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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎27r] (58/860)

The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1902-16 Dec 1910. 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 Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,]
Printed for the use of the Foreign Office. September 1910.
Sir G. Lowther, Memorandum by Mr. E. Parkes respecting
No. 861,
December is, 1908 the appointment of a Turkish Mudir at
[44443].
IVakra, and the question of a Treaty
with El Katr.
WAKE A is a coast town between Odeid and
El Bidaa in the El Katr Peninsula.
Confidential Print, The British Government have refused to
recognise Turkish authority in El Katr, although
they have acquiesced in the continued presence
of a Turkish post since 1S72 at El Bidaa. In
1895 a settlement of malcontents, who had
established themselves under the Turkish flag
at Z ohara, on the El Katr coast, was forcibly
dispersed by Her Majesty’s Government. The
Turks protested, but Her Majesty’s Government
stated in reply that “ they did not recognise
Turkish jurisdiction on the El Katr coast.”
Sir N. O’Conor, In December 1902 our Ambassador at Con-
December 3 10CO s^ntinople forwarded an extract from the
Turkish semi-official paper, the c ‘ Ikdam,”
respecting the proposed appointment of Turkish
administrative posts (Mudirates) at Wakra,
Odeid, Zobara, and Amair or Abu Ali Island, or
Musalamiya Island, on the El Katr coast.
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. , The matter was referred to 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. ,
February 4,1903. w j 10 were 0 f opinion that the Porte should be
informed again that His Majesty’s Government
did not recognise the Turkish claim to sovereignty
over the El Katr Peninsula, and should be
pressed to maintain the status quo in that region.
The Indian Government, in order to prevent
Turkish designs, were strongly in favour of
concluding with Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani, de
facto Chief of El Katr and heir of Sheikh Jasim
(who was then over 80 years of age), an Agree
ment on the lines of those existing with Bahrein
and the Trucial Chiefs.
Sir N. O’Conor, This view was communicated to Constanti-
March 14 > nople, but Sir N. O’Conor considered it advisable
to avoid directly raising the question of Turkish
sovereignty, and proposed to dissuade the Porte
[748]

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This volume contains memoranda, copies of correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding:

  • Turkish claims over El Katr (Qatar), and the creation of Turkish administrative posts on the Qatari coast, with 'mudirs' (sub-governors) being assigned during 1903 to Odeid (Al Udeid), Wakra (Al Wakrah), Zobara (Al Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ), and Musalamia Island (Suwad ash Shamaliyah);
  • 'the desire of Sheikh Ahmed bin-Thani, Ruler of Qatar, to be taken under British Protection', in 1902, and a Proposed Protectorate Treaty with the Ruler of Qatar, in 1904;
  • the Ruler of Abu Dhabi's intention to occupy Odeid in 1906.

The main correspondents are: the Viceroy, the Foreign Office (Thomas Henry Sanderson), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne), 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. .

The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.

The volume also contains the translation of a Turkish press article.

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1 volume (425 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 428; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Condition: the spine is detached from the volume and preserved in a polyester sheet, on folio 427.

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