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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [5v] (10/120)
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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CHAPTER III.
Turkish occupation of El Bida. Extent of the Katar Peninsula.
Mention was made in Chapter II of the recognition by His MaiestVs
Government of Turkish claims in Hasa and as far south as Ojair, and of the
denial ot Turkish authority on the Katar Peninsula. It is, however, well to
draw a distinction between Hasa and Katar and not to include the latter in the
former. The military oocupation of Hasa secured the recognition of Turkish
claims as far south as Ojair, but not in Katar where the footing of the Turks
is somewhat different and acquired later by different means, viz., hy the
invitation of the local Chiefs of Bida. At that place a small Turkish guard is
maintained, but the administrative authority still remains in the hands of the
local Arab Shaikhs. The Turkish Government may, therefore, with some
reason, argue that their present actual position on tnis coast does involve
constructively domination over the entire tract lying between Ojair and El
Bida. Such a claim would, of course, be affected by any British rights or obli-a-
tions on the coast referred to. Between Ojair and the' Solwa bay, which latter
according to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, is the southernmost limit of the Hasa
Sandjaq, there are no habitations. It is desert and may, therefore, be omitted
irom consideration.
2. Boundaries of the Katar Peninsula. —The boundaries of the Katar
1 eninsula are described in tiie
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer as follows * " On the
east, nortli and west Katar is surrounded by the sea. The southern boundary
is somewhat indeterminate. It begins at the foot of Dohat-as-Salwa on the
western side of the promontory, and from that point runs south-eastwards to
the wells of Sakak, thence, according to one account, it strikes east north-east
to the north end ot the Naqiyan sandhills, or, according to another, east bv
south to the southern end of the same hills on the north side of the entrance to
Khor-al-Odaid " • * • " The British Government have recognised Khor-al-
Odaid as belonging to Abu Tbabi, and the boundarv consequently cannot he
placed nearer
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, though the A1 Thani Shaikhs assert a right to
the whole coast as far as the Sabakhat JVlatti. ,,
+ ad(le(1 . tlle London Foreign Office intend to get the Turks
out ot hi Bida and negotiations in connection with the settlement of the Baghdad
Railway and questions connected with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
are under the consider-
« vide Appendix ii. at i 011 His Majesty's Government.
nu n x • xi x / 0ne of tlie Proposals* to be put to the
Ottoman Government is that tbcy should renounce all claim to supremacy
over any point on the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
south of Ojair in the district
of Katif, and the India Oftice has suggested that the door should be left open
to us to conclude agreements with the Katar people, if necessary.
wifW ^ ^ h ° W . far ' in the absence of special agreements
TW I . Shalk l 1 s ' " ls Majesty's Government's refusal to'recognise
luikish authority on the Katar coast has been supported by some practical
assertions of British authority.
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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