Supplement to the Gazette of India containing copies of correspondence relating to operations at Bahrain [‎4r] (7/10)

^ SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, JANUARY 2^ 1870. G5
desirable ; third recommendation depends on circumstances and left to your judg
ment how indemnity enforced blockade of Wahabee ports referred to A iccroy,
and further instructions will be given immediately. Telegraph where to be sent
and despatch steamer for them when Bahrein affair concluded.
Dated 14th NovemLer 18G9.
Telegram from —Col ox el L. Pelly,
To —Ronald Thomson, Esq., Tehran.
I have received orders from India to proceed to Bahrein with vessels of Royal
Navy and gunboats, and call on Chief now in possession of island to account
for breach of maritime truce and attack on Chief placed in power by British
Government. I am to beg you to inform the Persian Government accordingly.
12th Shaban 1286.
17th November 1869.
From —Lieut. Colonei L. Pelly, JL B. M.'s 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—The Chief or Chiefs in possession of the Island of Bahrein.
I am instructed by Her Majesty's Indian Government to call on you to
account for the signal breach of the maritime truce recently perpetrated on
the Island of Bahrein, and in which act of piracy the Chief, Shaik Alee bin
Khalifeh, was killed, the town of Menameh plundered, and numerous British
subjects, together with those of Shaik Alee bin Khalifeh, grievously injured
or ruined.
If any, or all, of you be desirous of coming on board, safe conduct will
be afforded you to and from the ship to the shore.
As a precautionary measure I warn you to clear out all women, children,
and other non-combatants from any and all of your forts, whether in Menameh
or Mohavrag, and also from the neighbourhood of those forts, whether that
neighbourhood be in the form of town or suburb ; and it is necessary you
should do all this within 2 i hours from the time of ray messenger delivering
this letter at the gate of your fort in Menameh.
I trust that your own good sense and knowledge of the British Govern
ment may forthwith lead you so to act that it may not be necessary to resort
to force.
But should this unhappily not prove the case, the senior officer of Her
Majesty's vessels now present, and of those now on the way to Bahrein, will
take such measures as to him may seem proper to carry into effect the instruc
tions of the British Government.
Pending further communications, I would beg you to notify publicly in
the town that no boat or other craft is to move from its present position;
should it do so, it will be at its own risk. In like manner, pending further
communications, no vessel of whatever description should attempt to enter the
harbour of Bahrein unless at its own risk.
. 13th Shaban 1286.
ate 18th November 1869.
From —Lieut. Colonel L. Pelly, II. B. M.'s 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To —Esau bin Alee, Gutlur.
After compliments, —I have had the pleasure to receive your letter.
I am now at Bahrein, and shall be glad to see you here if you will come
quickly. You can bring with you as many of the Naeem tribe as an armed
escort as you like. They will not be injured.
The vessels of war are with me.