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Major Trevor is at present the Governor of Bushire and any person
h-fl fOT Bombay aPP y t0 tl,e Eesidenc y- A11 th e English ladies have
The British have repented greatly of their action
so manv men.
on account of the loss of
There is a man at the Post Office and he opens and reads people’s letters •
if they contain any news, they are retained, if not, they are delivered after
some days to the addressees.
These are the occurrences of Bushire up to now, the 10th Shawwal (22nd
August), and we shall see what will happen later on. I hope to communicate
news to you then. You will certainly insert it in the paper, so that Muham
madans may weep a little for Bushire, although communication of news is
strictly prohibited.
Either death or independence.
Mtjlla Hassan Naddaf.
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No Cf. 354, dated Busbire, the 11th (received 19th) October 1915 (Confidential).
From —Major a. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with my telegram No. 627 C.,
dated 10th October 1915, I have the honour to forward herewith, for the
No. cf. 353 , dated tbe nth October isis. information of the Government of India, a
copy ot a despatch which I have sent to
His Majesty’s Minister on the subject of the appointment of His Excellency
the Darya Begi as Governor of Bushire, which the friendly Khans believe
with some show of reason to he due to intrigues of Shaikh Jaffar (of Shiraz)
and the hostile Khans at Borasjun.
No. Cf. 353, dated Bushire, the 11th October 1915 (Confidential).
From —Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Acting Consul-General,
To—C. M. Marling, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., His Britannic Maj’esty's Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Tehran.
With reference to my telegram No. 591, dated 30th September 1915, in
which I raised some objec
tions to the appointment of
tho Darya Begi to the Gov
ernorship of the Gulf Ports, I
have the honour to forward
herewith copies of the margin
ally-noted letters, &c., which
show the reasons for my ob
jections.
1 am afraid the correspond
ence is somewhat voluminous,
but I think it is worth read
ing. It begins with the
arrival of the Darya Begi at
Borasjun when he immediately
started writing threatening
letters to Haidar Khan of
Hayat Daud and wheedling
ones to Ismail Khan, with a
view to threatening the former and cajoling the latter into joining the
confederate Khans.
1. Letter from Darya Begi to Ahmad Khan, dated the 1st
September 915.
2. J.ettei*from Darya Begi to Haidar Khan, dated the 2nd
September i915.
3. Letter from 1'arya Begi to Ahmad Khan, dated the 2nd
September 1915.
4. Extract from letter from Muhammad Khan Hayat Daudi
to Ahmad Khan of izth September 19x5.
5. Telegram from Prime Minister to Ismail Khan, dated the
16th September 1915.
6. Lei ter from Shaikh Jaffar to Haidar Khan, dated the 21st
September 1915.
7. Letter from Ahmad Khan to Agha Muhammad Sadik, dated
the 23rd September 1915.
8. Exti act from a etter from Haidar Khan to Vice-Consul,
dated the 27th September 1915.
9. Extract, from a letter from Haidar Khan to Vice-Consul,
dated the 4ih October 1915.
Enclosure.-! to (9) —
(a) Kawnm-ul-Mulk to Darya Begi of 3rd October 1915.
(5; Asi-aduiia Khan to Shaikh Jaffar.
(c) Mustaufi-ul-Mamalik to Darya Begi, dated the 3rd October
1915.
(d) Kawam to Shaikh Jaffar, dated the 3rd October 1915.
Darya oegi to Ismail Khan of 2nd October 1915.
(/) Notice to Haji Luft Ali Khan.