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'NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.' [75v] (21/68)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in Mar 1872. 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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is NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.
plans for their future operations, and, as I com-
municated to Your Excellency yesterday by tele
gram, are said to propose, after the capture ot
Neid, to direct the expedition against ^ahmn,
Muscat, and the Aral) coast in its whole length.
The attention of the Secretary of State
was drawn to the above letter ot Colonel
Herbert, and he was asked by the Govern
ment of India to make a representation to
the Porte of the folly and danger of the
expedition. This request of the Govern
ment of India was communicated to the
Foreign Office in England,* and it was
added—
" If any further steps can be taken to convince the
Turkish Government of what the \ iceroy de
scribes as ' the folly and danger of the expedition,'
the Duke of Argyll trusts that they may be taken
with as little delay as possible."
The Foreign Office replied that it was not
then considered necessary to do so.
Subsequently, however. Sir H. Elliot was
desired f to carry out the wishes of the t Page 108.
Indian Government in this respect.
On the 10th May, + Colonel Herbert + Pa g e 118 -
wrote—
" Since writing on the 26th ultimo, I have paid
a hurried visit to Bussorah for the purpose of
seeing the preparations for the expedition, and
found preparing to start with the troops the Steam
Corvette Broussa, 23 guns; the hitherto unarmed
steam ship Ninone, in which four guns have been
placed; and old wooden guard ship the Khojah
Bey, 18 guns, which was original^ built at
Bussorah and has long been deemed unseaworthy;
and three brigantines, also built at Bussorah, and
carrying 4, 6, and 12 guns, respectively, and in
little or no better condition than the Khojah Bet/."
Colonel Pelly telegraphed on the 31st
May §— § Page oo.
a My information is that expedition is already
landed at Ras Canoora, a sandy point, 10 miles
from Kateef, and that Arabs will give first impedi
ment at watered date groves half way."
24. Observations of the Grand Vi
zier on the policy of the British
Government. Remarks of the
Government of India thereon.—
The substance of a despatch No. 12, dated
11th April, from Colonel Herbert to the
Ambassador at Constantinople (vide para
graph 10), alluding to the merely nominal
character ot Abdoollah's dependence on
the Porte and deprecating Turkish inter
ference in Nejd at lairs, was communicated
io Aali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Grand Vizier. M.
Piaani, in a letter the Ambassador of
the 11th May, |1 wrote that on receipt of .11 Fa^e lot.
tins communieation
"His Highness stated that the Sultan being
recognized by the whole Mahomedan population as
e on y KhaUf, as such he cannot allow the
jt
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Précis of the 1871-1872 Turkish Expedition to Nejd [Najd], compiled by Philip Durham Henderson, Under Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, March 1872. The précis has been divided into sections which discuss:
- Origin of the Expedition;
- First report of an intended expedition;
- Design of the expedition revived;
- Position of parties in Nejd;
- Expedition temporarily postponed. Enquiries made from the Porte regarding it;
- Earlier instructions given to Colonel Lewis Pelly;
- Preparations for Expedition resumed;
- Complications in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- British policy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and how it might be affected by the Nejd Expedition;
- Explicit assurances of the Porte;
- Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. confirms assurances of the Porte;
- Instructions to Colonel Lewis Pelly;
- Report to Secretary of State with views of Government;
- Colonel Lewis Pelly directed to proceed to Bahrein [Bahrain];
- Secretary of State's instructions with regard to preventing Trucial Chiefs from aiding either party;
- Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. promises non-interference with littoral Arabs;
- Porte promises non-interference with Trucial Arabs, but claim to accept their services when offered;
- Observations of Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. on the instructions given to Colonel Lewis Pelly;
- Expedition prohibited by Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. from approaching Bahrein;
- Enquiries from Persia regarding Expedition;
- Non-interference in political questions enjoined on Colonel Charles Herbert;
- Narrative of events in Nejd up to date of landing of the Expedition;
- Narrative of the Expeditionary force up to date of landing in Nejd;
- Observations of the Grand Vizier on the policy of the British Government. Remarks of the Government of India thereon;
- Porte informed Indian Government disclaim countenancing Arabs;
- Turkish designs on Gwuttur [Qatar];
- Increase of the Turkish Naval Force in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- Representation addressed to Home Government regarding the above;
- Movements of British vessels;
- Case of the Snipe (believed to be a British vessel carrying Turkish troops);
- Murder of a so-called Turkish messenger at Bahrein;
- Demand on Bahrein Chief for surrender of two boats;
- Reasons for non-interference of British Government in operations by land;
- Further narrative of the Expedition and Affairs in Nejd;
- Attitude of Bahrein Chief. Evidence of Turkish designs against Bahrein;
- Kowait [Kuwait] Chief. Assistance rendered by him to the Turks and his intrigues.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 66 and terminates at folio 98, 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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