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File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf' [‎181r] (366/495)

The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 1909-1911. 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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relations vvith. those in power are c[uite cordial, while their professions of friendship for
Great Britain are frequent and, I have no doubt, genuine ; but I feel that this should
not blind us to the mam trend of Young Turkey aspirations, and to the likelihood that
the prosecution of their national programme will bring British and Ottoman real or
fancied interests into conflict in several parts of the Arab world, and perhaps, especially,
m Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Hussein Jahid Bey, deputy for Constantinople,
the fidus Achates of JJjavid Bey, the Minister of Finance, and the spokesman of the
committee in the Tanin, has recently told us in a couple of signed articles that
Young Turkey must strain every nerve to increase her land and naval forces, and that
when the Minister of War can dispose of 1,500,000 bayonets, and the Minister of
Marine of a considerable naval force, Turkey’s Minister for Foreign Affairs will be
considered as one of the greatest of European statesmen, and Turkey will then “wreak
vengeance on those who do not now treat her with proper regard.” Some officers in
high positions have been heard indulging in similar outbursts, and an aide-de-camp of
the Minister of War recently declared to an Englishman here that Turkev would, if put
to it, light the Islamic torch from Calcutta to Morocco. These and other such
expressions of a crescentade spirit need not be taken too literally, but they cannot
be entirely ignored, as they are indicative of strong undercurrents.
In this connection, I have the honour to enclose copies of three articles which have
recently appeared in the“Jeune Turc,” a committee-inspired paper, which like the
“ Neue Freie Presse ” of Vienna, is financed and directed by Jews. The latter’s detes
tation of Russia, v hich is one of the features of Young Turkey, is frequently reflected
in its columns, and in one of the enclosed articles A. A. (i.e., Ahmed Agaief, a
Mussulman from the Crimea) represents English statesmen as having of recent years
adopted a policy inconsistent with British traditions by concluding certain ententes
alluding to the Anglo-Russian entente. The articles inveigh against what they
erroneously call the Triple Entente, and try to make Young Turkey incline towards the
Triple Alliance.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther.
(No. 41.)
^ r > Bussorah, 'July 1, 1910.
^ \MTH reference to your Excellency’s despatch of the 29th January last on the
subject of the island of Zakhnuniyeh, I have the honour to transmit herewith copy of a
letter and enclosure received from the British resident at Bushire.
I have not had occasion to discuss this question with the present Vali Suleyman
Nazif Bey, but I understand Suad Bey, the Mutessarif of Hassa, who has on two
occasions acted for the vali here during the latter’s absence, and who is still in
Bussorah, favours the occupation of the island in question, and I should judge he had
taken steps to replace the guard as reported by Major Trevor on the 26th December,
1909, vide enclosure in my despatch No. 3 of the 8th January, 1910, and thus to upset
the arrangement made by the previous vali for withdrawing the gendarmes as reported
in my telegram No. 69 of the 25th September, 1909.
I have, &c.
F. E. CROW.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cox to Consul Crow.
Bushire, June 29, 1910.
A COPY of the under-mentioned communication is forwarded with compliments
to His Majesty’s consul, Bussorah, for information.
P. z. COX,
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Turkish occupation of Zakhnuniyah Island, the Ottoman attitude towards piracy cases, and the appointment of officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra.

The discussion in the volume relates to the Turkish occupation of a disused fort (built by Shaikh Ali bin Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain) on Zakhnuniyah Island and the placing of Ottoman officials in Zubara, Odeid and Wakra. Correspondence reflects British concerns over Turkish claims to sovereignty in the coastal area of the Qatar Peninsula and how these could best be resisted, particularly in the strategic context of the construction of the Berlin to Baghdad railway. In discussing Zakhnuniyah, reference is made to typed extract of the relevant page (1937) of Lorimer's Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer (Geographical and Statistical Volume) which describes how the Dawasir tribe halted there, during the course of their emigration from Najd (see folio 236).

Further discussion surrounds Turkish obstruction of the investigation of cases of piracy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the proposed visit of H M S Redbreast to Al Bidaa.

Included in the volume are copies of the Committee for Imperial Defence papers 'Turkish Agression in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. " and 'Local Action in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (ff 12-15).

The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Viceroy of India; the ruler of Bahrain; 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. , Kuwait (Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the British Ambassador to Constantinople; His Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul for Arabistan (Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson); 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 Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.

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1 volume (245 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 757 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Turkish Aggression) consists of 1 volume IOR/L/PS/10/162.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 241; these numbers are written in pencil and are located at 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.

A flap is pasted to the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 188.

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