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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [154r] (15/45)
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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41
# Dated 25th June 1877,
No. 436.
f From Foreign Office,
dated 28th July 1877,
No. 548.
| From Foreign Office,
dated 28th Aug. 1877,
No. 624.
§ To Foreign Office,
27th Sept. 1877, No. 624.
|| No. 62, dated 4th Oct.
1877.
See ante , p. 40.
** Dated 27th June
1878, No. 389.
rliffi u • eetl meiltlone| i> as a possible source of
difficulty m procuring the submission of the
cQ.omsts of Odeid, that their Chief, who had been
m commumcation with the Turkish GoSS
T I • r n' at; t,lle iast moaieut hoist the
T arlash flag. But seeing that the British Govern-
ment had received no official intimation on the
thnftL^r f VAf"i WaS U0 tan g ible evidence
that the Chief of Odeid was under the effective
suzerainty of the Turkish Government, they appre-
henaed that the mere hoisting of the Turkish flao-
need in no way restrict the freedom of their action
in the matter.
,, On receipt of this Despatch, a letter was sent to
the foreign Office,* intimating.. Lord Salisbury's
concurrence in the views expressed in it, and re
questing that Her Majesty's Ambassador at Con
stantinople might be instructed to call the serious
attention of the Turkish Government to the in
crease of piracy along the Guttur coast which had
resulted from the extension of its authority in that
quarter, and to intimate that Her Majesty's Go
vernment would not permit the peace of the Persian
Gulf to be disturbed by expeditions which either
proceeded from ports, like El Bidaa,in actual Turkish
possession, or were organized by tribes recognizing
Turkish supremacy, and were despatched from the
territories of independent Chiefs, too weak to pre
vent the abuse of their ports. Lord Derby was
informed that Lord Salisbury proposed to approve
the instructions which had been issued to the Resi
dent in the Gulf in regard to Odeid, but that his
Lordship was of opinion that no reference should
be made to that matter in any communication
which Sir H. Layard might address to the Turkish
Government on the general question, it being both
doubtful whether that Government exercised any
substantial authority over the Chief of Odeid, and
inexpedient to provoke discussion on the point.
A note in the above sense was addressed by Sir
H. Layard to the Porte, under date the 9th July
1877,f to which a reply was received on the 2nd
August from Server
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,! to the effect that the
Governor General of the vilayet of Bussorah
declared that nothing of the kind alleged had taken
place, and that the most complete tranquillity pre
vailed, but that the Porte would be gtad to be
furnished with more precise particulars.
These were at once furnished§ to the Foreign
Office for communication to the Turkish Govern
ment by Sir H. Layard. Simnltaneously, the
correspondence was sent out to the Government of
India,|| with an intimation that Her Majesty's
Government approved the instructions^ which had
been issued to the Resident in the Gulf, in May,
with a vi®^ ^ prevent the port of Odeid being
used as a shelter for pirates.
Nothing more was heard in the matter until
June 1878, when a letter" was received from the
"FWeiffn Office, aivinsr cover to a despatch from Sir
H Layard, and a telegram from the Wali of
3000.
D
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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.
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