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Mr. Robertson, the Assistant Political Agent at Basrah, had demanded ;
but they seetn to have been fruitless, the man having fled to the
marshes.
In October 188S two British Indian sailing vessels were attacked by 1888.
pirates at Ziyadiyah on the Turkish side of the river; three persons
were killed, two were wounded, and property to the value of Rs. 3,000
was carried off. Certain Turkish subjects were prosecuted in this case,
but were not convicted, the influence of the manager of certain Civil
List estates having been exerted in their favour.
The British Indian vessel ci Chaturpasa," a Batil from Kach, was
plundered on the 6th November 1889 near the island of Haji Salbuq,
all moveable property, including the cash and even the sails of the boat,
being taken ; one person was killed on board, and four were wounded.
In this case the pirates, about twenty in number, were stated to be
from the Persian bank ; but, though the Shaikh of Muhammareh took
steps to trace them, they were not discovered.
On the 12th December the " Daulatpasa/' another British Indian
sailing vessel, was stripped of all portable effects, including $T00 in specie;
but in this case there was no loss of life or personal injury. The scene
of the piracy was Khast; but none of the robbers, whose number was
about thirty, could be traced.
On the next day an unsuccessful attempt was made at the same place
on the British Indian Batil Fly/' and the offenders this time seemed
to belong to Turkish territory, but the Wali of Basrah maintained that
they were from Persia.
On the 13th September 1890 the <f Harsingha " and " Sukarpasa,"
owned bv British subjects resident at Gwadar, were plundered near
Baraim, a village on the Persian island of 'Abbadan by a gang of
about forty pirates, apparently from the Persian side. Two persons were
killed and three wounded; and all movables, among them cash to
the value of Rs. 860, were taken. There were two or three Turkish
soldiers and clerks on board, passengers from Fao to Basrah, but they
gave the crew no assistance against the robbers. In this instance the
Wali of Basrah and the Shaikh of Muhammareh each asserted that the
pirates belonged to the other's jurisdiction.
In 1895, within the Shatt-el-'Arab and in the vicinity of its month, 1895
Persian and Arab as well as Indian vessels suffered at the hands of
pirates ; and some of the attacks made were of a most savage and murder
ous character. One derelict was picked up containing only corpses.
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