'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎158r] (346/534)

From- /llomtid ben i.&dul /.ziz, Chief of Lintn $
To - Lt-Colonel /..p, Trevor, C.S.I.> C.I.E.,
Deputy Political Ptesident, persien Gulf, Bushire
D^ted Gh^wv/tl 1338 (June 19P0).
A.C.
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I beg to inform you tbout &n incident which wes
brought about by those mischiefm^kers who htd no ri^ht to
do it. It is this: when I wes spying the evening preyers
in the month of RemEzen which is the time ^or worship those
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people, who numbered 10, went to the door of the fort,
entered it, fought;cEused much bloodshed End killed 7
persons including e womEn while none of them v/es wounded.
Then ShEikh KhEled ben /hmEd cEne End then 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.
i.gent who Esked them to be quiet. But they did not do this
End this mischief lested 4 days, on the 5th dEy, 1st
h ewwe1 , they were tightly pressed End wished to come down
End asked for sEfe conduct by is e ben Abdul LEtif, the
Government Agent. They came down on IsE f s sEfe conduct tnd
the mischiefmakers Ere with the Agent now. I do not wEnt
them to remain there long becEuse they creEted much mis
chief, shed the blood of the people End ruined the town,
End I request you to expel them from our plEces on Eccount
of this mischief.
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I hope to miintein the sEme policy which my predecessor
pursued. It is obvious thEt you will not Egree to this
End prevent disorder £s is described in detEiled books
which were seEled before His Fxecellency Lord Curzon,
Viceroy of India, in the D^btr held Et ChargEh in the
month of November 1903.
The Agent promised thEt they would return the g@ld
fw?\ &mi!mnition etc * which the y cErried from the fort End
that he would recover them End he returned* to me some of
the gold which T did not accept unless til of them were
given ba c i :#