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File 2182/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud' [251r] (503/543)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1913-22 Nov 1916. 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.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
TURKEY.
Section 1,
[March 7.j
[Amended Copy.]
[ 10244 ]
No. 1 .
Foreign Office to
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.
,
Sir,
Foreign Office, March 7, 1914.
WITH reterence to previous correspondence respecting Bin Sand and his relations
with the Ottoman and British Governments, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey
to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for India, the accompanying
copy of a minute by Mr. Parker recording a conversation with Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
I am to state that, in the opinion of Sir E. Grey, the fact that information
regarding the recent meeting between British officers and Bin Saud has come to the
knowledge of the Ottoman Government renders it necessary that the utmost care
should be exercised in regard to any future communications with that chief, as it is
clear from the language of Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
that such communications do in fact tend to
give rise to grave suspicion on the part of the Ottoman Government.
Sir E. Grey is farther of opinion that, in view of the language of His Highness, the
utmost caution should be observed at the interviews which are to take place with Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
next week, in order that the Ottoman Government may be reassured as to the
attitude of His Majesty’s Government. Sir E. Grey believes that the Ottoman
Government, if treated with frankness, will show themselves prepared to meet the
reasonable requirements of His Majesty’s Government, but he is anxious to dispel any
erroneous impression which may have arisen that British policy is directed towards
attached to the Convention signed on the 29th July, 1913, and to the north of tnat
line, excepting Koweit, the territory was Turkish, and formed part of an Ottoman
province ; the Ottoman Government was, therefore, greatly concerned to hear that
communications had been made by us direct to an Ottoman subject in territory
recognised as Ottoman, and that any communication should not have been addressed to
the Ottoman Government.
I said that curiously enough this was the very subject about which I wished to
speak to him, and that the appointments I had already fixed for him at the Foreign
Office on Monday and Wednesday were in order that he might have a full and trank
interchange of views with Sir Percy Cox, who was shortly going to India, and with
Sir A. Hirtzel and myself. We felt that it would be of great value for such an
exchange to take place about our mutual interests in the Gulf, and about Bin Saud in
particular. The meeting to which His Highness had referred had in fact taken place.
Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
would recollect that some months ago I had spoken to him about His
Majesty’s Government being able and willing to use their good offices in order to effect
a reconciliation between him and the Ottoman Government, and His Highness had,
after reference to Constantinople, expressed his Government’s appreciation of our offer,
which, if later need should arise, they would be glad to avail themselves of, but that
weakening the Ottoman authority in Nejd, as such a policy would be inconsistent with
that of upholding the integrity of the Ottoman Empire to which reference is made in
your letter of the 13th September, 1913.
I am, &c.
1.XX,
W. LANGLEY.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Minute by Mr. Parker.
I GALLED on Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to-day with reference to the Turco-German negotiations,
and he took the opportunity of saying to me, under instructions, that it was persistently
reported at Basra that His Majesty’s Government had, through their agents in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, entered into direct relations with Bin Saud with whom a meeting had,
it was alleged, taken place. This had created a very painful impression at Constanti
nople, for the British Government had solemnly recognised that west of the blue line
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This volume contains part 2 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It primarily concerns British policy towards 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]. Included in the volume are the following:
- an account of a meeting between the Bahrain 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. (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor), the Koweit [Kuwait] 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. (Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear), and Bin Saud, which took place at Ojair [Al ‘Uqayr] in December 1913;
- discussion as to how the British will form a working understanding with Bin Saud whilst also pursuing a policy of supporting and maintaining the Turkish Empire;
- a recommendation from the officiating 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. , John Gordon Lorimer, that a British Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. be posted to Katif [Al Qaţīf] to mediate between 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. in Bahrain and Bin Saud's local governors;
- discussion (between the Government of India, His Majesty's Ambassador to Constantinople, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) as to whether or not Britain should act as a mediator between the Ottoman government and Bin Saud, in order to ensure that any arrangement made between the two parties is not hostile to British interests;
- a proposal from the British India Steam Navigation Company to run a local line of steamers between Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif, Ojair, and Katr [Qatar];
- debate over whether a British decoration should be bestowed upon Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Koweit prior to the Anglo-Turkish agreements being ratified, following reports that the Sheikh may be about to receive a Turkish decoration;
- Shakespear's account of further meetings with Bin Saud;
- reports of a settlement between the Turkish government and Bin Saud, and of Bin Saud's appointment as Vali of Nejd;
- a translated copy of the treaty between Bin Saud and the Turkish Government, dated 15 May 1914.
Correspondents include the following:
- Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign Department;
- 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 Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, followed by John Gordon Lorimer, Captain Richard Lockington Birdwood, and Major Stuart George Knox as successive officiating residents);
- 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. , Bahrain (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor);
- 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, succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey);
- Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge);
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey);
- Foreign Office;
- His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Louis du Pan Mallet);
- Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (Thomas William Holderness);
- Bin Saud;
- Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Ibrahim Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , in charge of negotiations with His Majesty's Government, concerning Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ].
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 271; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-270; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:70r, 71r:77r, 78r:86r, 87r:92v, 94r:270v, back-i
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