An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman [‎609v] (1240/1291)

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even Sw. incompetence Had been conquered and all was in order.
All these arrangements had cost time and the actual action
was therefore held over till the early morning of the next day
when all were posted and the time for sending In the ultimatum
had arrived, de U. to whom It had been entrusted, had mislaid It .
This caused a little delay. The poor B s behind their garden
walls began to get frightened lest they were forgdtten and all the
fun should fall to the gendarmes, so without watlng for the
nre-arranged signal they proceeded to scale the walls and fire a
few wlldlhots. At the sound of this L. himself went straight
Into the garden and took command soundly rating the B. commanders
for not keeping their men properly In hand. After this there
was no more trouble the B.s ceased firing (2 people had unfortunate
ly been killed and two wounded In the first confusion) and were
turned aside from the looting they had started to effect. L.
was able to arrest all the ring-leaders he wanted except the great
N himself who had apparently slipped thro the cordon of B. guards
the night before. In a very short time the place was empty
and the affair practically closed. The G.s were sent to hunt thr
the neighbouring gardens for the N. but they did not succeed in
finding him. A later party of B.s sent for the same purpose
found him lurking under a vine ’like a snake' they said.
was duly brought In and Identified before L. and the G.G. and told
something of their feelings. ais property was taken possession
of by the G.G. for the present and he himself and a cou^ple of
his pals brought In chains to Kerman® The G.G. has now written
asking for orders fr. T. to have him hanged. This does not seem
too much. He has been the cause of serious trouble before now;
'and this time he has prevented the whole province of Narmashlr
from paying Its revenue, has taken up arms against the Govt.,
and been the cause of the death of the 6 wretched people who were
killed one way or another at Bam, besides giving everybody a lot
of trouble. Anywhere else than Persia some term of Imprisonment
might perhaps serve the purpose of punishing him and the yet more
necessary purpose of deterring others from following his example
but In Persia you must either kill your man or let him g o scot
free, for there are no prisons. *o L. has had no hesitation in
backing the G.G's suggestion that he shd. be hanged. they have
not as yet got any answer. Another thing you must remember is
that tho' this present revolt has fizzled out so Ignoralnlously and
so harmlessly, this is due to our having a strong Gov. here and a
strong force of B.s (and Incidentally I think a strong Consul .)
but that with a weak Gov. such as we often have, it might have
assumed very grave proportions and had serious consequences.
I promised In ray last to tell you about Miss Bird. She died
one Sun a.m. at 4. When It was evide^. that she was sinking they
posted off messengers to Mr. Boyland and brought him. Then that
night at midnight Dr. Dodson started out with 8 bearers on the
long Journey Into Kerman. It took them six hours. It was a
very dark night and the road is rough and rocky, partly thro
riverbeds and gorges. We got up about 4 a.m. and i suggested to
Mr. F. that he should ride out with a couple of sowars to meet