"ملف ٨/٣ شؤون أولاد الشيخ خزعل." [و‎‎٧‎١] (٥٠٨/١٤١)

COPY TH.-u\OLATIGN
Subject;- Shaikh ^buullah’s attack upon Failieh,
H.B.M. '.mbassaaor, ‘
Through H. ,, , Government’s Hepresentative, Kuwait.
I have the honour to draw Your excellency’s
attention to the unpleasant incident caused by Officers oi the
Persian Army. Please be assured that inembers of the Khazal
family and particularly myself consider themselves attached
(protected) to (by) the British Government. wVe never have
and never will take any action contrary tp the interests of
H.B.iv. Government. ,e have shown ourselves to be devoted
friends to the Government during our continuous good relations.
The best proof is the forebearance we have shown in face of
the oppressions and the false promises made by the Persian
Government. All our fellow-men have received justice but
this family, who are entitled to receive justice more than
anybody else, still do not know what to do and are in a most
unfortunate position.
Your Excellency must know that if it were not
due to the British Government's political expediency I would
not bear so much oppression but would shed my blood to the
last drop in oruer that the usurped rights of this family
might be secured ana that Arabia might be purged of the
wickedness and oppression of these covetous, despotic officials
of the Persian Government am of the dangerous propagation
(against religion and nationality). I wish the British
authorities concerned would notify their non-interference in
such cases in order that I might physically prove my sayings.
In order to prove my sincerity and loyalty to
the British Government I think it is simply sufficient to point
out that when I returned to my country I prevented the Officers
of the Persian Army (whom I eventually forced to withdraw) from
causing a riot (which would have been against the interests of
the British Government) otherwise the opportunity for revenge
was at hand when the tribes had sworn to make a .general stand
and draw attention of the Arab world to the oppressed state
of the Arabs living in Khuzistan and thus save the Arabs of
that province and. the family of Khazal from the tempestuous sea
of oppression.
In any case, owing to the above facts I let the
opportunity slip by and returned to Iraq. In Basra I
unfortunately noticed that the Iraq flattering officials were
persecuting me. I therefore went to Kuwait where I now live.
On my arrival I reported the details of the case to the
representative of the British Government in Kuwait and am now
^xoGCtin to receive your fatherly instructions in this connection
Compliments.
Sgd/- Ab«,u., I'Ai / hazali