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[October 31.]
Section 5.
ASIATIC TURKEY A ND ARABIA.
CONPIDENTIAL.
/39464] No. 1.
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(No 769 ) Cj ' L ° Wther t0 Sir Edward Grey.—(Received October 31.) U A ^
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I have, &e.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
/at err \ Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther. ]
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W7TTTT r. r j.t_ . . , Russorah, September 28, 1910.
1 /Tw r ^ ere “ ce , to the piratical attack on a Koweit sailing vessel reported in my
despatch of the 15th September last, I have the honou? to transit copy
Sn r /wherder, nt fl- mh r HiS , Ma j eSt y’ S Aoti “g C - lsul Mohammeraht
occurred on the ISth Fe^uary and /th'^rcriar 07 ° a8eS ’ WhiCh are t0 haV6
the Utf Se^e 11 ^ 68 ? 6 ?’ th6 Pol ! tic , al A S ent at Koweit, in a letter to me No. 548 of
committed on ’ re ? 0r i e 1 d . l ° f the P irates connected with the piracy
Amrus One Ofthet Sah , h -. bl “- Ha J ri were “'rested in Koweit on the 18th
° ® of ‘J 1 ® 86 . has turned informer and has given all details of the case. It is
sa d the ptrates ail belong to villages near Dawasir on the Shatt-el Arab, and are
br!ng°the remaini^g^meri.’^ 0 ^ amUiera ^' Mubarak haS des P ateh ®d *"'0 boats to
Information regarding the authors of piracies in these districts is invariably con-
icting, and the inhabitants of either side the river always try to throw the responsibility
on the r neighbours of the opposite side. If the Turkish authorities are Lxious to
£,™- , t u . lt the P Irat es come from Persia, the Persian authorities are equally fervent in
their desire to prove that they come from Turkey. As the riverain Arate on both
sides have been .addicted to piracy ab antique, it is difficult to know whom to believe
when it comes to a question of the credibility of their evidence. The She kh of
Mohammerah s soreness in the matter is easily understood. Perhaps the retirement of
the vah from Bussorah may serve as balm to his feelings, and may lead to a better
entente with his successor in prosecuting a search for the “ incorrigibles,” who still clino-
to the piratical habits of their forefathers. a ’ Clm £
I have, &c.
F. E. CROW.
My dear Crow,
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Acting Consul Wilson to. Consul Crow.
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Mohammerah, September 20, 1910.
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YU UK letter of the 8th regarding piracies, asking for details, as you can aet no
earlier Answer. BuSS ° rah ° n theSe matters ' 1 re g ret tha * P^ss of work his prevented an
The following piracies are on record in this office
February 13—Nakhuda Kal Mohammed-bin-Abul Hassan, of Bushire a Persian
subject was pmated on the bar. No details of actual pirates sufficient to enable hem
to be identified were available. Loss about 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
il/arc/i 7^—Naklnida Jama-bin Sulaiman, owner of boat “ Saiyid Hasan-bin Savid
1 ^ g - L ° SS ab ° Ut 10 ’ 000 kranS ' incIudin S 600 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. calh '
[2930 hh —5]