"الملف 26/185 V (F 96) شيخ المحمرة" [و‎‎٧‎٣] (٤٧٢/١٥٣)

1
(Synbol of the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf)
In the name of God. , k
To 1 #-'■
H»E.Sir : Shaikh Khaz^l Klian K.C.S.I.
Sardar Arfa , a Anir Nuyan »Shiakh of Mijharnnarah
aii<tBiotri ct,
MuhEUJinarah^
After Compliments»
Anpl^fying my previous letter in i.hich the out
break of v;ar "between the British Government and the
Ottoman Government y.aa intimated-
I am directed "b^'' the High Government to request
your kindness to endeavour in co-operation t ith our
tT;o respected friends namely H-E-Siialkh Mubarak al-^
Sabah^ithe Ruleriof Kuwait and H.H.Artir, A bdtil Aziz
bin J?a , ud # the Ruler of Hajd in attacking the city
of Basrah and rescuing it from the hands of the
Ottoman Government • And'ifi\be unable to do this—
and this is not improbable for your ability to achieve
to use your effort, \:ith the co-operation of some
reliable Shaikhs to set up a system to prevent
Ottoman milit>ary reinforcements from reaching Basrah
and even (^or^nah if this be porsible for you t o do
until the British arrpy iihich ?. ; e shall .God"T;i Hing/
despatch as soon as possible, \sill reacli there to
oecupy the said city and ve hope also that tuo of
men-of-v?ar vsill reach Basrah prior to the arrival
of j^our troops at it .
Although the rescuing of Basrah and its seperatidi
from the Ottoman territoy is your high object in this
connection,! v:ould also request for your kindness
to use your utmost also to prevent troops and others
from plundering merchandise belonging to the British
merchants in Basrah and its districts and to protect
the persons of the Europeans in Basrah and to prevent
harm bcifig doneitp them or encroachment being
committed against their persons*.
tfor this your valuable assistance in this
•cnnection I am directed by the High Government to
promise Your Bxcellency that if uc succeed in
rescuing Basrah—and Tie shall God billing succeed in
it—^e aball not restore Bnsrah to the Ottoman
Government again and 7.e shall not restore it at all-
And besides this I promise i/xm in this my letter on
behalf of the British Government authorities t t
they Tiili certainly render you all the necessary
assistance for the settlemtnt of all difficulties
vilch may crop up between you and the Persian ^overnmeil
in future as the result of their encroachments on
your authorityor|interefering v:ith your admitted
rights or resulting from their injustice in connection
with your properties and lands situated in Persia. And
that this promise will continue to exist even if
there take place changes repeatedly in the Persian
Government whether it was a despotic system or a
constitutional government » The High Government will
also protect you against all assaults which may be
made jon you by any foreign Pbwv.r- They will also
protect you against all transgression on your
authority art interference with your admitted
rights and encroachment on your property and your