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' [‎52r] (108/495)

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Demi-official, dated the Hth October 1910.
From—-His Majesty^ Consul, Basrah,
^ , ° Majesty s Consul, Mohammerah.
informato^^lLve'rcceiYcd^hMe'tonds^o^c^fr 8 ' the Mishri affair ' Th<
that Sulaiman Nazif before his confi !' m wllat y° u ^y- I understand
Fao to try to ananW for tif de P ar ture instructed the Kaimmakam at
are “ tab’oh,” i.e. fixtures on ° f j 16 °n- 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. to Fad aglua, as thej
having the right to half the dates aft cldtlvators from father to sor
and the fallafi have nl t ak en the dropped
themselves on Mishri W roLt ! , th S, r °" rn hands and revenged
of the Kaimmk^ perhaps7nthehtl S fl i dat jf't tT he wf n had the W%
countenanced these nroceedinirs An« a m ’ J' 111 t,le . latter could hardly have
people telegraphed to the Val? from Asshar” to Tt^ II ! ,0 ™ ialI °o here, Mishri’s
fracas took place, and asked him tn ,i * Bas rah, some days before the
heard they were soiZ fa h? t P a, ga , rden , s at Fad aghia, as they
their loss to be about 6 000 Turkish T irW . c ° m P to . th 0 Vilayat, stating
TJsr £ .H,rv =
I asked the Vali this mornim? if he had nnyr , ,
from Shaikh Khazahs people in thi! and he fid he Sd not S thev PP h°1
anything to do with it. I told him we were anxious to aid L, ; P 7 had
good relations with Mohammerah and if he had any comnlniaf P reservla o
about action in that quarter we sboulrl b^ o-l^ri ^ i ^ om plaint to make
information, the trouble was merely c^usS hy thc eieeted fXhs^m. ^
this was so. The Vali is, however, a Cretan andjas you Cw from old sclm^
days, Cretans are said to be liars He mav in nJrW • i h001
views and be unwilling to tell them to me as he no doubtTsLsts me^l
bear from outside, but this is mere rennrt fbnf utuibirusTS me. 1
^i. ™ .1 m™, o, it i-rut ‘is;*
asking him to recover the dates. You wih no doubt be able to find out ff
any such letter was written It may be wholly untrue, and the Vali mav not
be the disingenuous person I am asked to believe him to be He ^rtainW
made no complaint against Mohammerah to me when I broached the subieh
this morning, but it was not a very favourable moment for discussing ^
matter as I was paying: him an nflfWl vriaif ^ n&
official visit of congratulation
matter as I was paying him an
occasion of the Sultan’s birthday.
My dragoman is collecting all the information he can, and
-Momam has returned, we shall soon hear what the Turkish ieuort
question contains.
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Extract from a demi-official letter from Hi, Majesty’, Consul, Hasral, to Hi, Majesty’,
Consul for Arahistan, dated the 26th October 1910.
. 1 fact that a letter has not been sent to the Shaikh is a r>ood
sign, at least I hope so. The Turks are of course capable of any breach of
colpiaint fet 7 tMnk the7 WOuld attack V without making I
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