"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٩‎٦‎٥] (١٧٨٢/١١٢٠)

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'Oqair in the WahhaLi dominions which were accessible to a naval force :
the circumstances and the general scheme of action are given in the history
of Najd. On the 13th of January 1866 an ultimatum, in which 17 days
were allowed for compliance, was transmitted to the Amir at Riyadh
through his representative at Qatif. On the 30th of January, after an
interview in Elphinstone Inlet with Colonel Pelly, the Political Resident,
Captain Pasley with the " H ighflyer" again arrived at Q,ati£ and
ascertained that there was as yet no reply to the ultimatum. Accordingly,
on the 2nd of February, boats under Lieutenant Fell owes entered
Qatif harbour and destroyed the small fortification of Burj Abul Lif,
as also a native vessel which was not worth removing. On the next day
boats were sent under Lieutenant Long to demolish, if possible, the fort
at Dammam. A party were landed, who had to wade a considerable
distance, and attacked the place; but, finding the garrison much stronger
than had been represented and being unable to effect an entrance, they
retired with a loss of three men killed and two officers and three men
wounded. On the 4>th of February the attack on Dammam was renewed
by Lieutenant Long at high water, and the fort was plied with shot,
shell and rockets ; but the wall could not be breached, and the place
remained in the hands of the enemy. The British ship then returned
from Hasa to the lower end of the Gulf, and more successful operations
were carried out at Sur. The failure of the proceedings on the Hasa
coast may perhaps be attributed to the want on the " Highflyer/' of
a European officer possessing local knowledge and experience; for the only
political representative with Captain Pasley was the Residency (Native)
Agent from Sharjah, whom Colonel Pelly, in his own unavoidable
absence, had deputed to accompany the expedition.
During this period a small trading colony consisting of Hindu
subjects of the British Government came into existence at Qatif j they
were engaged chief! v r in the importation of general merchandise and in
the exportation of boiled dates to India. The first British Indian house
established at Oatif was that of Kalunga, a wealthy merchant of Kach,
who commenced business in Hasa about lb64. Two other Hindu firms
followed about 1866.
British
commercial
interests.
Annexation of Hasa by Turkey, 1871.
So far back as 1 866 designs of territorial expansion in Eastern Meaning of
Arabia had been betrayed by the attitude of Turkish officials in "Iraq tl10 Tui ' klsil
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