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 [‎89v] (78/100)

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AyoJis husband.
Shaik Abdoola bin Shaik Adum , Mussulman, age 35 years, profession butler, states
A meena is the name of my wife. I married her by nika about 10 years
a?o. She took service with Mrs. Phayre as ayah about 15 months back, and
remained so employed till Mrs. Phayre's departure for England. My wife
accompanied Mrs. Phayre to Bombay, and after her departure remained there
for about a month. Siie lived in Khetwarree, where she w^as detained by
sickness.
After a month my wife returned from Bombay and came to Nowsarree,
where she joined Mrs. Boevey, wife of the Assistant Resident, with whom
she took service. In the month of May or June my wife returned to
Baroda with Mrs. Boevey and lived 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. . I came to Baroda
about ten days later, having been wdth my master. Major Blakeny, to
Mahableshwur. I am aware that my wife visited the Maharaja Gaekwar
on those occasions. The first time she went was during the month that the
Commission was sitting at Baroda, and then she was persuaded and taken
•by Fizoo Ramzan, Chobdar of 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. . My wife went at night, and
the following morning she told me that she bad had an interview with the
Maharaja, and that she had promised to intercede on his behalf through the
madam (Mrs. Phayre) and get what he wanted done.
The second time that my wife visited the Gaekwar was after her return
from Now sarree, and then she was accompanied by Kurreem, Naik of 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. peons.
The third time that my wife went to the Maharaja was during the last
Ramzan. He ordered a bullock shigram for her, and she started in company
with her servant boy Chotoo about 9 o'clock at night. My wife told me the
following morning that she had had an int- rview with the Maharaja, and that
during the conversation she had begged of him on no account to poison Colonel
Phayre, the Resident. Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 200 were given to Kurreem Naik after my wife's
second visit, of which he paid her 100, and kept the other 100 himself. She
also received Rs. 50 from the Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. , Salim. Yeshwantrao Yeala pro
mised to obtain service for me under the Maharaja on completion of his
garden palace called Nuzzer Bagh, to look after the glassware and to attend
upon European gentlemen on occasions of their visiting there.
The two letters produced and shown me in the Marathee character,
marked Nos. 8 and 4, were written and addressed by me to my wife, they
were both despatched from Baroda; the other tw T o letters, numbered 1 and 2,
were addressed to me by my wife from Bombay.
Taken before me this day, the 19th December 1874.
(Sd.) F. H. S outer,
Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
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Shaikh Kureeem bin Shaik Misree, Mussulman, age 40, Naik of Peons on the establishment
of the Assistant Resident, states :—
L ast hot weather I accompanied the Assistant Resident to Nowsarree. A
lew days after his return to Baroda the ayah, Ameena, lately in the service of
the Assistant Resident, accompanied me to see the Maharaja; we took a bullock
shigram at the school, and started about 8 o'clock at night; we first went to the
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