"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٢‎٩‎٤] (١٧٨٢/١٤٤٩)

Disagree
ment between
the British
Resident at
Baghdad and
the Pasha o£
Baghdad,
1801.
Vaccination
i ntroduced
into Tarkish
Iraq, 1802.
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at his country house at Kut-al-Farangi, and having exchanged visits and
presents with the local Turkish authorities, he embarked fo? Bmibay on
board the " Jonathan Duncan," which had been waiting fcr him at
Basrah.
During the summer of 1801 the relations of Mr. Jones, ^he Resident
at Baghdad, with Sulaiman Pasha were disturbed by an unpleasant
incident. On the 9th of June the Pasha informed Mr. Jones that there
was a dangerous feeling against him in Baghdad in consequence of a
Turkish female having been seen—so it was alleged—to come out of
his house; and he offered to assist Mr. Jones in making his escape from
the city, adding that, if he decided to remain where he was, the local
Government could not be responsible for his safety. Mr. Jones in
reply refused to leave Baghdad, basing his refusal on his entire innocence
of the misdemeanour with which he was charged, whereupon the Pasha,
whose motives for raising and pressing the case are not apparent,
announced that he could no longer recognise Mr. Jones as representing
the British Government, forbade the staff of the Pashfiliq to hold commu
nication with him, and told him that he was no longer under Turkish
official protection, Mr. Jones accordingly reported his circumstances to
the Government of India and the Court of Directors in London; and,
on his informing the Pasha of this step and explaining to him the
consequences which might be expected to follow, Sulaiman showed signs
of trepidation ; but, as he still refused to tender a written apology and
a certificate to the effect that the accusation made against Mr. Jones was
groundless, both of which Mr. Jones thought it necessary to obtain, the
latter in his turn declined to exercise his functions as British Resident
and retired to a place on the banks of the Euphrates to await the orders
of his superiors. On the 20th October, however, the Pasha at last
declared himself, in writing, to be satisfied that the imputations against
Mr. Jones were unfounded, and promised that he should be treated in
future with the highest consideration and respect. The matter ended
on the 20th of November with the return of the Resident to Baghdad,
where he was received by the Pasha with the accustomed honours and at
once resumed the duties of his office.
Vaccination was introduced into Turkish Iraq by the Surgeon of the
British Residency soon after the receipt, on the 30th March 1802, of
some vaccine matter from \ienna. Work was becrun at Baghdad
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during the commencement of a plague epidemic there in April, and at
Basrah in May.