File 3516/1914 Pt 17 'German War: Persia; general' [‎15r] (34/370)

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beware of makmg any trouble: it will b? discussed with the British Minister’
Tehran. ” th<! h ° USeS ° f pe0ple ’ the y would certainly send their troops to’
8 avtm h thev P ftir^S ister %^ adn 00 /u erC0Ursebutt0 answer this - TIle y will
say till they die ^ Haye patience ; the necessary steps will be taken.” ^
But the British wnthout reason and without any effect have hauled down
to^haTit d C o ° n tJ Sn ^ ° f the flaSstafE - Wha ‘ ? 00d was its hoisting that
to haul it down would have an effect ? The Persian Government is in the
same case as the letterin’’ at the end of Arabic words (“ nan-i-tanwin ”1
which comes into account, but is not apparent. V ’
. Now too, whatever His Excellency the 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. may lament and say
it is 3 ust the same as we have seen before. It was necessary for us to
submit so that this might be laid bare to the whole Persian Nation, and
tnat it should not be said that so and so have personal ffruda^es. Fifty days
have now passed, and we have got tired of talking and receiving replies. We
could,, overlook it for another month : but it will be the same old “ necessary
steps from Tehran. The British will go on in the same way as now, while
we have not the least hesitation in fighting them, for the reason that it had
never happened that ye were without our fighting amongst ourselves, which
w'as far more severe and worse than fighting with them.
1 raise God, by the grace of God, from the day we began fightino* with
them all those who had killed each other’s brothers and fathers are on friendly
terms with each other, so that they might be thought to be from one father,
and to have drunk the milk of one mother.
In our enmity against the British this has been one great gain so that
with all delight and pleasure we are willing as long as we live to fight them
night and day.
We wanted to speak in the name of both the Government and the Nation
so that we might expose British policy to the Nation, though God is witness
that they know well and are not blind, while we consider overselves, and still
consider ourselves, one of the most ignorant of Persians. We keep in mind
the kindnesses of the 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. and will have patience for a little, so that he
might not think that so and so did not allow him to settle down in his
Governorship.
Sub-Enclo. 3 to Serial No. 203.
Letter (undated) received by band November 9th, 1915.
From— Zair Khidhar Tangistani,
To— Haji Ewaz Kurdawani (Ziegler’s Employe), Busbire.
Y our are in good health. 130 days have passed up to this time without
my having any news from you at all. Through fear of Mr. Chick you have
not remembered me and rendered me glad for 4 months and 10 days. In short,
the coming of the 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. has had no effect other than a ridiculous piece of
cloth on the flagstaff. Please convey my statement to His Excellency saying
“ if we had told you not to go to Bushire because to-day is the beginning of
our fighting, the whole Nation, Your Excellency and the Ministers, under
compulsion, would have thought that we were slightly to blame at the begin
ning of the fighting, or else that we had some self-interested motives, or that
we had begun resistance at the request of another.”
On the day when the German Consul, the merchants and the woman
were arrested in our neutral land, we communicated an ultimatum to the
English, up till then we did not know Wassmuss at all. If formerly it was
plain to all Persians that England and Kussia have sent their troops into the
land of Persia, and have totally destroyed the powers of the Persian Govern
ment, and though the Ministers at Tehran, perforce used to say “ What is the
matter ” and used to feign deafness and dumbness, yet _we are not obliged to
see with our eyes and hear with our ears and say “ There is nothing the matter. ”