Author
Sir Edward Grey of the Foreign Office
Publication Date
20 Mar 1909-8 Jan 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
88
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/25
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0002f8
Library Location
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.
Date
20 Mar 1909-8 Jan 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between the British
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.
at Bahrain; the British
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.
at Bushire; Yūsuf bin Aḥamad Kanoo [Kānū]; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar. In addition, there are copies of correspondence between Bushire and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office in London and the British Consuls at Basra and Constantinople.
This file concerns Turkish activities on the island of al-Zakhnūniyah and the Ḥawār islands, and at al-Wakrah in Qatar between 1909 and 1912. There is a number of items of correspondence between Shaikh‘Īsā and the British
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.
at Bahrain concerning Bahrain’s claim to the island of al-Zakhnūniyah (folios 6-7). There are also details of the 1910 Turkish occupation of the island (folios 52-60) and British representations to Constantinople requesting their withdrawal (folios 64).
The file also includes details of Francis Beville Prideaux's visit with Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo in March 1909 to visit Shaikh Jāsim at Lusayl to discuss his relations with the Turks (folios 8-11 and 13), as well as further correspondence between Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanno and Shaikh Jāsim on the same subject (folios 14-23).
Also contained in the file is a detailed report entitled 'Asiatic Turkey and Arabia' by Sir Edward Grey of the Foreign Office, dated 17 October 1910, which deals with the Turkish presence in Arabia and the Gulf.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential file: E/2
