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No. 254 3 dated Bushire, the 13th August 1904,
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter No. 208 , dated 3 rd July 1904 , regarding
No. ii 4 , dated the 4 th August 1904 . ^ Arab pilot Khalid, I have the honour
. to forward, for the information of the
Cxovernment of India, a copy of the marginally noted despatch which I have
addressed to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
No. 114, dated Bushire, the 4th August 1904.
From Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., His Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul-General for
Fars, Khuzistan, &c.,
To—S ir Arthur Hardinge, K.C.M.G., C.B., His Britannic Majesty's Minister at
Tehran.
I have the honour to refer to the case of the Arab pilot Khalid, regarding
which we have been in telegraphic correspondence.
In his telegram No. 46 of 12 th July, Mr. Grant Duff informed me that
instructions had been sent three days previously to Bushire for the speedy
disposal of the case in the presence of a Residency representative, but it was
not till 14 th that orders were received by the Karguzar. He took up the case
on 16 th, and admitted my Vice-Consul and Assistant Surgeon Lobo.
The circumstances were found to be that the parties were good friends,
dined and got drunk in company, and in the morning the negro found he was
wounded. Neither party could remember how it happened.
The wound was a very simple one and was under treatment at our dispens
ary, and was going on very well, when the man was prevented from coming by
the Derya Begi’s order and practically kept in custody by him.
On the negro’s appearance at the trial, the wound was examined by a
Persian doctor and our Assistant Surgeon, and found to have a plug inside it,
so as to aggravate the wound and keep it open !
It was taken out, and the wound is quite healed, and the man completely
recovered.
The Karguzar disposed of the case on 16 th, as far as he was concerned, but
had to report his conclusions to Tehran. Nearly three weeks have now elapsed,
and he has received no orders. The pilot Khalid having been in custody at the
Residency for five weeks, and the British India Company being in urgent need
of his services, I released him on 21 st instant after taking security, and a
guarantee from the Company that they would keep him on board their steamers
and produce him when required.
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