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File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud' [69r] (144/318)
The record is made up of 1 volume (155 folios). It was created in 13 May 1913-15 Dec 1913. It was written in English and French. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 1
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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 6 .
[30802J
No. 1 .
Memorandum by Mr. Parkes on British Policy of Non-Interference in the Affairs
of Nejd.
of India by Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for India, with the concurrence of 17 >
°? ‘I 16 February, 1904, the following telegram was sent to the Viceroy
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Lord Lansdowne :— 1904.
Lord Lansdowne :—
“ Tlie previous sanction of His Majesty’s Government must be obtained before
any steps are taken with a view to entering into closer relations with Nejd, or to
sending agents there.”
Ibn Saoud, the Y ahabite leader, "was at the time carrying on a desultory warfare
against Ibn Reshid, Amir of Nejd, and the telegram was sent in connection with a India Off
proposal to depute a British officer to visit the interior of Arabia (Riadh), as the Feb. 4 ,
Government of India wished to get reliable information of the progress of events in 1904 -
Nejd and Riadh.
Lord Lansdowne doubted the wisdom of negotiating with the tribes of Nejd, and To India
Sir N. O’Conor, Ambassador at Constantinople, who was consulted, concurred in the p ffice ’
opinion as to the inadvisability of sending a special emissary to Riadh or Nejd. ^ 6 ’
On the 16th December, 1904, the
India Office
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were informed, with reference to To India
the state of affairs in Nejd, that, in Lord Lansdowne’s opinion, “ it should be clearly Office,^
understood that the influence and interest of His Majesty’s Government are to be
strictly confined to the coast-line of Eastern Arabia, and that no measures are to be
taken, or language used, which might appear to connect them even indirectly with the
tribal warfare now in progress in the interior.”
Upon receipt of this letter, the Indian Government were instructed by
Mr. Brodrick, in a telegram despatched on the 30th December, 1904, that “ His
India Office
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Majesty’s Government wish it to be clearly understood that their interest and influence Jan. 11 ,
are to be strictly confined to the coast-line of Eastern Arabia, and that nothing is to 1905,
be said or done to connect them, even in an indirect way, with the fighting going on
in the interior.”
Mr. Morley, Secretary of State for India, communicated to the Foreign Office on
India Office
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the 10th November, 1906, a telegram, sent by him to the Government of India on the Nov. 10 ,
previous day relative to the affairs of Nejd, in which he referred to his predecessor’s i 99 ®
telegrams of the 8 th February and the 30th December, 1904, and stated that His L
Majesty’s Government maintained their view “ that our influence and interest should
be restricted to the coast.”
Early in 1907 an important despatch was written by the Government of India,
India Office
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reviewing the situation in Arabia and discussing the question of British policy. It ^r* 27,
was stated in the covering letter to the Foreign Office that Mr. Morley saw no reason noi 43/071
to alter the policy “ of strictly confining our interests and influence to the coast-line of
Eastern Arabia.”
Sir N. O’Conor’s opinion was invited, and he strongly urged that it would be Sir N.
most unwise for His Majesty’s Government to entangle themselves with Ibn Saoud, or
in any other way interfere in the internal affairs of Arabia. The
India Office
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were ^ ’
informed that Sir E. Grey was disposed to concur in this view, and a despatch was 1907
addressed by Mr. Morley to the Viceroy stating that after carefully considering, in [11067/07].
consultation with His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, the views expressed by
Sir N.
O’Conor,
No. 129,
Feb. 26,
1904.
[2985 c—6]
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This volume contains part 1 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa] and Nejd [Najd]. Much of the correspondence is concerned with how Bin Saud's occupation of Nejd and El Hassa will affect the continuing Anglo-Turkish negotiations [for the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, which was never ratified] and British foreign policy in the region more generally.
Also discussed in the volume are the following: whether the British should allow the transhipment of Ottoman troops in Bahrein waters; a visit (regarded after the event as 'ill-advised' by the Secretary of State for India) paid by 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. , Koweit [Kuwait], Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, to Bin Saud, at Majma'a [Al Majma], six weeks before Bin Saud occupied El Hassa; the death of Sheikh Jasim-bin-thani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar]; British hopes of securing the early withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from El Katr [Qatar]; reports that the Turkish Government intends to respond to the events in Nejd by appointing Bin Saud as Mutessarif [Mutasarrif] of the district.
The following principal correspondents appear in the volume: 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. , Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; the Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge]; the Secretary of State for India, the Marquess of Crewe [Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes]; the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India, Thomas William Holderness; His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, Gerard Augustus Lowther; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; 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. , Koweit; Bin Saud.
The part includes a divider that gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (155 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2182 (Persia Gulf) consists of 8 volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/384-391. The volumes are divided into 12 parts with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, parts 4-5 comprising the fourth volume, part 6 comprising the fifth volume, parts 7-8 comprising the sixth volume, parts 9-10 comprising the seventh volume, and parts 11-12 comprising the eighth volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 155; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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