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'Persian Gulf - Turkish jurisdiction along the Arabian coast (Part III)' [12v] (18/30)
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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18
Commenting on this unsatisfactory answer, Mr.
Gosclien wrote to Lord Granville (6th December
1880, No. 643)* .
" Sir A. Sandison, who has had the question in
his hands for two years, told me to-day that he had
quite come to the conclusion that the Turkish
Government did not intend to meet our wishes in
this matter, and that the dilatory action they have
thus far pursued they will continue to follow
systematically. I have myself formed the decided
opinion that it is useless to press the subject any
further, and that our officers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
should receive instructions based on the view that
it is hopeless to expect authority from the Porte
to follow the pirates within Turkish territorial
waters.
" Your Lordship is aware that the Turks are at
this moment unusually sensitive as to any proposals
which may involve any question of sovereignty, or
the introduction of European influence or action
within the sphere of their own authority."
The definitive reply of the Porte was not given
till the 8th February 1881,f when Assim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
addressed a short note to the Embassy, to the effect
that, according to the information received from
the local authorities, no such thing as piracy
existed in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; that, nevertheless, a
vessel of war had been sent to the Nejd coast, as
a measure of precaution; and that, under these
circumstances, there was no occasion for the
arrangement proposed in Mr. Goschen's Notes of
the 7th July and 13th November 1880.
Upon receipt of this refusal of the Turkish
Government to accede to the very moderate and
carefully guarded proposal which had been made
to it, Lord Granville (9th March 1881) requested
to be informed what were Lord Hartington's views
as to the action which should be taken by Her
Majesty's Government, bearing in mind, on the
one hand, the opinions w r hich had been given by
the Law Officers, and, on the other, Kadri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's
admission to Mr. Goschen that the evil complained
of did exist.|
The Foreign Office were informed (24th March
1881) § that, the contingency contemplated in pre
vious communications from this Office having
arisen, there appeared to Lord Hartington to re
main no alternative but to adopt such measures as
might be requisite to suppress piracy in the Persian
Guit without reference to the claims asserted by
the iurlash Government to sovereignty over the
part of the coast particularly in question. This
course H^ Lordship gathered, was in accordance
with the views of Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople, and seemed to him to be necessary,
both m the general interests of commerce and
laving regard to the obligations of the British
^ Slleikl1 oi: Bahreil1
the liucial Chiefs of the Arab coast. With Lord
(jranville s concurrence, therefore, His Lordship
From Foreign Office, 9th March 1881.
Home, No. 178.
f As above.
} P. 16.
§ Home ; No. 178.
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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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