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Confidential.
No. 237, dated Bushite, the 27th May (received 5th June) 1905,
Froat-CAPTMNA^PyTftEVOS, I.A. Pl„, „ fc J,
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of India in the
In continuation of my letter No. 2,9, dated .4th May .905, I have the
honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India, a copy of the
No. 26, dated 19th May 1905. ^^rginally-notcd communication received
Basrah, regarding Nejd affairs. fr0m ^ Britann,C Ma i eSt >'' S Co " sul .
No. 26 (Secret and Confidential), dated the 19th May 1905.
From— f. e crow, Esqr., His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Basrah, 1 ^
To The R ight H on'ble S ir N. O'C onor , G.C.B. j G.CMG His Br!f fl nn.v ^
Majesty's Ambassador, Constantinople. ' '' ita nn>c
From further telegrams sent by the Marshal Feyzi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and by Abdur
Rahman-es-Saood to the palace, copies of which have been handed to me it
appears that Riad, War,hem, Sedyr and their dependencies have been formed
into a Caza of which the markez or centre will be Riad and that Abdur Rahman-es-
Saood has been made Kaimakam of it, on solemnly taking an oath of allegiance
to the Sultan. 5
The Marshal in one telegram, which is partly in cypher and leaves much
to conjecture, repeats the substance of his reports sent via Medina regarding
his entry into Kassim and his meeting with Lieutenant-General Sudgi at Jebb
The appointments of Salih bin Hassan to the Kaimakamlik of Boreyda and of
Abdul Aziz Suleymi to the Mudirlik of Aneyza are also mentioned. In another
telegram repeated to the head-quarters of the VI Army Corps at Baghdad the
Marshal states that the notables of Riad came to his camp near Aneyza and
proffered their submission, which was accepted, and prayers were said for the
Sultan and thanks expressed by the Chiefs for the benefits they had received.
The Marshal states that he has ten battalions with him in Kassim, of which four
are at Jeheffa. (?) There appear also to be three battalions at Waksa awaiting
transport to Nejef. He has sent Lieutenant-Colonel Mazhar Bey with a guard
of 120 men _ and 350 camels under the guidance of the Sheikhs of Jeib (?)
to get provisions and forage from Khahe (?) with instructions to proceed as far
as Medina for them if none are found at the former place.
In conversation with the Vali His Excellency informed me that the people
of Kassim were well disposed to the troops and willing to come under adminis
trative control, but that they would have nothing to do with Ibn Rashid. He
said the latter left the Marshal before his entry into Kassim and returned to
Hayil.
I am informed that the Amir showed some reluctance to obey the Marshal's
orders, but on being confronted with an Irade of the Sultan directing his with
drawal he left the troops and departed to Hayil.
Copy. B asrah;
No. 20. /pf/i May jgo$.
Sent to His Majesty's Resident and Consul-General at Bushire with the
compliments of the undersigned.
(Sd.) F. E. CROW,
[lis Britannic Majesty's Consul.
0. C. Press, Simla.—No. c253 F. D.—16-6.05.—6i,—R. S. W.