"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٣‎٨‎٠] (١٧٨٢/١٥٣٥)

Affairs on
the Baghdad-
Kirmanshah
frontier,
1839-47.
1380
on all her cargo. Eventually, at the instance of the British Political
Agent at Baghdad, acting on a request from the British Minister at
Tehran, the Pasha consented to withdraw the vessel to Basrah and
issued peremptory orders on the subject.
In the end, Muhammareh having been awarded to Persia by the
Second Treaty of Erzeroum, Shaikh Jabir made his peace with the
Persian Crovernment, returned to Muhammareh, and obtained official
recognition as ruler of that place; but the ex -Shaikh Thamir never
regained his position as chief of the Ka'ab.
Of the state of matters on the frontier more to the northward, at this
time, only fitful glimpses are obtainable. In May 1843 the Pasha of
Baghdad ^ informed Colonel Farrant, then temporarily representing the
British Government as a Special Commissioner for frontier affairs at
Baghdad, that, in spite of precautions taken to prevent such occurrences,
a section of the great .laf tribe dependent on Sulaimamyah had made a
foray into Persia and plundered tribes there. The Pasha wrote to the
Governor of Sulaimanfyab to take immediate punitive and remedial
action, and Colonel Farrant also sent letters through the Persian Consul
at Baghdad to the same local Governor and to the Persian Valiof Sinnah
desiring them to keep their Kurds in order; but the result is not
recorded. In December of the same year the British Political Agent at
Baghdad, having resumed the supervision of frontier relations after the
departure of the Special Commissioner, reported that a portion of the
Jaf who bad emigrated to Persia had voluntarily returned to Turkey, so
removing a grave inconvenience; for the Turkish Government hail
demanded their extradition, which the Persian Government were not
prepared to concede. Petty acts of depredation continued to be commit
ted by the Kurdish tribes on the frontier, but they did not necessarily
im o vt setlous consequences, as the local authorities on both sides of the
border were able, if they pleased, to afford mutual redress without
any sacrifice of dignity, or injury to the interests of their respective
CTOvernments.
h 184-7, however, the Second Treaty of Erzeroum being as
ye uns^d, the situation had grown much worse. The British
oi ica gent at Baghdad reported that the tribes on the Persian side,
c( ^ ^ an, f accommoc k l tion, have now fairly thrown aside all
espec oi authority and are doing themselves justice in their own
S . aS 0 PP 01 tunity offers. Outrages and wholesale plunder,
accompanied by loss of life, are matters of everyday occurrence, and
in can hardly be restored without extensive military