'File No. II/8 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Turkish Arabia. Nov '07 --' [‎26v] (52/110)

19. {Vide para. 7, January 1908.) In
Attack on Mr. d. a telegram to Sir N.
Fraser “Times of India” O’ Conor dntpri 9Qth
correspondent near v>u11ui j uaiea zytn
Urfa in the Mosul December 1907, His
^ Ilayet * Majesty’s Consul at
Aleppo reported that, at the time of the
attack, Mr. Fraser was travelling without
Zaptiehs. According to an account of the
affair given by the two Moslem muleteers and
the Greek servant who accompanied Mr.
i raser, the party were met by a mounted
Arab, who agreed to lead them to Ibrahim
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , but, on failing in his attempt to extort
payment, shot Mr. Fraser at one of the halts,
wounding him in the left hand and right arm!
He also robbed him of nis effects and £17
in cash.
On the 11th February, the Political
Resident in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. reported that
Dr. Yischer of Urfa was taking Mr. Fraser
as far as Aleppo.
20. On the 23rd December 1907,
Affairs on the Turco- 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.
£ao 8 rwSoa Uar frOD ? Turkish A ™bia
ported that there
a feeling of unrest abroad, and that he
heard, from a trustworthy source, that it
the intention of the Turks to strengthen
military position all along the frontier from
Fao to Wazna. Pertev Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was also said
to be on his way to Baghdad from Salonika
with a number of cannon and officers. On
the 25th January, the Resident reported that
3 guns, 200 cavalry and 200 boxes of ammu
nition had lelt Baghdad for Kkanikin, and
that the Wali of Pusht*i-Kuh was said to
have collected about 12,000 men on the fron
tier near Amara. The Resident was however
of opinion that nothing definite would be
done by Turkey until the arrival of Pertev
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
the
in
re-
was
had
was
the
On the 27th of January, the Resident
reported that he had been visited on the
20th by Nazem Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. who endeavoured at
some length to reassure him as to the
military measures above reported, by represent-
mg them as due to routine redistributions of
armament.