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flhop to my houso to any my prayers, and wliilu returning X wan Informod Hint
thoro was a fight going (on ?) betwoon Arabs and Porslans, in which Abdu Nabi
was included. I readied ray shop wifely and olosed it (or told my boys to oloeo It)
and then turned to go homo ngaio. On tho way I saw my fathor and brothor
passing togotbor with my youngor brother Mahmud. Thoy wore on thoir way
homo. I did not epoak to them or join thorn, na I wanted to g<» and buy some
fruit. Aftor doing ao I wont in tho dirootion of my houso. Wlion I nrrivod
noar tho Musjid-i-Juma, I saw numbora of pooplo running boro and thoro. On
gotting noaror, tho Muajid pcoplo sot upon rao from both aidoa. Thoro waa a
great number of pcoplo. They wero Arabs including Sidia. They boat mo
with sticks and largo pestles on tho ahouldora nnd head without any words or
'jany warning. I was felled to tho ground and becamo insonaiblo. 8omo ono
oarriod mo to my houso and I oamc to consciousness aftorwards wlion tho doctor
was drossing my head. I still fool giddy when I sit up and liavo boon incapa­
citated from work over aitico. My right hand is cut and now bound up. I
do not know how tho wound was inflictod.
I know no reason for all this. Tho attack was so auddon that I could not
swear to any of my ossailanta.
No cross-oxamination.
Note.—This witness's skull turnod out to bo fractured, but ho is progress­
ing favourably. v—N—""""
No. d.
Ramzan bin Ghulam, Persian, duly affirmed, statoa:—My age is about 20.
I am employed by Abdu Nabi.
On tho aftornoon in question I was in tho Amarah and then went to tho
bazaar to buy fish. Boforo I had readied tho fish shop, I had to pass through a
very narrow part of tho bazaar. My_sjditis vorv bad (noto ono oyo is evidently
quito blind and the loft half blindhana I ran up against a man by miutako
who was standing in tho streot. Ho abused me, and whoa I asked him why lie
did so, ho assaulted mo sovordy with his fists. I could, not recognise Jiim then
and dojifit_no\^know^wbojjo is. Tho time was oveniug, wlion many po'oplo a'ro’
always colloclcd, ~cspu6io)ly fn Ramzan (about 2 hours boforo sunsot). Tho
Arabs prosont assisted him of their own aocord and joined in tho assault upon
rao. They knocked mo down timo and after timo, I trying to escape. At last
I took rofugo in a ruined house and hid myself, and thoy lost uio and loft me.
A Persian named Haji llussan says ho saw tho ocourrenco.
No cross-examination.
No. 5.
Haji Hassan bin Maliomod Ali statos on solomn affirmationA few
days ago in the evening I was in the bazaar buying sweetmeats. I saw
ltamzau, a Persian, who wus passing, run into sorno ono. Tho stroet is
norrow and ho ran by mistako into tho man, who was an Arab. I did not know
who tho Arab was, but. I can rccogniso him. Ho was. a youth, beardless aud
wheat colour. The Arab turned round and caught hold of Ramzan aud abused
him. Ramzan said ho did not moan to do it, and that tho street wuh narrow.
= Ho (Ramzan) said, “ Is tluiro no justico in tho town that you hustle mo without
reason ?” Tlion other pcoplo come up and beat Ramzan. I ruado inysolf soureo
for fear of boing buatou too and saw no inoro. I olosed my shop and wont to
my houso.
No cro8s*oxam: ration.
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No. 0.
Adulla bin Hoji Ali Reza, aged 20, stotci on solomn affirmation :—I am a
sorvant of l£al Ahwaz.
On tho ovoning of the day in question about \ hour boforo sunsot I was
taking broad from tho bazaar to tho houso of my maitor Kul Ahwaz, whon I
•: •was nttaoked by about 12 porsons with loaded etioks and walking stioks aud
woundod on tho head, face, arras, otc., I foil down undor tho blows.
Whilo I was down and thoy boating mo, a Bahreini camo and separated
thorn, and I got up and made my esoapo. I don’t know tho man’s namo, who