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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [382r] (768/860)
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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Departments are reqvestcd, if they suspect that there is any mistake in this telegram, to ccmmunicate
immediately with the Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
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From Viceroy, \Qth January 1903.
P. —FI Katr. In continuation of my telegram of \0th instant. Kemball,
with whose opinion I concur, considers it necessary in view of our relations
with Bahrein and Abu Uthabi to prevent the Turks occupying Zobara and
Odeid. As to former place, see letter from Foreign Office to
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.
, of
Fist November 1896, enclosmg draft Note to Turkish Ambassador. Latter
place is regarded as appanage of Abu Uthabi. From
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.
letter
to Foreign Office, dated 2%th March 1893, I understand that the text of our
agreement o/*1892 with the Trucial Chiefs was communicated to the Fo?'te.
Kemball cannot identify Dikre. With regard to Amair island, which is north
of Katif , roe are not concerned with its occupation by the Turks. Their occu
pation of Zobara and FI Odeid would deal serious blow to our whole position
in the Gtdf and would gravely compromise the states of Bahrein, and I
sincerely trust that it will be prevented by His Majesty's Government. With
reference to your Despatch of 5th September last, No. 37, Sheikh Jassim-bin-
thani is reported by Kemball to be the recognised Chief of Katr. He is
styled Kaimakan by the Turks, but he repudiates the title. His brother,
Ahmed-bin-thani, is however the de facto Chief and is regarded as heir to
Sheikh Jassim, who is over eighty years of age. In November 1899 Ahmed
approached Colonel Meade on the subject of British protection and asked for
permission to occupy Odeid. I think it will be wise to enter into an agree
ment with him in order to prevent Turkish designs, but should His Majesty's
Government not be prepared to take this step at once, which will perhaps depend
on attitude of the Turks, he might be told that we prefer to wait until he
succeeds to the chief ship on the demise of his brother.
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- Content
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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- 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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