File 757/1909 'Persian Gulf:- Turkey and Turkish aggression (Occupation of Zakhnuniyeh Island. Attitude in piracy cases. Mudirs at Zubara, Odaid and Wakra) British Relations with Turkey in Persian Gulf' [‎51v] (107/495)

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2. I beg to enclose copies of further correspondence on the subject, in
Consul to Ministere No. 1194-91, dated 26th
October 1910.
Consul, Basrah, to Consul, Mohammerah, dated
24th October 1910.
Consul, Basrah, to Consul, Mohammerah, dated
26th October 1910.
Consul, Mohammerah, to Consul, Basrah, dated
25th October 1910.
Consul, Basrah, to Consul, Mohammerah, dated
26 th October 1910.
amplification of my above telegram.
3. The Mar mar is, which returned to
Basrah on the 24th, passed Moham-
merah on her way down river at 10-30
a,m., on the 26th. I have, up to the time
of writing, no further information as to
her doings.
4. The Shaikh, who is at Ahwaz, on hearing of the attack on Mishri’s
property at once wired to Mirza Hamzah to impound all dates found on the
Persian side of the river which there might be reason to suspect of having been
looted from the Eadaghia lands, and to comply with any legal demands that
the Turks might make for the arrest of Arabs, accused of complicity in the
outrage, who might have taken refuge in Persian territory.
5. I am informed that the gunboat Marmaris, on the 22nd and 23rd,
landed parties of soldiers at several points down the Turkish shore, and
attempted to find the various headmen and interrogate them, but found that
they had all prudently absented themselves, and that their whereabouts were
unknown. Naghaimish in particular, with the bulk of his tribe and all his
family, has disappeared for the moment.
6. It is stated that he even went so far as to send a sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. to near Saihan
to cut the telegraph line there so as to prevent the officials at Eao from wiring
to Basrah for reinforcements.
7. Mr. Consul Crow’s letter of 24th instant confirms in general the
version of the affair which I gave in my letter No. 1175, of the 22nd instant,
though I was unaware that Sulaiman Nazif, the late Yali, had taken a
personal part in arranging for the return of the old fallahs Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. . His action
confirms in a striking way Shaikh Khazal’s defence of Muhamad-al-Kanan’s
action in April 1910, which was the cause of the attack on Zain by the Turks.
8. I am sending copies of this letter to His Majesty’s Minister, His
Majesty’s Consul, Basrah, and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait.
9. A robbery accompanied by the murder of two persons, with two
severely wounded, took place in Basrah on the night of the 24th instant. It is
supposed to have been instigated by the family of Mishri, in order to raise
resentment against the Shaikh, against whose door it will be laid, and in order
to spur the Yali to some violent action.
10. The Shaikh has wired to Haji Rais to take the advice of His Majesty’s
Consul in regard to all action proposed by him in regard to the recent
occurrence, and to do nothing without his sanction.
PRECIS.
Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks. Eorwards correspondence regarding
renewed troubles between—
No. 1194—91, dated Mohammerah, the 26th October 1910.
From— Lieutenant^ A. T. Wilson, His Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul for
Arabistan,
To— Sir George Barclay, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., etc., etc., etc., Tehran.
In amplification of the telegraphic correspondence which has been
Resident, proceeding on the subject of the renewed
(1) Consul, Mohammerah, to
No. 1175, of 22nd October 1910.
(2) Consul, Basrah, to Consul, Mohammerah,
demi-official, 24th October 1910.
(3) Consul, Basrah, to Consul, Mohammerah,
demi-official, 25th October 1910.
(4) Consul, Mohammerah, to Consul, Basrah,
demi-official, 25th October 1910.
(5) Telegram, Consul, Mohammerah, to Resident,
No. 1190, 25th October 1910.
troubles between the Shaik and the
Yali of Basrah, I have the honour to
forward copies of the marginally noted
letters which have passed in this regard
up to date between this office and 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. ,
and His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah.