!['Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [‎164v] (36/45)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003dc/IOR_L_PS_18_B19_2_0037.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [‎164v] (36/45)")
'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [164v] (36/45)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
62
as may be necessary, under the sanction of the
British Resident at Bnshire, even to the extnnt
following up his assailants into Turkish junsdictio .
" It is, moreover, proposed that, until we are
assured that the Turkish Government ettec-
tively protect our subjects and interests, tfutisfc
cruisers should exercise the right to pursue and
capture pirates within Turkish territorial waters or
on shore within reach of their guns, captures so
made to be dealt with under the orders of the
British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. io ttie
Turkish authorities would be left the exclusive
conduct of any operations that may be requisite on
the mainland, and the care of enforcing restitution
and compensation in case of piracies^ committed
from within their jurisdiction. The object in \ iew,
viz., the repression of piracy and the maintenance
of an efficient maritime police in the Gulf, is one in
which this counlry takes considerable interest, but
to which the Turkish Government are admitted to
be very indifferent. Lord Salisbury, therefore, fails
to see what are the inducements which would lead
a Government inclined to be jealous of foreign
interference, and singularly indisposed to renounce
claims of sovereignty or jurisdiction however
shadowy, to give an explicit consent to the prin
ciples above set forth.
" It would seem more practical and more in
accordance with usage that, having settled for our
selves the limits within which Turkish jurisdiction
may be admitted, and beyond which it should be
rejected or opposed, we should as a general rule
look to the Turkish authorities to exercise a proper
police in those limits, only sanctioning the action
of British cruisers in Turkish territorial waters
under special circumstances when the consent of the
local authorities has been obtained. The measures
adopted by the Porte have undoubtedly been as yet
insufficient and ineffectual, but further exertions
and fresh naval reinforcements have been promised.
Until the result of these has been seen, there
scarcely exists sufficient grounds for a general pro
posal of joint police in Turkish waters without any
reciprocal concession to Turkish cruisers."
Thtbd. Bevision of our Treaties with
Bahrein, the Trucial Chiefs, and Muscat.—
Upon this point the Government of India observe
(para. 17):—
" It may also appear to Her Majesty's Govern
ment that the present opportunity should be taken
to revise our agreements both with Muscat and the
Arab trucial Chiefs, including, of course, Bahrein.
It is due to the policy which the British Govern
ment has pursued for many years at heavy ex
pense, and to the efficient naval police which it
maintains, that piratical outrages have ceased on
all that part of the Arab coast subject to British
influence. In consequence of this condition of
permanent security, the commerce of the Persian
Gulf has developed to an extent which a few years
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (21 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [164v] (36/45), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023557944.0x000026> [accessed 23 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023557944.0x000026
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023557944.0x000026">'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [‎164v] (36/45)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023557944.0x000026"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003dc/IOR_L_PS_18_B19_2_0037.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003dc/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2
- Title
- 'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 148r:168v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence