File 3136/1914 Pt 1 ‘German War. Situation in Turkish Arabia & Persian Gulf’ [‎44r] (96/672)

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Telegram P., dated (and received) the 15th September 1914.
From—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Possible hostilities with Turkey. Please refer to your telegram No. S. 754,
dated September 14th. We have no further remarks to make on the telegram
from 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. at Aden, dated the 11th instant, beyond the
observations contained in our telegram dated the 12 th instant.
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Telegram P., No. S. 765, dated the 16th September 1914.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—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. , Maskat (repeated to Resident, Bushire).
Please see your telegram of 9th September, No. 213. A similar telegram f
was sent on 8 th September to Puad Bey, Constantinople, in Preneh, by Ismail,
Maskat:— Begins. (Poliowing is French). Lettre n’arrive pas. Telegraphi-
quement annoncez manage. Ends.
You should now arrange interview with His Highness and explain that all
telegrams to and from India are necessarily scrutinised under existing war
conditions and that, in the absence of knowledge that His Highness or any
member of his family is concerned or interested in a marriage in Constantinople,
the Government censors have asked you to certify that the telegrams do not
bear some disguised significance and are bona fide.
Having no information on which to base a reply, you yourself think it
best to come straight to His Highness for it and ask that the telegrams may
be explained.
If his attitude or his reply give reasons for considering that he has been
intriguing and that messages have the disguised signification suspected,
Sultan should be warned in plainest terms that indulgence on his part in any
ill-judged intrigue or sympathy in an attitude clearly unfriendly to His
Majesty’s Government will be the object of their severe and active displeasure
and will by no means be tolerated.
Telegram P., No. S. 769, dated the 16th September 1914.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—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. , Bushire. — —"
Expression “ First two assurances to Sheikh of Koweit ” contained in your
telegram 1071 of 9th dsYound slightly ambiguous.
The assurances contemplated in case of Basrah notables should be
precisely specified.
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Telegram P., No. S. 772, dated the 16th September 1914.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—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. .
“ Dalhousie ” sailed from Bombay for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on 13th instant,—see
my telegram 753 S., 14th September.
Telegram P., No. S. 774, dated the 16th September 1914.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
Please refer to your telegram No. 1354 S.-D., dated the 13th instant.
In the opinion of the Government of India, the two Turkish officers, Ahmad
Mourat and Ismail Nureddin, should be dealt with under Section 3 of
Vij