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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎28r] (60/860)

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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and enquired if there was any objection to the
appointment. Colonel Kemball considered that
the appointment by the Turks of an administra
tive official should he objected to, and that a
British ship of war should visit Wakra to observe
the situation.
Sir N. O’Conor, Sir N. O’Conor accordingly made representa-
September 8,1903. tions to the Porte, and was informed that
instructions had been sent to the Yali of
Bussorah to deprive Sheikh Abdul Bahman of
Sir N. O’Conor, his character of Mudir of Wakra. The Yali
subsequently informed the Acting Consul at
Bussorah that he had instructed the Mutessarif
No. 598,
September 28,
1903.
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 11,
1903.
of El Hasa to revert to the status quo and to
suppress the Mudirate.
In September 1903, Mr. Gaskin, the Assistant
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. at Bahrein, proceeded to El Katr
to interview Sheikh Jasim on the Wakra situa
tion. He was informed that the Sheikh had, in
1898, abdicated in favour of his brother, Ahmed-
bin-Thani, who was therefore in effect Sheikh of
El Katr, and accepted as such by the people and
the Turks. Mr. Gaskin afterwards had an inter
view with Sheikh Ahmed, who stated that Abdul
llahman (son of Sheikh Jasim) had been posted
Sheikh of Wakra in 1898, and nominated in
July 1903, by the Mutessarif of El-Hasa, as
Mudir of Wakra, in place of Yusuf Bey, at a
salary of £ T. 0 a-month.
Sir X. O’Conor, Considerable delay occurred in the execution
foo/ 35 ’ ^ ^ le ^ >01 ^ e s f° suppress the Wakra
Mudirate. Representations by Sir N. O’Conor
on the subject were met by the Forte’s assurance
that Sheikh Abdul Rahman was merely the head
of his tribe, and did not hold the position or title
of Mudir.
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 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. , when consulted as to the
May 18,1904. formal cancellation of Sheikh Abdul Rahman’s
appointment as Mudir, held that the delay which
had occurred would justify the conclusion of an
agreement with Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani similar
to those concluded with the Chiefs of the southern
littoral. This view, however, did not meet with
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 516, June 28,
1904.
Mr. Townley,
No. 863,
November 8, 1904.
the approval of Sir N. O’Conor, who pointed out
that instructions had been given to the Yali of
Bussorah to annul the appointment, and that
they would ultimately be carried out.
In October 1901 the Acting Consul at Bussorah,
reported to Constantinople that, according to the
Acting Yali, Sheikh Abdul Rahman had been
finally and definitely deprived of the position of

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Content

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.

Extent and format
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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