'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' [‎141r] (22/30)

* I) e spat c h from Sir H.
Ji/lhot, No. 9, dated 19th
Jan. 1872. Home Cor
respondence, Vol. 70, p
223. ' y
f 18th April 1872.
Home Correspondence,
Vol. 70, p. 717.
1 Home Correspondence,
Vol. 70, p. 843.
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" twT Gulf, be y ond the expression of a wish
that a more regular administration may be main
« , ,an , th ?: t which hithertoTevaikdTn
tamed evidence that the limits assigned to the
Server tTi P ossibl y be overstepped,
that TTpv M once move declared* to M. Pisani,
that ^ho Majesty s Government might rest assured
that the policy followed hitherto by the Porte
towards the independent tribes along the coast
ot the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. had undergone no altera
tions whatsoever, and that no intention was ever
entertained nor any desire harboured to subdue
tnose tribes, or obtain any supremacy over them.
In a Despatch, dated the 15th March 1872
{No. 16, Secret), written before they had heard of
oerver Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's fuller statement on the 20th De
cember previous, the Government of India again
adveited to the naval question in the folio win 0 '
terms:— 0
" We conclude, from the reply of Server
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the interpellation regarding the Turkish
naval armament in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , that the
Turkish vessels are located there solely for pur
poses connected with the internal administration
of their possessions in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and that no
interference in the maritime affairs of the Gulf is
contemplated. Should this view be correct, we
would suggest, for the consideration of Her
Majesty's Government, that a representation be
addressed to the Porte to the eifect that it would
be a satisfaction to the British Government, and
would remove all cause for apprehension from the
minds of the littoral Chiefs, if the Turkish naval
force stationed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. were reduced
and limited to the strength necessary for the pro
fessed object. We would observe that the main
tenance of unnecessary armaments cannot fail to
create much uneasiness, and render it extremely
difficult for the British Government effectively to
discharge those obligations which it has contracted
by treaty with many of the Chiefs and tribes on
the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The location of a
powerful naval force in the Gulf would also be
viewed with much apprehension by Persia, and
would probably give rise to the very serious com-
plicatioDs pointed out in our Secret Despatch,
No. 59, dated 26th September 1871, to which we
would again invite your Grace's attention." •
In communicating this Despatch to the Foreign
Office,f the Duke of Argyll requested to be favoured
with Lord Granville's views " on the general ques-
" tion of the policy to be pursued in connection
" with the Turkish expedition to Nejd."
Those views were stated in a letter fiom the
Foreign Office, dated 9th May 1872,1 as follows
" As Ions as Turkey is engaged in upholding its
legitimate authority in the Gulf, Her Majesty s
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