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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [160r] (324/860)
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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To
The Right Hon’ble St. JOHN BRODRICK,
His Majesty 1 s Secretary of State for India.
Fort William, the 31st March 1904.
Sir,
We have the honour to refer to the correspondence ending with your
Secret telegram No. 104 C., dated the 18th November 1903, on the subject of
a Protectorate Treaty with Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani of El Katr.
2. The decision of His Majesty’s Government that no agreement should
at present be concluded with this Chief appears to have been based on tw 7 o
main considerations, first, that such a Convention would constitute a disturb
ance of the status quo which, in view of the promise of the Turks to cancel the
appointments of Mudirs in El Katr which they had made in violation of the
understanding to respect the status quo, was held to be unjustifiable, and,
secondly, that the influence of Sheikh Ahmed was on the wane, and that an
arrangement with His Majesty’s Government would only be used by the Chief
to retrieve his diminishing influence.
3. With reference to the former objection, we observe that His Britannic
Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople is of opinion that, though the formal
declaration of a protectorate might be considered contrary to the spirit
of our recent representations to the Porte, we might be justified in making an
agreement with the Sheikh, wuth the object of securing the maintenance of the
position which the remonstrances of His Majesty’s Government have so far
partially preserved, and of excluding the possibility of foreign interference in
the future. We concur in Sir Nicolas O’Conor’s view. We submit that the
action of the Turkish Government and of their local officials has not been such
as to require any excess of forbearance on our part: the more so in that, so far
as we are aware, they have failed to carry out the undertaking given by the - f
Grand Vizier more than six months ago that their recent nominee for the
Mudirate at Wakra should fo rmally be deprived of his title; while we observe
that so recently as the~-2St?n5ecember 1903 Mr. Crow reported to Sir Nicolas
O’Conor the arrival at Basrah of a battalion intended for the El Katr Peninsula.
At any rate the Turkish Government could hardly object to our entering into
friendly relations with the successor of Sheikh Muhammad-bin-Tham, with
whom Colonel Pelly concluded a treaty on 12th September 1868.
4 As will be seen from his letter * which we now enclose, we called for a
• From 0%. Politic! Rcident in tb. p.m.n report from our
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Gulf, No. 83, dated the 12th February 1904.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
aS to the trutll 01 tUC TU-
mours that the influence of Sheikh Ahmed was diminishing. We agree with
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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.
- 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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