Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [‎63r] (23/100)

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Q.—Bid you return after you once left the Sahib's room ?
A.—No.
^ ' lcn ^ 011 weri ^ the peons' sitting place did you see Eaizoo ?
A. \ es, lie was then in the dispense khana.
^ ' 1(>n y ou see the Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam that morning ?
,,"^•77^ saw him about 7 o'clock after the Sahib's return. lie then came
on the Devdee from tlie direction of the servants' houses.
Q.—What did you say to him ?
f;"* as ^ e ^ w hy he had come so early on this particular morning, and
lie said i have come because I have brought the Dewalee fruit.
Q.—Did the Dewalee fruit come with him ?
A- ^ 0 ; it came a long time afterwards, about 8-30 a.m.
^ ^ hen you were in the Devdee when the Assistant Resident returned
from shooting was Salam there ?
A. Salam was there, and Paizoo was also present.
Q.—Where did Faizoo go from there ?
A.—I saw him go in the direction of the servants' houses.
Q.—Does Chimma Wagh live with you ?
A.—Yes.
Q.—What do you know about Faizoo ?
A.—I have reported to the Resident some time ago that Faizoo was not
a good character, and was suspected of going to visit Nanajee Eshwunt and
Kana Sahib at night. He also has been in the habit of going to the Kazee
in the city, and the Kazee used to visit him here. I should have mentioned
this; but he used to come to visit the Padree Sahib, so I said nothing.
Q.—Who do you suspect of having attempted to administer poison to
the Sahib ?
A.—I suspect Faizoo, because he has for a long time past been engaged
in all kinds of intrigues both in the time of Colonel Barr and Colonel Shortt.
In Colonel Shortt's time he used to go with Colonel Shortt's butler to the
house of Rahoorkur, Nana Sahib, and others for the purpose of giving them
information. I have myself seen Paizoo go with Colonel Shortt's butler and
others to the city for this purpose.
Before me, this 11th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. P hayre, Col.,
Resident.
Faizoo Rumzan , Mussulman, aged about 45, Chobdar and table-servant. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Establish
ment, Baroda;—
I was first employed at Baroda by Major Malcolm, Resident, as second
servant, and was made chobdar by Colonel Davidson, Resident, about 20 years
ago, and I have acted as table -servant as well from that time to the present.
When Colonel Wallace left, I obtained a place in the Khas Paga on Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
10 per mensem, continuing, however, to act as chobdar and table-servant at
the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . The Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). service was in the name of my son, who is now
14} years old. I have received that amount up to the present time. I live in
the city, and come every day for duty. I have a room in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
compound. My family lives in the city.
Q.—Where are you in the habit of sleeping ?
A.—I usually sleep in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , but I go home to sleep every third
or fourth day.