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511. The Resident telegraphed on the subject to Her Britannic Majesty’s
Minister on the !2th December and wrote on the 17th.
On the 14th January the Minister replied that the Amin-cs-Sultan had
telegraphed to the Governor-General of Pars “ that the necessary steps should
be taken for the capture of the perpetrators and the restoration of the stolen
articles.”
512. On the 4th February however the British Agent at Shiraz reported that
the Governor-General denied having received such orders, but promised to
write about the case to the headmen of the Arabs and Baharlus. The British
Agent anticipated that this would do no good, and that it would be difficult to
recover the property. Under these circumstances the Resident on the 18th
February 1893 suggested to Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister that the value of
the goods should be paid at once by the Government of Pars, and that.the ques­
tion of its ultimate recovery should stand over for future settlement. To this
His Excellency the Minister replied on the 25th March 1893 that he had been
in communication with the Nizam-es-Sultaneh, the new Governor-General of
Fars, and had been assured that it would be promptly settled.
513. In July and September the Resident enquired by telegram through the
British Agent at Shiraz how this case stood. The Nizam-es-Sultaneh replied
that Fath Ali Khan, Governor of Laristan, had received special orders to settle
the case, but would necessarily need time to get to the sea coast. The
Nizam-es-Sultaneh also observed that further information should be obtained
through the Resident as to which Arabs were concerned in the robbery, when
and where it occurred, and so on. Kishendass Marwarid has therefore been
asked to furnish such details ; but it has never been doubted hitherto that the
robbers were Arabs, who were plundering the country generally, and that the
robbery occurred at Tang-i-Zindan (rather to the North of Minau near Bandar
Abbas) in November 1892.

Complaint against MUHAMMAD Hussain Begfate Governor of Bandar Abbas.
Case of Au bin Hussain, a subject of the Trucial Chief of Ras-el-Khayma.
514. On the 27th February 1893 Residency Agent at Shargah forwarded
to the Resident a complaint from the Trucial Chief of Ras-el-Khayma to the
following effect.
515. Ali bin Hussain, a native of the island of Zaab and a subject of the
Chief of Ras-el-Khayma was the owner of a vessel. In January last at Rams
on the Arab coast he took on board a man called Hussainoo and his servant as
passengers for Bandar Abbas. When the ship arrived at Khor Khawair,
Hussainoo complained that two hundred rupees had been taken from his box
and that his servant was missing. Search was made for the money, but no
trace of it was found, nor was there any suspicion of the servant having been
made away with.
The obvious inference was that the servant had stolen the money and
disappeared. Hussainoo evidently thought so ; for it is on record that he went
to Rams and Sham on the Arab coast in search of his servant, and at Rams
informed his host, Abdul Azeez, that, while on a voyage to Bandar Abbas, his
servant had robbed him of his money and disappeared at Khor Khawair, and
that he (Hussainoo) was then hunting for the servant.
516. The vessel proceeded on the journey from Khor Khawair to Bandar
Abbas, but was driven into Khasab (on the Arab coast) by stress of weather:
here Hussainoo made a statement, which was recorded before the Chief of
Khasab, exonerating Ali bin Hussain and his crew, and renouncing all claim
against them in respect of the loss. When the weather cleared the ship put
out again and reached Bandar Abbas.
5*7- At Bandar Abbas, Hussainoo, who appears to be a friend of the Muj-
tahid there, lodged a complaint before the then Deputv Governor, Muhammad
Hussajn Beg, against Ali bin Hussain. The Deputy Governor thereupon beat
Ah bin Hussain, imprisoned him for 15 days, sold the cargo of fish in his ship,
and connscated the proceeds besides Rs. 200 in cash, which were made over to