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of India to give on the 17th May the much reqiiired Instructions to Colonel
Pally, Diz.y to communicate the substance of Sir H. Elliot's message to the
Chief of Bahrein and those of the Trucial Chiefs who had made enquiries regard
ing the object of the Turkish expedition.
102. With regard to the general questions put by Colonel Pelly it was
said
He should be informed that it is impossible for His Excellency in Council to give
instructions regarding contingencies of the occurrence of which there is no immediate
prospect The Turkish expedition, however, in no way affects the Treaty rights and
obligations, either of the British Government or of the Chiefs -who have subscribed to the
maritime peace. Colonel Pelly may so inform the Chiefs who have consulted him, and
should use all legitimate means to maintain the stipulations of the Treaties.
103. Colonel Pelly having enquired whether tribes, who are parties to the
maritime truce, should be allowed to undertake operations by sea in the interest
of either party, he was told on the 3°^ May to go to Bahrein and there assure
the Chief of the assurances given by the Porte ; to inform him that so long as he
observed conditions oj Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty, our obligations •would he
fulfilled; to inform all the Chiefs, trucial and others, that the Turkisk Govern
ment contemplated no attack on them and had no intention to obtain supremacy
over any independent state,
104. With reference to Colonel Pelly's enquiry regarding Trucial Chiefs, the
Secretary of State was asked:—
" If Pelly asks whether he is to stop by force any military operations by sea on part of
Chiefs either fov or against Turks, am I to authorize him to do so ? 1 advise this course,
and that you should inform Turkish Government accordingly. This will noi include
Koweit Chief who has already sailed."
105. The Secretary of State replied—
" Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. trucial Chiefs may be interdicted from maritime operations, but no
others."
106. Thereupon the Bombay Government were directed to inform Colonel
Pelly accordingly, and to instruct him to use all the influence he possessed with
the other Chiefs to maintain the maritime truce.
107. The instructions given to Colonel Pelly having been communicated to
the Porte All Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. expressed his thanks for the communication ; in un
equivocal terms repeated his assurances that the Porte contemplated no naval
operations aiW said that it had no intention of applying for assistance to any of
the Chiefs included in the maritime truce. At the same time the Porte having
no cocrnizance of the truce could not be expected to be held bound by it, and
would not hesitate to accept the services of any of the Chiefs who might tender
them.
108 Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. also again asserted that Bahrein was not -within Tur
kish contemplation, and assured Colonel Herbert that his orders to the Officer
Commanding the expedition were on no account to turn his eyes on Bahrein.
ioq. Sir H. Elliot wrote in September 1871 that he had made All Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
understand that Her Majesty's Government would not see with indifference any
attempt to disturb the arrangements existing with regard to the Arab tribes m
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'
no. Again in February 1872 the Secretary of State forwarded papers
received from Constantinople. Server
Proceedings, Secret, May *872, Nos. 52-88. Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. desired M. Pisani to state that
Her Majesty's Government might rest assured that the policy followed previously
by the Porte towards the independent tribes along the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. had undergone
no alteration whatever, and His Excellency asserted again on the part of the
Porte that no intention was ever entertained, nor any design harboured, to sub
due those tribes or obtain any supremacy over them. The sole object of the
Nejd expedition he stated to have been, and still to be, to restore order and
tranquillity there, and establish a regular and cohesive administration more in
conformity with the requirements of the country.