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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.' [233r] (470/566)
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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I
Section 2.
]So. 1.
Foreign Office to Admiralty.
S ’ t am r + it q . o- t, ^ . Foreign Office, May 10, 1910.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir L. Grey to inform you that considerable friction
has arisen between the Turkish authorities on the Shat-el-Arab and the Sheikh of
Mohammerah, m consequence of the alleged refusal of the sheikh to surrender in
accordance with his promise, the authors of certain outrages committed at Bussorah
who have taken refuge at Mohammerah.
By order of the vali of Bussorah a Turkish gun-boat has already shelled and
burned Bain, a village belonging to the sheikh, which lies on the Turkish bank of the
river and is now threatening to bombard Failia, where the sheikh usually resides
The sheikh has appealed to His Majesty’s Government, and as they have for a long
time been a terms of amity with him, and are bound, by assurances given him in 1902,
and subsequently renewed, to protect him against a naval attack by a foreign Power it
may be necessary to dispatch a gun-boat to Mohammerah to prevent further violence
against him.
I ^ am accordingly to state that Sir E. Grey would be glad if the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty would give immediate orders that a gun-boat be held
m readiness to start for Mohammerah if its presence there should be considered
necessary.
I am to add that His Majesty’s Government have instructed His Majesty’s consul
at Bussorah and Mohammerah to endeavour to settle the matter locally by amicable
means, and that they have addressed to the Ottoman Government', through His
Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, a strong protest against the proceedings
of the vali of Bussorah, and an urgent request that orders may be sent to him to
refrain from further acts of violence, and to second the efforts of His Majesty’s consuls
to bring about a peaceful solution of the question at issue.
I am, &c.
LOUIS MALLET.
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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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