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natural result, yet this inconvenience and expenditure has fallen —
However, 1 am aware of your kind regards, and I will bear with it.
Shaikh Ibrahim has come to Ishknan. As he has pud his revenue into
the Finance Department of the Gulf Ports, contrary to the usual procedure,
it has been arranged that he should pay it here and get it refunded from the
Finance Department of the Ports. Your Excellency will, of course, order
that his money he refunded to him.
As regards Bandar Chiru and Hinderahi Island, inasmuch as the inter
ference of the Hammadis in the districts of Obeidali, in view of their old
hostility to one another, will disturb the peace of Shibkhu and make it difficult
to collect the revenue, and cause me trouble and expenses, it is arranged
that there should only be a representative of Soulat-ul-Mulk in that place,
who is to suppress any trouble or quarrel between them, so that _ the people
may be at ease. I have sent Mulla Ahmad, Kalantar of Paramarzi, there, as
he was introduced to me by Soulat-ul-Mulk. I have stated this for Your
Excellency’s information.
I will give permission to Satwat-ul-Mamalik to return to Lingah in a
few days’ time.
Sub-Enclosure No. o.
Dated the 19th Jamadi I 1335 (13th March 1917).
jrjon! Shaikh Allak Hammadi (cousin of Shaikh Ibrahim Hammadi),
To—His Excellency Darya Begi, Governor of the Gulf Ports.
I heo- to state that His Excellency Kawam-ul-Mulk is proceeding towards
Gaoband?, and stayed at Ishknan for some days, whence he sent two or three
letters to my cousin, Haji Shaikh Ibrahim, instructing the latter to go and
see him. My cousin informed 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. at Lingah, and 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. -
replied that he should of course go and see Kawam-ul-Mulk, because the
latter was on friendly terms with the British authorities. Now that my
cousin has gone to Ishknan, and taken the receipts for the revenue with him,
His Excellency Kawam-ul-Mulk has told him that he would not agree to
Shaikh Ibrahim having paid the sum of 2,000- tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. into the Finance
Department of Bushire. He ordered Shaikh Ibrahim to pay 2,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. on
account of the revenue, and 4,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. as a fine. My cousin, Shaikh
Ibrahim, is now in detention while some sowars of Kawam-ul-Mulk and some
from Soulat-ul-Mulk have been sent to take possession of the fort of Chiru, and
hand it over to Shaikh Ahmad Obeidali. Some more sowars have been ordered
to demolish all the forts of the districts of Hammadi and Badui, with the
assistance of Soulat-ul-Mufk and Satwat-ubMamalik. My cousin has been
ordered to pay 6,000 tumans, he is still in detention, and has been off towards
Gaobandi by Kawam-ul-Mulk, and will be released on payment of 6,000
tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
I beg Your Excellency to he kind enough to use your influence that this
money should not be taken from us, and to save us from this highhandedness
on the part of Kawam-ul-Mulk.
We are greatly astonished that Shaikh Mazkur and Shaikh Abdullah
Oheidali, who are guilty in the eyes of both Governments, have been shown
kindness, and have received khalatSt while we, who are rendering sincere
services to both, are being ill-treated and mulcted in fines. It appears that
His Excellency Kawam-ul-Mulk and Soulat-ul-Mulk and Satwat-ul-Mamalik
are your hitter enemies, when they have made such unjust claims against us.
Sub-Enclosnre No. 6.
Dated the 23rd Jamadi I 1335 (I7tk March 1917),
From— Shaikh Allak Hammadi (cousin of Shaikh Ibrahim Hammadi),
To—His Excellency Darya Beqi, Governor of the Gulf Ports, Bushire.
His Excellency Kawam-ul-Mulk has visited Gaobandi to collect the
revenue, and the sowars, who had been sent by Kawam-ul-Mulk and Soulat-ul-
Mulk to take possession of the iort of Chiru, and demolish the forts of the