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File 3208/1908 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Dayir pirates (coast of Persia)’ [‎152r] (243/330)

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The record is made up of 163 folios. It was created in 1904-1908. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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CONFIDENTIAL.
O
Sir Eduard Grey to Mr. Marling {Tehran).
[.-64—156]
{No. 178.) Foreign Office, November 16, 1907, 6 p.m.
CASES of piracy by Dayir Arabs (1) in November 1906 ; (2) in January 1907.
See correspondence between Government of India and His Majesty’s Consul-
General at Bushire.
Though sufferers in (1) were Persian subjects we have vital interest in suppression
of piracy in Gulf waters.
In (2) sufferers are Koweitis, to whom we are bound to extend good offices.
You should again make strong representations to Persian Government with a view
to securing capture and punishment of offenders and full pecuniary reparation for
Koweiti sufferers, informing them that failing compliance, suitable naval action will be
taken by one of His Majesty’s ships for their capture and delivery to Persian
authorities.
(Confidential.)
As no result is to be expected from these representations, Admiralty are being
requested to send ship to Dayir at once to watch movements of pirates with a view to
capturing them at sea. Commander is also authorized to land temporarily sufficient
force to capture pirates and hand them to Persian authorities either at Dayir or at any
other spot on Persian littoral at which they may be found.
This action is in accordance with precedent.

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Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence concerning criminal actions reported to have taken place in ports and around the coastal waters of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including arms trafficking and murder, designated by British Government officials under the rubric of piracy. Key correspondents include: the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); Foreign Office officials (Sir Louis Du Pan Mallet; Sir Charles Hardinge); the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty (Sir Charles Inigo Thomas); the Under Secretary of State for India (Sir Arthur Godley); the British Ambassador at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling).

Reference is made to incidents taking place in 1906 and 1907 (ff 182-185), committed by individuals previously expelled from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and now residing in the Dashtī ports of Dayir [Bandar-e Deyyer] and Kangan [Bandar-e Kangān] in Persia. Much of the subsequent correspondence details British officials’ negotiations with the Persian Government to send vessels to the Dashtī coast, in order to apprehend the suspected individuals and destroy ‘strongholds’ along the coast. Naval reports sent by Captain C S Hickley of HMS Highflyer (ff 54-66a) and Lieutenant Shirley Litchfield of HMS Sphinx (ff 66b-75) provide details of the expedition in November 1907 to Dayir, which resulted in the successful apprehension of the suspects. Later correspondence refers to the British Government’s expression of appreciation for the assistance provided by the Khan of Bander Rig [Bandar Rīg] in apprehending the suspects, the handover of the suspects to the Shaikh of Mohammerah, and British officials’ desire that, should it be proved that the suspects committed murder, the death penalty be passed on them.

The file also contains correspondence relating to the Shaikh of Kuwait’s activities in dealing with incidents of piracy in the waters around the Shatt al Arab, and the deportation from Muscat to Karachi of a number of Afghans believed to be involved in arms trafficking.

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