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Everyone knows that all of them risked their lives, were ready to serve
and have not even for one moment neglected the discharge of their duties.
They have afforded the Government establishments all that is necessary for
assistance and support, as for instance a number of them has been sent to the
Police Department with a view to secure order, comfort and welfare for the
inhabitants of this town and in order that they may be on duty.
At present they are, indeed, rendering a real service, inasmuch as they
are allied with all the people and are of the same opinion with them.
At present they are sacrificing their lives for the maintenance of order in
Ears and its preservation. Gendarmes are the favourites of all the inhabitants
of Ears and we consider them as our real brothers and children.
It is incumbent upon every individual inhabitant of this town to pay
them due respect. Should it be heard and found out that any have contra
vened this, he will incur great censure and serious responsibility.
Ismail Kashqai, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Ashair. Ibrahim, Qawam-ul-Mulk.
Eath-ul-Mulk, ^awar.
Enclosure No. 2.
Translation of a letter from Ghazanfar-us-Sultaneh, Khan of Borasjun, to Hassan Khan
Tangistani, Bushire, dated the 17th Zi-Qaadeh 1334) ( = 16th September 1916),
Apparently you have again gone to Bushire and this going to Bushire of
yours is and will be cause for suspicion on the part of Zair Khidar and Shaikh
Hussain. I told you myself that they objected the first time you went and re
quested you not to go again : nevertheless you have done so and caused them to
be angrier than before. They have now sent a man especially asking me to
make you return, also to remove you from Chah Arabi and put you elsewhere
so that you may not be a neighbour of theirs. They also say that they have*
received intelligence from Bushire to the effect that you are lying when you
say you go there to see your mother and brother, you only go to see the
English, who have promised you money and ammunition to take secretly to
Chah Arabi, and having spread disaffection amongst the Tangistanis, to arrange
an attack on them (Zair Khidar and Shaikh Hussain). They have also
received a report that you are in constant attendance on the English
consulting them and making plans, &c., &c., while you neither consult me nor
consider the after effects. After all what have the English done for you in
the past that you should expect anything from them in the future ? It is very
surprising that you still shoot arrows at the target. At the time Zair Khidar
and Shaikh Hussain had not tested the English and were slightly afraid of
them, they paid them small attention. All those threats of the English to
turn them out and their attempts to ruin them, what did you get out of 5 it that
you should get anything now, when by the grace of God to-day they (Zair
Khidar and Shaikh Hussain) consider themselves the victors, and have not
the slightest fear. My dear one “ why should a wise man do things which he
will regret afterwards ’’? Although you know they objected to your first visit,
in connection with which I have not yet appeased them, you go ao-ain and
give them opportunity to talk and get me into trouble. You know I cannot
dissociate myself from them. Why have you gone to Bushire without consult
ing me ? Of course you must return at once and apologise to Zair Khidar
Khan and Shaikh Hussain Khan and must not delay at all leaving Bushire at
once, otherwise it will be a cause of complaint.
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No. 1092, dated Quetta, the 28th September 1916 (Confidential).
From—The Hon'blb Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. Ramsay, K.C.I.E., C.S.I. A°*ent
to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, ’
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of
India, a copy of a memorandum by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Sarhad, giving details