6.   Allegations against Mirza Muhammad Ali

6.6  Mirza Badiullah’s commenting on Abbas Effebdi's Will
Baha’s youngest son Mirza Badiullah examined printed copy of Sir Abbas Effendi’s Will and Testament. He made certain marginal notes penned in his own handwriting on some of the pages of the Will and Testament. He wrote the following note on the cover of the Will:
“This is the Will and Testament of the Most Great Branch [i.e. Sir Abbas Effendi].
A statement of facts has been written as marginal notes on some of the pages of the Will”.
In his marginal note penned in his own handwriting on page 7 of the Will, Mirza Badiullah brands Sir Abbas Effendi’s allegations against the Commission of Inspection as “loathsome”, and hits back in his report:
“How the Commission said to have come on behalf of Sultan Abd-al-Hamid to enquire into such a serious affair could have admitted the statements of the ill-wishers as true without investigation and presented them to the Sultan?” “[Sir Abbas Effendi Effendi’s] this scrap exposes extant of his inconsiderations in his allegations.” (Table above, S/N 2).
In his marginal Note penned in his handwriting on page 8 of the Will Mirza Badiullah condemns the allegations: “Notwithstanding the fact that these allegations are devoid of truth [and reality], he [i.e. Sir Abbas Effendi acted as a spy for the British during the Ottoman regime, in acknowledgment of which the title of Sir was conferred.
Upon him [i.e. he was knighted] after the British occupation [of Palestine]”. (See introduction for page 8 of the Will with the marginal note).

“What is strange is that the commission of inspection had come for military matters exclusively, and their investigations are reduced into writing in the records of the government”.
“How can [then] he [i.e. Sir Abbas Effendi] give an account of such explicitness in his Will and Testament contrary to truth, more especially as he was not summoned [to appear before the Commission], and no investigation was held concerning him”. (Text, ibid).

Conclusion
Sir Abbas Effendi has not produced a certified copy of the information against him, alleged to have been lodged by Mirza Muhammad Ali with the Turkish authorities. In the absence of proof, a mere allegation is worth nothing.

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