File 3516/1914 Pt 14 'German War: Persia; general situation' [‎92v] (189/532)

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For tlie last 4 nights some religions men have proceeded every night to
ransack the houses of the British even though the paths are barred, and many
outposts have been erected. They went one night to the house of the Manager
of the Bank and took away all the articles available there; and also 4 horses,
2 donkeys and 2 mules belonging to the xManagers of Gray Paul & Co. They
ripped up the stomachs of 2 out of the 4 Indian sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. and took away 2 with
themselves. They went to the house of the Manager of the Bank on another
night, took away many articles and killed 3 Indians. They attacked the
Malik’s house, which is the camp of the British troops, killed 35 Hindus, and
carried away 12 men with them. However much the officers called to their
men to fire, the rifles dropped from the Hindus’ hands through fear. It
shows great bravery and enterprise that 10 or 12 men should proceed to a
place where there are guns and which is the camp of troops and oppose more
or less 2,000 Hindus, while not a single man of themselves should be hurt!
There is now not a single foreigner outside the town ; they atl have had to
come to town through fear. The foreigners said to the B.esidency :—“When
you have landed so many troops, guns and munitions, and have closed all access,
how is it that you are unable to prevent a band of 12 Tangistanis from worry
ing us ? What force is this, then ? ” The Resident replied “ I am at a loss
to know by which way they come in, when I have closed access by all the
paths.”
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. has been arresting people for the past 3 days and sending
them to Ahmednagar in India. Some men who were formerly friends of the
Germans and who talked evil of the British were arrested 3 days ago. At
present the persons arrested are : Karblai Ghulam Reza Attar, Agha Bashi
Bazzaz, Seyyid Safa and son Shah Nasri Agha Ali Akbar f Haberdasher and
Aglsa Abdul Hussain Kazzaz. Some other men who held the same opinions as
these persons and whom 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. intended to arrest, left Bushire at
once. 1 am too pressed for time to give a full description of the state of these
persons, io be brief, they had ropes round their necks, and were taken
to prison at the butt-ends of the rifles and in great humiliation wffiile their
wives were crying and weeping after the manner of the family of Imam
Hussain. These poor ladies were thrown on each other by the Hindus with
the butt-erds of their rifles. They were all crying aloud and it was like the
day of Ashura. Indeed it was a grievous spectacle to see. Oh God! I ask
you in the name of the Holy Five that no Mussulman should live to see such
a day !
x ^ owever they sent these men to Basrah, where they issued a notice saying
u of war ca P tured at Bushire and that they had killed
a ou » Tufangchis at Bushire. These were the pro-Germans whom I
mentioned. Long live Persia, Turkey and Germany, and long live Unitv ?
Ibey were sent to Bombay after a week and we will see what fate will be meu
out to them, poor fellows.
There has been fighting in progress at Dilwar for the last 3 days. (Dih
is a very small port whose Khan is Rais Ali.j It has been bombarded f
mg ^ i b ^ v 4 m ^-of-war. Rais Ali with 20 men were in the hill; ic
ou 0 t them (the British)^ Rais Ah then deceived them and hoisted a w
SjjL S xw\ th f t 1 h 1 e 1 landed about 1,300 men with war mater t
from 4, dflPQ nor a11 ^nded, Rais Ah with his 20 men opened fire on them
T ]a J S : deS kl b2 o men mcludmg 2 officers of very high rank, who had
^ - the ° ccu P ation of Basrah, and the remaining
and°mTnv rhlp s ^ Plam * ultimatel y Three machine guns
of Rafs A1 Mav P ™ DSlderable su PP!y <** Provisions fell into the hands
t tiais Ah. (May God keep such persons m good health !)
n ^ *- e t W a »° sor ne men from the countrv proceeded to Subzabad
fire R wben nt tL qUartei ’ S ’ ^ farsalih ’ s distarl <!e from Bushire, audset'iton
tb6y Agha Khalil’s house and
In vW ofTht S eS !f tS 3 g , rie J ous s P ectaele and the people are sore grieved.
In view of the situation and the occupation of the town, many people have
gone to Mohammerah. If this continues, the foundation of Buto will soon