'Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf' [‎29r] (23/126)

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1892.
1893.
To Sir C. Ford,
No. Ill,
May 2, 1893.
To Sir C. Ford,
No. 32?,
December 6, 1893.
1895.
Note verbule
of August 12,
1895. and to
A nthopoules
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
December 5, 1896.
1890.
Sir P. Currie,
No. 141,
February 19,189G.
1898.
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. ,
January 5, 1899.
1900.
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. ,
November 6, 1905.
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. ,
June 8, 1904.
bended in 1892, but tbe Porte was once more
informed that British ships would oppose any
such attempt.
In 1892 an Agreement was made with the
Chief of Bahrein providing against (1) conclu
sion of Treaties with foreign Powers, (2) resid
ence of foreign Agents, (3) cession of territory.
The question of British protection of Bah-
reinese in the Ottoman Dominions again arose in
1893, and Her Majesty’s Government maintained
the right of British Consular Bepresentatives to
give their good offices to Bahreinese applying for
them, and the Porte was subsequently informed
that Her Majesty’s Government would extend
their protection to them whenever there was
occasion.
In 1895 we forcibly dispersed, in tbe interests
of tbe Bahrein Sheikh, a settlement of malcon
tents who had established themselves at Zobara,
on the El Katr coast, under the Turkish flag.
The Turks protested, but Her Majesty’s Govern
ment stated in reply that “ they did not recognize
Turkish jurisdiction on the El Katr coast, and
must repeat once more that all Turkish claims to
Bahrein, which is under the protection of the
Queen of England, are totally inadmissible.”
The intervention of British Consuls in Turkey
on behalf of Bahreinese was again insisted upon
in 189G.
In 1898 the Indian Government formally
recognized Sheikh Hamed as successor-designate
to the Chiefship of the island.
In 1900 a British Agent, Mr. Gaskin, was
stationed at Bahrein instead of the native repre
sentative. In January 1905 the Government of
India appointed Captain Prideaux, an officer
of the regular political service, to succeed
Mr. Gaskin, who was of lower official status.
Subsequently, they conferred upon Captain
Prideaux the personal and local rank of Political
Agent. An assistant surgeon was also appointed
at this time, and, in addition to attending on
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff, he is in charge of a hospital,
recently erected at the cost of certain British
Indian merchants, in commemoration of Her
late Majesty Queen Victoria; a guard, consisting
of four officers and twenty-four sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. , was
stationed in the island; and a launch was pro
vided to enable the Agent to visit the outlying
portions of his charge, and for service in the
suppression of piracy in tbe shallower water