'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1290] (1445/1782)

Return of
the Factory An East India Company trading post.
to Basr&b,4tli
September
1795=
Cordial rela
tions between
the British
Resident and
the Turkish
authorities,
1797-98.
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aud P. LeMessurier to the places of Messrs. Manesty and Jones, of
whom the latter had recently left Kuwait for England on account of
ill-health.
The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was not aware, however, of the disposition of the higher
British authorities to view the case in the same light as he did himself ;
and, not long before the arrival in India of the despatch by which
his triumph would have been secured, he agreed to Mr. Manesty's terms.
On the * 9th of August 1795 IsnuVil Effendi, a Turkish officer of high
rank, arrived at Kuwait to clinch matters by the delivery of a letter
and to escort the President back with honour to Basrah. Mr. Manesty
embarked at Kuwait on t^e 26th of August, and on the 4th of Septem
ber he landed at Basrah, where he was well received and where, accord
ing to the agreement with the Pas'aa, the ten Jews vere handed over to
him " for personal chastisement or imprisonment"; bit there is nothing
to show what use he made of the power thus placed ir his hands.
The subsequent arrival of Mr. Crow at Basrah with instructions for
taking 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. from Mr. Manesty gave rise to
official difficulties which will be dealt with in a later piragraph.
After the departure of Mr. Crow and the restoraton of Mr. Manesty
to the Residentship, in which he had been temporarily superseded, har
monious relations were established and maintained between the British
Factory An East India Company trading post. and the officials and influential men of tla country. Of these
relations the following egotistic account was given by Mr. Manesty in
May 1798
I am really iiappy in communicating to Government hfoi mation tbat the affairs
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. are at present in a most prosperous stace, and that I have not the
smallest doubt of their long continuing so. The conduct of the Turkish Government
in all its departments towards the factory An East India Company trading post. and myself is friendl;/, handsome, and satis
factory An East India Company trading post. on (sic) the highest degree. My influence with it s as extensive as I can
myself desire. My influence and friendship with all the neighbouring Governors aud
Shaiks, and with the distant Shaiks in the desert, enable me to ccmmand their services
on all occasions, and the general inhabitants of the country are dtvoted to ray wishes.
In short, Hon ble Sir, I have now attained the desirable object of those politic and
prudential measures which have invariably characterised my public conduct as British
Resident at Bussorah. The honor, the credit, the respectability, and the influence are
completely and firmly established, and the nation and the H on'ble Company now iu
unequivocal enjoyment of all the advantages derivable from this valuible subordinate,
advantages which I flatter myself 1 shall be enabled to preserve to tbc-m by the future
countenance and support of Government.
* The decision of the Court was reached in April, and it is quite possible tbat
Mr. Manesty may have had private advices of its tenor from some friend in June or
July, and may have then renewed his efforts to bring the Pasba round. He could offer
to let the Jews off lightly if they were made over to him for punishment, as they even
tually were.