File 3104/1915 Pt 2 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc., of goods by Turks’ [‎178r] (362/493)

No. 363 C., dated Bombay Castle, tbe oth June 191o (Confidential).
From—I j. Robertson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Politica
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
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WS&SSTKS
some to notice in the Cable Censoiship. whnt
2. Before describing the nature of that^ apparently
s known of the parties concerned i . ^ ^ . rr - Lutfeali Ittihadi of
rets for the Gentian Legation, Ittihadi in
rehran, Yezd and Shiraz. Ibis , ^ s beoa the Agent
the later paragraphs of this letter, lias i ? . \ s rji^ e pr i n cipal of
of the Bombay firm of Abdur some y^ars b? e n resident
the latter firm, Abdur Rahman i • > . tb Shiraz firm known as
in Persia, where he is concerned in t^e directorate of ^smra D . rector of ^
the pars Company. Ittihadi, w hi i (' omm i S sion Agents, draws very freely
large firm of General merchants “ d 0o “"y way of business : his bills
upon the Bombay firm of allowed ve ry considerable overdrafts.
Busbfs^o/ th“s 0 'Snd, a on a comparatively small scale, has been continuing,
as before, ever since the war broke out. , P „ On the
w“n a y s
follows:—
“ Don’t sell sugar. Deceived 1,50,000 Ittihadi. ^
a nf +hp Bombay firm, who showed apparent
Inquiries were at once made of ^ ^ lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees a nd-a-lialf of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
readiness to give information. account by the Chartered Bank on the
had been paid to them on f^di 8 poou’it oy i ts Bombay Branch
18th May. Inquiries from the Chartered P^ e ™ on the potl, of May
had hut little information on the subject It had rec ^ 15(j 000 tf) „ Abdul
telegrapliic instructions fromits London vi P „bjh called for instructions
Abler Shirazi ”• Not knowing be -P^^rther inSion that the pay-
and after a somewhat unusual d ^ Bombay Branch of the
meet should be made to Abdur Rahman Slurazi in. ^ si ificaut
Chartered Bank had no further know e S e £ (; lette r, is that three
°T'wi-i'«--w».
account was according to Shirazi some As against this, Shirazi held
drawn to the extent of rather o^er Rs. 4 ° OCR As but he kne4T
Ittihadi’s bills for £4,000 on e ^ J sell these without telegraphic
by experience that he won d be unab^^to^e now it wil , t
reference to Ittihadi himscl . ®, Shiraz was at once warned to
of course, be impossible to negotiate them. ^bUiraz^^^^ By
honour no draft of ^^^^ite orders were finally given, bills to the
the evening ot the iltli, wiien utu ittihadi on Shiraz were actually
ffs&tS»S£Si,i8S&... p.1—' “ -r b *
•“" 5 , “ZTlrfi:te'S ~ u prevent the uWisatioi^of »J