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 [‎70v] (38/100)

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16. Of the four persons above alluded to in pciragraph 14 suspicion
chiefly attached to the two llamals, C>o\ind l^aloo, and, 2, J^llapa Tsmsoo.
Both of them appeared much agitated under examination, and gave answers
with much prevarication and reluctance. They both of them denied having
seen any pummelo sherbet in the Resident's room as usual on the morning in
question, although they had seen it on previous mornings, and Govind Baloo
admitted having been the last to leave the room j ast before 7 a.m . when the
Resident returned.
17. On November 11th Faizoo Rarnzan Chobdar and table servant was
again examined, and at the conclusion of his examination was given into custody.
It was discovered that he was in the receipt of regular 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). pay, and that for
some months past he had been in the habit of receiving visits from two most
suspicious characters, one of whom was the ]VIaharaja s Arab confidential servant,
named Salam, and the other a Mussalman, known as " the Kazee, ,, who was also
a servant of the present Maharaja, and is said to have done valuable service for
him when he was in confinement at Padra. Both of these men used constantly
to visit Faizoo Ramzan in his quarters 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. , and are w^ell known
by the whole of the Resident's establishment.
18. Before proceeding further with the narrative, it appears material to
give such information as is procurable regarding the persons above referred to—
1, Eaizoo Ramzan, 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. Chobdar and table servant; 2, the Maharaja's
Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam; 3, the Mussulman, known as " the Kazee."
19. With regard to Faizoo Ramzan it appears from his own statement
that he has acted as Chobdar and table servant 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. for the last 20
years. He admits that he draws Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 10 per memsem from 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). in
the name of his son who though only 14 years of age is enrolled as a Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
in the Khas Paga. He has received this pay from the time of Colonel Wallace.
He lives in the city, but he has 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. He always
waits at table, and" has been in the habit of preparing the Resident's pummelo
sherbet on days that it was not prepared by Abdoolla, and admits that he may
have prepared it so lately as Friday, November 6th. He has often brought to
the Resident his afternoon tea, and has been officious in trying to exclude the
Resident's private servants from waiting on their master in this respect. The
Resident has been more than once warned to be on his guard againsjt Faizoo
Ramzan both by his private servant, Pedro, and by others ; and about the month
of June 1873, in consequence of information received, the Resident was on the
point of discharging Faizoo Ramzan from the service; but having recently
dismissed another Chobdar and table servant, named Nur Ullah, who was sus
pected of being untrustworthy, the Resident was induced to be compassionate,
and retained Faizoo Ramzan in his service.
20. In the time of Colonel Barr and Colonel Shortt, Faizoo Ramzan is
stated to have been engaged in the most notorious intrigues in the city, and
was in the habit of constantly visiting Nana Sahib Khanvilkur, Bulwunt Rao
Eshwunt, Bulwunt Rao Rahoorkur, and others. The notorious character of
Faizoo Ramzan was of course not known to the R-esident until he commenced
to make careful enquiries regarding him in consequence of the suspicion
attaching to him in the case now under report; but he had received from time
to time general reports that he was unfaithful from different members of the
establishment.
21. With regard to the Maharaja's Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam, the Resident has
to state that he has long been aware that he is the chief of the Maharaja's
spies and intelligence agents in Camp. He usually attends the Maharaja on
his periodical visits to 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. twice in the week, and invariably goes
to the servants' quarters, and sits at Faizoo Ramzan's door. His intimacy with
Faizoo P^amzan is notorious, and has continued ever since the present Maharaja
came to the guddee. He is also said to be on intimate terms with the four dis
reputable characters alluded to in the Resident's letter to Government No.
133-681, of 28th July 1873, who were turned out of camp at his request by