'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [‎33r] (65/212)

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No guarantee was held out to them, but they were promised an ample reward if found
deserving.
The success of these negotiations was displayed as the Ferooz steamed up to its
present anchorage. At several of the villages the Arabs, male and female, approached the
river unarmed, waving their flags and when the vessel anchored, several came on board
volunteering to give any information in their power, as to the numbers and disposition of
the enemy.
"^Shaikh Faris al Ghadhan, Chief of FeIl<lMdh,
Mdlla AbduIIa, Chief of Hawfz^h.
Shaikh Jdbir-el-Mardao, Chief of the Mohaisen tribes.
Shaikh Suwaila, Ferhan and Darwish, Chiefs of the Nasdrd tribe of Khushab,
A copy of General Outram's proclamation was sent to the following chiefs:—
Hussain ben AH BuFerhan.
Zusufben Ghanam,
Mulla ben Mulla Al!.
Simgur ben Ferhan.
The Shaikh of the Ali Bu Muhurzeh.
n H Khulffeh.
n „ Mahmud Shatait.
t, „ Emlwanis.
I* „ Amfra—Hirtah.
yf pf Kasabah.
Despatch from General Outram to Earl Clarendon, dated Muharamarah, nth April 1857.
Forwards translation of letters* received from Shaikhs Faris of Fellahiah and Jabir of
• tka ^.conr® c;, Muhammrah and states that a visit from these
" lhe communications were to assure Sir cu»*i u i. *1. ij 1 •
James Outram of their submission and to obtain ^naikns to tne camp would have been attended
promises of immunities on the occasion of the with many advantages, but before this could be
visits which they proposed to make. arranged, news arrived of the conclusion of peace
at Paris, and the outward bearing of the chiefs has in consequence undergone a change
owing to their dread of vengeance on the part of the Persian Government.
Remarks that the Turkish authorities appeared to labor under the impression that
Muhammarah would be handed over to them, but that this delusion was not in any way
countenanced or encouraged.
Letter from A. B. Kembell, Esq., 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. , Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , to T. G. Taylor, Esq., British Agent.
Directs him to discountenance any schemes of rebellion against the authority of the
Persian Government on the part of its subjects, while approving of his reply to Muhammad-
ez-Ziaruth, the confidential agent of Mulla Abdulla. Remarks that Mulla Abdulla is no
longer de facto, as indeed he is not de jure Governor of Hawizah, as it was reported that
he had been deposed of his government by his nephew Mulla Muhammad, aided by a mili
tary force under the command of the son of iChouler Mirza,
Extract from a minute of Viscount Canning, Governor-General, of 21st March 1857.
" Sir J. Outram points out in the 24th and following paragraphs certain political
restrictions which he fears will so hamper his proceedings as to render nugatory his pro
posed advance to Shustar, referring to that part of the instructions which debars him from
seeking the aid of any but Independent" tribes. Her Majesty's Government adverting
to this point have declared that they do not seek to subvert the dynasty of the Shah or to
encourage insurrections on the part of his subjects ; that they have no wish to weaken the
hold which he may have to the allegiance of his people, or to enlist the subjects of Persia in
the ranks of the British Army, but that they would not hesitate to avail them themselves of
any assistance which may be obtained from independent native tribes.
Sir J. Outram observes that there are no such independent tribes ; that all are either
Persian or Turkish subjects; but that as regards the former, they will become virtually
our subjects when once our army is in possession of their territory, and that the objection
to enlistment will then lose its force,
I feel it necessary to say thst I do not think that in acting upon this view the spirit of
the policy laid down by Her Majesty's Government would be carried out.
So far indeed as regards our right as belligerents, and the practice of war, examples
may be found of arms placed in the hands of native population, and of recruits drawn from
it by an invading army. But in such cases the subversion of the dynasty and the weaken
ing of the government of the country invaded have been objects sought, not shunned,
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