The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad [‎546v] (10/20)

Question.
Answer.
yourself went to Feki Yoosef s house,
did you buy barley ?
It is understood from your answer
that in the affair of Zabtieh you were
standing near the mill, your com
panions Syud Ka^im, Syud Wali, and
Mahomed had gone after the Zabtieh.
Is this the truth ?
When you were coming from the
Persian territory to these places your
companion, Syud Kasim, had one pair
of pistols, one spear, and a kameh.
Syud Wali had only a pair of pistols
and Mahomed also had a pair of pis
tols and a spear, and yourself had a
gun. Is it so ?
When your companions, Syud
Kasim, Syud Wali, and Mahomed re
turned from the road and came to
you and the troops came upon you,
your companion Syud Kasim fired
two pistols upon the troops, but did
not hit any one; you also had pointed
your gun towards the troops and told
them “ dont came upon me or I will
fireupon this, one of the shots
fired by the troops hit Syud Kasim
and killed him, and another one also
hit the palm of your left hand and
Abounded it; upon this your compa
nions ran away and you were seized.
It is so ?
Did not you say, when you first
met Syud Kasim on the lanzroo
mountain, he told you.—“ Come and
ride this spare animal that I have
with me, whatever may fall into my
hands I will give you, otherwise I
will give you 5 or 10 karans ?” What
did he mean ? What sort of thing did
he expect to fall into his handstand
from what place ?
You say “ I was a mulazem in the
Begzadeh Taboor.” When a man en
joying rank under a government and
is an officer, will he accompany a
a brigand like Syud Kasim, who has
been a notorious highway robber, for
the sake of 5 or 10 karans ? Does
this suit the character of a soldier ?
No you did not come for this. A
mulazem will not accept such a thfoo- •
you are lying. This does not suit the
character of a soldier—a soldier will
tell the truth and be firm to his
word.
the road, and told me the story as I said,
and I had bought the said barley two
or three days before that day from Beki
Yoosef.
No, Sir, it is not so. I was not with
them.
It is so, no more than this.
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When the troops came to us Syed
Kasim fired two pistols at the troops,
I also turned my gun towards them
saying— £ ‘ I will fire at you.” The shots
fired by the troops hit Syud Kasim and
killed him, and one also hit the palm
of my hand and wounded it, and they
seized me. This is what occurred.
Syud Kasim having been formerly
a Yoozbashi here, afterwards went to
Persia. He told me that “ I am now
goin to Syud Hussein’s house, and if I
become Yoozbashi again will give you
5 or 10 karans, otherwise will give you
5 or 6 kerans. Por this reason I came.
It is seven years that nothing has
fallen to my hands. I became poor, and
I came for that reason.
No, I am not lying. lam telling the
truth.
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