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File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.' [136r] (276/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 1910-1915. 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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Examination of Marjan alias Mulla Matuq.
Prisoner was warned by the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa that the only way he could get
out of his present difficulty was by the assistance of the British, and that he
could only gain that by telling the whole truth regarding the affair at Kut
Firang. Prisoner swore that he would tell all he had heard from them, and
stated that he was not at Kut Firang, that he left them and went to Neshwa,
they went to Bagayet. A negro, whose name he does not know, went to them
and told them that his wife was cook to some Christians at Kut Firang, and
she told her husband that there was money there, and he came to meet them
and they went to Bagayet to the house of Sanafi. The men were—
Aidan and Sinaisil, sons of Sinaifi.
Hadel, their slave.
Abdulla Lughlaiti of Zairaiji.
• Baraiyij from Kut Haji Mansur in the Shatt-el-Arab district.
This man has an alias but the prisoner does not know it.
Ajwaisim the Bahreini, ibn Muhammad of Abu Mughaira.
Juwaisim el Mamur, a malak of Abu Mughaira.
2 bellamchis, names not known, in the employ of Haji Muhsin
Sanaiyid at Abu Mughaira.
There were 16 in all. Asked for other names, he said—
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-bin-Sultan of Abu Busairi.
Dhwaihi, slave of Mutair of Abul Khasib—now with Haji Subhan.
Arrar, a negro slave of Muhaisin, calls himself Mulla Muhammad and
is with Haji Sabhan.
Sulaiman, a negro slave in the employ of Salih bin Haji Sabhan.
Asked what plunder there was, he replied:—
Two breech-loading guns, clock, clothing, coats, etc., no money, only 2 or 3
liras. The clock was the share of Dhwaihi, one gun of Arrar the other gun of
Sulaiman. There were no Madan. All joined Haji Subhan in his late expedi
tion to Hawizeh; they sold one coat at Hawizeh. He does not know about
the rest of the booty as he remained at Hawizeh, he believed it was sold at the
Amara district.
Examination of Mashaiyil.
Brother of Marjan. Swears that he never left Hawizeh and knows noth
ing except that his brother was with the gang on the road, but not at Kut
Firang.
(Enclosure No. 20 ).
No. 8. '
Mohammerah ;
June 2nd, 1906 .
Mr. Consul McDouall to Mr. Grant Duff.
Sir,
With reference to your No. 2 , of the 9 th May, regarding the murder of
Messrs. Lynch, Brothers’ engineer near Basrah, I have the honour to report
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Correspondence including telegrams, hand written letters and printed enclosures, discusses an attack by a Turkish gun-boat on a village - Zain, belonging to the Shaikh of Mohammerah - which lay on the Turkish bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The correspondence outlines the circumstances that led to the quarrel between the Turkish authorities and the Sheikh of Mohammerah, and suggestions that the Porte should be urged to replace the Wali of Basrah with a less aggressive official.
Correspondence discusses the proposal to give the Shaikh of Mohammerah assurances against naval attack, whatever the pretext for such action; letters and telegrams also discuss the award of a decoration (Knight Commander of the Indian Empire) to the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
A letter (dated 7 December 1913) from Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. , outlines the Government of India's interests in Arabistan including: the oil fields and their future; irrigation; railway enterprises; telegraphs; Russian and German activity.
Correspondents include Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. ; Sir Gerard Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople; Charles Murray Marling, Ambassador to Tehran; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign affairs; Francis Edward Crow, H M Consul at Bussorah [Basra]; Arnold Talbot Wilson, H M Consul at Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal bin Jabir, Shaikh of Mohammerah; Wali of Bussorah; Viceroy of India.
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- 1 volume (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 345 (Mohammerah: situation) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/132-133. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 278; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The folio sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one ending flyleaf.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel throughout; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 345/1908 Pt 2 'Mohammerah: situation. Sheikh's dispute with the Vali of Basra. decoration for Sheikh. renewed assurances to Sheikh.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:280v, back-i
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