"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٥‎٢‎٤] (١٧٨٢/١٦٧٩)

1524
Among the victims of this year was the " Haripasa ^ of Jamnagar an
Indian State, which was attacked near Fao on the 19th September had
four men killed and three wounded and was plundered of property worth
Rs. 3,4U0. The robbers in this instance appeared to be Nassar Ka'ab
>f the Persian bank; and after some enquiries had been made by the
Mudirof Fao, the Turkish authorities repudiated all responsibility
The Shaikh of Muhammareh, on his part, showed a strong disinclination
to take action, and only one arrest was made under his orders.
In none of the above eases was any satisfaction obtained, the Tur
kish and Persian authorities invariably trying to cast upon each other
the responsibility for each fresh outrage.
This unsatisfactory state of matters obliged the British representatives
at Basrah and Muhammareh to insist that the local authorities at those
places should take effectual measures for policing the river. The result
was the establishment, during 1896, of posts at which native vessels
could anchor iorthe night in safety, and the introduction by the Tur
kish and Persian authorities of nocturnal patrolling by armed boats.
The posts instituted on the Turkish side were at Sangar, Shamshamiyah
Island, Kut-az-Zain, Ziyadiyah, Fao, and a place between Ziyadiyah
and h'ao; and half a company of Turkish regulars, under two officers,
were distributed over them, On the Persian bank posts were located at
Ilartheh, Juruf, Baraim, Shatait, Manyuhi and Qasbeh, as well as other
places; and strenuous injunctions were issued by the Shaikh of Maham-
mareh to the inhabitants of his river-bank villages to protect British
Indian sailing craft. In the autumn H. M. S. "Lapwing' 5 was
stationed in the Shatt-el-'Arab. These precautions, together with the
semblance of concerted action between the authorities on the opposite
banks which they produced, had an excellent effect; and after their
institution only a few unimportant cases of piracy were reported.
One serious crime occurred off the bar of the river, in which the master of
a vessel was killed, two traders were wounded, and goods and cash to the
amount of Rs. 3,000 were plundered ; but this was apparently before the
measures described above were taken. In December 1896 a Persian
boat from Dilam which went aground near Baraim was attacked, two or
three persons on board being more or less wounded and the cargo
looted ; but the only other complaint during the latter part of the year
teferred to a Kuwait vessel which was threatened or annoyed near
Oasbeh, but which apparently suffered no loss.
^Vo leparation was obtained in the two last mentioned cases, both of
which belonged to the Persian side.