File 3208/1908 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: acts of piracy by Ahmed bin Selman near Katif [Turkish discourtesy to commander of HMS “Lapwing” at Katif]’ [‎162v] (320/358)

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Ifni haS f CO f T UniC - ated ‘° 1,16 a letter ha has recalled from the
Mutessarif of Hassa in reply to his enquiries about Ah ned-bin-Selman The
Mu essarif states that tue pirate has gone in the direction of Koweit that the
Whpr aa r.h PUI ' 8 U,t f f e a'l ima ^ C01lti “ U!l “d that there will be no
further chance of his doing mischief. If he returns he will be arrested and his
trial by default bof ire the Court of Cassatio i in .Vej l is proceedin'', As requested
by your telegram of August 16th, I have to-dav informed the Va i that accord
mg t . your m or nation, he is still in the district of Katif and bent on mSef
first oppTCtty ^ t0 ^ thu Mu tessarif to arrest him at t^
No. 161, dated Kushire, the 27th Aug-ust 1903.
From Captain Vsrb ,,b Vaiu, Hast, for OSciatb.g Political RasiJeut in the
rt-rsuin bult,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter No. 160, dated -,7th instant, I have the
honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India, a copy of
No. 175, dated 22ni August 1913 , with [ tlar, 3 ^ na iiy noted letter which I have
endosure. received frorn the Assistant Political
, , ,, • , ., , , . Agent, Bahrein, regarding: an attemnt
Katff^ th6 Ahni0d ' blrl * Selmau to seize a boat below JDamam near
From-J. Calcott Giskis, Esq., Assistant Political Agsnt, Bahrein
To-G.rrAi^BOBVB^Ucsr, F,rat Assistant to 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
In continuation of my letter No. 161, dated the 15th August, I have the
honour to report that the Cluef of Bahrein sent me to-day a man named
Abdulla-al-Attaibi, whose boat Ahmsd-bin Selman attempted to seize on the
loth instant below Damam near Katif. A translation of Abdulla’s statement
recorded m my office is forwarded for your information.
, ^ her f is ^ W mind that Ahmed never left Katif territory and
that the story about his having gone towards Koweit was fabricated either bv
the Arabs with a deliberate view to mislea I the Turkish authorities and stop
their search after Ah ned or by the Kaimmakam to clear himself from blame
or ailing to seize him I am sending copies of Abdulla’s statement to the
Kaimnakam of Katif and the Mutessarif of A 1 Hassa with a request that
further efforts may be made for the capture of the pirate
Statement of Abdulla-al-Attaibi, a resident of Beddia in Bahrein, recorded on
the 22nd August 1903.
j Sh e jkh Isa he took two Beni Hajir tribesmen named Nimir
and Awitha, and a ruling camel returned by the Sheikh in his boat to Thahran.
On Saturday (the 15th August) he left at Beddia and reached a place below
Damam that afternoon where his passengers disembarked and directly the
atter got away, Ahmed-bin-Selman and three Beni Hajir tribesmen boarded
his boat and they attempted to take the boat after threatening them but owin^
to having a Beni Hajir companion with him in the boat the three other pirate
insisted upon Ahmed to withdraw and they left the boat and were subsequently
followed by Ahmed. _ He declared on oath that Ahmed-bin-Selman who is
personally known to him was one of the pirates who boarded his boat Owine
to southerly winds blowing at the time he remained off Damam and the wind
changing to the north on Thursday (the 20th instant) he returned to Al-Beddia.
0.1. C. P. 0,—No. 2658 F. D.—7-12-1904.—14.—N. N. B.