"ملف W/4 العداءات في بلاد فارس: حصار تانجستان، مصادرة شاي مورد إلى تانجستان" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٤١١/١٩)

independent enquiries which I instituted in Doha and A1 Bid
i am inclined to believe his version of the affair.
4. We then proceeded to discuss the question of the
Turkish irort. Shaikh Abdulla infomed me that there were
two Officers and forty men with two fiild guns and one
mountain gun in the Fort. Entrenchments could be seen round
the Fort, the e: placement of the mountain gun could be
easily distinguished, and also two objects which we took
to be the emplacements of the two field guns. All of these
in the entrenched line.
I requested Shaikh Abdullahjto place the following al
ternatives before the Turkish Commandant
(a) That he should surrender, when the Officers would be
allowed to retain their swords and be treated as indicated
in your letter sent bp Abdul Jubbar Effendi.
(b) That he should vacate the fort leaving the gunlintact
in which case I would hand the Fort over to Shaikh Abdullah,
on the latters agreeing to look after the Turks, I insisted
on an answer by 7 a .m. the next nornine and Shaikh Abdullah
eventually agreed to settle the natter during the night,
though he was very anxious to be given ten days for the
negotiations.
I promised him 5.000/- if he arranged the surrender of
him
the Fort without a hitch and gave to understand that if he
failed the Fort could be taken by H.M's Ships. I may add
that the Shaikh was under the impression that "Dalhousie"
was a transport.
5. On the morning of the 20th I landed with Commander
Viscount Kelburn. On learning from Shaikh Abdullah that
the Turks had fled in the night we proceeded to the Fort
which was first occupied by a landing party and searched,
and then f o™a41y handed over to Shaikh Abdullah.
Besides the three guns in the trenches there were 14
rifles, about 8,000 rounds of ammunition, 500 projectiles,
some casks of black powder, tents, great coats and odds
and ends of stores in the Fort. Three old muzzle loaders
had