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File 3208/1908 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Fuwairat piracy case’ [16r] (29/60)
The record is made up of 29 folios. It was created in 1909-1912. 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 Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department,
Lieut, Colonel P. 2. Cox, C.S.I*, C.I,E,,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Dated Fort William, the 31st March 191C.
Sir,
1 am directed to invite a reference to the
correspondence ending with Major Trevor’s letter No.
134, dated the 9th January 1910 regarding the case of
the alleged piracy at Fuwairat.
2 . His Majesty’s Government consider that the
deliberate wrecking of the Persian boat has not been
clearly established and that it is doubtful whether the
penalties proposed by Major Trevor could be enforced
without action on shore on the El Katr Coast, over which
the Porte claims sovereign rights which, though not
admitted by the British Government have not yet been
settled.
3 ^ in these circumstances it would seem to be
expedient to avoid intervention and to defer action
until a better case is established.
It will be remembered that it was decidea m
1907 to treat
cases of this
kind on the ir
X Tide endorsement from the Government of India in the
Forei<?*n Department No. 7o9 i»«B. Coniidential da d
25th February 1910.
individual merits.
I have, etc.,
(Sol.) S. H. butler,^
Secretary to the Government oi India
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Correspondence relating to an incident taking place at Fuwairat, Qatar, in October 1909, in which a Persian vessel bound for Bahrain carrying a cargo of goats and firewood, was alleged by its nakhuda to have been deliberately scuppered on rocks by the inhabitants of Fuwairat, and the cargo then sold at Fuwairat at prices below their Bahrain market value.
Correspondence from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Captain Charles Fraser Mackenzie) details his attempts to substantiate the claim, estimate the financial loss suffered by the nakuda, and set the extent of the fine to be charged against the inhabitants of Fuwairah (ff 30-31, ff 26-28). Subsequent correspondence dated 1910, exchanged between Sir Louis Du Pan Mallet of the Foreign Office, and 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. officials, casts doubt on aspects of the case, and also questions whether any action can be taken on the El Katr [Qatar] coast, over which the Ottoman Porte claims sovereignty.
Correspondence relating to a second, similar incident at Fuwairah in 1912, includes renewed discussion of what action should be taken with regard to incidents of ‘piracy’ on the Qatar coast, with a copy of a letter addressed to Shaikh Jasim bin Muhammad bin Thāni [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Captain David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer) (ff 4-5).
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