تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٤‎٨‎٦] (١٢٩١/٩٩٤)

z id pointed out that h*■ was impiniiling his own position £ id
only iMki ig £ iooi oi himsoif by £botti ig (oi instigsting)
opposition to tin Govt, ordors end Govt, taxes. This typo oi
inti rview i? z v t y d> lief to ousi ioss. Thoim is no us> blul'i
i ig too much, and no uso throat; ting : t ?ii — unless you an
ur< you Cc put yi'ui' ton ats into ox. oution. Aid wi tii 6
Indian sowars you oa mot proti id to cot ro< ti • Gov. with
500 odd t imi d Bakhtifris II Howovnr, Lock rofusod to b ii vn
in the Go. 1 s pwworli san‘ ss and rot used to loav< the pi' s too
until ch< Gov. haa promised to issue a proelf mat ion to the
it ct tie c vt i-yon. was to rosumo wo I’k qui niy. Hi piomisod
uo do so; intendi ig o doubt to omak his promist , so t, 00 *-
ju: l stid: d at is > xo llent, well will you just draft it ow
a id i shall take away g. copy with mo. Tin cliff How could
not re ruse to do 10; 30 Lock earn* aw £ y with tin desired pio-
cla motion. Of course h. kn« w tint ii o Gov. would iot attempt
to enforce it; but then h'> had him rather in a clef t stick.
Either tie proclamation, was in bad faith or else h< stood seif
confessed as quit* impotent «. d u»' less. As n xp cted,
ih Gov. issu a secret orders teat ti-. Proclamation im £ it
noti-.ing; the people w. r instruete*d to tear it dor > and the
police weri not allowed to prevent them. So everything went
on ioi' 3 v ral days, Therei was iothing more ti at Lock could
do, ana he felt that another fruiless interview wcu-la be. of
no use, so he brought into play the mast rly* inactivity, .na
sat tight. On tin Su'day, the mount a in c. me to Muhamnu d
<. id the Amir appeared, anxious to make his peace . The we ak
central Govt, had wir«-a down that the tax ne ed not be enforced
for u e pins- it t ia so he gave hi a assurance that everyone wou
bi beck at to ik o Monday a ,m. I i uiie public 'y* hi gigui'< s
as a popula r r ro; < specially as he has pi oclaimed ti-.a-t tie tax
is off, omitting tie f for t» e pn sent 1 of f is instructions.
Buu win n his intervie w with Lock was over, I do n* t Li i k he
fell just so triumphant
All tin-ougi inis difficult and tricky time , though telegrams
wore going from here two and tereo times a day as m. tiers a v 1-
op. d, fite; L ga lion uver co iQescenaed to acknowl dg» them still
lies to wii'i down Z'j comm nt or suggf-stio '.s. They ar n^ost
sea ndaiously slack. Sin.c, Lock cann tie y have n vi r one
volunteered a;i.y' infermation about Tehran politics, ifce various
Bakhtia.ri factions e tc. etc. tiiougi i 1 fact tin Amir's conduct
is probably based on some conside ratlons'of intiigue- w yo d our
kt ;n here •