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Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain [576r] (15/26)
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* t an assembly, at which were present Sheikh Falit bin
Ahmed, Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali, Abdul Wahab bin Sulman, Hassam bin Saood.
. r ^^ f : su councillors recommended that the proprietor of the garden should
be imprisoned to deter others from going off to complain to the English.
- Three persons accordingly were sent to the proprietor of the garden and
put him m confinement on the complaint of their servant, who reported that
the proprietor of the garden said, “ I will go and lay my complaint before the
Sahib. The proprietor was accordingly put in the stocks in the fort for one
day and mulcted of 2,000 krans as a fine, when he was released.
Cholera has re-appeared at Bahrein and persons have died.
Enclosure No. 5.
Telegram, dated 30th October 1871.
From— Herbert, Bagdad,
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Recommandee .—Pasha left by steamer Saturday afternoon for Bussorah
en route to Nejd.
Enclosure No. 6.
Telegram, dated 31st October 1871.
From— Herbert, Bagdad, via Fao,
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Youns of thirtieth. Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
having left Bagdad, I am unable to
communicate with him personally on the subject, and deem it would be inconve
nient to do so through another.
Enclosure No. 7.
Telegram, dated 31st October 1871.
From—Private Secretary, Bombay,
To—Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Colonel Pellt telegraphs yesterday: Your telegram of 19th. I believe
messenger was Nassir’s and of Beni Hajjir tribe. Have requested Assistant
Resident to enquire carefully and report.
Enclosure No. 8.
Telegram, dated 5th November 1871.
From—Private Secretary, Bombay,
T 0 —Foreign Secretary, Jullunder.
Belly’s telegraph: I believe messenger was Nassir’s and of Bene Hajjir
tribe Have requested Assistant Resident to enquire carefully and report. Re
peated to Herbert for information. He now telegraphs, Midhut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
having left
Bagdad I have telegraphed to Agent at Bussorah to wait on His Excellency on
arrival 'and with my compliments tell him, with reference to our last private
conversation I have been in communication with Government of India. Viceroy
directs me to be informed that, on enquiry at Bahrein, it appears messenger who
was killed was proceeding from pirate Nassir bin Mobarek to Ja^sm bm Mfdmmed
i • a nri pp n f Guttur. He was found to be the man who had killed Sheikh s
Mae!- and d bis death. He was of the Beni Hajjir tribe. Assistant
Resident is to enquire carefully and report.
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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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