ملف ٣٥١٦\١٩١٤ الجزء ١٤ "الحرب الألمانية: بلاد فارس؛ الوضع العام" [و‎‎٩‎٢] (٥٣٢/١٨٨)

was hoisted °n the flagstaff. There were no private effects of the Muwaqqar-
ud-Douleh in tiie Amiriyeh, they had already been removed outside, and tho
only things which fell into the hands of the sepoys were the official files which
were all removed to the Residency. The Muwaqqar-ud-Douleh himself
received a reward of £7,000 from the Residency, and it is rumoured that he
left yesterday for India. Oh ! God take revenge for the people of Bushire on
him I
At present there is an officer sitting in the Customs House, and all papers
must be signed by him and all papers bear the mark of the Residency, and
the receipts of the Customs have to be paid into the Residency.
The British troops plundered the goods of people the very first day in the
Customs.
Pour sepoys were posted as guards at the Post Office. All the stamps
and cash in the Post Office were removed to the Residency, and now jfn
official has been placed by the Residency in the Post Office who opens all the
people’s letters, reads them, and keeps those containing news, and sends those
which do not contain any news to their destination.
The stamps have been surcharged in English, which of course you will
see, and weep for the stricken people of Bushire. All the income of the Post
Office has to be paid to the Residency. All the members of the Postal Stall,
including the head of that Department, are under the orders of the Censor on
behalf of the Residency, who is in turn subordinate to the Residency. The
British flag is hoisted on the Post Office flag-staff also.
The Telegraph Office having been occupied, all the telegraph papers for
15 years back were sent to the Residency in three carts. Even waste and torn
papers were collected from various corners and taken away. The telegraph
instruments, old and new, were all carried away, and now there remains
nothing except mats in the Telegraph Office. May God destroy Muwaqqar-
ud-Douleh’s house in the same way as he destroyed the houses of the people
of Bushire ! Oh 1 may my hand break I
The Gendarmerie barracks are full of “ thin-legged ” sepoys, who, God is
witness, have no knowledge of discipline, rifle, ammunition, guns or gunpowder.
They do not know how to shoulder their rifles and when they hear the name of
the Tangistanis they tremble with fear. They cannot sleep at nights through
their fear of the Tangistanis.
May God ruin Muwaqqar-ud-Douleh’s house! (It is a form of curse.)
Now these thin-legged fellows are in the place of the Gendarmes who are like
lions ! Oh God ! send us death, or blind our eyes so that we may not be able to
see! Bags stuffed with sand have been placed on the Gendarmerie barracks
to serve them as sangars. There were 13 sepoys in the Sarbazkhaneh, but they
were all removed after 3 days. There are a few men in the Chahar-Burj to
watch the flag-staff. British flags are hoisted on the flag-staffs of the Chahar-
Birj, Post Office, Gendarmerie, the Customs and Amiriyeh. May God ruin
Muwaqqar-ud-Douleh’s house! The people of Bushire are dumb-founded
witl silence like stones. They are right, because they had protested so often,
and‘pointed out that the Muwaqqar-ud-Douleh had sold the ports and that
the after ports were no longer ours. No one gave them a hearing, and in
particular the Ministers and Government authorities put cotton wool in their
ears, and it seemed as if the ports were not under Persia. Alas for the state
of the people of Bushire! Oh God ! give us either death or independence !
Oh! people of Shiraz ! it is a well-known saying “ When your neighoour’s head
is shaved, you should wet yours ”! Eor God’s sake come to help us, tne
people of Bushire ! The cry of us, the people of Bushire, does not reach
Tehran!
The valuable articles on board the Persian man-of-war “ Muzaffari ” have
been removed to the Residency, and the British flag has been hoisted on her
masts. Her crew have English badges on their caps, and wear English suits.
Haji Yusuf has been appointed as Kalantar, and is installed at the Amiriyeh.
Ear be some irreligious men from God !
Most of the people were willing that the English should be their masters.
Also for them in the next world 1 Oh God 1 do not let them succeed in their
desire!