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Case of
'Abdul 'Ali,
Herati,
1903.
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to the Shah or Grand Vizier in a respectful manner, and in the niearf:. j-
all language by the clergy here which might be misunderstood by the l^y
inciting to riots or ylolence. 'gnorant as
The result however, was disappointing; the Sharabiyani merely sa i d
that he had already sent injunctions to all the Mujtahids in Persia t
keep quiet and to prevent disturbances; and that, while he was willi
to correspond with Sir A. Hardiuge, he thought, as a tribute to hi!
d.gmty and .mportauce, the first letter should be written by the British
Minister, lie seemed to have confidence in the British Government and
o believe that they were really the friends of Persia; but his reluctance
to seek help ot unbelievers could not be concealed.
The matter went no further. Lord Lansdowne foreseeing little advant-
age mm a correspondence with the Mnjtahid, even if one could beinsli
tuted At the end of 1903 Sir A. Ilardinge, in returning to Tehran
the Persian Gulf where he had met Lord Cnrzon, the Viceroy of India
passed through Baghdad. An opportunity was thus afforded him
sUidying mere nearly on the spot, the question of the influence of the
Mujtaluds and their characteristics.
In the summer of 1901 an Afghan named'Abdul'Ali, a native of
Herati was expelled from Tehran for complicity in a conspiracy against
e a aig-i- zam, the Shah's principal Minister. 'Abdul 'Ali drifted
Cl o7 ft a T C —to Baghdad; and eventnafl
Mav 190.3, after waiting on the British Resident at Baghdad, who
ga^ e him no encouragement, he proceeded to Karbala. Arriving there he
Ctoh-d Tk'KT which was tlien bei,,g co,,ducte<1 ^
Persia Ther ^ ^ the exis ting Government of
Amin nd T)' I 7^ l"™ IeWOnt0 6UPP0Se that he Was fil,an<!e<1
i-nd-Dauleh, who wn 8 a political rival of the Atabaig. The Persian
G vernment, probably because the man was an Afghan subject, applied to
Citip 1 a 7 C 1 S Legatl0 " at Tehran for his removal from the Holy
Colo 'l K 0 " 1° ^ JU,y 1903 Sir A - Hardin 8 e . » telegram, a.ked
Colonel NewmaJch, the British Resident at Baghdad, to arrange for hi 6
ry c epar ure elsewhere. It was expected that the Persian Govern-
ment would also move the Porte to order his deportation. On the 16th
r , " " ' Was lies P a t<;hed to India at the expense of the British
X vc.nment, and there he remained until after the fallof theAtahaigand
uppoi CIS, n October 1904 'Abdul 'Ali was informed that the Persian
government had no objection to his returning to Turkish 'Iraq, and the
Commissioner in Sind was authorised to provide him with a passage to