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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [5r] (9/120)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 1913. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The conclusions of the Secretary of State for India were * * " ^0
limit of the Ottoman jurisdiction along the coast, if it is to be defined at all,
could scarcely be fixed at any point north of Ojair.' ,
" Her Majesty's Government might, if it were deemed expedient, legiti
mately decline to recognise any part of the coast south of Kuwait as subject to
Turkey, even if Ottoman authority were established there much more firmly
than rt ally is the case."
Subject to the conditions above stated Lord Cranbrook " does not see any
snificient reason for objecting to the establishment of such relations between
the Turkish authorities in A1 Hasa and the tribes of the Guttur peninsula as
may be agreeable to the parties concerned."
6. The territorial question between the British and Turkish Governments
remained shelved, not solved for many years later. In 1888 the London Foreign
Olfice telegraphed to His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople "our
External A, November 1888, Nos. 102-151 (Fro. position is clearly defined. We rCCOg-
No ■ 30 ^ nise Turkish jurisdiction as far as Katif,
and are anxious that it should be effectively exercised within thosb limits.
Beyond that point we consider the Chiefs to be independent, and having
engagements with them we object to attempt to extend Turkish authority over
them." (Incidentally it may be remarked that in 1888 His Majesty's Gov
ernment apparently considered that below Katif the Guttur or Katar coast
commenced.) A similar declaration was made in 1893 by Sir C. Ford, His
Majesty's Ambassador a 4 ; Constantinople, who admitted Turkish suzerainty
only as far as " a place called Katif".
Now in 1901 in connection with the murder of some Bahrainese at El
Derya about 30 or 40 miles south of Katif^ the question of Turkish jurisdiction
south of Katif—the place —arose. The
Secret e ., Apni iQoi, Noa. 5-io. Secretary of State in this connection
asked " Have we ever recognised terri
torial jurisdiction of Turkey south of El Katif, and considering ineffective
nature of Turkish control is it advisable to recognise it ? If so, within what
limit ? " The Viceroy replied—
"I cannot find that Turkish territorial jurisdiction south of Katif town has
been explicitly recognised. But notwithstanding Ford's despatch of 1893, it
is difficult to dispute that Katif district extends to Ojair. Resident now writes
that in reply to complaint of Consul, Wali of Basrah states he had already
heard of occurrence and has ordered arrest and punishment of offenders. In
these circumstances, it seems unnecessary that Foreign Office should take
action".
7. Whether in consequence of the foregoing statement or not it is difficult
to trace, but the position for some years has been that His Majesty's Government
recognise Turkish claims as far as Ojair: south of Ojair and on the Katar
Peninsula including El Bida, where the Turkish garrison has been tacitly
allowed to continue, though never actually acquiesced in, His Majesty's
Government have always declined to recognise Turkish pretensions.
8. But Turkish acceptance of the position stated in the preceding para
graph is desirable and steps to this end are being taken (May 1911) in connec
tion with the settlement of the Kuwait and Baghdad Railway questions. The
Ottoman Government desire the assent of His Majesty's Government to the
increase of the Turkish Customs duties. The occasion will be utilised to
, T7 ., . TT propose* to the Porte that the southern-
• Vtde Appendix II. , t •, <• m i • i • • -i • •
most limit or lurkish jurisdiction on
the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
shall be Ojair in the district of Katif and
that they should renounce all claim to the supremacy over any point on the
littoral south of Ojair.
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A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, including the presence of Turkish garrisons, and were chosen and prepared because of the negotiations between the British and Turkish authorities connected to the Baghdad Railway plans.
Part I (folios 2-35) covers various subjects and is organised into eleven chapters, each devoted to a different topic or geographical area, as follows: Chapter I, British interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Extent of Arabian littoral; Chapter II, Extent of Hasa and Katif [Qatif], Claims of the Turks to the whole of Eastern Arabia, Extent to which Turkish claims on the Arabian littoral are recognised by His Majesty's government, Proposed arrangement with the Turkish Government defining their sphere of influence on the Arabian littoral; Chapter III, Turkish occupation of El Bida [Doha], Extent of the Katar [Qatar] Peninsula; Chapter IV, Turkish designs on Katar, Policy of His Majesty's Government; Chapter V, Trucial Chiefs (Pirate Coast); Chapter VI, Maskat [Muscat] and Gwadar; Chapter VII, Kuwait; Chapter VIII, Um Kasr [Umm Qasr], Bubiyan and Warba; Chapter IX, Bahrain, Zakhnuniyeh [Zahnūnīyah] and Mohammerah [Korramshahr]; Chapter X, Proposed British action consequent on Turkish aggression; Chapter XI, Pearl fisheries. There are three appendices containing further correspondence relating to the main text.
Part II (folios 36-60) relates entirely to the Baghdad Railway and the negotiations between the British and Ottoman authorities that the proposal of the railway initiated. The negotiations covered several matters, including: the political statuses of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar; the location of the railway's terminus; the ownership of the railway; and the creation of a commission for the improvement of navigation in the Chatt-el-Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab]. It opens with an introduction of the related issues (folios 37-41) followed by the relative correspondence (folios 42-53). It ends with the draft agreements (folios 53-60) - never ratified - drawn up by the two powers.
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- 1 file (60 folios)
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The document is arranged in two parts. The first part is then divided into chapters, each covering a different topic or geographical location. The correspondence section of the second part is in rough chronological order.
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Condition: folios 59 and 60 have both been torn in two corners, resulting in the loss of some text.
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- Title
- 'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)'
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- 1r:37v, 39r:53r, 60v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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