File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎221r] (446/860)

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No. 116, dated Bushire, the 17th June 1903 (Confidential).
From— Captain Verb deYere Hunt, I.A., for 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
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to Lientenant-Coloncl Kemhall’s letter No. 104, dated
the 5th June 1903, on the subject of the reported departure of Arabi Effendi,
Mudir-designate of Zobara, for Basrah, I have the honour to enclose copy of
the marginally noted despatch from His
No. 9 (Confidential), dated the 9th June 1903. Ma j esty , B s Co ' sul at Basrah, confirming
the report, as well as copy of his telegram of the 9th June 1903 to the address
of His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, showing the steps taken by the
Wali to recall the Mudirs nominated for the posts on the Katr Peninsula.
No. 9, dated the 9th June 1903 (Confidential).
From—F. E. Crow, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Basrah,
To—L ieutenant-Colonel C. A. Kemball, C.I.E., 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In reply to your despatch No. 457 of 5th June, I have the honour to
inform you that Arabi Eifendi, late Mudir of Zobara, has returned to Basrah.
The Mutessarif of Hassa has, so the Wali informs me, written to His Excel
lency urging the appointment of someone in his place, but the Wali states that
he has instructed him to appoint no more Mudirs till further orders.
Telegram, dated the 9th June 1903.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Basrah,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador, Constantinople.
I have received from the Secretariat of the Wali the following dates, as
those of orders sent to the Mutessarif of Hassa with regard to the Mudir of
Wakra and others. 30th April—Instructions for Mudirs to remain at Hassa.
16th May—telling them to return to Basrah. I believe orders were sent, but
the Mutessarif of Hassa is insubordinate and unscrupulous, and he may possibly
not execute them.
When I told the Wali that Yusuf was still at Wakra, he declared there
must have been some misunderstanding between himself and Hassa over the
orders, and he wrote again yesterday.
The late Mudir of Zobara, Arabi Effendi, has returned to Basrah.