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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.' [272r] (548/566)
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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Sir G. Ldwther to Sir Edicard Grey.—-(Received May 6, 8 a.m.)
(No. 71.) N - Constantinople, May 5. 1910, 11 p.y.
YOUR telegram No. 8G.
In reply to my instructions, consul at Bussorah telegraphs as follows :—
“I told acting vali to-day that His Majesty’s Government regretted Turkish
action and feared serious frontier and other complications. I said that reconciliation
was most important, and that 1 was ready to do my best to effect it. I based our
intervention on our ancient friendship with Turkey, but said we wrere friends with
sheikh too, and did not want him weakened in province which was quiet compared
with rest of Persia. I added that vali had gone rather far in using force without
giving us an opportunity to mediate.
“ Acting vali pointed out Turkish difficulties with sheikh, and said that if
reconciliation took place it would be to please us. He would prefer it to be with our
assistance, as Turkey could then look to us to guarantee vilayet from sheikh’s
interference. He will telegraph matter to vali at Amara, telling him that His Majesty’s
Government attach great importance to settlement.” v
o.wl-d
J9 and denn
Referring to Tehran telegram No. 201
demand of vali for surrender by
Sheikh of Mohammerah of twenty-five individuals.
Consul at Bussorah asks whether he may tell acting vali that His Majesty’s
Government are prepared to assist Turkey by using their influence in order to compel
sheikh to refrain from interference in Turkish territory, and to restrain his followers
from similar practices. I am. loath to authorise consul to do so without your instruc
tions, but, should you approve, I think he shordd do so, onfy quite unofficially, so as not
to commit His Majesty’s Government too far. Vali’s policy in this and similar cases
would seem to be inspired by desire of new regime to assert Turkey’s “ national
rights,” conflicting, as they do to, a certain extent with our acquired position at the
head of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(Sent to Tehran.)
[379—211]
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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)
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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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