'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1576] (1731/1782)

tl
1576
It hampers me very much, for it obliges me to be present in Baghdad
specified days. Petty litigation and petty disputes anions the British J ^ 061 a10
up a further large share of my time. Then I get a number of tele-rL 8 ^
in cipher, for every open telegram is seen by the Turkish authorities" and^Vw" 1 '"
to be answered in cipher. The English and the Indian Governments' do nof T
same code so that I have sometimes to communicate the same message in two
ciphers, and as I am obliged by stringent orders to do cipher work entivolu v ! eleilt
all other business has iu the interval to be put aside. J m y8elf,
#
Naturally, I have frequent business with the Vali and other . ,
Very little can be done in Baghdad by despatch writing and at the same Citt^
a*ways convenient or proper that I should go in person to the Vali or his subcJdh f
And yet I have no person on whom I can rely to send in my place. The Native
andthe Armenian Dragoman are local Christians who carry no weight gent
really afraid of the Vali. I am most reluctant to send them for they can rare] 0 ^
anything done and yet practically I have no choice. Contrast mv position C h /
of the Resident m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . I have at least as much work to do
while J am single-handed, the Resident at Bushire has an Assistant ^ w ^
ately he had two), and a Treasury officer of the status of an Extra Assistant'c, m
t ' 10 T;" y here 18 no com P ariso n between my work and that of the French Consul'"f
Baghdad, the proportion is as ten to one, and yet the latter is allowed by his Govern
ment an European Assistant carefully trained in the Oriental College at Paris
Moreover, the value of Baghdad as a field for training a young Political Offio.r •
worthy of some consideration. He would have an unrivalled opportunity of learning
Arabic Persian, and Turkish, of mixing with Orientals of many and variou vlf
and of seeing what Muhammadanism is like in a country where Islam is thp A • 1
faitb. I cannot help thinking that, if Baghdad wero iarer m ! thfLrtvrf
giving the Resident an A SS i.tant would have been recognised long before Z lnd
am strongly of opinion that the public interests suffer through the omission to apS
The reply of tbe Government of India to the Secretary of State was
to the rollowing effect:—
nJt' *7" , imd ° ubt « d1 ^ ^ '0 the Resident, and advantageous to the Govern-
of India, to add an Assistant to the Residencv StafF AffVm f
that the worh of the Baghdad 1-Zy and
to justify the expense which would be incurred in creating a fresh appointment
m oui political service, as proposed by Mr. Plowden. We shall endeavour however to
mot:4lX eww et0timea,1 " ounsofficei ' wh0
Colonel Tweedie abont the same time, while in acting charge at
ag dad, suggested that one or two Sunni Mnhammadan attacks
from India m.ght be added to 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. instead of a European Officer.
,, „ '"'" £rt T ' 111 1S91 ' m submitting a scheme for the reorganisation of
the Ondh Bequest by which a considerable amount of additional work
would be thrown on 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. , Colonel Tweedie, who had become
esi ent, referred to an opinion expressed by Colonel Kemball iu 1367