'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' [‎74r] (149/226)

WITH TUHKISH ARABIA —1646 TO 1846.
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< I have then to require from Your Highness, in the first instance, the fullest apology
to this (Jovernment and to Mr. Rich for the insult ottered to that gentleman in the
attack made on his residence and the restraint imposed upon him. This apoloo-y
should be made by the deputation of a respectable person on Your Highness' part to
Mr. Rich as well as by letters from Your Highness to that gentleman and to this
Government.
" Secondly.—The restoration of the duties to the footing prescribed by the Treaty
between our respective Sovereigns.
" Thirdly.—The repayment of the amount of all money levied beyond the rate
limited by Treaty.
"Fourthly—The value of all goods injured or destroyed during the disputes
between Mr. Scooboda* and Mr. Sturmy.*
" Fifthly. An engagement to treat our diplomatic Agents in future with every
mark of respect; and
" Lastly. Protection and attention to English travellers, never demanding cus
tom of them, and granting redress to all their just complaints.
" The factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah will probably be removed to some other convenient post
or at such other place as Mr. Rich may fix. That gentleman will receive the apology
demanded, and will conclude with the person deputed the articles for the regulation of
our future intercourse which have already been detailed. In the event of an unsatisfac
tory answer to these requisitions, I shall be compelled to impose the strictest interdict
against all commercial intercourse with the ports under the Pachalic of Bagdad and
similar measures will be adopted at the other Presidencies, besides stationino- a sufficient
naval force to stop all communications from British ports with that of Bussorah.
" The British Ambassador at the Porte has been made acquainted with the mea-
sures to which we shall be compelled to resort by the refusal of Your Highness to
comply with these our just demands for the information of the Ottoman Government,
and has been solicited to obtain ample justice from the Porte in case it should be with
held by Your Highness.
" I trust, however, that Your Highness' own judgment and good sense will suggest
to you the propriety of affording a satisfaction so justly demanded, and that^the
friendly footing on which vou have heretofore lived with the British Government
will be speedily and completely restored."
257. A copy of the above letter was forwarded to Mr, Rich, with
instructions forthwith to remove, pending the compliance of the Pacha
with the demands therein contained, the factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah to some con
venient place in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and in the event of the subsequent
arrival at such place of a deputation from the Pacha, the Resident was
directed to negotiate an agreement for the future intercourse of the two
Governments on the terms prescribed in Mr. Elphinstone's letter to the
Pacha. On the 4th January 1822 Captain Taylor, on whom, in conse
quence of the death of Mr. Rich, the temporary 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.
in 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. had devolved, reported, with reference to these
instructions, that he had on the 15th of the preceding month struck the
British flag at Bussorah, and withdrawn with his establishment and all
public property to the Island of Grain, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , as being the
most eligible spot.
258. On receiving the Hon'ble Mr. Elphinstone's letter, the Pacha
deputed an Agent to Captain Taylor, agreeing to the whole of the
demands therein contained, with the exception of the " apology. w Cap
tain Taylor deemed it advisable under all circumstances not to enforce
this latter demand, and accordingly on the 19th April 1822 he left Grain
» Two merchants at Bagdad.