"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٤‎٦‎٦] (١٧٨٢/١٦٢١)

MRP
Eemova] of
the British
Government
steamer depot
from Magil
(Kut-al-
Farangi) to
Basrah,
1869-73.
1466
without betraying my knowledge of His Eicellenc/ 8 procedure, I ventured to preSf K
a hint to myself in the same sense in the course of conversation in nH •
out the futility of Hi^ Exoellency 8 arg,. m eut. Not ouiy, I oh^ttC
thought of this nature inconsistent with the hostility displayed by the Av h •
plundering a large quantity of Government grain destined for Jedda (an art U'T
could hardly have been prompted by their aversion to the telegraph) but li
contrary, the appeal made to myself by the rebellious Chiefs and theh- kindly and Lkl
demeanour towards Mr Johnston and the officer, . of the on a late
the trip having been undertaken in concert with Samee Effendi, sufficiently refuM
the motives attributed to them; while, on the other hand, His Excellency could w
be ignorant of the nnivcal belief that Hi. Excellency had purposely eo.u.Jd th '
His Est 7 08 ^ ,D \ 0 bar " WOrk from wUdl he "« ^PPOsed to be aTS«
H. S Excellency then assured me that I bad misapprehended his meaning b,, 1
mention the crcumstancn, lest, in order to justify his policy and to excuse tb del
.t has oocasioued, Nam.k Pisha should have had recourse to such an arg^eat
his communications with the Porte. I need hardly, I believe, assure You.LX
hat the insinuation it conveys is wholly unfounded ; nothing could be more friecdlj
than the present disposition of tbe Arab tribes towards the English, or .core willW
emanated f H T" ,heir kncwTte Z
Terv me„ '• m 7 , HiB S ^n, were it not their aim b,
every means m their power, including, of course, the stoppage of tbe bests laden
ma nal3 ' dl8cre d' t Namik Pasha with the Central Government.
Being called on by tbe Government of India in 1869 to sumst
economies m tbe expenditure of tbe Britisb Political Agency at Baghdad,
Colonel Herbert, tbe Acting Political Agent, proposed'that the coal
f. oie an dejAt of tbe Britisb Government steamer " Comet" at Magil
"1 Kut-al-Farangi should be removed to Basrah : tbis would make possible
the substitution of a single door-keeper for a Balucb guard of one
Jamadar and seven men wbicb was maintained at Magil on account
of Its isolated situation, and tbere would also be a saving in lighter
bn-e. Moreover, under tbe new arrangement, tbe Commander o(
e omet would bave a depot and jetty of bis own instead of sharing
the accommodation at Magil, where only one steamer could be alono.
s. eat a time, with Messrs. Lynch & Co. That firm, who were now
he propnetors of Magil, who received a rent of R s . 100 a month fro.
Government on account of the space there occupied by the "CometV
stores and who feared that on the cessation of the British Government's
m 0 "? 60 , 10n ^ lth the place their ow n title to it might be assailed by tbe
, ^ loiities, lemonstrated early in 1873 against the proposed
\ n* ge ' < ey re P resente d it as regrettable, because the estate had for
fb / een regaided as ■ Britl " sh ground and as closely associated with
na " | e and prestige; and their contentions were supported by
I tcfe enclosure to despatch No. 19, doatd the 5th April 1864.