'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' [142r] (24/30)
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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t Enclosure 4, as above.
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lemained established in fhp "Pi tt t
. at Kateef on the coast. district, and
pj^rr, 3 in Indil1 ■P ers ia | i 'GuH^renoHni Resident in the
26th Dec. 1873 24 ' <lated OOCU P atio11 0 f El Hassa the'wl T^r t,le Tlu " Icis ' 1
far as Odeid had faS tlle 7 ho l e Ime of coast as
that the Chiefs in oy ,„„ ' l ut,1 ' :ls l' influence;
duced to accept the Tsfv f « 11 ^ orce d or in-
Bidaa had been aehinH ® aS ' aild that E 1
Turkish troops! 7 0CCU P led V a b °d y of
righte claimed^the 6 SWkh^f g 1 , ed . as to certain
mainland of the . of Bahrein oyer the
status of Odeid Co onel "pSr; 1 in . re S ard to the
for his oninionon ^ el i y havi . n S be en asked
(27th October 1873) P 011118 ' re P lle d as follows,
a coSi 8 f a J ery ? Id < l uest 'i on > and in some respects
ment o P f Bomb^lSmeV 06 ' T' 6 GoVem -
two vears hnf T 11 to report on it about
inn- on tL 5 i th®! 1 begged to postpone treat-
o on the general question, since doino- so mk-ht
Convenient discussions beS
irsehes and the Turkish authorities.
Arahinn' •T'T+i t,le I ,olitje al situation on the
Aiabian side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is still unchanged
shnnh^ 0P 'T n t ] lerefore continues to be that"we
should avoid as far as possible for the present
mooting questions of territorial suzerainty.
Jf'', ha y e th® reiterated written assurances of
the Porte that it lias no intention of interfering
with the independence of our trucial Chiefs, and
us general declaration is perhaps more valuable
deflation tS than WOald be any P articular
. " Sooner or later the Turkish aggression in pen-
insular Aiabia must either take psrmanent form or
else be abandoned, and in my opinion that will be
the time when we shall most effectively be enabled
to deal with questions of boundary and supremacy.
" Meantime, as regards the claims of Bahrein
over Guttur, I consider that Bahrein should adhere
to the arrangements which I made in November
1869, and that while Bahrein shall be acknowledged
to possess certain rights in regard to pasturage, &c.,
on the Guttur coast, those rights shall not be held
as empowering Bahrein to put to sea for the pur
pose of coercing any port in Guttur.
" As regards Odeid, my opinion is that it is pro
perly subordinate to Aboothabee; but I would let this
question, like others, remain in abeyance until we
see what really are the meaning and intention of
the Turkish Government in striving to occupy the
littoral of peninsular Arabia."
The discussion with the Porte in regard to Nejd
died out; but it was succeeded in 1873 by a
still more acrimonious controversy, provoked by
attempts on the part of the Turkish authorities in
Yemen, the South-Western district of Arabia, to
interfere with the Sultan of Lahej, one of the so-
called 44 stipendiary " Chiefs near Aden who are
dependent on the British Government.
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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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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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