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Letter from Louis Mallet, Under-Secretary of State for India, to Robert Bourke, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [147r] (6/8)
The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1879. It was written in English. 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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rfthe British^lf T 0n - Stratlce a S aiust ^ action
rpj p 3' sh authorities m some particular case.
ihe pielensions, however, which Abdullah
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
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Araht ™ 1 ^ • a l 1 p0r . 8 ln southem and eastern
should in T U n l 1S p i rem i and Muscat . as Turkish,
A l ii s opinion, be distinctly
taSn ^'• a ? might, perhaps, he
taken of intimating plainly to the Porte that, so
a + a ! e m S Arabia 18 concerned, to whatever
5 S Turkish supremacy may eventually be
admitted by the littoral tribes north of Odeid, Her
i ajesty s Government will not recognize its ex
tension over either the Trucial Chiefs, or the
Sultan of Muscat.
I am, in conclusion, directed to state that Lord
Cranbrook concurs in the view which Lord Salis
bury takes of the proposal for a revision of treaty
relations between the British Government and the
Sheikh of Bahrein, the Trucial Chiefs, and the
Ruler of Muscat, which is contained in the India
letter of 22nd May last.
It does not seem to Lord Cranbrook that
closer connection with those Arab potentates is
necessary or expedient in British interests, or that
any object, which cannot otherwise be obtained,
would be gained by exacting from them tribute or
any other formal recognition of British supremacy.
The policy of the Indian Government has always
been .to abstain from interference in the disputes
and conflicts of the Arab tribes on land, and a
departure from that policy, to which closer rela
tions might very well lead, would almost certainly
result in embarrassment.
Lord Cranbrook will reply to the Government of
India .in the above sense, so soon as he may be
favoured with Lord Salisbury's views on the main
question which is the subject of this letter.
(Signed) Louis Mallet.
Under Secretary of State,
[Foreign Office.
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The letter outlines the opinion 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. that no negotiations should be opened with the Turkish authorities over more clearly defined areas of jurisdiction and responsibility for the two powers along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It is argued that Britain should maintain their commitments to the Trucial chiefs and the rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Muscat, along with their security responsibilities on the Gulf seas, and if the Ottoman Turks do not impinge on these arrangements little communication with the Porte is deemed necessary. The argument is supported by an overview and discussion of the current situation in the region.
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Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at folio 145 and terminates at folio 147, 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 145 is torn along one edge, with the loss of some text.
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- Letter from Louis Mallet, Under-Secretary of State for India, to Robert Bourke, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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- front, 145r:147r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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