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I romombor tho disturbance that took placo at tlio beginning of tbo month
nn n1Qt (lny j aaitl my nsr prnyors in tbo Mufljid of . Jumaan, in
which tho leader is Mullah 8hoik Abdul Wabab, son of MuUab 8hoikh Joaim.
Aftor prayers I went to niy shop and did somo writing up to about 10-30
ArabioP Thon I wont to the fish-market to buy somo fish. Boforo I got tlicro
I flaw a crowd of Arabs and asked what was up, and thoy replied that there
was n row on.
This was near a shop formerly occupied by a Jew named Razal. I forgot
who is there now. I stoppod tlicro half an hour and lookod on. At first tho
Arabs went away and tho quarrol was apparently ovor. Tlicro was a largo
number. 80 or so. Ono man, who had boon tho beginning of tho quarrel, was
takolToway T»y'tho Arabs. IIo was a mulvallad named Snad bin Khairullah.
I saw thorn taking him away. 1 did not eco tho beginning of tho quarrol. I
did not poo any other pcoplo. After they had gone, I stoppod whero I was
talking to a bystander whoso uamo 1 did not know, about tho row. Whilo I
was talking I saw somo PorsianB coming along, 8 or 0, of whom I know 3,
namely, Kninzan, Mahomed Rahim, aud ono Sadiq, Thcy_woro running flfic.r
the Arabs and wanted to reach Snad bin Khairullah. A man named Sand.
Gbbt&ii put himself in front of them and tried to stop thorn. They declined
and said thoy were going to hnvo it out with tho Arab*, of whom there woro 8
or 0 still standing about. Snad could not stop ihom, and they got among tho
Arabs. I am an Arab myself, hut I was not afraid for myself. It was only
those, who had quarrelled with them that thoy wantod, tho 8 or 9 who woro
waiting thoro anil otliors who wero joining them. I do not know tho names
of any of thorn. I was quite sure that these Persians would rucognfco mo as
an Arab of Kanguni and would not touch me. l?or that reason I stood
still and watched tho tamasha.
Thoy foil upon ono another with sticks. I saw no one killed or wounded.
No ono was hurt. Tho row was stopped in about hnlf-au-kour bv ono Mnhomod
bin Saleh, a sorvant of Shoikh llnmad. IIo aud Mansur bin Khairullah camo
in and Feparntod thorn aud they ail dispersed and no ono was killed, wounded, or
hurt. I then wont back to my shop and stayed thoro till half-an-liour bolore
sunset and thon olosod and wont home.
I know nothing morn.
I went to 8hcikh Ahmed's with tho other people, last Friday (December
2ud) aud gave cvidcnco. Thoy apparently put down what I said. I have not
been nnywhoro this morniug oxcopt to tho bazaar. On arrival thoro I was
told to coino to you.
No orosa-oxamination.

No. 21.
Mullaq bin Mubarak, negro, oged GO, states on solemn affirmation:—
I am a khalassi on gcnoral servioo and got work wherevor I can. I
ba?o boon about 30 years in and about Dahroin.
I was orderod tooorao boro yestorday. I camo and wor bore till 9 o’olook
Ambus, when I folt ill and wont home. I did not ask anybody’s leavo. This
morning a servant of tho Sboikh's camo and told mo to coino hero and I
camo.
. .1 .'mve, boon lioro all tho month and romombor tho disturbanoo at tho
bog inning 0f tho month. On that day I said my nsr prayers in tho Mosquo
bn7nnr'm?TOA!tor?royo"I,won“0 11,0 “Sook-ol-SInglmsiM,” tho pawnshop
hour AH !at.1Q tb0 Bhopof l8hn<l el Yobu<li- 1 "loved thuro-an
»aw li'” <1Ul°l yiore' 1 dld not “co any row, hut whilo sitting there I
Bbout ®* °r.7- *"• p»««i bv iQ “ho
b„»ar y I 1 WCr° not. b1!ou1u'S or talking. They weal on' to tho
I should know him if0?™ “nr.of tb??I bol °no of thorn unrriod a revolver, and
lorly notiocd t r volvcr ‘TV /“T*? th^W0llt hV <l'>.otly, I portion"

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