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repair in the workshop which Messrs. Lynch are about °P? n at a11 agncul-
tural machinery (British or foreign) purchased through him, and to charge only
the acTual cost As repairs are the great difficulty in this country, the possession
of the workshop should give Messrs. Lynch a great advantage, as vendors of agri
cultural machinery, over their rivals. _ , . ,
/ 19 \ AT r p arrv has obligindy furnished me with a report on the subject of
thP British sample room at Musal, which was stocked at the beginning of 1909
fnd L bLln charge Lom the first of Messrs. Lynch's Musal representative.*
ana nas oeen g made ^ orders obtained through
* An Armenian, Mr. Malkon Thaddeus, son me dium of the sample room UOW ag>
of the Mt. James Thaddeus mentioned at IX, 6, tne^me ^ ^ and it is probable that
Tome of the goods recommended to notice by the sample room are now being pro-
Xd bv Musal merchants through their correspondents at Baghdad or m Europe.
X Parry recommends that small stocks of the more generally approved articles
should b?laid in for sale at the Musal sample room, as the people are seldom willing
to give orders upon the strength of a single sample.
The experience gained in starting the sample room at Musal will be valuable
in establishing one at Baghdad, should that be found feasib e.
XII. General and Miscellaneous.
(11 On the 5 th of June’ Abdul Masih Antaki Bey, the sycophant mentionedf
^ ; last month, was sent in custody to Basrah
t See last Summary, XII, 4. on k oar( j a Turkish steamer, and orders
were despatched to the Mali of Basrah to return him to Egypt Possibly, how
ever, he may succeed in visiting India, which would be a good field for his usual
opera ions. wag iven by M . Asfarj j Consul for Spain at Baghdad, on
^ g F J the 26th of June. His Excellency the Mali
t See last Summary, X, 6. of Baghdad and the members of the
Consular body were guests, and one or two officers of the former’s staff took part
in dancing. The pfficers of the Turkish staff now here are of a different type from
those to whom the residents of Baghdad have been accustomed; they^are much
more agreeable and seem to prefer European to native society.
(3) Through a native merchant the Wali of Baghdad has received a sum of Rs.
11 702 apparently subscribed in the island of Bahrain, as a contribution towards
the improvement of the Turkish fleet. A copy of the list of subscribers is being
sent to the Government of India, to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. m the Persian Gull, and
to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain.
(4) On the 21st of June I received a visit from M. Papo, the Jewish Grand
Rabbi at Baghdad. His object appeared to be to' introduce to me his son, who
has iust obtained a teacher’s certificate at a normal school m Pans and is about
to be appointed to the staff of the school of the Alliance Israelite Umverselle at
Baghdad; also to request my cooperation in obtaining an English burgeon as
Superintendent of the Jewish hospital at Baghdad. The last proposal had already
been mooted to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon; but the terms offered are so exceedingly
poor—100 francs for 10 days’ work per mensem—that nothing seems likely to
come of it. I promised, however, to look into the subject if the Committee, ot
which the Grand Rabbi is President, would write to me officially about it.
(5) The “ Ukhuwwat, ” a Persian newspaper lately§ founded at Baghdad,
T _ is manifesting decidedly pan-Islamic ten-
.§ See last Summary, , . dencies. It is full of references to _Muham
madan unity (“ ittihad-ublslam ”) and bitterly attacks Russian policy in Persia,
S o far it has not shown hostility towards Great Britain,
J. G. LORIMER,
Officiating Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Turkish
Arabia and His Majesty’s Consul^General* Baghdad.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and
Consulate-General, *
Baghdad* 6th July 1910.