"ملف W/4 العداءات في بلاد فارس: حصار تانجستان، مصادرة شاي مورد إلى تانجستان" [و‎‎٤‎٤] (٤١١/٨٧)

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was not WoncKnaus 1 agent in Huharraq, but meroly their
chlQl' custoraer there.
The only documents bearing on political netters
which have been discovered are three letters from the Turk-
-Ish Commandant at Doha diving news and asking for loans,
which were not given.
3, When Yusuf FaKhru was fined Rs: 4,500 by
Ca tain UacXenzle for dealing in arms he was described as a
friend of ShalXh Isa's and a merchant of influence dealing
in two lakhs. I think his influence with Shaikh Isa has
declined since I showed the Shaikh translations of Herr
Harling's reports, but he has a large number of friends here.
In view of the fact th t he has cleared himself of the charge
of sheltering sTangslrl boats unde^a fictitious ownership,
that his connection with the Germans comparatively
ancient history, and that his pwoer to do damage in this
direction has now ceased, I do not think that it is advlsabB
to imprison him in Basra. In iay opinion it will be suff-
-icient to take security of Rs: 35,COO from him that he will
not allow himself to be involved in any political business
with Germans, Tangsirls or other enemies of ours.
The fright and warning should be sufficient, and Shaikh Isa,
who has behaved very wel} in the matter, would appreciate
our refraining from imprisoning an influential subject of
his.
The fact of his arrest and of his being sent to Basra will
be known in Tanglstan in a very short time and will have a
good effect.
4. I hope that you will telegraph and Inform
the Resident that Yusuf Fakhru is travelling by the slow
mail under escort, asking that, when taken over by the
!.illtar authorities, he may be treated , not as a prisoner
of war but as a respectable merchant under detention, and
that he should be allowed to return on signing a bond for
fz.