'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [‎4v] (8/120)

CHAPTER II.
Extent cf Hasa and Katif. (2) Claims of the Turks to the whole of
Eastern Arabia. (3) Extent to which Turkish claims on the
Arabian littoral are recognised by His Majesty's Government.
(4) Proposed arrangement with the Turkish Government
defining their sphere of influence on the Arabian littoral.
T he military oocupation of PTasa (called Nejd by flip Turks) involvpd tho
establishment of Turkish authority at Katif and'Ojair. It is difficult to
Turkish claims to Enstern Arabia. describe what is meant bv Ilasa and
IVrsinn Gulf GHZttteer, pnpe» 657-6^8, fnotrote. m rr i j li c
British view of the extent of Turkish ine llirKS under the name of
occupation in Hasa and Katif. Kejd or Hasa Sandjaq claim the whole
of Eastern Arabia down to Odeid, if not further. Our view of Hasa is the
Jlasa oasis and the Katif oasis which are the only inhabited localities and in
the occupation of the Turks, and also the coast line from Katif town to Ojair,
the latter being the seaport of the Hasa oasis and a Turkish Mudirate.
2. Boundaries of the Hasa oasis. —The boundaries of the Hasa oasis are
♦Page642. tbus described in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer.* The Hasa oasis has its
north-western corner at Jabal Qarab-ar-Rukban and its south-western
corner at Jabal Bu Ghanimah, while its southern boundary runs from Jabal
!Hu Ghanimah to Jabal Arba and thence tor several miles further to the east *
on the remaining sides the borders of the district are not preciselv defined by
conspicuous features. Within these limits, its extent is about 35 'miles from
north to south, and its breadth may be taken at 20 miles. The Hasa oasis is
enclosed by the desert tracts of Ghuwar on the west, Kharmah on the south
and Biyadh on the east and north, at Jabal Qarab-ar-Eukban it touches
Badd-al-Asis and at its opposite or south-eastern extremity it meets Jafurah.
Ihe town of Hoi'uf, of which the position is well ascertained, is situated in
the district near its south-western corner; and the eastern border of the oasis
approaches within ab(ut30 miles of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. coast at the port of
Oqair' (Ojair). 1
t Page 1535. - The Katif oasis is thus describedf
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer.
3. Boundaries of the Kaiif oasis.—" The • * oasis immediatelv
adjoins the coast for a short distance on both sides of the town of the same
name; on the east it is bounded by the sea, and 011 the other sides it is enclosed
by tne large desert tra' t ot Biyadh, execpt at its south end upon the coast
where it meets Barr-adh-Dhahran. The oasis extends about nine miles north
and the same distance south of Katif town, and has thus a total length of about
18 miles; its depth from the coast inland is on the average about three miles."
4. Extent^ of ihe Arabian littoral recognised by JI s Majesty's Gov-
ernmenf as in lurkish control.—The correspondence after the Neid expedition
regarding the extent to which Turkish jurisdiction on the Arabian coast of
> > r recognised is entangled and the pronouncements
ot Bis Jlajesty s Government conflicting.*
0. In 1&79, however, the question of Turkish jurisdiction on the Arabian
Secret, Septeuiber 1879, Nos. 25-47. shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. came verv
n 1 -p t i• m particularly under the consideration of
the Government of India. They recommended that the authority of the Porte
should be recognised as established on land from Basrah to Oiair. From this it
would appear that the Government of that day accepted the Hasa Province a^
extending from -Basrah to Ojair. South and east of Ojair the Government of
India recommended that 1 urk'sh authority should not be recognised except
atElBida on the Katar Peninsula and that the Porte should be required to
stipulate not to interfere on the coast or inland with the Trueial Chiefs between
Odeid and Eas al Khaimrh. The Government of the day apparently held that
Katar began at Ojair and ended at Odeid, J