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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [149v] (6/45)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 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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32
u Turkish Government have not assumed posses-
" sion of the place, nor openly claimed it. Their
" pretensions are put forward for the first time."
After noticing the danger to Bahrein arising from
the fact that the exile Nasir bin Mobarik was on
the coast as a proteg^ of the Turkish authorities,
Colonel Ross concluded :—
c< The chief cause of embarrassment as regards
the maintenance of peace and neutrality by sea
between Bahrein and Guttur lies in the present un
certainty as to the question with whom responsi
bility rests. The various mainland Sheikhs may
^shelter themselves under Turkish protection whilst
the latter power has not formally assumed Govern
mental duties. Were the responsibilities more
decidedly fixed the constant inconvenient anxiety
about Bahrein would disappear."
Intermediately, Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople,* consequent on a letter from
Colonel Herbert at Baghdad, mentioning reports
that the proceedings of the Beni Hajir had been
instigated by a Turkish Agent at El Bidaa, and
repeating his own opinion that Bedif
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the
Governor General, was himself encouraging in
trigues, Sir H. Elliott intimated to the Turkish
Government, both verbally and in writing, that
Her Majesty's Government would not allow the
independence of Bahrein to be placed in jeopardy,—
decided language, with which the Marquis of Salis
bury, then Secretary of State for India, expressed
satisfaction.!
At the close of 1874 a question arose as to the
rights of the Sheikh of Bahrein over the Guttur
coast opposite the island, and in particular over
Zobarah, occupied by the El Nairn tribe. Some
inquiry into the merits of this claim had been made
in the previous year, when the First Assistant
Resident in the Gulf reported,! as his conclusion
frOm what he had heard when living in Bahrein,
that in former years the Nairn, together with many
other of the Guttur tribes, were in certain ways
dependencies of Bahrein; but that the amount of
authority exercised by the rulers of the island over
Guttur seemed to have varied in proportion to the
power of coercion those rulers possessed; if the
Chief of Bahrein was strong the tribes acknow
ledged his supremacy; if he was weak they
denied it.
The Sheikh of Bahrein having expressed to the
Resident in the Gulf a desire to reinforce Zobarah
with troops from the island, and generally to assist
the Naim tribe if attacked by their neighbours,
was advised§ by Colonel Boss as far as possible to
keep clear of feuds on the mainland, and to
carefully abstain from taking part in operations in
which the Turkish Government was engaged.
The Sheikh was not disposed to act upon this
advice, or to abandon his right to Zobarah ; he was,
however, informed by order of the Government of
India[] that if he took any part in complications
* L ojpatch, No. 279>
dated 7th Nov. 1874'
Home Correspondence}
Vol. 82, p. 181.
f To Foreign Office,
5th Jan. 1875, No. 56.
J Secret Letters from
India, Vol. 16, p. 341.
§ Political Letter, No.
222, dated 18th Dec. 1874,
Enclosure No. 7.
ii Political Letter, No.
30, dated oth Feb. 1875,
Enclosure 11.
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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 continuation of ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part I)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/1) and broadly addresses the same issues, namely, what to do about Turkish claims to sovereignty along the southern coast of the Gulf that could potentially impinge on Britain's treaty commitments with local rulers and their security responsibilities at sea (the suppression of piracy), and whether to come to some kind of comprehensive arrangement with the Ottoman Government to settle the matter. To support this, the document gives a history of recent affairs in the region, making extensive use of correspondence and memoranda mostly written between 1874 and 1879. The principal correspondents are from the Government of India, the Foreign Office, 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. , and various political and diplomatic offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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 Constantinople. The matters covered by the document concern events at Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] - including Zobarah [Al Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ], Odeid [al-‘Udaid], and El Bidaa [Doha] - Lahsa [al-Hasa], and the Trucial states A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The memorandum concludes by outlining the position of the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and 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. (represented by the author) on the following four matters:
1. The status of Odeid;
2. The need to better define areas of responsibility and jurisdiction with the Porte, and whether to hold them responsible for order along the coast under their authority;
3. A revision of Britain's treaties with Bahrain, the Trucial chiefs, and Muscat;
4. The arrangement of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. business between the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the Baghdad Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
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 148 and terminates at folio 168, 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.
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