'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' [‎142r] (24/30)

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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