'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎62v] (126/226)

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proceeding so far as to affect the public service, yet I feel completely with you that in
many respects his conduct towards you and to the persons attached to you has been
unjustifiable. In this light I have represented it to the Porte, but not, I must confess
to you, with sufficient effect to produce any change in its determination respecting you,
as you are obnoxious to the Pacha. Whether it be from his fault, or from your's, this
Government will not be at rest till it has effected your removal; and as His Majesty's 11 : 1
Government, closely allied as it now is with the Turkish empire, would not persevere
in supporting a person whose conduct has caused displeasure, I fear very much that |
you can have no alternative left but that of voluntarily quitting a post which you can
no longer occupy either with comfort to yourself or with advantage to your country." j T
With reference to the above intimation Mr. Jones withdrew from
Bagdad in the early part of January 1806 and proceeded to " Monsul,"
having made over charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. to Dr. Hine, the Civil
Surgeon. On the 16th of the following month Mr. Jones left Monsul
and proceeded to Alleppo, and afterwards to Constantinople, where he
arrived on the 21st May (1806). While Mr. Jones was remaining at the
latter place His Majesty's Ambassador at that Court addressed the fol
lowing letter to that gentleman dated the 27th June :—
" In consequence of the intelligence received from Bagdad of an intended embassy
from Persia to France, I think it very desirable that you should remain here for
the present, as you might be employed with advantage to the public service either in
obtaining information from persons attached to the embassy on their way through
Constantinople, or in some other way connected with this subject. Your stay will also
give me time to undertake a reconciliation between you and the Pacha, as the
Porte has nothing to allege against you except your misunderstanding with the
Pacha, which I have no doubt may be attributed to his violent temper. The Eeis
Effendi did not scruple to write such a letter to the Pacha respecting you as I
had recommended, and it is also my intention to write to him in similar terms *
myself. Should our endeavours be successful, your residence at Bagdad may be
attended with much greater benefit to the public service than it could have been
while any misunderstanding existed; should the Pacha unfortunately not listen
to my proposals, you shall at least have the satisfaction of returning to England
with strong testimonials in your favor, as I can with trust declare that you have been
meritoriously zealous in the service in which you were employed, and whatever may
have been the Pacha's opinion to you, I can already assure you that the Sublime Porte
has heard nothing, and has seen nothing, which would have occasioned a wish for your
departure from Bagdad, if that Government was not permitted by the Grand Signor to
consider itself as completely independent on all that relates to its internal regulations.
I think you will do well in your letters to your superiors to recommend that a proper
line may be drawn with respect to the duties and functions of the Bagdad Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
that does not seem to be exactly the case at present, until the East India Company shall
have made its arrangements in that respect. I will, in consequence of the peculiar cir
cumstances of the present moment, both in what relates to you privately and what is
of a public nature, take you and Dr. Hine under my special charge, and I will give
you both such advice and directions as may appear necessary."
Mr. Jones forwarded a copy of the above letter to the Hon'ble the
Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. on the 28th June 1806, with an expression of his
satisfaction in finding that his general conduct while he had filled the
office of Resident at Bagdad was approved by His Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador at Constantinople, and stated that the same principles which
during a residence of nearly eight years at Bagdad had made him over
look every personal consideration would cause him to return and re-
assume charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , if Her Majesty's Government and the
Hon'ble East India Company should deem this measure advisable.
207. On the 13th October 1806 the Sultan of the Sublime Porte
afforded a proof of his friendly feeling towards Mr. (who it appears had
a short time before become Sir) Harford Jones, by conferring upon him
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