File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎108r] (220/860)

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Enclosure No. 1.
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. to Foreign Office.
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. ,
Sir, 18th May 1904.
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Brodrick to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, on the subject of the action
to be taken in consequenc of the delay of the Turkish Government in
suppressing the Mudirate of Wakra. I am also directed to forward, for
the information of the Marquess
* Dated 3lst March 1904, No. 77 (Secret), of Lansdowne, the copy of a
with enclosures. Despatch* from the Government
of India, recommending that an agreement should be entered into
with Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani, substantially resembling those entered
into with the Chiefs of the Southern littoral.
The Government of India enclose a report from the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the question which, as pointed out
in vour letter of the 17th November last, was raised by the letter from
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, dated the 20th September
1903, as to the strength of the position of the Tbani family m El
Katr. Colonel Kemball is of opinion that it is probable that, if the
Thani family were assured of support against Turkish encroachment.
Sheikh Ahmed would be under no necessity to appeal to the British
Government for assistance in exerting his authority over his own
tribesmen. In this view the Government of India concur. They point
out that there is nothing in the history of our relations with the
Trucial Chiefs to justify the apprehension that by renewing the
relations with the Thani family, which were established by the Agree
ment of 1868 with Sheikh Muhammed-bin-Thani, we should incur
inconvenient obligations. . . - •
The Government of India also refer to the opinion expressed m the
telegram from His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople ot the
14th November last. No. 218, and they suggest that the time is now
opportune for concluding an Agreement with Sheikh Ahmed, which
should follow the lines of those entered into \nth the Trucial Chiefs,
and hould include a provision that Sheikh Ahmed will not (1 enter
into relations with, (2) receive the representatives of, or (3) cede
te ™sdegardsdh(Trisk S of foreign interference and the relations of the
Despatchf referred to
by the Government of India on the subject or
the pearl fisheries in the Peisian
t No. 63 (Secret), with enclosures, dated (q u }f } concerning which a separate
10th March 1904. communication will be addressed
, Tf W1 -ii be observed that the Government of India call special
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estabiisnea » , f - h a dyisable on grounds of policy.
with him, s l ^' g . o’Conor is satisfied that the action of the
Unless, therefore,^! f tlje Mudirate of Wakra has been
StSXfesty’s Government, having regard to what was said
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