‘Bahrainese abroad’ [72r] (143/176)
The record is made up of 1 file (86 folios). It was created in 22 Sep 1873-1 Dec 1913. It was written in English and Turkish, Ottoman. 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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[Confidential.]
No. 732, dated Bushire, the 19th (received 27th) March 1911.
From— Captain R. L. Birdwood, I.A., First Assistant Resident (in the absence
of the Resident),
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla.
With reference to this office letter No. 2892, dated 30th October 1910, re
garding the arrangement arrived at between His Majesty’s Consul, Mohammerah,
and His Excellency Sir Khazal Khan, Shaikh of Mohammerah, for the treat
ment of Bahrainis in the latter’s jurisdiction, I have the honour to forward for
No. .35, d.ted 23rd December 1910. the information of the Government of
India a copy of the despatch marginally
noted addressed by His Majesty’s Minister, Teheran, to the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, on the subject.
Teheran,
23rd December igio.
No. 235.
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 114 of the 26th of July 1909 ( 27788 )
respecting the question of the status of Bahrainis in Persia, I have the honour
Bushire No. 75-2891. to transmit herewith copy of a despatch
from His Majesty’s Consul General at
Bushire, pointing out that the security and prosperity now existing at Moham-
merah have attracted considerable numbers of immigrants from Bahrain, who
demand to be registered at His Majesty’s Consulate and brought under British
protection. This has attracted the attention of other Bahrainis, resident at
Mohammerah, who now claim similar treatment.
Colonel Cox when at Mohammerah in October last discussed the matter
with the Shaikh and the solution arrived at on that occasion is embodied in the
letter from His Majesty’s Consul at Mohammerah to Shaikh Khazal which
forms enclosure 3 in this despatch.
I venture to express the opinion that the arrangement seems an eminently
satisfactory one, especially in view of the private agreement come to by Lieute
nant Wilson with the Deputy Governor of Mohammerah referred to hi the second
paragraph of Lieutenant Wilson’s despatch to Colonel Cox, No. 116s of the
21st of October. I
I would propose subject to your concurrence to approve the action of
Colonel Cox, and Lieutenant Wilson in this matter.
I have the honour to be with the highest respect
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) G. BARCLAY.
The Right Hon’bte
Sir Edward Grey, Bart, M.P.,
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The file comprises correspondence from two distinct periods. Correspondence at the beginning and end of the file is dated 1909 to 1913 (ff 2-16, ff 52-87), and discusses the British protection of Bahrainis in Ottoman Turkey, in response to Ottoman Government representatives in Constantinople [Istanbul] questioning Britain’s claim of Bahrain being under its protection, and the registration and status of the increasing numbers of Bahrainis residing in the port of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], thanks to that port’s relative stability and affluence. Some of this correspondence deals with a specific incident occurring in March 1911 in which three Bahrainis were detained by the Basra authorities, with the latter refusing to recognise that the men were under British protection (ff 56-63). The principal correspondents in these parts of the file are: the British Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul] (Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther); the British Consul at Bussorah [Basra] (Francis Edward Crow); the Acting British Consul for Arabistan (Arnold Talbot Wilson).
The middle portion of the file (ff 17-50) comprises copies of correspondence from the Basrah [Basra] archives, dated 1873-1878, sent to 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 (Major Stuart George Knox) by Wilson in December 1910 (covering letter, f 16):
- letters dated 1878 from the 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross), reporting of the destruction of Zobara [ Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ] by the Shaikh of el Bidaa [Al Bidda] with ‘two or three thousand followers’, under a Turkish flag (ff 20-21);
- letters dated 1873-1874, chiefly between the British Consul at Baghdad (Colonel Charles Herbert) and the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Henry George Elliot), discussing a disagreement between British and Turkish Government officials over the Turkish Government’s intention to conscript Bahrainis residing in Turkish-administered Iraq into the Ottoman army, including a copy and translation of a memorial from the ‘Bahrainees of Kerbulla [Karbalā']’ (ff 22-50).
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- 1 file (86 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The chronological ordering is, however, interrupted by a set of much earlier correspondence, which was sent as an enclosure to a letter contained within the chronological arrangement (ff 17-50).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; 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. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Condition: There is considerable insect damage on some pages in the file, in the form of small holes in the paper. However the damage is not sufficient to impair the legibility of any text.
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- ‘Bahrainese abroad’
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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