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'Memorandum by Mr Bertie on Questions with the Porte in the Persian Gulf, August 1892 to October 1893.' [101v] (4/6)
The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in Nov 1893. 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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"Wakrah to make his inquiries. Both the Yali
and the Captain of the Turkish ship were re
called whilst Colonel Talbot was on the coast,
the former for bringing about the conflict with
Jasim in which the Turkish troops had been
defeated, the latter for having afterwards bom
barded the town of El Bidaa.
As a result of Colonel Talbot 's interviews with j n( ii a Office
Jasim and his brother Ahmed, 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.
Ma y 12 ' 1893 *
recommended that negotiations should be entered
into with the Porte for the withdrawal of the
Turkish establishments on compensation from
the local Chiefs guaranteed by the Government
of India. The Chiefs Jasim and Ahmed to be
reinstated on a footing of independence, and to
renew the Treaty made by their father in 1868,
with the further conditions recently arranged
by the Government of India with the Trucial
Chiefs.
IN cgotiations with the Sultan for the surrender ludia Office,
of his sovereign claims were obviously im- June 14 ' 18 ' 93 -
practicable, but the interests of the El Katr
pearl fisheries and the Bahrein trade depend
on a durable settlement with Sheikh Jasim.
Instructions were therefore sent to the Govern.! Ma Office,
ment of India that Her Majesty's Government Au S ust 10.'j893.
maintain the policy hitherto followed, and con-
tmne to deny the claim of the Porte to exercise
sovereignty over the El Katr coast, and as not-
withstanding that the Turks maintain a garrison
at El Bidaa, they practically hold no authority
beyond it, the Government of India need not
allow the pretensions of Turkey to interfere with
their liberty of action or prevent them from
making such Treaties with the El Katr Chiefs as
may be considered desirable.
Rustem
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was reminded unofficiallv bv m - . • r .
Siv P On-mvlrt „p ji i . * i -Minute in India
p * 0 declaration made by Lord August 10;
.r r ^ May, 1883, viz., "that the
~V e r 0 ^ 0f soverei ? nt y over
IT J K:atr > Coast has never been admitted by
Her Majesty s Government." It was not thou-ht TolH n*
desirable to malcp To
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.
,
fW nff + 1 official communication to Au gu«t 26, 1893.
hat effect unless the Turkish Government raised
the question officially.
Bahrein.
Last autumn the Porte complained of the
intervention of the Brifioii n ■ e
at Bussorah in matt Consular authorities Sir Clare Ford,
matters concerning inhabitants of Oc^rk .892,
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The memorandum, written by Francis Leveson Bertie of the Foreign Office, 15 October 1893, discusses questions relating to the Guttur or El-Katr [Qatar] following rumours that the Ottoman Government intended to separate England from the Sheikhs on the Arabian Coastline of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that had signed treaty agreements with the British Government.
The questions discussed include:
- the actions of Jasim bin Muhammad bin Thani, Kaïmakan (Shaikh of Qatar) in opposing the authority of the Vali of Bussorah [Basra];
- the Porte's (Government of the Ottoman Empire) desire to punish the Shaikh, and the British Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Colonel Adelbert Cecil Talbot)'s desire to mediate between the two parties which the Porte objected too;
- attempts by the Vali of Bussorah to bring about a conflict with Shaikh Jasim and Colonel Talbot's recommendation that the El Katr Chief's be reinstated on an independent footing and the 1868 treaty be renewed.
Also referred to in the memorandum are:
- A complaint made by the Porte of the intervention of British Consular authorities in matters concerning the inhabitants of Bahrein [Bahrain], and a reminder to the Porte that Bahrein was under British protection;
- Work undertaken by Ottoman Engineers to build three military guard posts at Fao [Al Fāw], which were considered to be a potential threat to British commerce on the Shat-el-Arab [Shaţţ al ‘Arab].
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- 1 file (2 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 101, and terminates at folio 102, since 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Memorandum by Mr Bertie on Questions with the Porte in the Persian Gulf, August 1892 to October 1893.'
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