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File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [‎391r] (786/860)

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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Enclosure 1 in No. 11.
Mr. M. H. Herbert to the Marquis of Salisbury.
No. 574. Therapia,
My w r u c July 1896.
VViUi reference to Sir P. Currie’s Despatch, No. 141, of 19th February,
enclosing copy of a Note Verbale addressed to the Sublime Porte on the
right o! British Consular officers to protect subjects of the Sheikh of
Bahrein, I have the honour to report that, on the 4th of April, His
Excellency addressed a further Note Yerbale to the Sublime Porte on the
same subject, copy of which I now enclose.
Ihe Porte have not returned any answer to either of the two above-
mentioned notes, and it would appear from the enclosed despatch from
Her Majesty’s Consul-General at Bagdad that they intend to disregard
our contention that Bahreinees are British protected persons, and that
the local authorities still refuse to recognise the right of our Consular
officers to intervene on their behalf.
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
&c., &c,, &c.
I have, &c.,
Michael H. Herbert.
Enclosure in above.
Note Yerbale to Sublime Porte, 4th April 1896.
Her Majesty’s Embassy have now received further details respecting
the case of a Bahreinese subject to whom allusion was made in their
Note Yerbale, No. 16, of 8th February.
Abdul Aziz bin Ali, a subject of the Sheikh of Bahrein, and con
sequently under the protection of Her Britannic Majesty, has preferred
a complaint to Her Majesty’s Consul at Busrah, stating that a Koweit
baghla in which he was a passenger was, on the night of 1st December,
stopped by a boat containing seven men at a place between Abunghua
and Sibiliat on the Shat ul Arab. The occupants of the boat, who
stated that they were employes of the Begie Department, and who
were all armed, boarded the baghla and compelled the crew and
passengers to deliver up all their valuables. Three hundred dollars and
400 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. in cash and some clothes were taken from Abdul Aziz. The
correspondence which ensued on the subject between Her Majesty’s
Consul and His Excellency the Yali has already been brought to the
notice of the Sublime Porte in the above-mentioned Note Yerbale.
Her Majesty’s Embassy have now the honour to request that instructions
may be sent to the Yali to comply with the desire of Her Majesty’s
Consul that effectual measures may be taken in order to obtain the
restitution of the stolen property, failing which Her Majesty’s Embassy
trust that adequate compensation may be granted to the aforesaid
Abdul Aziz bin Ali.
Philip Currie.

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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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