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File 2182/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud' [‎79r] (164/318)

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.]
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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
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Section 5.
No. T.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 21.)
(No. 534.)
Sir, ^ Constantinople, June 17, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty’s consul at
Basra, reporting on military movements and the Tur kish account of the Hassa incident.
I have, &c.
GEttARD LOWTHER
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther.
(No. 33.)
Sir, Basra, May 23, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to report the following items of military information :—
One hundred and forty recruits from Bagdad and Basra proceeded to Hodeida by
the Russian steamer “Vesta” on the 16th instant. Colonel Abdul Jabar with one
other officer of the 112th regiment and ten deserters from the Hassa force, accompanying
120 cases of ammunition, proceeded by the British India steamer “ Baroda” to Bahrein,
on the 20th instant, en route for Hassa. Between 150 and 180 men of the Gadro
Tabouri arrived on the 21st instant in the river steamer “ Bagdad,” from Arnara, for
service at Basra.
Hofuf, the capital of El Hassa, surrendered to Bin Saoud about the 5th instant,
and Katif surrendered to him on the 15th instant. The steamship “John O’Scott
proceeded to Ojeir and Katif and embarked the Hassa garrison and returned to Bahrein
on the 18th instant with 500 to 600 Turkish troops on board, according to a report
received from the British Resident at Bushire, and with 300 men only according to the
British India Company’s agents. It is believed that the vessel will proceed to Basra
shortly. The Hassa garrison last December consisted of 290 men of the 2nd battalion
112th regiment, 280 men of the Cadro bolouki, and 150 men of the 3rd battalion
112th regiment.
The Mutessarif of Hassa, in a report dated the 30th April (13th May), states that
Bin Saoud and his Arabs made a breach in the wall surrounding Ho tut and entered the
town on the 22nd April (5th May). He asserts that the garrison held out at the
barracks, and fought for twenty hours against the Arabs, and that tlm town and
neighbouring villages were finally captured owing to the treachery of the inhabitants.
Other reports, however, state that the town surrendered to the Arabs without opposition.
The military commander of the force m Hassa, in a letter addressed to the commandant
here states that Hassa has fallen, and the troops surrendered in order to save their
" The Minister of the Interior telegraphed that the Turkish cruiser “ Hamidieh ” has
left Aden for Basra, and the Turkish consul at Bombay, in reply to enquiries as to when
the “ Marmaris ” would return, is understood to have telegraphed to the commodoie for
90,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. (600L), in order to pay the balance due for repairing the vessel, on
receipt of which she would return to Basra.
On Tuesday night, the 20th instant, the lurkish authorities sent out gendarmes to
intercept a private launch belonging to an Arab merchant, which was conveying certain
respectable Arab sheikhs from the Euphrates to Basra, on the pretext that the launch
was bringing arms. Several volleys were fired on the launch without any casualties,
and a seyyid on board was struck and roughly handled and finally imprisoned by
Ferid Bey, the divisional commandant, who was, I am assured, intoxicated at the time.
Sheikh Mizel, of the El Hassan tribe, and three other sheikhs with him in the launch,
evaded the gendarmes and reached Talib Bey s house in safety. 1 he seyyid Bey was
subsequently released at the instance of Talib Bey.
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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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