'File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895' [‎69v] (144/230)

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I trust that you are sincere in this matter and you will not be the cause o£ bringing more
trouble upon yourself: and people.
I shall be clad if you will send some intelligent person having y6ur anthority for the
purpose o£ explaining matters.
No. 366. Telegram No. 1840-E., dated Simla, the Ist October 1895.
From— The Foreign Secretary,
To—The Resident, Bushire.
Your letter 98. September 13th. No objection to separation of portion of A1 bin Ali
it agreed to by Sheikh of Bahrein provided Zobara is evacuated and they do not settle near
Zobara.
Enclosure in letter No. 46, dated the 6th September 1895, from the Assistant Secretary, Pohft-
* cal and Secret Department, 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. , London.
No. 367. Dated 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 19th August 1895.
From— Sib S. C. BATLET./or Under-Secretary of State,
To—The Under -Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
In continuation of previous correspondence ending with Foreign Office letter of the 9th
August, lam directed by Lord George Hamilton to forward, tor the information of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a telegram received from the Viceroy, dated
the 18th August, regarding the threatening attitude of the lurkish authorities towaids
Bahrein.
2 Lord George Hamilton desires me to enquire if the Marquis of Salisbury is of opinion
that the instructions which the Government of India propose to give to their Resident in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. may properly be issued. He would in that case telegraph his approva .
Enclosures in Foreign Office letter of 21st August ISOo.
No. 520, dated Therapia, the 12th August 1895.
I have the honour to transmit to Your Lordship herewith copy of note verbal* which I
have addressed to the Sublime Porte, in accordance with the instructions contained in Your
Lordship's telegram No. 129 of the 7th instant, remonstrating with the Imperial Goverrment
on the action of their local officials on the El Katr Coast and repeating that all claims to
Bahrein, which is under the protection of Her Majesty, are totally inadmissible.
(Sd.) P. CURR1E.
No. 369.
Xfofc T'erhale to Sublime Porte.
No. 84, dated Therapia, the 12th August 1895.
On November 11th, 1892, Her Majesty's Embassy had the honour to address a note
verhale to the Sublime Porte, drawing "the attention of the Imperial Government to the
assurance given on December 10th, 1871, by Server Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , then Minister for foreign Affairs,
to M. Pisani, First Dragoman of this Embassy, to the effect that the Sublime 1 orte had no
intention of attacking or obtaining any supremacy over the independent tribes on the coast
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and stating that as Bahrein was now under the protection ot the
Queen of England, no interference by Ottoman authorities with natives of that island could
be admitted.
Information was received in the month of June of this year from the Government of
India to the effect that the Al bin Ali tribe Had the intentiou of forming a settlement at /
Zobara on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with the support of the Turkish Mutasanf of llasa (el Ansa)
who was further reported to have sent troops to Zobara under the command ot the Mudir
of El Bidaa.
These movements, io the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, constituted a serious
menace to Bahrein, and representations were verbally made to 11 is Excellency luikban
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , whose attention was called to tbe above mentioned note verhale.
Further information has now been received to the effect that the Mudir of Zobara claims
the Al bin Ali tribe settled at Zobara, as Turkish subjects, by order of the _ Mutasanf, and
declares Bahrein unconditionally, and the El Katr ^coasl as partly, subject to Ottoman
jurisdiction.