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that the arrival of the sons of the Kavani would lead to a fight and the lives of
Europeans would be endangered. On the same day th e Kavamis addiessed
Mr. Orahame a letter, in which they accused the late British Agent of aiding the
Laris, which, however, he denied. On the 3rd November the Ooveinor,^ Nizam-es-
Sultaneh, left for Tehran, having spent the previous week in the late British Agent’s
garden outside the town. Khabir-ed-Dowleh, Deputy Governor, informed Mr. Grahame
that the Lan Seyed had produced a letter or letters from Nizam-es-Sultaneh showing
that the latter had himself called in the Seyed. On the 8th November the sons of the
Kavam arrived, and on the 10th Isovember the Chief of the Kashgais withdrew. The
situation has since been calmer. Robberies, however, continue to^ take place, several
having been committed near the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . A telegram has just been leceived
from His Majesty’s Consul that some of his servants have been brutally attacked
by Kashgais.
The country round Shiraz is also in a very disturbed condition, and the roads to
Bushire and Ispahan are infested with robbers, those to the south being Kashgais.
A servant of Lieutenant Black, who left Shiraz a few hours after his master to catch
up the caravan, was robbed within sight of the caravan by a Kashgai horseman ol notes
belonging to the Imperial Bank of Persia to the value of about 400/.
On the 3rd November Captain Heinicke, a German merchant of Shiraz, was
robbed within a quarter of an hour’s walk of the town. He was stripped of his clothes,
and all he and his servant had with them was taken. The robbers then mounted
their victims’ horses aud compelled their prisoners to walk ahead of them. Captain
Heinicke received a blow and fell, whereupon the robbers, Avho are believed to have
been Kashgais, made off, leaving him and bis servant and the horses. Captain
Heinicke made his way to the house of the Acting Russian Consul-General, who
telegraphed the facts to his Legation. His Majesty’s Consul, when informing this
Legation of this incident, urged that measures should be taken for the protection of
British subjects.
A British merchant living in Shiraz was recently fired at with a revolver, and it
appears to be quite unsafe for Europeans to go out after dusk.
Yezd.
The Governor has left the town, and the branch of the Imperial Bank has
telegraphed that their guard of native soldiers has deserted, leaving them unprotected.
Urgent representations are being made here on the subject.
Kashan.
A telegram has just been received from the signaller of the Indo-European
Telegraph Department at Kashan that a serious disturbance has broken out there, and
that much firing has taken place near the telegraph office, from which he was unable
to emerge on account of continued firing. This has also formed the subject of urgent
representations to the Persian Government.
Kcrrnanshah.
On the 22nd October some firing took place in the neighbourhood of His
Majesty s Consulate, several shots passing over it. Captain Haworth is of opinion
that the shots were fired with a view to getting him to report that the town was in a
disturbed state, and to prevent the return of Prince Seif-ed-Dowleh. In November
Zahir-ed-Dowleh was appointed Governor.
On the 25th October a Seyed assaulted an old Jew, a servant of the Israelite
School. I he brother of the Imam Jumeh, who was passing, joined the Seyed, the
soldiers of the Persian guard of the school coming to the rescue of the Jew. One of
the soldiers was struck with a stone by a servant of the Imam Jumeh’s brother, and the
servant in turn was beaten by the soldiers. M. Sagues had the man released, and wrote
to the Imam Jumeh asking him to investigate the matter. Meanwhile a crowd entered
the school, seized M. Sagues and dragged him to a mosque, threatening him with death.
The Imam Jumeh rescued him at considerable personal risk, and got him safely into
the house of the commander of the local troops. On the 29th M. Sagues, believing
that the Jewish quarter was to be raided, took refuge at His Majesty’s Consulate,
and remained there until Captain Haworth obtained a guarantee for his safety from
the Karguzar.
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