مجموعة ٥٣/٣٠ "الخليج الفارسي: احتجاز مسؤولي الجمارك الفارسية لمركب داو شراعي كويتي في شط العرب" [و‎‎٧‎١] (٢٤٤/١٤١)

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"armed men boarded the dhow* These, injspite
"of the fact that the Naukhadar (Captain)
"produced his manifest and assured them that his
"ship was hound for Fao, on the Iraq side of the
^ "river, tore up the document (manifest), seized
"the boat, and towed it to G-usba. Here the
"captain and crew were arrested and taken before
"the Eais El Nazmiyah* Later the crew were
"released and told to remain at G-usba pending
"the trial of the Naukhadar for contraband
"running. They however managed to escape by
"night to the Iraq side of the river, and there
"lodged complaint with the consignor’s agent at
"Fao. The latter sent one of the crew to Kuwait
"to report the matter, and gave him a note to
" Yusuf bin Mohomed Behbehani, translation of
"which is not enclosed. The Agent it seems also
"proceeded to Basrah not knowing the ropes and
"reported the matter to the Mutasarrif there.
"The Naukhadar in the meantime lies in prison
"at Gusba or Mohammerah( it is not know which)
"while the dhow is detained by the Persian
"Customs authorities".
4. I am sending a copy of this letter with enclosures
to His Majesty's Vice Consul at Mohammerah direct, and am
requesting him to approach the Persian authorities with a
view to getting the dhow released at acHjc an early date.
No doubt he will communicate direct with you,
if he is not successful, in which case I trust you will
be able to see your way to refer the matter to His
Majesty's Minister in Tehran, as to my mind the case is
rather a serious one.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Sd.JH.B.P.Dickson.
Lt.-Col-
Political Agent, Kuwait.
Copy, with compliments to His Britannic Majesty's
Vice Consul, Mohammerah,with the request that he take
action on the lines mentioned in paragraph 4 of my above
letter, if he sees no objection to such course.