'Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800' [‎114r] (227/540)

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goods belonging to several Merchants of that place, also 2,400 Bags of Eice PIrac y t>y
which he, Mr. Lyster, had ordered to be purchased there for the Hon'ble Arab8
Company's use, also a Leaguer of Arrack which the Agent order'd to be caught
for the use of the ^ Factory An East India Company trading post. before the arrival of the Swallow, was taken by the
Julfar Arabs and appropriated to their use tho* he immediately applied to
Moolah Alley Shaw on the occasion, who denied any knowledge thereof and
declar d that whatever property fell in his hands belonging to the English
shou'd be faithfully restored. Being sensible tho' too late what hurt he had
done himself in breaking with the English, notwithstanding which on arrival
of the Muscat ships our Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. rec £ an accot of said Rice and Arrack
with the dingey and Noquedahs Name and in sending a person privately over
to Kishme found the Leaguer of Arrack on the Beach and learned that Moola
Ally Shaw had turned the Rice to his own use taking and destroying all letters
and papers which the Noquedah had but which Mr. Lyster said was not all,
of his proceedings for that whenever their Trankey went for wood he made
her first supply the Romania with it afterwards with water. That Moolah
Alley Shaw having seized the above mentioned Rice obliged him to apply to
Nassur to give him an Order for some Rice of his that laid there or send some
from Lhor, and as he said there seemed to be but little probability of his
recovering his debt in money thought it prudent to do it, in any commodity he
could get, as Rice was an article he was under an absolute necessity of procuring
for the garrison and hoped the difference of taking it from him wou'd not be so
great which from his former letter he did not doubt of being supplied with.
He said that in respect to the Government there it was much alter'd for the
better as it was certain that Jaffer Caun was not to return and Hadjee Ally
publickly confirmed Governour, who certainly answered the character he had
given him in his last and mentioned small Coffilas of provisions coming in
delay as they were permitted to sell their goods to the best bidder, had nothing
extorted from them, the Governour being very careful himself of not setting a
bad example. That by the last accounts from Carmenia they were in much want
of merchandize and the demand for goods was great and it was thought some
merchants wou'd come down to carry Goods notwithstanding the great risque
they run in carrying them up Country and as perpets was now generally in
demand and we shou'd send there any more goods, he commended our sending
some as there were none in warehouse except a few pieces of such colours as
were not to the liking of the people the colours in demand he said were the
several Green Scarlet Purple and Blue and that the Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. had told him that
Iron and Lead was also wanted there. He mentioned Mr. Walter Douglas
having died there the 7th November enclosed his account Remains of Woolens
in Warehouse. That he had with difficulty procured a boat to go with these
advices to Muscat as he thought it necessary to acquaint us with the situation
of affairs there not having wrote us for a considerable time when he said was
entirely owing to want of opportunities and that it would have been impossible
to get the above mentioned Boat out of that port if it had not been for the
Muscatters being there. That he had directed Narrotun to forward these
advices as soon as possibly and as the season for vessels going from thence to
Bombay was come hop'd he wou'd soon have an opportunity of sending it
without being obliged to freight a Boat on purpose.