ملف رقم ٦١٩ لسنة ١٩٠٧، الجزء ٢، "الاتجار بالأسلحة:- مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. حالة "الخضرا."" [و‎‎٣‎٧‎١] (٨٠٤/٧٥٠)

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$. 1,000. The passengers have all been transferred to other ship by force. The
vessel is closed in Hafun since 16th Moharram merely on this account that an
old gun was found in it. The Italians have torn all the flags. Mubarak has now
personally come to you, he is your subject, his troubles I have already stated.
, Flags and passes are yours and you alone have the authority to hear the case,
^ you should help in the matter, l am anxious to see the case disposed off by you.
I need not further dwell upon the matter, you are a ruler and a wiser man than I
and therefore you know such things better. Kindly give my salaams to Saiyid
Muhammad your brother and your sons Saiyid Taimur and Nadir.
Further I beg to request you about the case of the slave of Salum bin Ali.
About the slave who has come to you I wrote you and made a request but you
refused. Whether he is killed or with you. You may please pay the price of
slave girl to Salum. Your servant Salum is at home and has become blind. A
reply is solicited.
j, o ,, « 5 th Safur ijy.
Dated our, the , oth Marc h ,909.
F rom .—M uhammad bin Mubarak bin Salum,
To— His Highness the Sultan Faisal bin Turki.
After Compliments .—Mubarak bin Khamis bin Rashid has come to me and
informed about his troubles at Hafun. Offence is insignificant, it is about an old
gun but is being taken up very seriously. These people are your subjects and
they have only to look to God and to you. I am sending the above-named
person with this letter to you, he shall relate to you all about what happened to
him. He desired me to write you all this in detail.
From—
, 18th Safar fjjiy.
Dated Mombasa, the cth M arc k 19^.
r SAiYiD Hamad bin Saiyid Akil,
Saiyid Muhammad bin Alavi,
Salim bin Abdullah bin Khamis wald Funnah,
Hamad bin Said Muhammad El Farisi,
Khamis bin Jumma wald Funnah,
Bani Bu All
Salum bin Juma. Salim,
Muhammad bin Hamad Elkhayyal,
Muhammad bin Khatir,
^Abdullah bin Said Rai El Khabura,
To— Saiyid Faisal bin Turki.
After Compliments. —We are enjoying good health. We write to inform
you our Saiyid of our arrival in the port of Mombasa We saw your humble
subject Habib bin Sulayim. We were pleased to meet him and are gra eful to
subject na y , , a n # He told us to write you all about
wrat happe^edfouth connection with the flags at Hafun at the hands, of the
Italians^ When we reached Hafun, they attacked us unawares and seized our
Italians, vv nen we searched our vessels but did not find any
wefpon, wSils They toid us thel that they had .forgiven us that time and
weapons w - th u ' J | with t h e same articles we would lose our lives
that if we went next ye ' This is all what happened to us, we have
nof got Tny^flags now. Vshall soon reach there so as to speak to you m
detail face to face.