ملف رقم ٣٤٥ لسنة ١٩٠٨ الجزء الثاني "المحمرة: الوضع. نزاع الشيخ مع والي البصرة. تقليد الشيخ وساماً. تجديد التطمينات للشيخ". [و‎‎٥‎٣] (٥٦٦/١١٠)

, ■ - 4 -^ W flip sheikh, or summoned to be
various local officials and notabies were invite<^by th ^ L went b d
present. About 8 a.m. Lieutenant Wilson His y M h imera h ; s he then
his Majesty’s ship ‘‘aXlctrS o^pShe sheikh’s palace^ On her
^teamed up the river to Failiyah and anc 1P , h ; accompanied by Haji
Arrival there Sheikh Chasib, the sheikh s ^ me hi behalf of his
She sheikh’s .chief adviser, catne on bo^d ece i v ed for the first
father, and on leaving His Majesty s s'op a ei the (j ove rnment of India,
time the salute of five ^T^f-hS Sat as soo/as all those expected had arrived
and tlllnnStsltlSld be sounded on shore, to let us know that they were
read At O ltout°9-30 a.m. , the bugle ^^cTmSaSdeSteHonouSbL R 7 Bridgeman,
with His Ma-jesty’s consul, and Lieutenant-Co ug H;g Exoe il ency the Sheikh,
with three of his officers, was good enoug > I P landing steps and conducted
with his sons and chief retainers, p ffiVfinXandth ^ the palace had
„s to the Durbar hall. For this purpose Ae hne vera^a the Durban s were
been fitted up. The floor was oar Pf on e § side and I myself opposite
arranged in two long rows of seats, avenue between the sheikh and
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essential that the presentation of *e . and accordingly the terns of both
observations from me and a reply f ^ It was considered that, m order not
had been discussed between us the p ,-1 d should be Persian; and as the
to touch Persian susceptibilities, the veinacu , ■ in t hat language it was
sheikh was shy of making formal remal \ S n] ° d by my mirza and Haji Rais
arranged that our respective addresses should^ ^ ^ edific y ati of the European
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Having concluded my observations IP Ma j esty ’ s ship “Redbreast, by
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conversation while bis Exceilency s a h ness w hich he may have started wit ,
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sheikh conducting me and my party to rhe landing st g , , , w r r
Anthem as we left. Maiesty’s ship “Redbreast” steamed back to Her
anchwagZtVhammerah, and^ the F^^^^^H/H^Mljetty the King conferring
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course. T i(rc
1 ’p Z COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
F ' ' British Resident the Persian Gulf.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Remarks addressed to his ExcdUney
tile Order of Durbar at the Fadrya r
Palace on October 15, 1910.
Your Excellency, . had the pleasure of visiting you ashore, owing
IT is over a year now since 1 In r antine difficulties since my return,
firstly to absence in Europe and secoudlyto quara ^ ^ ^ to be able to visn
This has been a cause ot regret t
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