'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎22v] (46/226)

14 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
President and Governor in Council was held, at which the following-
resolutions were passed :—
" Read and approved our last consultation. The President acquaints the Board
the occasion of this meeting is to consider of the state of our hon'ble masters' affairs in
Persia, and the needful directions to be given that Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Comptoir, now
under despatch for Gombroon; and first our settlement at Bussorah, where it is
observed there is nothing yet done for the advantage of our hon'ble employers, more
than a promise obtained from the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that we shall pay but three per cent, duties
on the broadcloth, none of which being disposed of at the time Mr. Houssay
despatched those advices; the prospect he gives as of selling it seems rather an
amusement than any real application to serve his employers, while he continues so
much involved in private trade.
" The President further informs the Board that he has several representations
made him from the claimants, inhabitants of Gombroon, on the estate of Edmund
Wright, deceased; that there are also other demands on him here, and from other parts
of India, that the said Mr. Isaee Houssay has carried with him to Bussorah the greatest
part of the said Mr. Wright's effects without giving the parties any satisfaction,
neither has he transmitted us copy of the deceased's will, whereby he might be
authorized to act therein, or given us any account of the deceased's estate. That it is
reported to him, the President, which Mr. John Hope* also declares to have heard,
that the said Mr. Houssay will not return to Gombroon, but go from Bussorah to
England; all which taking into consideration, and apprehending our hon'ble masters'
credit may be affected by any of their chiefs withdrawing without adjusting the
accounts of those who have demands on them, and it being also the positive orders of
the Hon'ble Company that none of their servants shall repair to England without
leave first obtained from hence, or their coming hither, it is resolved that Mr. Isaee
Houssay be recalled from Bussorah to Gombroon in order to adjust the accounts of
the creditors of the deceased Edmund Wright and himself, but be allowed to take his
station there according to his standing in the service ; and for the better establishing
that settlement, resolved that we recommend it to the Agent to repair thither, imless his
stay at Gombroon shall be found more necessary; that then Mr. Edmund Edlyne go to
Bussorah, and take with him such assistance as can be spared.
" Signed: likewise a notification to be made at Bussorah requiring all the subjects
of Great Britain trading under the Hon'ble Company's protection to be conformable to
the rules of the factory An East India Company trading post. , and positively forbidding them to treat with the Government
in any matters relating to their trade, but through the factory An East India Company trading post. ."
37. The following 1 is a further extract from the Diary of the
Bombay Government for the 16th January 1728 :—
" The Bussorah letters, brought us by the Brittannia, are dated the 17th and 18th
of November; in the former Mr. French confirms the hopes he before gave us of a parcel
of woollen goods being to be disposed of to advantage, provided the quantity does not
exceed sixty bales of broadcloth and one hundred of perfects. He advises that soon
after the date of his former letter the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. made a demand of five cruz a head from
the Persian servants in the European houses. The Dutch, who were first called upon,
could not evade it, and therefore discharged their servants, but he, thinking it inconsist
ent with the reputation of our hon'ble masters to abandon those under their pro
tection, or comply with the demand, positively refused either, pleading and insisting
that, by the phirmaund granted to the English, they were exempted from such
impositions, offering to deliver up the same again if it was not intended to be conformed
to, which at last had the desired effect. That upon the arrival of the Brittannia, the
Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sent to know the reason why he did not hoist the English flag as usual, seeing
he had given liberty for it, upon which Mr. French took occasion to let him know it
was because the late Khya insisted upon a present, which he could not answer giving.
The Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. replied that the Khya had used both him and us very ill; but, as he was
now dead and past his resentment, desired every thing may be buried in oblivion, at the
same time sending an order by the Deputy Khya to our former landlord to let us have
his house, directing him not to return till he had seen our flag hoisted, which was accord
ingly done. Afterwards, at the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's desire, Mr. French paid him a visit, who received
# One of the then Members of the Bombay Government.