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Seizure and Execution of Messenger at Bahrain [503v] (6/12)
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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6.—Telegram to Colonel C.
Herbert, Bagdad.
nth October 1871, No. 2244 P.
>s T o. 7.—Telegram from Colonel C.
Herbert, Bagdad.
18P* October 1871.
X 0 . 8.—Telegram from Colonel 0.
Herbert, Bagdad.
18/7i October 1871.
No. 9.—Telegram from the Poli
tical Secretary to the Government of
Bombay.
20//^ October 1871.
No. 10.—Telegram from Colonel
C. Herbert, Bagdad.
24^ October 1871.
His telegram of 15th instant, sub
joining Colonel Belly’s telegram of
12th September 1871. States further
enquiry will be made; meanwhile, if
possible, to avoid discussion with
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. He may, if pressed, tell
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
the other version.
' States that he will endeavour to
avoid communication with the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
but hopes to receive further instruc
tions shortly, lest he should act. If
pressed, will tell him the other
version.
States that further reinforcements
of about 300 infantry left for Kateef
on the 17th, and that it is reported
more troops will go with the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
early next week.
Poreign Department telegram of
the 18th. Prom Colonel Belly’s com
munications His Excellency thinks
that the messenger was sent by Nassir
bin Mobarik, and only incidentally
carried letters from
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, but tele
gram has been sent to Colonel Belly
desiring particular information on
this point.
His telegram of 18th. StatesMidhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
expects to leave Thursday, and
it is probable he will make the death
of the messenger a pretext for inter
ference at Bahrein, if he receive no
satisfactory communication from him
(Colonel Herbert) before he goes.
Purther reinforcement, 250 men, to
leave to-morrow. Two new corvettes
nnd steamer await to accompany
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
No. 11.—Telegram to the Political
Secretary to the Government of
Bombay.
Communicates above, and suggests
that Colonel Belly should either go
or send assistant to Bahrein coast to
watch events.
30^ October 1871, No. 2353P.
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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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