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'NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.' [80r] (30/68)
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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NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.
27
* Page 46.
t Page 81.
J Page 90.
Bombay Marine
The navy of the East India Company.
was there. They proposed
also to send the Bullfinch as well as the
Magpie to Bushire to await instructions
there. These proposals were approved by
the Government of India, and in the letter
of the 17th May * giving general instruc
tions to the Bombay Government with
regard to the Expedition, the Government
of India wrote :—
" His Excellency in Council understands that,
while the Hugh Rose remains at Colonel Felly's
disposal as a
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.
Steamer, the Bullfinch
and the Magpie have been ordered to Bushire to
await instructions. His Excellency in Council
would wish instructions to be sent to the Com
manders of the Bullfinch and the Magpie, through
Colonel Pelly, to cruise in the neighbourhood of
Bahrein, Kateef, and the ports at which it is
believed the Turkish troops will disembark, care
fully to observe all that takes place at sea, and, as
far as possible, obtain intellig-ence of what takes
place on land, and report events through Colonel
Pelly as often as may be convenient. Arrange
ments should be made that both vessels be not ab
sent from the coast at the same time; if one returns
to Bushire to report, the other should remain on the
coast to watch events.
" The Commanders of the vessels should be
made fully aware of our relations with the Bahrein
and the trucial Chiefs, and also with the assurances
received from the Ottoman Porte; and should it
appear to the Officers Commanding that these rela
tions and assurances have been, or are about to be,
evaded or violated by any party or parties, a special
report of the circumstances should at once be
made/'
By telegram dated 30th May, t Colonel
Pelly was directed to proceed to Bahrein in
the Hugh Rose accompanied by the Magpie
and Bullfinch. He replied on the 31st J :—
" Magpie, reported cruising after slavers to south
ward of Muscat. Bullfinch left Muscat for Gulf,
but returned Muscat with supposed slaver; was
to start again; neither vessel since heard of.
As before submitted, no vessel, naval or marine,
at my disposal, since announcement of Turkish
Expedition two months ago, until Hugh Rose arrived
Sunday. Have despatched Assistant Resident in
her to Bahrein with carefully prepared instructions.
Will send required communications to Chiefs by
Native craft. Am doing my best, and trust much
to past influence, but protracted absence of vessels
and communications Arab coast misinterpreted
and liable to complicate matters."
On this the Government of India tele
graphed to Commander Tucker at Trinco-
malie:—
" Tell His Excellency [i.e., the Naval Com
mander-in-Chief) that on 16 th May Viceroy ordered
Bullfinch Bushire very special service. Ordered
Magpie proceed thither quickly. Find impossible
communicate Magpie. Last thing heard of Bullfinch
was had gone back to Muscat with a slaver.
Magpie said cruising south Muscat. Search slaver.
Serious inconvenience and danger has arisen.
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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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