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No. 2980, dated Bushire the 6th (received 15th) November 1910 (Confidential).
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—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter No. 2932, dated 30th October 1910, I have
the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India, a
copy of a despatch since received from
His Majesty’s Consul, Basrah, on the
^ , -nil., subject of the attack made by Arabs on
certain property near Padaghia belonging to Mishri.
Consul, Basrah, to Ambassador, Constanti
nople, No. 61, dated 26th October 1910.
No. 61, dated Basrah, the 26th October 1910.
From—F. E. Crow, Esq., His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Basrah,
To—His Excellency the Right Hon’ble Sir G. A. Lowther, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, Constantinople.
l,n.Z it I', refer ''? e t0 tele - ram Na 71 of tlle 25th mstant, I have the
onom to report as follows From information received here, which is
°i Ills Majesty’s Acting Consul at Mohammorah, Sulaiman
JNazit iiey, before his departure, instructed the Kaimakam of Fao to try and
rrri°. r ‘ t , ret ,'. lrn °l l lisllri ’ s ex P ellcd fellahs 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 his lands at Fadaghia,
as they were Paha, * e., fixtures on the land, and cultivators from father to
haying the right to half the harvest of dates. Your Excellency will
hiridmtT ^ th i e of these People by Mishri led to the Zain
Wn^if nV frA 1 ?" 1 ' » lshrl Was 0 PP 0sed to their return, and as Sulaiman
^ 6 ^^ter was dropped. The fellahs 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. in question, who were
nltti si •M F r 1 :- t00k . ^r f " se Wlth Na S llail nisli Ibrahim bin Naghaimish, a
i ,7 iai 1 1 J ln ^ a ^ a amer near Fao, who, Mr. Wilson says, was concerned
m me piracy of a, Persian boat on March 8 th, and, as they were not reinstated
they appear, with the support of Naghaimish, to have taken the law into
his date harvest ; 8 ^ COncertec * to exact compensation by robbing Mishri of
f A yoi' d ingto my information, Mishri’s people telegraphed to theVali
10 m Ashar to Basrah some days before October 18th and asked him to protect
heard the y were about to be attacked and
plundered, but the Yah seems to have taken no action on this telegram. The
gardens were attacked on Tuesday night, October 18th, by Arabs and a large
quantity of dates were stolen. On October 20 th the Kaimakam of Fao
icpoi ed the attack and said the dates had been carried- off in several boats to
the Persian side. The Mishris then put in a complaint to the Vilayat to the
same effect, stating their loss to be 6,000 Turkish liras (sic) and alleging that
the robbers numbered 500 persons (sic). Both these figures are no doubt
grossly exaggerated. Instructions were then given to the Marmaris to
proceed to the scene of the robbery and the vessel left on October 20 th with
about 30 gendarmes under a Colagasi, Shukri Efifendi, who was instructed to
enquire and report. On arrival at Fadaghia they heard some of the robbers
were still in possession, and several shots were tired in the air but, finding no
one there, the vessel left again for Fao.
i • jnecaBing on the Yali on October 24th on the occasion of the Sultan’s
mrtnday, 1 asked him if he had any cause to suspect support or instigation
from Shaikh Khazal s people in the attack and he said : “ Ummam,’’ i. e.,
1 do not believe so. “ The Shaikh was away at the time up the Karun and
tne attacx was made by the Arabs and was an ordinary affair for purposes
of robbery such as often occurs in the district.” The Yali distinctly gave me
^understand that he did not think the attack had any connection with
o ammerah. I then told him that, according to my information, the trouble
as cause iy ilishri s evicted fellahs 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. , but, if he had any reason to suppose it
was otherwise and had any complaint.to make in connection with it against
lammeiah, I should be glad to hear, as we were interested in the