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bugla Large trading vessel. was then seized, and the money taken out of her. The bugla Large trading vessel. was then burnt. The
crew were landed at Henderabee. The ship then left. I don't know why this occurred.
Please tell me what I am to do. I won't let this matter drop. Please answer me.
Suhman was detained two days by contrary winds at Shenas, and when passing round the
Island was met off the Fort (Khelat).
(True translate of purport.)
(Signed) A. COTTON WAY,
Her Britannic Majesty's First Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Inclosure 4 in No. 11.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly to the Secretary to Government, Bombay.
> _ British 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. , Bushire, April 24, 1869.
IN continuation of my letter dated April 12, 1869, I have now the honour to inclose
translated purport of an extract from a letter written by the Governor of Mogoo to the
authorities at Bushire, complaining of the burning of the Mogoo craft, and removal of its
cash arfd goods by Her Majesty's ship " Dryad."
2. The Governor threatens to call on the Arab tribes for aid and retaliation. I
inclose a copy of my reply to him.
W ^ at ^ ha T e seen Captain Colomb, commanding "Dryad," I feel sure he
would be the last man in the world to injure property irregularly and wilfully, and the
evidence to be collected may still show that the craft was fair prize.
at t ^ e same .^ me experience on the African coast assures me that the most
careful officer may be mistaken in regard to slaves; and there are some points in the case
which it may be difficult to meet:—
.1st. The Slave Treaty with Persia provides for the presence of a Persian Com
missioner being on board any British vessel seizing slaves from a Persian craft at sea.
2nd. The craft now in question is alleged to be a Mogoo (Persian) vessel, which had
run a cargo of dates to the Arab coast, and was on her return voyage, with the proceeds
m cash, when chased by the " Dryad."
3rd. The craft is alleged to have been seized within gun-shot of the Persian shore
and therefore,, constructively, within Persian territory. But the Treaty does not give us
the right to seize slaves in Persian territory.
• -i 4tIl i' T - he Cr f ft a PP ears to have been burnt on the spot, without reference to any
civil authority, whether English or Persian.
j A, ? n t ^ e a ^ ser ) ce of any report from the naval authorities, it is impossible to come to
a defmitwe conclusion. But 1 think it would be well for me to be placed in a position
either to meet the Persian complaint or to acknowledge our mistake, if it be one, and
atiord compensation.
6. I would suggest, also, that when one of Her Majesty's vessels may be ordered to
C u U1Z , e ] ^ r ; J the P eace of which 1 arn responsible, it would be desirable that I
should be informed of the fact, and of her sailing orders; and that any seizures of craft
or collisions with the tribes should be reported to me, as arbitrator of the Maritime Truce
to which these tribes are subscribers.
^?f ra Ph sta tions at Jask and Angaum lie on the course of a vessel entering
the Gulf; and if a commander telegraphed to me thence, I could arrange for deputing a
rersian blave Commissioner and an Assistant Resident to some specified point.
«. In the present instance the "Dryad" was in the Gulf, and the seizure made before
I was aware of these facts. Nor was it until her arrival at Bushire that I had an oppor
tunity of detaching my Assistant, Captain Smith, with her to the Arab coast.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LEWIS PELLY.
Inclosure 5 in No. 11.
SheM Sultan, Governor of Mogoo, to Mirza Mahmood Khan, Slave Commissioner.
(Extract.)
within'Toon ^ th Z ? h ^f 4 ^ Marc h)abugla belonging to one of my people was seized
within 1,000 paces from the shore, and in four fathoms of water, by an English vessel
The money and other property in her taken, and then burnt. I was not pleased ^2,