ملف رقم ٣٤٥ لسنة ١٩٠٨ الجزء الثاني "المحمرة: الوضع. نزاع الشيخ مع والي البصرة. تقليد الشيخ وساماً. تجديد التطمينات للشيخ". [و‎‎١‎٣‎٦] (٥٦٦/٢٧٦)

Examination of Marjan alias Mulla Matuq.
Prisoner was warned by the Sardar Arfa that the only way he could get
out of his present difficulty was by the assistance of the British, and that he
could only gain that by telling the whole truth regarding the affair at Kut
Firang. Prisoner swore that he would tell all he had heard from them, and
stated that he was not at Kut Firang, that he left them and went to Neshwa,
they went to Bagayet. A negro, whose name he does not know, went to them
and told them that his wife was cook to some Christians at Kut Firang, and
she told her husband that there was money there, and he came to meet them
and they went to Bagayet to the house of Sanafi. The men were—
Aidan and Sinaisil, sons of Sinaifi.
Hadel, their slave.
Abdulla Lughlaiti of Zairaiji.
• Baraiyij from Kut Haji Mansur in the Shatt-el-Arab district.
This man has an alias but the prisoner does not know it.
Ajwaisim the Bahreini, ibn Muhammad of Abu Mughaira.
Juwaisim el Mamur, a malak of Abu Mughaira.
2 bellamchis, names not known, in the employ of Haji Muhsin
Sanaiyid at Abu Mughaira.
There were 16 in all. Asked for other names, he said—
Wadi-bin-Sultan of Abu Busairi.
Dhwaihi, slave of Mutair of Abul Khasib—now with Haji Subhan.
Arrar, a negro slave of Muhaisin, calls himself Mulla Muhammad and
is with Haji Sabhan.
Sulaiman, a negro slave in the employ of Salih bin Haji Sabhan.
Asked what plunder there was, he replied:—
Two breech-loading guns, clock, clothing, coats, etc., no money, only 2 or 3
liras. The clock was the share of Dhwaihi, one gun of Arrar the other gun of
Sulaiman. There were no Madan. All joined Haji Subhan in his late expedi
tion to Hawizeh; they sold one coat at Hawizeh. He does not know about
the rest of the booty as he remained at Hawizeh, he believed it was sold at the
Amara district.
Examination of Mashaiyil.
Brother of Marjan. Swears that he never left Hawizeh and knows noth
ing except that his brother was with the gang on the road, but not at Kut
Firang.
(Enclosure No. 20 ).
No. 8. '
Mohammerah ;
June 2nd, 1906 .
Mr. Consul McDouall to Mr. Grant Duff.
Sir,
With reference to your No. 2 , of the 9 th May, regarding the murder of
Messrs. Lynch, Brothers’ engineer near Basrah, I have the honour to report