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fleuves, d'aborder dans leurs voyages par terre, 1784— (cont.)
par mer, on par les fleuves a tel endroit ou ils le
croiront convenable."
Article 6 says :—
" Lcs sujets .... pourront, sous leur pavilion
. . . librement naviguer pour Jeurs affaires de
.commerce tant sur les mers en y entrant par les
fleuves, que sur les fleuves en y entrant par la
mer " (Appendix III).
In 1787 Mr. Manesty, then* in charge of the 1787.
residency at Bussorab, reported that " the Malet ' P- 70 -
Ghessal Arabs continue to obstruct the com
munication between Bussorah and Bagdad by the
River Euphrates ; the merchants are therefore
under the necessity of sending their goods by the
River Tigris at great expense and with much loss
of time."
A British resident was appointed at Bagdad. 1798
Factory Records,
p. xxii.
And in 1800 a guard of native soldiers was 1800.
sent from Bombay to Bagdad at the request of Malet, p. 83.
the resident.
lS02.—A.n Imperial Ottoman diploma was 1802.
issued to Mr. Harford Jones on the 2nd Novem- Aitchison,
ber, stating that the British Ambassador had vo1- xi ' i, p - 10 -
informed the Porte that he had for the present
assigned and established as consul in the city of
Bagdad and its environs Harford Jones, Esq.
" "N e have given him our Imperial berat that in
conformity with the said Capitulations the affairs
of merchants and travellers under the protection
of the British flag in this country .... should
be referred to him, and that the departure of
all vessels should take place only under his
cognizance."
Great increase of British trade.
In 1803 the residencies of Bussorah and 1806.
a 0 a w ere placed under the control of the Malet, p. 95.
Government of Bombay, and in August 1809 1809
they were amalgamated. ' Factor,
p. xxii.
tx „ , Malet, p. 104
Brif r 0i - aS t0 desertio11 of sailors from ioio
British cruisers. at Bussorah. Resident at Malet. p. iu7
Antbia ^ ^ ^ in
fro'tf/^Tl V yaC ', lt ' 11 iS State(! > was stationed in 1821
In ,1, !. reS ; denCy at Ba S dad - Malet, p. u"
„ j . . of Bagdad, in settlement of 1823
pu e etween himself and the British Malet ' pp - lu ' 118 '