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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎73r] (157/481)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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arisen between some of the CLiefs of the coasts aforesaid, there was none could
check them and restore order and goodwill among them except the Lieutenant in Lor. I, 1118,
charge of Oman, whose office is among the things pleasing to God and his Prophet, Nejd Precis,
as also to the Sultan of the Faithful.'" § G1,
Further Correspondence with Amir, 1859.
106. In 1859, the Wahabi Amir threatening to support the Bahreini pretender,
Muhammad bin Abdulla, against the de facto chief, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron
was despatched to Bahrein, with the result that the Wahabi Governor of Qatif
abandoned his designs and begged for pardon. The Amir, however, after justifying
his proceedings on the ground that the Sheikh of Bahrein was one of his feudatories Tj0r l gg 7
whom he had a perfect right to chastise for various misdeeds, strongly protested Nejd Precis
against British interference and added that " between the Wahabi Amir and the § 63.
British Government treaties Have been made by the several authorities, authority
after authority, and, in accordance with treaties between the Wahabi Amir and tlie
Sultan Abdul Mejid, there are matters which everyone is precluded from meddling
with, unless on special grounds." The Resident replied that the British Government
recognised Bahrein as an independent Sheikhdom and was prepared to oppose all
foreign agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including that of H.H. the Amir, by ever}^ means in its power.
He added that the Amir's claim to be a dependant of Turkey was inconsistent
with the piracies which were at the same time being committed by his Lieutenant
at Qatif on vessels bearing the Turkish flag.
Bombardment of Damman f 1861.
107. In June 1861 the Amir w^as required to eject the Bahreini pretender from
Damman in Qatar, and was advised to enter into a peaceful convention with the
ruling Sheikh. No answer having been returned, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron
forcibly compelled the Pretender to flee from Damman in November 1861. The
Wahabi garrisons took no steps to molest the Squadron.
Turkish Protest and British Reply, 1862.
108. A Turkish protest against the bombardment of Damman—a place which, Ne j d p r 6cis,
as lying within the territory of " Feisul Beg, the Kaimakham of Nejd," " was part of § 67.
the hereditary dominions of the Sultan "—was received from the Turkish Wali
of Bagdad at the end of 1861. The British Consul-General at Bagdad replied that
H.M. Government had hitherto " always maintained direct relations with Amir
Feisul as well as with all the chiefs and principalities situated on the shores of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ." In the prosecution of our pacific policy in the Gulf, which was
well known, we " have never acknowledged the authority or jurisdiction of any
other State—an authority and jurisdiction, moreover, which assuredly the Porte
neither does exercise nor has ever exercised in that quarter." The Consul-General,
ia reporting the correspondence to the Ambassador at Constantinople, remarked : to
'"Although it may not be denied that since the Egyptian invasion of Nejd in Const.,
1839-40 Amir Feisul has remained tributary to the Turkish authorities of Mecca, 1.1.62.
his tribute being regarded probably as an offering to the head of the religion, it is
certain that the Porte has never exercised any jurisdiction or attempted to extend
its authority over that country. ... In point of fact the Porte has not the power
to punish or coerce its tributary; not a single Turkish functionary exists in the
country, and to judge from my own experience of the duties of the British Resident
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , I feel assured that, were the relations of that officer with the
Amir of Nejd to be disturbed in a manner to withdraw the Wahabi coast from his
immediate supervision, the effect must be highly prejudicial to the policy which
has hitherto obtained under the orders and sanction of Her Majesty's Indian
Government in that quarter."
Resident authorised to mediate between Muscat and the Wahabis, 1864.
109. Towards the end of 1864, serious difiiculties having arisen between the
oultan of Muscat and the Wahabi Amir consequent on the endeavours of the
Vahabi Agent at Baraimi to secure a substantial increase in the amount of zakat ^ p r6c - s
paid by Muscat to the Wahabis, Colonel Pelly, then 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. , was § 72.
^quested to report fully and to employ his good offices if mediation were of any
l ^ e '. ' )u t "to let the Sultan clearly understand that the British Government had
^ "Mention of interfering in the differences between the powers on the shores
^ the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by aiding one party to coerce the other."

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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and the 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).

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1 volume (234 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

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