'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' [‎31r] (63/226)

WITH TURKISH ARABIA A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. —1646 TO 1846,
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convenient opportunity that offers for your going to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. (or Surat), you deli
ver over to him the charge of the Hon'ble Company's affairs with all books and papers
relating thereto ; also what cash goods or other effects may remain with you belonging
to them; and likewise you are to give him an insight into the Hon'ble Company's
business at that place, with the forms of the country, government, and whatever else
is requisite to be known ; and in delivering over the charge to Mr. William Shaw there
must be an inventory taken of all the Hon'ble Company's effects, and signed by you
both, copy of which must be transmitted to us. It must also be observed that during
your stay all public papers and accounts are to be signed by you jointly. Accompanying
is duplicate of our last, bearing date the 26th of April, and a packet directed 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. , which is to be forwarded by way of Allepo, recom
mended, as usual to His Majesty's Consul here."
78. The following letter was on the same day addressed to
Mr. Shaw by the Ag-ent in Council at Gombroon :—
" As the Hon'ble President in Council of Bombay have been pleased to appoint you to
succeed Mr. Brabazon Ellis for transacting the Hon'ble Company's affairs at Bussorah,
we have directed him to deliver over the charge thereof to you (when any convenient
opportunity offer for his return to Bombay), with all books, papers, &c., relating thereto;
also what cash, woollen goods, or other effects may remain in his hands belonging to
the Hon'ble Company, of which an exact inventory must be made and signed by you
both. When you have taken charge of Bussorah Besidency, whatever goods belonging
to the Hon'ble Company are remaining in warehouse are recommended to your
particular care; and as our hon'ble masters are very desirous to augment the
consumption of the British manufacture in all parts whereunto their commerce
extends, you must be extremely careful to give them necessary advices from time
to time of what sortments may be proper for the Bussorah market, which it is neces
sary to remark are those that will go off the soonest and in the greatest quanti
ties ; for you may be assured the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. will at all times be better
pleased to hear of a large and quick vend of their goods for ready money,
though the price be moderate, than with a long account of remains in warehouse
when advantageous sales might have been made, and a fresh supply also have been
indented for. it is almost needless to advise you against entering into disputes with
the Government when there is any possibility of avoiding them, because it is a thing
so contrary to your own as well as the Company's interest that any person of common
consideration must, of course, be as averse to it as ourselves. We are likewise to
acquaint you that the Hon'ble Company will admit of no excuse for lending their
money to the Government, or selling their goods to them, without first receiving the
amount; as by this method of dealing they are sure to sustain no loss from bad debts.
The accompanying packet you are to deliver to Mr. Ellis on your arrival at Bussorah."
79. On the 21st August 1753 Mr. Shaw reported his arrival at
Bussorah, and that he had on the same day received charge of that
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. from Mr. Ellis. On the 23rd April 1754 the Agent in
Council at Gombroon informed Mr. Shaw that Mr. Robert Garden had
been appointed his assistant in succession to Mr. Holmes, who was
directed, on being relieved, to proceed to Bombay. On the 17th July
1754 the Resident reported the arrival of Mr. Garden at Bussorah, but
Mr. Holmes having some private affairs to settle at Bussorah did not
proceed to Bombay until February 1755.
80. In a letter dated the 23rd March 1754 the Resident at Bussorah
reported that the former Dutch Resident had been endeavouring to
obtain permission from the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to re-establish a factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah,
that the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at first seemed inclined to comply with his application,
but that the inhabitants were so inveterate against the former (Dutch)
Resident, threatening to desert the place if permission were given for his
return, that the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. refused to accede to his request.
81. On the 30th July 1754 the Resident at Bussorah informed the
Agent in Council at Gombroon that, in the early part of that month, he