File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎196r] (396/860)

No. 167, dated Bushire, the 10th September 1903. | ' j n qj"
From— Captain V. deY. Hunt, /or Officiating 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 Persia^ Uv
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To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of the correspondence ending with my letter No. 155,
* No. isr, dated the sth September 1903 . dated 20th August 1903, relative to the
w , T 1 ^ , appointment of a Turkish Mudir at
vvakra, 1 have the honour to forward copy of a letter* addressed to me by 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. , Bahrein, on the subject.
No. 187, dated the 5th September 1903.
From—J. C. Gaskin, Esq., 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,
To— Captain Y. deY. Hunt, First Assistant to the 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 Persian
Gulf.
Adverting to correspondence ending with your endorsement No. 718, dated
the 21st August 1903, I have the honour to report that my confidential Agent,
Abdul Bahman-al-Wazzan, who left A1 Bidda on the 2nd instant and arrived
here last night, has given me the following information on the subject of the
YVakra appointment.
The Turkish Government courier from A1 Hassa arriving at A1 Bidda on
the 24th August, brought a letter from the Mutassarif, in which he asks Sheikh
Jasim-bin-Tham to give a guarantee for the future good behaviour of Sheikh
Abdul Bahman-bin-Jasim, Mudir of Wakra; and that Sheikh Ahmed dictated
to his scribe on the 26th August, in the presence of Abdul Rahman-al-
Wazzan, a letter in reply to the effect that there is no need for a paid Mudir
at Wakra, to whose appointment the local people object, and that Sheikh
Abdul Rahman-bin-Jasim having already been placed at Wakra by his father
to attend to the affairs of the town, there is no occasion for giving him a
monthly salary of 52 dollars, consequently the call for a guarantee was
unnecessary.
It would seem that the Mutassarif is still endeavouring to establish a paid
Turkish official at Wakra, and Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani now sees the danger
threatening their independence, and is trying to prevent the appointment
becoming an accomplished fact.
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Foreign Office Press—No, 1166—29-9»03—40,