, accompanied by his son.
" The Turkish Commander presented dresses of honour both to the Chief and his son, and
said to the former, you asked for help, and we have been ordered to come here and help you,
and will land the troops,
" The Chief replied, I did ask for help, but it was when I was at feud with Saud ; now
we are friends, you had better go back again; this is no place for you ; there is no food for
you or your thousand men. The officer said my orders are to land, and land I must, you had
better write to my Government to say you don't want us, and I will then go when ordered.
The force landed and took possession of a fort called ' El Maselim ' and a few houses near it.
The people of El Biddeh are very angry at this occupation of the place. The larger Turkish
ship had left, but the smaller was still at Biddeh."
176. Regarding the brothers Abdullah and Saud, Colonel Felly wrote
" Abdullah bin Peysul continues to live at Riadh, while his brother Saud hangs on
the desert skirts of Gwattur. The brothers are, I believe, in correspondence, but whether
their prejudices and respective pretensions will admit of their practically coalescing remains to
be seen.
" The Turkish forces are distributed as before reported. But they are probably further
diminished by sickness, and by return of time-expired men. Katif seems to be so un
healthy that one of the Turkish Commanders informed me it was in contemplation to abandon
the present site of the town as a military station/'
177. On the 26th January Colonel Herbert telegraphed that 120 artillery
men had left Baghdad on the previous day for Katif and several hundred
invalids had arrived thence.
• Bombay Gcer^nt, No. 1007, dated 19ft _ 17S - C 0 ' 0 ™ 3 ' Pell y a letter dated 27 th
February 1872. J anuary Wrote*
" The reports I have received from many points extending from Busreh to the pirate coast
bear a common resemblance, but are all of them more or less unreliable.
" I gather, generally, however, that the Turkish force at Lahsa has been reduced below its
original strength; but that reinforcements are being sent to Katif in Snipe, which steamer
the Turkish authorities have recently purchased.
That Abdoollah bin Feysul is still at Riadh in communination with his brother
Saood, who with a body of Bedouins is moving about on the inland skirts of Gwuttur.
" 5r^.—That Saood in turn is in communication with the Turkish Commander at Lahsa
in view to a meeting at a place called ' Cheranabthe Principals seem to mistrust each other.
—That the Turkish troops have been withdrawn from El Biddeh in Gwuttur,
leaving there only a detachment for the protection of srores, &c. It is also generally believed
that the Arabs of Gwuttur are dissatisfied with Turkish proceedings."
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Part 1 of a Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. gazetteer of historical and political materials, a précis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs. The précis was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha, whose preface (under which his surname is erroneously spelt Saldana) is dated 25 November 1904, and published by the Government of India Foreign Deptartment, Simla, India.
The preface is an historical outline of the struggle for political dominance in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Portuguese, British, Wahabi [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] and Turkish expansion. The chapters (titles shown in italics) deal with the subject in an roughly chronological fashion:
1. Early history of Hasa and Katif , including: references to the area in Arabic writing; the first known Arab colonists; and early references to the area in British (East India Company) records;
2. Conquest of Hasa by the Wahabis and Turkish expeditions into Nejd [Najd] and Hasa, and their results 1800-1865 , including: conquest of the area by the Wahabis; Turkish expeditions to the area, 1811-19 and 1836-40; Amir Feysal’s [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] nominal dependence on Turkey, 1855; troubles in Katif, 1859-62; Turkish protest against British proceedings at Damaum [Dammām], 1862; the British war against Amir Feysal, 1865-66; obsolete title of award of Arabia by an Abbasid caliph to the Ottoman Porte; Ottoman ambitions in Arabia (Holy Ottoman Empire);
3. Turkish expedition to Nejd and Hasa, 1871-72 , including: origins of the expedition; intelligence from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Colonel Lewis Pelly; British policy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and effects of the Turkish expedition on that policy; Turkish assurances to Britain, communicated to Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) by Pelly; Turkish promise of non-interference with the rulers of the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; narrative of the events leading up to and including the landing of the expeditionary force in Nejd; Turkish designs on Katar [Qatar], and their hoisting of the Turkish flag at Budaa [Al-Bidda]; Turkish naval activity in the Gulf, and Britain’s naval response; murder of a suspected Turkish messenger at Bahrain; reasons for the non-interference of the British Government in operations on land; further narrative of the expedition and affairs in Nejd; evidence of Turkish designs on Bahrain; Turkish assurances; relations between Turkey and Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi]; close of the Turkish expedition;
4. Internal affairs of Hasa and Katif, 1872-1904 , including: administration and internal organisation; and a list of governors at Hasa, including events of significance occurring during their rule;
5. Survey of the Katif coast, 1873-74 , including: British intentions and permission gained from the Ottoman Porte; complaints of British survey officers landing on the Nejd coast; written permission to land to undertake surveying.
6. Increase of Turkish military and naval forces in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Turkish policy , including: a memorandum by Captain T Doughty on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
7. (1) Trade Relations of Hindu and other traders of Bahrain with Katif, and their disabilities , and (2) Proposal appointment of a consular officer at Katif ;
8. Piracies , including: piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878; ; revolt in Hasa and piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878-81; Turkish responsibilities and jurisdiction for the purpose of suppressing piracies in Katif waters, 1878-81; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1883; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1886; piracies in 1887-88; piracies in 1891-92; piracies in 1899-1900; piracies in 1902 and the proposal of the Chief of Bahrain to maintain an armed dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. for the pursuit of pirates, 1902-03;
9. Murder of Sheikh Selman-bin-Diaij-el-Khalifa [Shaikh Salman bin Diaj Āl Khalīfah] , a cousin of the Chief of Bahrain and his party about 40 miles south of Katif. Question of satisfaction and compensation for it ;
10. Turkish designs on Oman and the rest of the East Arabian Littoral, 1888-1899 ;
11. Summary of British declarations against Turkish encroachments in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and of the Porte’s assurances, 1871-1904 .
The cover of volume, on which the title is printed, also has a number of different pencil and pen annotations, marking former external references or numbering systems (‘P.2557/29’, ‘No.5’, ‘C238’).
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- 1 volume (80 folios)
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The volume is arranged into eleven chapters, preceded by a preface. Each chapter is organised by subheadings, and its paragraphs numbered. The paragraph numbers are continuous throughout the whole volume, beginning on 1 at the start of the first chapter, and ending on 553/553A at the end of the eleventh chapter. A contents page at the front of the volume (ff.4-5) lists the chapters by their headings and subheadings, with each referring to paragraph, rather than page, numbers.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
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- ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’
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- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:4, 1:2, 1:35, 37:40, 42:80, 82:108, 110:144, iii-r:iii-v, back-i, back
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