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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎389r] (782/860)

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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S. 38.
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Adairs, copy of a telegram received from the Viceroy, dated the 18th
August, regarding the threatening attitude of the Turkish authorities
towards Bahrein.
2. Lord George Hamilton desires me to inquire if the Marquis of
aalishuiy is of opinion that the instructions which the Government of
India piopose to gi\e to their Hesident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. may properly
he issued. He would in that case telegraph his approval.
I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of to-day, enclosing copy of a telegram from the
Viceroy of India with regard to the attitude of the Turkish authorities
towards Bahrein, and I am to state, for the information of Lord George
Hamilton, that His Lordship concurs in the instructions which the
Government of India propose to give to the Resident in the Persian
The substance of the telegram from the Resident and of the reply
“ Foreign, secret. Her Majesty’s Government approve the proposals
contained in your telegram of 18th. Let me know what answer you
give to request for additional vessel and small force of troops.”
With reference to my letter of the 9th instant, I am directed by
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to he laid
before the Secretary of State for India, copy of a despatch, with enclosure,
relative to the menace to Bahrein and to the El Katr Coast coast by
I am, &c.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
S. C. Bayley.
No. 6;
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. .
Sir,
Foreign Office,
19th August 1895.
Gulf.
which the Viceroy will be authorised to send have been communicated,
by telegraph, to Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople.
No. 7.
Telegram from Secretary of State to Viceroy, dated
20th August 1895.
No. 8.
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. .
Sir.
Foreign Office,
21st August 1895.

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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.

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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' [‎389r] (782/860), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026021682.0x0000b7> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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