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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [161r] (326/860)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1902-16 Dec 1910. 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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List of Enclosures in Secret despatch No. 77 (External), dated the 31st March 1904!, from the Govern
ment of India in the Foreign Department, to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India.
Serial No.
< j
No. and date of paper.
From whom, or to whom.
Subject.
1
Latter No. 2042 E., dated
3rd October 1902.
To the Political
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Resident in the
Desire of Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani of El Katr
to be taken under British protection.
2
Letter No. 185, dated the
27th December 1902, and
enclosure.
From
ditto
ditto
Position of Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani in El
Katr.
3
Telegram, dated the 10th
January 1903.
To
ditto
ditto
Proposed establishment of Turkish administra
tive posts on the El Katr coast.
4
Telegram, dated the 14th
January 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
5
Telegram, dated the 27th
February 1903.
/
From
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
6
Letter No. 47, dated the
23rd March 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
7
Telegram No 648 E., dated
the 9th April 1903.
To
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
8
Telegram No. 776 E., dated
the 25th April 1903.
To
ditto
ditto
Enquiry regarding Turkish sovereignty over
Wakra.
4
9
Telegram, dated the 27th
April 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Replies to the above.
10
Telegram, dated the 28th
April 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Prohibition to the establishment of Turkish
posts in El Katr.
11
Telegram No. 837 E., dated
the 1st May 1903.
To
ditto
ditto
Appointment of a Turkish Mudir at Wakra.
12
Telegram No. 870 E., dated
the 5th May 1903.
To
ditto
t
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
13
Telegram No. 996 E., dated
the 16th May 1903.
r°
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
14
Telegram No. 1131 E., dated
the 31st May 1903.
To
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
/15
Letter No. 101, dated the
5th June 1903 and enclo-
From
ditto
ditto
Appointments of Turkish Mudirs to Zobara
and Odeid.
sure.
V 6
Letter No. 107, dated the
5th June 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Ditto ditto ditto.
L 17
Telegram, dated the 15th
June 1903.
From
ditto
ditto
Withdrawal of the Turkish Mudir from
Wakra.
18
Letter No. 116, dated the
From
ditto
ditto
i i
17 th June 1903, and
enclosures, viz .:—
(i) Letter No. 9, dated the
9th June 1903.
(ii) Telegram, dated the 9th
June 1903.
From His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul, Basrah, to the Officiating
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.
in the Persian
Gulf.
From His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul, Basrah, to His Britannic
Majesty’s Ambassador, Constan
tinople.
Withdrawal of the Turkish Mudir from
y Zobara.
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- Content
This volume contains memoranda, copies of correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding:
- Turkish claims over El Katr (Qatar), and the creation of Turkish administrative posts on the Qatari coast, with 'mudirs' (sub-governors) being assigned during 1903 to Odeid (Al Udeid), Wakra (Al Wakrah), Zobara (Al Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), and Musalamia Island (Suwad ash Shamaliyah);
- 'the desire of Sheikh Ahmed bin-Thani, Ruler of Qatar, to be taken under British Protection', in 1902, and a Proposed Protectorate Treaty with the Ruler of Qatar, in 1904;
- the Ruler of Abu Dhabi's intention to occupy Odeid in 1906.
The main correspondents are: the Viceroy, the Foreign Office (Thomas Henry Sanderson), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne), and the 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. .
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
The volume also contains the translation of a Turkish press article.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 428; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Condition: the spine is detached from the volume and preserved in a polyester sheet, on folio 427.
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- File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:427v, back-i
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