ملف رقم ٣٤٥ لسنة ١٩٠٨ الجزء الثاني "المحمرة: الوضع. نزاع الشيخ مع والي البصرة. تقليد الشيخ وساماً. تجديد التطمينات للشيخ". [ظ‎‎٥‎٣] (٥٦٦/١١١)

your Excellency here in your palace at Eailiyah, and the pleasure of coming has been
greatly enhanced by the auspicious nature of my present errand.
I am commanded by His Majesty’s Government to announce to your Excellency
that my august Sovereign King Geprge V (may his kingdom endure) has been pleased*
t° confer on you the high honour of a Knight Commandership of the Indian Empire
. and I am on their behalf to present you with the insignia thereof.
This indication of good-will and esteem on the part of His Majesty’s Government
is conferred on your Excellency as a mark of their appreciation of your sustained efforts
to preserve order and security for trade in the districts under your control, and thereby
to assist the progress of civilisation and commerce. Unfortunately, as we all know
many districts in Persia have now for a long time been disturbed and trade routes
interrupted. It is therefore all the more a matter of congratulation to you that this.
region has not fallen into a similar plight.
With this short preface, I will proceed to present your Excellency with the said
decoration and in doing so 1 need only add the hope that you may long be preserved to
render loyal and patriotic services^to your own Government and to continue as in the
past, to promote the cordial relations which have long existed between the Sheikhs of
Mohammerah and the British Government, from the time of Sheikh Haji Jabir Khan
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
Terms in which his Excellency Sheikh Khazal Khan, Mohammerah, returned
thanks for his presentation with the Order of K.C.I.E. on October 15, 1910.
(English translation.)
Your Excellency,*
1 I EEL most grateful and proud at this indication of the favour of His Majesty
King George V (may his kingdom endure). Well aware as I am of the cordS
t k 10 wf f r d sll l cere .‘ r,e " dshl P «xmtmg between the British Government and my own
God that the Pride f • L d T n my bre , aSt With this au g ust decoration, and I pray
, ■ , aln ° e y friendship between the two Governments may be steadfast and
nduring, and that the Almighty may ordain that I should render service and devotion
in JZ Z “t U> ™ ent ’ 80 * hat ^ «uch means and by preservation of order and security
• *be llmit s and dependencies of my jurisdiction the safety of the trade routes and of
British (CernmZTtoZnTncrLTn a g de^ SUre<1 ’ ^ 1 ^ the a PI' , ' oval of the
my most"smTer^thZks tolht ’G^mZen^ToZfhJ’ o’^tT U f
conferred on me. government for the great distinction now
Enclosure 5 in No. 1.
Consul-General Cox to the Sheikh of Mohammerah.
(After compliments.) 7 ,,, 7 , ^
. 1 HAVE the honour to intimate personally and in triwThlY/am Iirfh
inform your Excellency that whatever change f 1 a ^ thorlse d to
Government of Persia, and whether it U P . r y + a ^ e x J ) a . ce b n f orm fhe
Government will be prepared to afford v ?7 a lst or Nationalist, His Majesty’s
satisfactory solution in the event of any eZZa^hZZZbv theT^ ^ ° btainin S a
your jurisdiction and reeoo-nised rio-his .. ent ' . e , ' rsla| i Government on
they will safeguard you to the best of their IhZ “ Persia - Iu like manner
foign PowerLr agLnst any eucrlchmenT by su^Z W attack b 7 a
and recognised rights or on your property in 7 Persia Th = 7 Sa ' d J url . sdl c tlon
yourself, and are intended to extend t-,. .. y in’ , ese assu rances are given for
shall „ 0 ; have failertrobserve ^ 80 •“"g you and they
shall continue taJje acceptable to your tribesmen tZb 8 tb ® central Government, and
Mftjesty’a i » jjffi SAg* f, S *«“ «“
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
British Resident in the Persian Gulf.
feimply as a matter of etiquette he
uses same style as I used to him. P. Z. C