"مذكرة تتعلق بالملاحة في نهري دجلة والفرات". [ظ‎‎٩] (٢٨٤/١٩)

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Garden and his successors in the agency as
British consul at Bussorah; he was to take
" cognisance of all affairs concerning those of
the nation to which he belongs, such as captains
of ships, merchants, and also all who may he
under the protection of the English flag
Without his express written order no English
vessel shall be permitted to come to Bussorah.
About this time an arrangement was made by Malet, p. 47.
the agent in council at Bussorah that a resident
should reside at Bagdad ; this was approved by
the Bombay Government on the 15tli January,
1766, and Mr. James Morley was appointed to
the post, but he w T as recalled on the 2Srd
November following.
Between the years 1761 and 1769 the East India Maiet, pp. 38, 48,
^ find 54
Company's boats at Bussorah assisted the Pasha
of Bagdad in his operations against the Arabs
and others both above and below Bussorah.
At this date (1769) the conduct of the Malet, p. 52,
musaleem* was so unsatisfactory'that Mr. Moore,
the agent at Bussorah, determined to have a
personal interview with the pasha on the subject.
Taking advantage of the departure of the pasha
from Bagdad with a large force, he proceeded
300 iniles up the Euphrates with the cruiser
u Expedition " and the bomb " Fancy " to meet
him at Um-el-abbas or Umlabass. There is no
record in Malet of his having found it necessary
to obtain a firman or any other authority for the
purpose, nor of any objection being then raised
to the presence of these vessels so far up the
Euphrates.
In 1773 the plague broke out at Bussorah, and Malet, p. 67.
the resident was compelled with his staff to leave
for India ; on his return in 1774 he brought with
him two vessels, the " Tigris " and " Euphrates,"
for the use of the Turks.
These vessels carried fourteen guns each, and
were suitable for work on tte two rivers. The
pasha, however, found himself unable to manage Malet d 57
hem, and said that he must rely on the British
resident and his own musaleem to employ them
m such a manner as they might think best for
bis, the pasha's, interests.
In 1775, during the Persian attack on Bussorah, Low's " Hktorv of
th r^ 1 0f the com P an y' s war-ships in th, r Indl '"' Nav y"
the Shatt-el-Arab whieh assisted the Turks in '' P " 166 '
the lr operations and ntiiis^ the two ^
had been supphed to the Turks.
* The pasha's deputy or the governor.