File 3208/1908 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Fuwairat piracy case’

Title:

File 3208/1908 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: Fuwairat piracy case’

Date:

1909/1912

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence relating to an incident taking place at Fuwairat, Qatar, in October 1909, in which a Persian vessel bound for Bahrain carrying a cargo of goats and firewood, was alleged by its nakhuda to have been deliberately scuppered on rocks by the inhabitants of Fuwairat, and the cargo then sold at Fuwairat at prices below their Bahrain market value.Correspondence from the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Fraser Mackenzie) details his attempts to substantiate the claim, estimate the financial loss suffered by the nakuda, and set the extent of the fine to be charged against the inhabitants of Fuwairah (ff 30-31, ff 26-28). Subsequent correspondence dated 1910, exchanged between Sir Louis Du Pan Mallet of the Foreign Office, and India Office officials, casts doubt on aspects of the case, and also questions whether any action can be taken on the El Katr [Qatar] coast, over which the Ottoman Porte claims sovereignty.Correspondence relating to a second, similar incident at Fuwairah in 1912, includes renewed discussion of what action should be taken with regard to incidents of ‘piracy’ on the Qatar coast, with a copy of a letter addressed to Shaikh Jasim bin Muhammad bin Thāni [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer) (ff 4-5).Physical description: 29 folios

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Law of the sea
Shipwrecks
Fines (penalties)

Geographic region:

Fuwairat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100027915585.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100027915585.0x000002_en
IOR/L/PS/10/155/2
IOR/L/PS/10/155/2

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