ملف ١٩٢٣/٤٠١١، الجزء ١، "مفاوضات الخليج الفارسي ١٩٢٨-١٩٣٣. باسعيدو." [ظ‎‎٤‎٨] (١٣٠٦/١٠١)

Lor. i, 439.
o r n igo6 the Ruler of Muscat kidapped the head of the Rani Ma in. whom
Vcarried o(f .o Muec.t ,nd de.ained
.,n as a'ransom for his release, but the Sheikh of Ras-al lUiaimah by throwing a
J P as , _£ m orlo if imnr>s<5lhlp for the Bam Ma in tn
Lor. i
643;
Lor.
1930.
Lor. i, 658.
Lor. i, 657.
Lor. i, 659.
Lor.
note.
660,
Precis, § 235 ( / ).
Lor. i, 1936.
force fntolhe town of kishm,’ made it impossible for the Ram Ma’in to com^
with these terms^ ^ Jowasimi were driven out of Lingah and Charak by ^
Persians and were compelled to retire to Basidu, while m the same year the
Towasimi stronghold of Luft in Kishm was captured by the British and handed
nver intact to an agent of the Ruler of Muscat.
11 The sequence of events in Kishm, and at Basidu between 1809 and 1818
is bv no means clear, but in the latter year the Jowasimi pirates are reported to
have entertained the idea of forming a settlement at Basidu, to which they could
retire if attacked by the Egyptian invaders of the Gulf area. I he execution of
this scheme is believed to have been frustrated largely by the defeat in
December 1918 of a Jowasimi squadron by the East India ( ompany's ship
A. ntclovG •
12 In 1819 Gulf policy was under discussion at Bombay. The Government
of Bombay appear to have inclined to a scheme under which the Ruler of Oman
should be'placed in charge for the future of the Pirate or Trucial Coast and the
islands of Bahrein, and should in return authorise the formation of a British
settlement on the Island of Kishm, and even defray the coast of maintaining it.
13 It may be noted that the Chief Secretary, Bombay, an expert official who
had made a special study of Persian Gulf subjects, while agreeing as to the
establishment of a British station at Kishm, “ to this end would have negotiated
with the Government of Persia rather than that of Oman.” He was over
ruled by the local Government, but Mr. Lorimer remarks : “ It cannot be doubted
that he stood on firm ground when he insisted that his (the Imam of Muscat's)
claim to sovereign rights over Kishm as against Persia, was probably
ill-founded." . fal
14. The Government of Bombay on the 28th October, 1819, indicated to
Major-General Sir William Grant Keir that they were of opinion that the
u
“occupation by the British Government of a central and commanding station in
the Persian Gulf was indispensable in connexion with the permanent
suppression of piracy, nor is the Governor in Council aware oi a more eligible
station than the Island of Kishma for that purpose. ...
“It is understood that the Island of Kishma, as well as Angar, which
is contiguous to it, belongs in full sovereignty to the Imam of Muscat, and
should the reports that may be received from you and the other persons to
whom the consideration of this important subject has been confided, be
favourable to the measure now suggested, the necessary negotiation will be
opened for obtaining possession of the spot that may be fixed upon for
forming the establishment.”
Precis, § 206.
15. In a despatch of the 15th December, 1819, to the Government of India,
the Government of Bombay remarked with reference to the same point:—
“ (10) We anticipate, however, some opposition on the part of the
Persian Government to that measure [forming of a British establishment in
reisitui vjuveLimiem, to uiat measure [ lorming oi a im iwsii estaunoim*—
the Persian Gulf], since it would be difficult we apprehend to satisfy tn a
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power that our views were limited to the professed object of our policy, the
more especially as the Persian Government has manifested some degree o
alarm at our contemplating the occupation of the Island of Bahrein. .
“ (11) With a view to allaying these alarms and of enabling the Bntis
Envoy at Tehran to afford to the Persian Government an explicit and caI1 ^,
exposition of the objects to which the expedition is exclusively directed, an
of the ultimate plan which we contemplate for the permanent su PPp? ss1 ^
uxiv, wiuiinatc piau vvmuii we ixHuempiaie ioi me permo-nciiL >
of piracy, our President has addressed a letter to Mr. Willoek [f har„
(1 A ftD1 T*PO at Toftr>oi, 1 /-\-P nrl-ii,, 1 ^ ^.J i ~ n ■.-.t-V, i/->V» tl'USt ^1
d Affaires at Tehran], of which the enclosed is a copy, which we trust wi
produce the effect of conciliating the Government of Persia to the arrange
ments which we have submitted to your consideration, or to any other wnic
your Lordship may be pleased to prescribe, and in particular to °
permanent occupation of Kishma.”
( 2 ) The reference is to the Government of India Persian Gulf Precis ( 1801 - 1853 ).
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