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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [373r] (750/860)
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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The final result was that British naval officers were
Given a certain liberty of action in regard to the Arab
coast, (F.O. to Admiralty dated 11 July 1881).
In 1881 trouble arose with Sheikh Jasiia of El Bidaa,
Chief of El Katr. There has been a Turkish garilson
(350 non) at El Bidaa since 1872. (The position of the
Tux&s at El Bidaa f *Qn our point of view is thus described
in the ^.O. letter of 2d August 1893 - tt so long as the
"Tuxfcish m thorites do not move beyond the limits of the
“town, the nominal suzerainty of the Porte is recognised;
tt bu t any a 11 emp t to ext end Tu Hci sh an the ri ty i s r esi s t ed*).
Sheikh Jasim who is still the de jure » if Sheikh Almad is
the de facto , ruler of El Katr, formerly (3 May 1881)
regarded himself^belng Am Wahabi^ as a Turkish subject on
land, adding “the seas and what is connected with it are
tmder the British Govemment tt . In point of fact, his father
had entered into an agreement Y/ith Colonel Felly in 1868,
binding himself “on no pretence whatsoever at emy time to
“put to sea with ho a tile intentions® and invariably to refer
disputes to the Resident. Some doubt, however, existed as
to whether this agre^nent was not personal to Sheikh
Jasim 1 k father; and, though Sheikh Jasim, on being informed
that he would be held responsible to the British Government
for his conduct, expressed a desire to renew it, the
Government of India considered it undesirable owing to his
relations with the Turks (28 April 1882). Irritated
pi^bably at this rejection of his overtures, the Sheikh,
who had previously under pressure from the Resident given
up a maritime expedition he had contemplated against Kutif,
proceeded to illtreat British Indian merchants resident at
El Bidaa: and itltimately the Resident had to proceed to the
,
spot
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/4
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- File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:427v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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