"ملخّص يحتوي على معلومات بشأن الاتصال الأول لشركة الهند الشرقية مع الجزيرة العربية التركية، طالما أمكن تتبع ذلك من سجلات حكومة بومباي، بالإضافة إلى أسماء العديد من المقيمين البريطانيين والوكلاء السياسيين الذين عُينوا في بغداد والبصرة في الفترة بين ١٦٤٦ و ١٨٤٦ ميلادي، وبمرافقة معلومات أخرى" [ظ‎‎٨‎٦] (٢٢٦/١٧٦)

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And if any one within our dominions shall accuse any Englishman to
No plea to be made against an have done him wrong and shall therefore
Englishman without knowledge of the raise any pretence upon him by violent
Ambassador or Consul. or partial witness, our Ministers shall
not give ear unto them nor accept them, but the cause shall be adverted
to the Ambassador or Consul Resident of the English nation, to the end
that the business may be decided with his knowledge and in his presence,
that the English may always have recourse to their defence and pro
tection.
XL
If any Englishman having committed an ofPence shall make his
No Englishman to be molested for escape, or absent himself, no other
another without pledge. Englishman, not being pledge, shall be
taken or molested for him.
XIL
All Englishmen or subjects of England which shall be found slaves
^ r , in our State, or shall be demanded by
Englishmen not to be slaves. ,141 j n i xi 1 11
the Ambassador or Consul, the case shall
be duly examined, and such persons as are found truly to be subjects of
Ens-land shall be set free and delivered to the Ambassador or Consul.
XIII.
All Englishmen and all other subjects of the Crown of England
„ „ , , , , which shall dwell or reside in our domi-
No Harach demanded. . , ■■ • 1 • _i
mons, whether they be married or single,
may buy, sell, and traffic, and of them shall no harach or head-money be
demanded.
XIV.
The English Ambassador, resident in Aleppo, Alexandria, Tripoli of
The Ambassador's power to constitute Syria, or r l unis, Algiers, Tripoly of I3ar-
Consuls. bary, in Smyrna, the ports of Cairo or
any other parts of our dominions, may at their pleasure establish their
Consuls, and in like manner remove them or change and appoint others in
their places, and none of our Ministers shall oppose or refuse to accept
them.
XV.
In all causes concerning law and justice between the English nation
and any other in the absence of their
No process wittout an interpreter. interpr ^ erS) the J udgcs or any other 0 f
our Ministers shall not proceed to give sentence.
XVI.
If there happen any controversy among themselves, the decision
The Turks not to meddle in differ- thereof shall be w holly left to thoir own
enees between the English. Ambassador or Consul, according to
their own right and Laws, and with no such causes our Ministers shall
intermeddle.