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File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.' [206r] (416/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 1910-1915. 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 11 in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Acting Consul Wilson.
Ily dear Wilson, Bussorah, April 28, 1910.
I TOLD Mushir that I would write privately to the yali and ask him to protect
Mirza Hamza’s wife and family, but I thought under the circumstances they would be
better away from here. I do not think the vali is at all likely to do them harm , but
I cannot answer for developments and they might be exposed to annoyance and
supervision. As regards Persian property in Bussorah, I would advise the sheikh to
get his guarantee through the Persian Embassy; the difficulty will probably be
discussed between them and the Porte, and any local promise I might give would be
easily over-ruled.
Mushir said he agreed they would be better away and my letter was not
required. . ,
The question, I think, turns on reprisals as regards further damage being done.
The vali leaves on Saturday for Bagdad and will be away a month with Nazim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
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Yours sincerely,
F. E. CROW.
Enclosure 12 in No. 1.
Acting Consul Wilson to Consul Crow.
My dear Crow, Mohammerah, April 30, 1910.
YOUR letter of the 28th received the 29th. _ .
I am sorry that Haji Mushir did not consent to your writing to the vali privately
and asking him to look after Mirza Hamza’s family, and so is Mirza Hamza. Ihe
latter points out, and I agree with him from my point of view, that for him to take
away his family from Bussorah now would give rise to much comment and tend to
magnify instead of minimising recent occurrences. Turks, I suppose, are much the
same as Persians and other Orientals in that they become dangerous and bold only
when they see the enemy is afraid. I think that if Mirza Hamza s family were to )e
withdrawn, it would be interpreted as a sign of fear. . • . i u -
I understand that he is strongly of this opinion that he is not going to take his
family away. I hope, therefore, that you will do what you can for him. tie has been
a good friend to us and may still be so in the future. I hear that the Turks have
burnt another village—Rumailah, on an island between the _ top end of Umm-e-
Khassasif and the mainland opposite Failieh—but I have no information. (I am oli
for a four days’ trip to the mouth of Bahmanshir to do some more surveying before it
gets too hot.) VT . ,
” Yours sincerely,
A. T. WILSON.
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Correspondence including telegrams, hand written letters and printed enclosures, discusses an attack by a Turkish gun-boat on a village - Zain, belonging to the Shaikh of Mohammerah - which lay on the Turkish bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The correspondence outlines the circumstances that led to the quarrel between the Turkish authorities and the Sheikh of Mohammerah, and suggestions that the Porte should be urged to replace the Wali of Basrah with a less aggressive official.
Correspondence discusses the proposal to give the Shaikh of Mohammerah assurances against naval attack, whatever the pretext for such action; letters and telegrams also discuss the award of a decoration (Knight Commander of the Indian Empire) to the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
A letter (dated 7 December 1913) from Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. , outlines the Government of India's interests in Arabistan including: the oil fields and their future; irrigation; railway enterprises; telegraphs; Russian and German activity.
Correspondents include Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. ; Sir Gerard Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople; Charles Murray Marling, Ambassador to Tehran; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign affairs; Francis Edward Crow, H M Consul at Bussorah [Basra]; Arnold Talbot Wilson, H M Consul at Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal bin Jabir, Shaikh of Mohammerah; Wali of Bussorah; Viceroy of India.
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- 1 volume (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 345 (Mohammerah: situation) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/132-133. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 278; 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.
The folio sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one ending flyleaf.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel throughout; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:280v, back-i
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