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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [374r] (752/860)
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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spot With two ships Of war. ^rtunat^y, th , sheikh then
eano to tarns, so that possibla collision with the Turkish
garrison was averted. The Porte protested: and was infonaed
that H.M.GovsmaaKt had nev r admitted the claim to Turkish
sovoroignty over El Katr.
In 1893 Sir Clare Eord informed the Porte that
i T .. .Government, while admitting that the sovereignty of the
Sultan extended from Bus so rah to Kutif, considered that the
coast soxith of that place was H debateable lrnd», and the
Govenrnent o ’ India were instructed that K.K.Oovemment
continue to deny the cl dms of the Tiuicish Governmtiit to
exercise save reignty over El Katr peninsula: that Turkish
pretensions nee4 not interfere with our liberty of action,
or prev-ait our making such treaties with El Katr Chiefs as
might be considered desirable. (Ko.35, dated 8 Sept.1893).
In 1894 the Turkish Mutessarlf of El Hasa went to
3obara, and, in concert with Sheikh Jasin took stepS!to
tom a settlenenfc of Bahreinese malcontents at that place
under the Turk!This step was regarded by the
yy^utx^
Bidtish Govemient as a 4»eginure to Bahrein, and, an
Ineffectual protest having besn made to the Porte, H.tl.S.
"Sphinx* proceeded to the spot and took forcible measures.
The Porte^pJX)tested; and Lord Salisbury one- more declined
to recognise Turkish jurisdiction over El Katr (August 1895
and December 1896). At this time Sheikh Jasim announced
that h«JWf" i*esigned his position as Turkish Kainakam of
El Katr. It appears, however, that the Turks regarded
him or Ms brother Ahmad as nominal R aimak am as recently
as 1899; and that they had also in Si Katr an Assistant
Kaimakam, who was practically their w Resid nt". (1663/1900)
Subsequently (1398) his rel tions with the Turks became
much strained owing to their support of Koweit, which had
raided a tribe professing allegiance to Sheikh Jasim,
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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.
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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'
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- 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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