مجموعة ٥٨/٣٠ "الخليج الفارسي. العلاقات الأنجلو-فارسية. الإهانة الفارسية للعلم البريطاني في باسعيدو" [و‎‎٣‎٣‎٠] (١١٨٦/٦٦٤)

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shalcen as to ; ia facts. It 1 b relevant to mention here tViet
it was due to his tenacity that I was able to eHM? +
which another "itneee (an old man) did not It first diTOl^ 0 '
owing to fear of the consequences. It was naturll+w ^
first not much faith was given to the bov*s « a '
account of his years. hut B it was he himsel? who suggested
the method of proving his evidence to he correct g I atwLc
^he 8 ao?ual act^f'h ^ WltneSB observed
h ®nH? K down ^ he fl ar by the party of four
Persians dressed as Officers. Other witnesses did . however
liter tbHeed end Walk ^ fr0B1 the "^t immediately
alter the deed and ere was no one else in the vicinitv
They corroborate the fact and confirm his «-t a +LIn+=
can be no doubt that this ^rtl oF-ersiLfwe^TelAon^br
fo hauling down the flag which had been properly secured. *
„i- gl T* thelr evldence . 1 examined the
P^i =n oee?n d th ® va f dous witnesses who had seen the
*0 0T,°tbe !nn+ nea m», 4 he 4 .I aa8t demon8tr ate their movements
to me on the spot. This they did without hesitation thus •
confirming their previous statements.
.re in tb^n t + nat ® 1 ? oS”® of !i he statements of witnesses
In ? ri h ® nature of hearsay" evidence which might not be
aceeptedinsome courts. Per instance, All. son of Mohamed,
heard a sailor hearby report that the Senior Officer.Persian
ay b n e 0r) had hauled down and trodden oA the
Wbe£ bni^ B l fra ’ red at the fly by T,eath ^. was not torn
Seen after 1+ - had been left the four
a ®i ’ a I fleers, it was found to be tom in shch a way that
only violence could account for it. It certainly couldnot
here been torn in such a manner by weather. ( I have seen it
“ d b^aonally confirm this). It can be safely stated
Timt tne aag torn by one or more of the party of four
w ^ 0 masts couldfhave been done by no
other except the coolie responsible for the flag. It mi^it
be contended that he did it to spite the Persian Officers.
• was far too timid and frightened as his subsequent acts
shew, and see him is to believe that such a notion would
never enter his head. Also the fact that he hesitated to
go the A. .O.C. Camp to report the Incident supports this
nelief.
6. A perusal of the rough summary of witnesses* statements
show that a party of seven besides sailors landed from
the ship about an hour before sunset. According to a
reported statement of a sailor, this party included an Italian
and a frenchman, also the Captain of the "BASH*. The four
others (referred to in paragraph 5 above) proceeded on
landing towards the mast and after hauling down the flag,
walked first towards Hassan*3 Tomb then towards the
revellers * or Hest House(known to us as the Guard House),
in which vicinity they remained a short time inspecting the
British Cemetery, and the Khodadad Memorial. They then
returned to the landing place and thw whole partv embarked
shortly after sunset while it was still light. The party
were unarmed except for a sporting gun.
As none of the witnesses carried watches, they estimated
their times by the position of the sun. When examining +he
ground and the position from which he had seen the occurrence,
the boy Mohamed bin Mahmood, pointing to the sun, said H It
was about this time*, roughly half an hour before sunset.
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