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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎300r] (604/860)

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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Constantinople.
March 23rd 1903.
®'vly Lord,
With reference to my tel No 51 of j^e I9th inst I havet
the honour to report to Y.L. that Mr Block informed the
M.P.A. " that the attention of H.M.Govt had been called to
a paragraph in the Ikdam of the 27th Nov last stafng that
certain administrative changes and the appointment of
Mudiis at Zohara , Wakra and El Odeid were in contempla
tion and that he was instructed by me under orders from
Y.L* to warn the Porte against any changes or disturbances
of the status quo in those regions and to remind the
Sublime Porte of t ne representatio ms and declarations wnich
~aa been made by the Embassy on the same subject since
1883".
In the course of conversation with the Minister Mr
Block pointed out the strong objections of H.M.Govt to any
interference on tnepart of Turkey in those pa ts and the
danger of provoking by taking steps such as were indi
cated in thelkdam an angry question with H.M.Govt. He fouad
also an opportunity of acquainting the Minister of the visif*
of a Russian ship of War to Koweit and the offer of aims
etc m&de to the Sheikh v§/hich seemed to impress H.E. a good
deal.
The Mini& er who seemed anly imperfectly acquainted
with the subject of ElKatr said that he i?ad not heard
anything of the appointment of Mudirs to those places
but that lie believed they had Mudirs there alreadyend he
und4er the impression that Turkish sovereignty extended N
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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.

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1 volume (425 folios)
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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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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎300r] (604/860), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026021682.0x000005> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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