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'NEJD EXPEDITION PRECIS.' [90r] (50/68)
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. 47
existence of an independent tribe in the country of
Nejd."
This, Colonel Herbert considered, became
an important protest when taken in con
nexion with an article in the local
Government journal. To this article was
appended a list of the towns, houses, &c.,
in the Province of Nejd, and among the
towns mentioned was Bahrein, as also three
towns belonging to trucial Chiefs on the
Oman Coast:—
" This direct mention/^ said Colonel Herbert, " of
Bahrein and a portion of Oman, as appertaining
to Nejd, in a journal which can only be regarded
as a Government Gazette, is an indication of the
views of (at least) the local Government of this
province, which, I think, justifies my want of
confidence in the assurances so repeatedly and
explicitly given.
"If I mistake not, the whole of the country
of Oman is deemed to belong to the de facto Gov
ernment of Muscat, and it appears to me desirable
that I be instructed as to the views of His Excel
lency the Viceroy in Council as reg-ards this
country, as it is not improbable that the question
may shortly be agitated here."
In case of the Porte obtaining, at least for
a time, a nominal supremacy over the
Province of Nejd, Colonel Herbert suggested
that advantage should be taken of the
occasion to bring about a settlement of
the long pending question of the frontier
between Oman and Nejd.
The Bombay Government thought* that
the above letter of Colonel Herbert strongly
corroborated their previous view as to the
possible results of the Turkish Expedition
and the real designs of the Bagdad
Governor-General:—
" Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
," wrote the Bombay Govern
ment, "has long been known as one of the most able
men in Turkey, bent upon extending- the authority
of the Porte wherever and whenever an oppor
tunity presents itself. The Expedition, it is alleged,
is to re-establish the authority of the Lieutenant
of the Porte throughout the territory of Nejd.
But what are the boundaries of Nejd ?
" It has been pointed out in the letter of this
Government above quoted, that the Ameer of Riadh
has always claimed a suzerainty over Muscat and
Bahrein, and it now appears that the official paper
at Bagdad distinctly includes Bahrein and the coun
try of Oman to the east within Nejd territory.
It is impossible to foresee to what complications
these pretensions may lead."
The views of the Government of India
on these points will be ascertained by a
reference to the following extracts of notes
by the Foreign Secretary and His Excel
lency the Viceroy, dated the 28th and 29th
July 1871. The views therein expressed
met with the concurrence of Council
Mr. Aitchison wrotef—
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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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