"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٣‎٣‎٣] (١٧٨٢/١٤٨٨)

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to the Govern men t of Bombay; but no copy of it was transmitted by
them, perhaps through an oversight, to the Government of India.
Mr. Eraser's object was to indicate in what manner and to what extent,
the resources of the province might be developed under better methods of
government; and it should be remembered, in considering his recom
mendations, that the British Government at this time contemplated,
as will presently be shown, the establishment of a steamer service
on the rivers of Turkish 'Iratj. In concluding his report Mr. Fraser
remarked :—
It were superfluous to expatiate on the tield which such a change of gystem would
open to industry and skill and capital in Mesopotamia, a region assuredly the most
farourable in all respects, in climate, in soil, and in comparative proximity to all the
seats of civilization and improvement in the old world, for the employment of these
to advantage. Even the rapid advance of Egypt in apparent prosperity affords no fair
scale to calculate the extent of improvement that might be expected here, for Mohmed
Allee Pacha, though to a certain extent liberal and enlightened in his views, looks
ultimately to self. * * * If, therefore, the permanent
improvement and tranquillity of this province be an object of importance to Great
Britain, let what will be the form of government established, let the nature and extent
of its future connection with the Court of Constantinople be what it may, she must
and will find herself forced to maintain in the Government a permanent influence;
in fact, she must herself have the managing and directing of all measures of policy
and improvemeat, let whoever or whatsoever be the organ for carrying them into
effect.
Eelations of Turkish 'Iraq with European countries other than
Britain, 1807—39.
During this period Turkish * Iraq was practically unaffected by the Precedence
influence of any European power except Great Britain. th^Prendf
In January 1819 Mr. A'igouroux, a French Consul at Baghdad, who Consul at
had never before visited the Pasha, requested on audience, at the same 1819.
time claiming precedence over the British .Resident on the ground that
under treaty the French representative was entitled to be ranked before
the British in all parts of the Ottoman Empire These preten
sions were of course rejected by the Pasha of Baghdad, at the time
Dawud Pasha, who remarked that, " Mr. Rich being a Resident
"Minister and Monsieur Vigouroux only a Consul, there could not, under
tf any circumstances, be a competition between them/"'