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'NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.' [78r] (26/68)
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nejd expedition precis.
23
* Pa^e 166.
t Page 305.
+ Pago 306.
§ Page 308.
Pagre 304.
Vide paragraph 21.
** Vide paragraph 18.
Turkish Government steamer and Chief of Koweit
in his own boat proceeded to Gwuttur bearing com
munication from the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Commanding Ottoman
forces in Nejd.""*
The Assistant
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
wrote
on the 20th Julyf regarding the Gwuttur
Chief—
" Mahomed bin Tani ; although heretofore well
enough inclined, is old and infirm, and is influenced
by his son Jassim with whom the pirate Nasir bin
Moobarek is closely allied: both these men, it is
known, hate the policy hitherto maintained in the
Gulf. They have long set their minds on pirating
Bahrein, hence the reception with pleasure of a flag
that rightly or wrongly they suppose may yet afford
them the desired opportunity.^
In a letter^ to the Assistant Political
Resident, the Gwuttur Chief siffnificantlv
wrote—
" We are people residing on the mainland and
their (Turk's) forces are moving by land, and I
have been required to accept this flag, I there
fore did so."
The Gwuttur Chief gave§ as a reason for
flying the Turkish flag that he had not
been protected by the English. This allu
sion was to the piracy of one of his boats by
another tribe, for which he complained that
he got no redress. Colonel Pelly said||
that the matter had been enquired into.
The bearing of these events at Biddeh
will be best illustrated by the following
extract from the Foreign Secretary's note
of the 19th July 1871:—
" Some notice of Biddeh or El Biddeh will be
found at the places I have marked in No. XXIV.
of the new series of Bombay Selections. It will
be seen that, as early at any rate as 1827, and as
late as 1851, it is described as a dependency of
Bahrein. Whether it is so still I have no inform
ation, but at all events nothing is known here to
the contrary. Esau bin Tarif, who settled with a
section of the Uttobee tribe there, was a descen
dant of one of the original Uttobee conquerors of
Bahrein. It will be remembered that the present
Bahrein family originally came from Koweit, hence
perhaps the attempt to establish Turkish supremacy
over Biddeh.
" Biddeh, it will be seen, is on the eastern side
of the Gwuttur Promontory, a place to which the
requirements of the Nejd Expedition can in no way
require the Turkish vessels to go. The occupation
of it seems to be quite contrary to the spirit of the
assurances given both by the Porte and the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
It is no doubt the first step towards the establish
ment of supremacy over the tribes to the east,
whose towns. His Excellency will remember, have
been entered in the local Turkish Gazette^ as being
houses and gardens of the country of Nejd. The
Turks are too cunning to make any violent and
sudden assertion of their supremacy over these
regions. There is first the insinuation of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
that the assurances given refer to independent
tribes, of whom there can be none in Nejd;** then
the entry in official papers of certain places as
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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.
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