File 3208/1908 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Dayir pirates (coast of Persia)’ [‎173r] (285/330)

Action taken by 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. .
On receiving the first report (dated 29th November 1906) of the piracy from
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. Agent at Lingah, enquiries were made at once from the Derva
Begi, the then Governor of the Gulf Ports, as to what steps he proposed to take
in the matter. The Derya Begi replied (13th December 1906) that Dayir was
in Dashti under. Jamal Khan and that Dashti was in the jurisdiction of Pars and
that therefore he was unable to see his way to taking any action. The Resident
again communicated with him pointing out that he did not see how anything
could be done except by sea by means of the “ Persepolis ” which was under his
(the Governors) control, and enquired whether it would assist in any way if he
(the Resident) were to move the Legation to get the “ Persepolis ” deputed The
Derya Begi informed the Resident in reply (3rd January 1907) that the ‘ Perse-
pohs ” had been damaged by the Customs officials to prevent him from paying
a visit to Lingah and that he could not make use of the “Muzaffer” without
orders from Tehran, as she was under the control of the Customs Director. Ou
receipt of this the Resident telegraphed (5th January 1907) to the Minister,
informing him of the position of affairs and requesting that the Persian Govern
ment be moved to direct the Governor to proceed to Dashti in the “ Mozaffer.”
At the same time (6th January 1907) he requested the senior Naval Officer
(Captain Bowman) who happened to be at Bushire, to proceed to Dayir and
make enquiries with a view to obtaining, if possible, further details regarding the
piracy.
On February 16th the Minister replied t6 the Resident’s telegram inform
ing him that it was stated by the Persian Government that the necessary
orders had been sent. In the meantime, however, there had been a change of
Governors. T-Derya Begi having left Bushire on the 30th January was suc
ceeded by Haji Saeed-es-Sultaneh, and the latter having been offered the Gover
norship of Dashti by the Pars authorities and having accepted the same (28th
February) the Pars Government to whom a reference was made on the subject
by His Majesty’s Consul as Shiraz repudiated jurisdiction and threw back res
ponsibility on Bushire. The new Governor of the Gulf Ports however promised
to take necessary action in the matter, though he at the same time denied having
received any orders from Tehran in that connection. No action has up to date
been taken by him, and the Resident now understands that the Saeed-es-Sultaneh
has submitted his resignation of the Governorship of Dashti though this has not
yet been accepted.
On 16th June 1907, in reply to Resident’s telegram No. 92—376 of 16th
idem regarding another piracy committed apparently by the same gang on a
Koweit Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .^ His Majesty’s Minister intimated that he could hold out no hopes
that useful action would be taken by the Persian Government at present.
Bushire ,•
The 23rd June
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P. Z. COZ, Major,
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. .
Brief details of a piracy committed on a Koweit Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .
A Koweit boom with a crew of^4 men, natives of Basrah, and owned by AH
bin Hamad ul Fathala, originally of Bahrein, but domiciled (since 40 years) in
Koweit, left Koweit for Basrah on December 24th, 1906, leaving the latter place
again on.her return journey on January 4th, 1907. She never returned and was
given up for lost. _
According to the father of the nakhoda, who helped to load up the boat at
Basrah, there were about 25 native passengers on board, amongst whom were—
(1) the daughter of Brahim bin Nugaimish, wife of Ali bin Nugaimish;
(2) Abdur Rahmam bin Shahab;
both well known in Koweit.