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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)' [9r] (11/30)
The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 2 Dec 1881. 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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the commanders of Her Majesty's ships charged
with the duty of keeping the police of the Persian
Gulf, while they would he instructed to pursue
their operations, as far as possible, outside the terri
torial waters of the Arabian coast, between Koweit
and Odeid, should also have authority to pursue
and capture piratical bands within the three mile
limit on that part of the coast, whenever this
course of proceeding might seem indispensable to
the attainment of their object.
" 8. It would be understood that in case of any
Turkish vessel of war being within reach the
British cruiser would not act without inviting the
co-operation of its commander, and leaving to him,
if he desired it, the principal share in the operations,
and further that, whenever practicable, the previous
consent of any Turkish Governor or similar official
on the mainland immediately adjacent would be
solicited.
"9. In either case, any prizes made within
recognized Turkish limits would be dealt with
according to the wishes of the Turkish authorities.
" 10. Her Majesty's Government desire that your
Excellency will endeavour to ascertain whether
an arrangement of the nature described above
would be accepted by the Sultan's Ministers. Its
tendency would be rather to establish, than in any
way to derogate from, His Majesty's authority in
the districts concerned. It might be recorded in a
Memorandum, or by an exchange of Notes, or in
any other less formal manner best fitted to avoid
raising the susceptibilities of the Porte, the prin
cipal object being to obtain free scope for the
measures necessary for the security of commerce,
while avoiding the complaints and questions re
specting territorial limits to which such measures
might otherwise give rise."
This draft, it will be seen, dealt solely with the
question of maritime procedure within " recog
nized " Turkish limits, the coast from Koweit to
Odeid being apparently so regarded, notwith
standing that, along the greater portion of it,
Turkish authority was neither asserted in any
practical way, nor had been formally admitted by
the British Government.
The reason for this course, with the views of Her
Majesty's Government on other points of Gult
policy, was explained in the second (" very con
fidential") Despatch to Sir H. Layard, of which the
draft was as follows :—
" In the arrangement proposed in my Despatch
of this day's date, for the repression of piracy in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, no attempt is made at an explicit
settlement of the question, how far Turkish autho
rity shall be recognized to exist along the Arabian
* It is to be noted, however, that, hud the coast.* Bearing in mind the exaggerated claims
Porte accepted the arrangement, the very of traditional sovereignty which the Porte is always
stringent conditions attached to the action of p ronei to advance, and its indisposition to abandon
Sif iSh the smallest particle of the Sultans nominal juris-
would, in consequence, have been practically diction, it does not seem probable that any agree*
recognized as Turkish.—A. W. M.
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A printed memorandum written and compiled by Adolphus Warburton Moore for the Political and Secret Department of the 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. , and dated 2 December 1881.
The document is a continuation of ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part II)' (IOR/L/PS/18/B19/2) and broadly addresses the same issues, namely, how to respond toTurkish claims to sovereignty along the southern coast of the Gulf that could potentially impinge on Britain's commitments with local rulers (in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) and their security responsibilities at sea (the suppression of piracy).
The document summarises correspondence from the previous two years (1879-1881) that had dealt with the matter, beginning with an outline of the opinions of officials from the main departments and institutions involved: the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the 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. (whose opinion Warburton represents). Other correspondents include officials from the Residencies and Agencies in both the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , as well as the Ambassador at Constantinople.
The documents cover several topics, including:
- The threat to Bahrain from the Beni Hajir tribe and Ottoman ambitions to extend their sovereignty to the island, including the Turkish plan to build a coal depot on the island as a pretext to further political involvement;
- Questions of how to police the waters under Turkish authority;
- How Britain should deal with Shaikh Jasim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thāni] of El Bidaa [Doha];
- Turkish claims to parts of the coast of Guttur [Qatar].
The document concludes with the perceived outcomes of the discussions, including closer ties with the ruler of Bahrain, who, in December 1880, agreed not to open relations with any foreign power other than Britain.
The author quotes extensively from the correspondence and other sources, notes on which are to be found in the margin throughout.
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- 1 file (15 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at folio 4 and terminates at folio 18, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 4-197; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the bottom right corner of each folio.
Pagination: the document also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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