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force should be sent to compel payment, as had recently been done witli
success by the Portuguese at Kung. In 1672, apparently, the amount
recovered was 1,000 Tiimans, which was much less than had been
expected ; and in 1673 only 650 Tumans were obtained, notwithstanding
the outlay of a sum exceeding this by some hundreds of pounds in
efforts to obtain a settlement.
1676-77. In 1676 it was recommended by the Surat Presidency that one of
two arrangements should be made with the Persian Government: viz.,
either the Company should receive the fiked sum of 3,000 Tumans a
year, the Company's ships in that case to pay the ordinary duties, or
the customs on all goods belonging to or freighted by the English
should be specifically assigned to the Company; but it was pointed out
that the latter arrangement would be disadvantageous in time of war,
when trade was stopped. The decision of the Company's Court in
England in 1677 was that, if possible, 1,000 Tumans a year should
be obtained in lieu of the moiety of customs, the other arrangements
with the Persians in regard to Bandar 'Abbas to remain unchanged.*
1680-96. For the season 1680 a sum of 1,000 Tumans was obtained by Mr.
Pettit, the Agent in Persia, and he was sanguine of recovering a similar
amount for 1681. In 1689, on the plea of injuries sustained by their
subjects from pirates at sea, the Persians withheld payment, and in 1690
they argued that the Bandar 'Abbas customs had been diminished bj
the diversion of trade, during the war between the English and the
Mughals, from that port to Kung ; the Agent, however, succeeded in
obtaining two sums, one of 1,995 and one of 1,500 "chequins," but two
}ears payment still remained in arrear. Subsequently the Persians dis^
charged what was due from them up to the 1st of March 1692; but in
the following three years there were no further receipts.
1697. Early in 1697 their share of the customs for five years was claimed
by the Company, but liability for one of these years was disputed oy
the Persian Government; a written agreement for liquidation of four
years outstandings was, however, obtained. By this time, appareatly,
a fixed annual payment of 1,000 Tumans had become established by
usage, or had been agreed to by both sides, in place of the fluctuating
moiety. By the end of 1697 payment for the current year hac been
made; but arrears were due.
In January 1699 the Company's Agent obtained an jrder of payment
for the year ending March 1699, and also for the regular discharge of
* At tins W, according to Dr. Frjer, the Shah bandar paid 22.000 Tamlns a
year to the Shah for the farm of the Persian moiety of the customs.
1699.