Seizure and Execution of Messenger at Bahrain
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 501-506
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The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1871-6 Dec 1871. 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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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871.
The papers concern the seizure and execution of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarik, to Jassim bin Mahomed bin Thani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] of Gwuttur [Qatar], at Bahrein [Bahrain], and the seizure of letters he was carrying. The messenger was said to have been responsible for the murder of the father of the Ruler of Bahrain, and the letters included some from the Ottoman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at El Hassa [Hasa]. British officials feared that the execution might provide a pretext for interference in Bahrain by the Ottoman Government. The correspondence also provides some military intelligence on Turkish operations in Nejd.
The main correspondent is Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, 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 Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
The Enclosures are dated 1 September - 30 October 1871.
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There is an Abstract of Contents on folios 503-504, numbered 1-12.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 501-506
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- Secret No. 75 of 1871
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- 1 Sep 1871-6 Dec 1871 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ExecutionsNejd Expedition (1871-1872)
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- Bahrein
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- Political Agent, Turkish Arabia
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- Seizure and Execution of Messenger at Bahrain
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- 501r:506v
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