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CONFIDENTIAL
% No. 1915, dated Bueliire, the 16th (received 25th) July 1910.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., 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. ,
To—J. B, Wood, Esq., I C.S., Offg. Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department, Simla.
With reference to the correspondence ending with my letter No. 1608,
dated 16th June 1910, I have the honour to forward, for the information of
the Government of India, a copy of my despatch No. xgf* of to-day’s date, with
enclosures, to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, in connection with the
recent Basrah-Mohammerah difficulty.
No. x4tt (Confidential), dated Bushire, the 16th July 1910.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C I.E., British Resident in the Persian
Gulf and His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Ears, etc.,
To—M. Marling, Esq., C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’ Affaires, Tehran.
With reference to the correspondence ending with my despatch
, No. 40—1607, dated 16th June 1910, I have
’ 3 the honour to submit a copy of a letter and
enclosures received from His Majesty’s Acting Consul at Mohammerah giving
the results of his search of the Mohammerah archives for correspondence
connected with the Marghil murder case of 1906, one of the instances quoted by
His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah, in which the Shaikh of Mohammerah had
harboured criminals or neglected to co-operate with the Basrah authorities.
The last three enclosures to Mr. Wilson’s letter provide an example _ of the
extent to which the slackness of the Turkish regime has contributed in ^ the
past to increase the difficulty of the position in regard to the local extradition
question generally between Mohammerah and Basrah.
No. 671 (Confidential), dated Mohammerah, the 4th July 1910.
From— Lieutenant A. T. Wilson, I.A., His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul for
Arabistan,
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 Persan Gulf, Bushire.
I have the honour to forward copies of such letters as I have been able to
unerath from the archives of this Consulate in regard to the Marghil case, and
the connection of the Mohammerah authorities with the apprehension of sus
pects in regard thereto.
2. There is, I believe, nothing in the Bushire 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 record on the
subject, and as the action of the Shaikh in regard to the case has recently been
called into question, I have thought it desirable to submit to you all the docu
ments on the subject available.