'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎40r] (84/228)

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asked that their request be considered with
due consideration to their connection with the
trade in arms with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and
Maskat. The Government of India were of
opinion that no political objections could justi
fiably be raised in the matter.
16. Koweit and Nejd .—On the 19th
August, 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 forwarded a copy of a communication
from Sir N. O’Conor to His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul at Basrah to the effect
that a Prench expedition under the leadership
of M. Jouannin had set out from Suez
with the intention of proceeding to Koweit
via Arabia. The expedition had avowedly a
scientific object, and was nominally under the
authority of the Prench Ministry of Education,
but Sir N. O’Conor considered it likely that
there was some other end in view, presumably
one hostile to British interests, as one of the
members was Dr. Ali Zeki, who belongs to the
Colonial party of the notorious Anglophobe,
M. Deloncle. A subsequent letter from
Major Cox, dated 31st August 1905, intimated
that Sir N. O’Conor had been informed of the
termination of the expedition due either to the
breaking up of the party or to its having been
turned back.
17. A letter from Major Cox, dated
30th August, mentions a rumour to the effect
that Sheikh Mubarak had entertained thoughts
of treating with the Turks, but had been
dissuaded by Sheikh Khazal of Mohammerah.
18. Bahrein .—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. on the 19th August communi
cated to the Government of India that a party
of Prench travellers had arrived at Bahrein
on 6th August 1905, ostensibly on matters
connected with the pearling industry, the
leader of the party, Mme. Nattan, having a
jeweller’s business in Paris. The travellers
were joined on the 11th August by M. Goguyer,
Sr., from Maskat, and called on the Sheikh.
Nothing is known of the nature of the
business transacted.
19. (See paragraph 17 of the Memo
randum for August 1905.) After consultation
with the Bombay Government, it has been
decided to imprison the four surrendered
retainers of Sheikh Ali-bin-Ahmed in the
Central Prison, Hyderabad, Sind. Sheikh
Ali’s income has been fixed at Rs. 600 per
mensem and orders were issued to Major
Cox, on 16th September, to despatch the Sheikh
to Bombay, where he is to reside, and the
retainers to Karachi; a reference from Major
Cox, dated 26th September, stated that
the latter were expected to reach Karachi
on 27th September, and the former Bombay
on 29th September.
20. (Facte paragraph 18 of the Memo
randum for August 1905.) The Political