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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [29r] (57/120)
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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Basrah brought charges against the Shaikh ^ ot harhouring f ^i« v e C"m ! naU
from justice and refusing to deliver
Secret e , July i9io t no 8 . 173-248. them "up, and of being the cause of all
the river troubles from Eao to Jiasrah.
There was no evidence of any such serious troubles on the river during the
previous winter or the spring of 1910. K o serious p. oof of these accusations was
^ ever offered, nor was opportunity e:iveii
External B, December 1910, N ob. 158-178. ^ t j ie §1^^ to disprove them, which
be was Quite willing to do. During the Shaikh 's absence at Ahwaz, under
orders of the Vail, a Turkish gunboat shelled the village of Zam, belonging to
the Shaikh on the Turkish side of the river, which was then looted and
destroyed by Turkish soldiers. During the bombardment, the bouse of the
Shaikh's mother was burnt and one of his wives died from shock. The a
then threatened to bombard Mohammerah itself, and issued an offensive
circular telegram to all Turkish officials in the Basrah District inciting them
against the Shaikh, who, throughout this incident, was guided by our local
officers and induced to maintain a pacific attitude and refrain from raising the
whole country from Fao to Amara against the Turkish Government. Ihe
Government of India, in view of their large interests at Mohammerah, uiged
on the Secretary of State the need for the Vah's recall and replacement )y a
less aggressive official. An amicable
Secret e,, jaiy 1910, Nos. 173-248. settlement was later arrived at. The
Vali accepted the Shaikh's explanations, but refused to express regret for the
destruction of the Shaikh's mother's house, or thedeatbof his wife.ortopay
compensation for the losses incurred by the unjustifiable bombardment of Zain.
The Vali was recalled in September 1910. bir G. Lowther gathered that
the step was due to the too great
Pro. No. 149 in Secret E., October 1910, Nos. 139-166. 0 f activity by the Vali, but llis
recall was made to have the appearance locally of being due to friction with
his official superior and not connected
ibid., Pro. No. 158. with the Zain incident.
One further iniustice to the Shaikh was also committed. The Shaikh is
owner of much land on the Turkish side of the Shat-el-Arab. A decree «as
issued bv the Sublime Porte forbidding the registration of land in the \ ilayet
of Basrah in the name of the Shaikh or his representatives, a measure
which appears to be contrary to Ottoman law.
When His Majesty's Government came to examine the case, they
acquitted the Shaikh of all blame in connection^ with the dispute ^
Vali of Basrah and extended assurances were given to bun in October 1910,
and the honorary title of K.C.l.E. was at the same time conferred upon him.
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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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