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File 3208/1908 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Dayir pirates (coast of Persia)’ [62r] (61/330)
The record is made up of 163 folios. It was created in 1904-1908. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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telegrams passed betv/een the Resident, the Charge d*Affaires
at Teheran, etc., etc.. Major Co> and I v/ere fnlly agreed
that as these pirates are clearly so notorious all over the
Gulf, and from the evidence we had of their guilt, we were
fully justified in insisting on their immediate public
execution at Bushire without, further delay or discussion and
so promote maritime peace and our prestige all over the Gulf.
However, after many telegrams had been exchanged, permission
was obtained to hand the pirates over- to the Sheikh of
Mohommerah, and on 15th December I transferred them to the
"Sphinx” which Ship having embarked the Resident, left at
5 p.m. for Mohoramerah, with orders to ca.ll at Koweit en route
as Major Cox wished to see the Sheik of Rowe it before going to
Mohommerah. I ordered Commander Litchfield to pla.ee himself
at the disposal of the Resident and to comply witn his requests
as to the disposal of the pirates and then to return to
Bushire and if possible to leave there in time to arrive at
Karachi on the 87th in accordance with your orders.
28. On the 12th December 1 received a telegram from
"Redbreast" at Muscat, saying "r>8 Afghans had arrived there
to buy arms and ammunition, the Sultan refuses to allow them
to remain and a B. I. Steamer has refused to take them to
Karachi. Consul asks me to do so, am I tc comply . I fully
discussed the matter with Major Cox and I pointed out to him
that except under very urgent circu® to rices, I did not consider
that a man of war should be calleo on to do such duties, and
I telegraphed to "Redbreast" ... "Suggest Afghans should be
despatched in a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
or detained by Sultan and sent in batches
by mail steamer. In any case I required further details as
to urgency before sanctioning "Redbreast" heng used . As I
did not consider (1) that a man of war snould he used.
(2) that a gunboat was a suitable ship to employ. On the
following
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Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence concerning criminal actions reported to have taken place in ports and around the coastal waters of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including arms trafficking and murder, designated by British Government officials under the rubric of piracy. Key correspondents include: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); Foreign Office officials (Sir Louis Du Pan Mallet; Sir Charles Hardinge); the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty (Sir Charles Inigo Thomas); the Under Secretary of State for India (Sir Arthur Godley); the British Ambassador at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling).
Reference is made to incidents taking place in 1906 and 1907 (ff 182-185), committed by individuals previously expelled from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and now residing in the Dashtī ports of Dayir [Bandar-e Deyyer] and Kangan [Bandar-e Kangān] in Persia. Much of the subsequent correspondence details British officials’ negotiations with the Persian Government to send vessels to the Dashtī coast, in order to apprehend the suspected individuals and destroy ‘strongholds’ along the coast. Naval reports sent by Captain C S Hickley of HMS Highflyer (ff 54-66a) and Lieutenant Shirley Litchfield of HMS Sphinx (ff 66b-75) provide details of the expedition in November 1907 to Dayir, which resulted in the successful apprehension of the suspects. Later correspondence refers to the British Government’s expression of appreciation for the assistance provided by the Khan of Bander Rig [Bandar Rīg] in apprehending the suspects, the handover of the suspects to the Shaikh of Mohammerah, and British officials’ desire that, should it be proved that the suspects committed murder, the death penalty be passed on them.
The file also contains correspondence relating to the Shaikh of Kuwait’s activities in dealing with incidents of piracy in the waters around the Shatt al Arab, and the deportation from Muscat to Karachi of a number of Afghans believed to be involved in arms trafficking.
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