"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٠‎٢] (١٧٨٢/٣٤٥)

Complaints
by the Persian
Qovernmeat
sgaiiiHt the
British Kcsi-
dent at
Bushehr,
unauthorised
agreement
executed by
the latter,
and his remo
val from
office, 1820-
22.
Naval mea«
sures adopted
by the British
at Basrah was temporarily transferred to Muhammareh; and in the
spring of 1821 the Residency at Baghdad was for a short time besieged
by Turkish troops with the apparent purpose of intimidating the Resident,
or even of seizing his person. Mr. Rich was able, however, by firm and
judicious action, to extricate himself from his dangerous situation at
Baghdad, and retired via Basrah to Persia, where he remained until his
death from cholera in the autumn of the year. A demand for satis
faction and for the removal of grievances was enforced by Mr. Rich's
successor, Captain Taylor, under instructions from the Indian Govern
ment, by a transfer of the whole British political establishment from
Turkish'Iraq to Kuwait^, where it remained from the end of lb21 until
April 18-2*2. The settlement secured by these means was such as effectually
to safeguard British interests in the Pashaliq, and in 1823 a document in
which it was formally recorded in detail was obtained by Captain Taylor
from the Pasha.
Simultaneously with these difficulties In Turkish 'Iraq, trouble arose
between the Persian Government and the British Resident, Lieutenant
Bruce, at Bushehr : it was due to the success of the Sultan of 'Oman in
extorting an admission of dependence from the Shaikhs of Bahrain, which
the Persians wrongly attributed to the exercise of influence by Lieu
tenant Bruce during a visit paid by him to Bahrain in the course of the
expedition against ths Qawasim. Lieutenant Bruce was able to clear
himself, to the satisfaction of the British authorities, of the various
charges upon which the Persian Government demandjd his recai!,
and it was decided to maintain him in office without regard to their
complaints j but in 1822, after his return to Persia from a visit to
Bombay, he allowed himself to be drawn by the Shiraz Government,
possibly from a hope of conciliating them, into executing a foolish
and unauthorised agreement which had to be repudiated by the
Government of Bombay, and which necessitated his own removal from
Bushehr. This invalid agreement, more fully noticed in the histories of
the Persian Coast and Bahrain, dealt in a manner contrary to the
established British policy, and most unfavourable to British interests,
with questions such as the political status of Bahrain, claims foi
compensation arising out of the British expedition of 1819-20, etc.; and
it would have committed the Government of India to assisting the
Persian authorities, on their demanding it in certain circumstances, with
a naval force.
On the evacuation of Qishm by the British detachment for a time
stationed there, recourse was had to purely naval precautions against a
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tflenizeas
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Governmei
twelves
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objections
i Qisk
Gulf,