'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎382] (413/582)

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BRITISH RESIDENT AT BUSSORAH.
all the town, was constructed chiefly by a former Resident, Mr
Manesty, on the foundation of an old building, bought chiefly for
the situation it held, and improved and added to in such a way
as to make it a convenient abode for the Resident and all his de
pendants, and accessible to the boats of all British vessels arriving
in the river. The establishment maintained here by the East
India Company is most respectable, and the expense of supporting
it equal to about 5000/. sterling per year; to compensate which,
the only advantages derived, are the safe and speedy transmission
of dispatches in time of war, and protection and accommodation to
private traders coming here from India; since the Company are
thought to lose rather than gain by the articles which they send
here for sale. These are but few in number, and in no large
quantities, being mostly confined to metals and woollen cloths,
which they are obliged to export from England, and which they
send wherever they can get a market for them, even at a certain
loss.
There was formerly a Resident at Bussorah who was a member
of the Civil Service of India, with an army-surgeon attached to
him ; but the present Agent of the Company, who acted in the
capacity of surgeon to Mr. Manesty, being himself a medical man,
is constituted what is called a Resident in charge, and receives the
emoluments of both. There are, besides, a proper number of
brokers, interpreters, chaoushes, and inferior servants, and a Je-
mindar, or native officer's guard of Sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. , from the Marine Batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty.
lion of Bombay, lodged in barracks attached to the house. The
influence enjoyed by the Resident is considerable, as might be ex
pected from the respectability of his establishment; the frequent
arrival of the Company's armed-vessels ; the extensive trade with
India in British shipping; and the presence of a superior at the
Court of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Bagdad, to whom immediate application can
be made for redress of grievances; and all these advantages are
still further strengthened by the personal character of the present
Resident, Dr. Colquhoun, who has sufficient urbanity to extend his