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Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain [573r] (9/26)
The record is made up of 1 item (13 folios). It was created in 27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872. 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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Hajjiree.
If Ibraliim Beg hears of it, some serious difficulty may arise therefrom, hut
feir, are the best judge.
I have informed Captain Guthrie of all the above, who will doubtless write
to you.
Dated nth Je m adee-o os-Sa nee 1288
28th August 1871
received 1st September 1871.
Translated purport of a letter from Mirza Abool Cassim, Moonshee, to Resident in the Persian
Gulf.
Apteii writing Sheik Esau sent for me and said, the person who killed my
father has been killed by my brothers on their ascertaining he was a Beni Hajjir
and one of the murderers of my father; that he found letters from Nassir bin
Mobarek and others to the address of Jassim bin Mahomed bin Sanee; that he
had sent the letters to you, but that there was a letter from Eereck
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
for
Jassim bin Mahomed bin Sanee.
I told the Sheik that Eereck Pasha’s letter had better remain intact and
be sent to its destination, but that as regards other matters it did not concern
me.
Dated i. othJemadee-oos-sanee iggs received 1st September 1871.
27th Ansrnst 1871 J l
27th August 1871
Translated purport of a letter from Sheik Esau bin Ali al Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein,
to Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I wrote to you all the intelligence. I am now in perfect security, and my
islands and territory safe.
It has now become necessary for me to inform you that among the boats
passing from Ojair a messenger from Nassir bin Mobarek secretly arrived with
letters from Nassir and his party. I sent some persons to enquire whether this
was a fact, and found it to be true. My brothers, the sons of Ali bin Khuleefa,
seized the messenger, and knew him to be one of the Beni Hajjir tribe and one
of the murderers of my father, Ah bin Khuleefa; they hastened to kill him
as soon as they discovered him to be one of the murderers of my father, and
before the news reached me.
They found on him letters from Nassir bin Mobarek to Jassim bin Mahomed
bin Sanee, and a letter from the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. I enclose the letters from Nassir bin
Mobarek and his party, from which you will learn their intentions.
I did not open the seal of the Pasha’s letter, but sent it to Jassim sealed.
I thought it necessary to inform you of this circumstance at once.
4th Jevnadee-ool-Awul 1288
22nd July 1871 '
Dated
Translated purport of a letter from Nassir bin Mobarek al Khuleefa to Jassim bin Mahomed
bin Sanee.
Received in a letter from Sheik Esau bin Ali al Khuleefa on 1st September 1871.
I have received your letter and understood its contents. I showed your
letter to my master, Fereck
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, hut before receiving your letter he was friendly
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.
The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the messenger was carrying. The messenger was said to have been responsible for the murder of the father of the Ruler of Bahrain [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], and the letters included some from the Ottoman military commander in the area.
The Enclosures include reports of the incident, including one from the commander of HM Gunboat Hugh Rose ; correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, 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. ; correspondence from the Viceroy; a request from Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Ottoman Governor at Baghdad for reparation over the incident; the British wish to avert the threat of Turkish interference in Bahrain; reports of the escape of Abdullah [Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] from Lahsa [Hasa]; and reports of the expression by the Ruler of Bahrain of regret over the messenger's murder.
The Enclosures are dated 27 October - 1 December 1871.
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