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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' [‎138v] (17/30)

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The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1879. 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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tually, with tribes "not within the country of Nejd,
ts that is, under the jurisdiction of Abdullah bin
44 Feysul;" but he protested against ''the existence,
" or possibility of existence, of an independent
" tribe in the country of Nejd."
This protest was considered by Colonel Herbert
to be important, when taken in connection with an
article which appeared about the same time in the
local Government journal, and to which was ap
pended a list of the towns, houses, &c., in the
province of Nejd. Among the towns mentioned
was Bahrein, as also three towns belonging to
trucial Chiefs on the Oman coast.* *
In case of the Porte obtaining, at least for a
time, a nominal supremacy over the province of
Nejd, Colonel Herbert suggested that occasion
should be taken to " bring about a settlement of
" the long pending question of the frontier between
" Oman and JSfejd."
The Bombay Government considered that this
report of Colonel Herbert strongly corroborated
their view above quoted as to the probable results
of the Turkish expedition, and the real designs of
the Governor General of Baghdad. In a further
letter they observed :—" But what are the boun-
" daries of Nejd ? It has been pointed out that the
" Ameer of Riadh has always claimed a suzerainty
" over Muscat and Bahrein, and it now appears
" that the official paper at Baghdad distinctly in-
eludes Bahrein and the country of Oman to the
" east within Nejd territory. It i^ impossible to
" foresee to what complications their pretensions
" may lead."
The Government of Lord Mayo did not view the
matter so seriously as did that of Sir Seymour
Fitzgerald.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Aitchison, recorded
his views in a note, dated the 28th July 1871, of
which the following extracts may bo quoted, as
they relate to questions which are extremely likely
to be raised in the discussion that is probably im
pending :—f
" The Government of India are quite aware of
these possible complications. The complications
may arise by land or in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . With
the former we have really no concern, except as
they affect our position in the Gulf. It is really a
matter of indifference to us whether Bereymee
belongs to Nejd or Muscat; and it would be the
same with Aboothabee, Debay, and Shargah, were
it not that we have treaties with these which affect
our position in the Gulf.
" Whether or not these places are included in
Nejd is a question of fact. If they are included,
the degree to which they are dependent on Nejd is
also a question of fact. Even if it be admitted that
Nejd is a Turkish Pashalik, and the Ameer a
Turkish officiaU and even if the places above named
be within the limits of what is known as Nejd, it by
no means follows that they form part of the Turkish
Empire, or that they are not independent. It is

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A memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the 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. , 1 September 1879.

The document is a summary of correspondence, government reports, and published literature relating to the Turkish expedition into El Hassa [Al Hasa] in 1871, and was compiled in light of a proposed comprehensive arrangement with the Porte about the positions of the two powers along the Gulf coast, and policing responsibilities at sea. The correspondence is from the period 1870-1874 and is principally between various British Government departments and offices connected to the region, and the Turkish Government.

The Turkish expedition called into question the sovereignty and jurisdiction of much of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the coastline and islands of the Gulf. The correspondence contains discussions of these matters and reflects British fears of a loss of their monopoly over the control and security of the Gulf, and a disruption of the treaty relations they maintained with rulers in Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar], the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat, and Aden.

The author quotes extensively from the correspondence and other sources, notes on which are to be found in the margin throughout.

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1 file (14 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at folio 131 and terminates at folio 144, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the 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: folio 131 is torn along one edge, with some loss of text.

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