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rirnoloa uoar tho El.Katlf. Coasts of tho.t'orslau Oulf. K 122-126
No. ,122.
No. 01, (luted Uushirc, 1 Dili March 1837.
From—Colonel 15. C. Ross, C.S.I., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To—Tho Sccrotury to tho Government of India, Foroign'Department.
Witli roferonco to correspondence ending with, my No. 30, dated 1st Feb
ruary 1887, I lmvo the honour to submit translation of a lettor No. 18, dated
28th Fobruary 1887, from tho Residency Agent at Bahrain and an accompani
ment, boing tho deposition, of the Nakhoda of a Balirain vessel, to the effect
that on 20th Fobruary his boat was attacked when lying olf the village of
Safwa of El-Katif by Beni ITnjir robbers, and a passenger, a native of Safwa,
killed. One of tho robbers was also killed it appears. Tho party of Boni
Ilajirs soom to havo previously robbed another Bahrain boat which was anchored
oil tho samo village.
I shall inform tho Political Resident in Turkish Arabia of these fresh dis
orders in tho jurisdiction of the Kuiiu Makam of Kalif.
No. 123.
No. 18, dated 28th February 1837.
From—Tho Residency Agent, Rnhraiu,
To—Tho Ronidout, Persian Gulf.
I soud hcrowith tho deposition of Ahmed Nasir, Nakhoda of Noosaia bin
Matar's boat, about nn encounter with robbers at Bandar Safwa, a port of
Katif. Tho Chief of Bahrain sent tho Nakhoda to me to take his deposition
and send it to you and beg you not to overlook the case.
No. 124.
Deposition of Ahmed bin Nasir.
On tho night of tho 20th February, my boat was anchored off Safwa, a
villago of Katif, loadod with dates for Bahrain. At ebbtide we wore asleep
when three Beni Hajir mon surprised and fired upon tho boat and wounded
a passongor, a nativo of Safwa. Tlioy also wounded ono of tho crew with u
lanoe in tho right thigh. Tho pn6souger diod at ouco. Thoro wore threo other
passongors from Safwa and tlioy fouglit with and killed ono of tho Boui Najirs
who took tho body away with them. Next day the people of Safwa pursued
tho Boni Najirs and found tho dead body left on the road. Tlioy brought it to
tbo villago and told tho Beni Najirs tlicro that their pcoplo had killed the
passenger and gavo thorn tho body of their tribesman. Tlioy domandod of tho
Beni Iloiirs tlio two surviving robbers and gavo them tliroo days to produco
tbom, failing .which tlicro should be war. Anotlior Bahrain boat was anchored
near us. Whon tbo robbers had gono tho crew of tbo other boat camo and told
us that tlio robbers bad taken from them a gnu and clothes and 80 rupees.
Tho gun was left by tho robbers on board our boat.
No. 125.
Diary of tlm Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Dushirc, for tho week ending Uth April
1387.
VI. Political intelligence.
1. It is reported from Katif that tbo Mutnsornf, Salih Pasa, has loft for
Nasa. Regarding tho robbers by sea and laud tlioy say be has written to all tbo
