'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1870' [‎352r] (710/798)

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cably or before the Arab Governor, who appears to hoist an Arab or
a Persian flag, according as there may or may not be a Persian force
or official in his town. The Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. failing, the Assistant
Resident at Bassidore draws up a tabular statement of the cases, and,
failing to find any Foreign Agent, submits the statement to me. I, in
turn, communicate it to Teheran ; the Minister urges on the Central
Government the necessity of settlement; the Central Government send
instructions to the Provincial Government at Shiraz ; the Shiraz Go
vernment, aware that there is no Foreign Agent at Lingah, depute what
is called a “ mohassil ” (or Government messenger) ; the “ mohassil
arrives and departs. It appears that nine successive mohassils have
thus come and gone, and I have at length, and as a last resource, had
to detach my only Assistant with instructions to reside at Lingah
until he can report either that the cases are settled, or else that
settlement is impracticable.
To take another instance. It has happened at Bunder Abbas
(when this port was leased by the Muscat State) that there was a
Persian Foreign Agent. The brother of the Foreign Agent assaults
the Master of a British vessel; the Master complains to the Arab
Governor. The Arab Governor is afraid to act because the offender
is brother to the Persian Foreign Agent. The case is then referred to
me. I submit it to Teheran, but the Minister declines to interfere on
the ground that “Persia exercises no jurisdiction in that port, and he
“ considers it unadvisable, in a political point of view, that she
“ should be called upon to exercise authority on occasions like
“ that under notice in the harbours farmed to the Imaum of
“ Muscat.”
To take an instance or two at Bushire. The Foreign Agent
complains at 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. , on behalf of a Persian subject, against
an English one. The case is inquired into. The English subject
informs 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. that he is instructed by his official superior
“ to pay no attention to communications made through 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. .”
This contempt is reported to the Minister, who replies that u the
“ question of consular jurisdiction is under consideration.” To take
a miscellaneous instance:—The Director of the Marine Telegraph
requires a small room of eight feet square for testing. I apply to the
Foreign Agent for permission to erect it. The Foreign Agent says he
must apply to Shiraz. The authorities at Shiraz reply, they must
receive authority from Teheran, and that I should apply to the
Minister. I telegraph to the Minister, who telegraphs that the Central
Government will not move unless after communication with the local
authorities. I again apply to the local authorities, who again apply
upwards, until I have again to telegraph to the Minister, who then,
it seems, was requested to ask, “ Why is a separate room required
“ outside the town ?” Meantime the Telegraph Director steams off.
and the room is unbuilt to this day.
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