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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' [166r] (39/45)
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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63
* Home Correspondence,
1862, p. 85.
f Home Correspondence,
1862, p. 93.
J Home Correspondence,
1862, p. 97.
Govertmcnt a reply was sent stating that the
Secretary of State for India saw no objection to
the course proposed, but at the same time pointiuff
out tliat there was close counectiou between the
ouUan of Zanzibar and the Imam of Muscat,
the latter being the parent State, and both, until
. , been under one ruler. In fact, Muscat
ciamied feudal supremacy over Zanzibar, but by
-Lord Canning s arbitration Zanzibar was pronounced
independent, though liable to the payment of an
annual subsidy.
Instructions* were sent by the Foreign Office
to Her Majesty s Ambassador at Paris, in accordance
with which ^ Lord Cowley addressed a note to M.
Thouvenel in the following terms :t—" Her Ma-
" jesty's Government would have no objection to
" extend the declaration to both the Sultans of
Muscat and Zanzibar; at the same time Her
" Majesty's Government do not think it expedient
" to guarantee the said territories, which might at
any time be threatened or invaded by neighbour-
" ing Chiefs, and which Her Majesty's Government
" do not consider themselves called upon to protect
" against such aggressions. What Her Majesty's
£t Government propose * * * is, that they should
" join with the Imperial Government in a declara-
" tion pledging themselves mutually to respect the
<c independence of the two Sultans, which would
" naturally infer a pledge for both Governments
" that they would seek no territorial advantages in
" the dominions of the sovereigns of Muscat and
" Zanzibar."
The French Minister having agreed, the following
declaration J was signed by Lord Cowley and M.
Thouvenel on the 10th March 1872 :—
"Her Majesty the Queen of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland and His Majesty
the Emperor of the French, taking into considera
tion the importance of maintaining the independence
of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and of His
Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, have thought it
right to engage reciprocally to respect the indepen
dence of these Sovereigns.
" The undersigned. Her Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at
the Court of France, and the Minister Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs of His Majesty the
Emperor of the French, being furnished with the
necessary powers, hereby declare, in consequence,
that their said Majesties take reciprocally that
engagement.
" Witness whereof the undersigned have signed
the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the
seals of their arms.
" Done at Paris, the 10th March 1862.
Fourth. The conduct of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
business between the bushire e/esidency and
the Baghdad Political Agengy.-Ih reference
to Colonel Nixon's proposal on this head, the Indian
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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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