"ملخّص يحتوي على معلومات بشأن الاتصال الأول لشركة الهند الشرقية مع الجزيرة العربية التركية، طالما أمكن تتبع ذلك من سجلات حكومة بومباي، بالإضافة إلى أسماء العديد من المقيمين البريطانيين والوكلاء السياسيين الذين عُينوا في بغداد والبصرة في الفترة بين ١٦٤٦ و ١٨٤٦ ميلادي، وبمرافقة معلومات أخرى" [ظ‎‎٣‎٠] (٢٢٦/٦٢)

30 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
74. The following entry occurs in the Gombroon diary, under date
30th March 1752
" One of the Armenian freighters on board the Don Carlos having acquainted the
Captain that he intended to land his goods here (Gombroon), we sent to let the
Sultan know, that according to an ancient agreement between us and the Persians
one-third of the customs exacted on the goods of such persons as freighted on our ships
for Bussorah belonged to the Hon'ble Company, which he consented very readily to
allow, after having enquired and found the truth of the said agreement, which was
entered in the Custom House registers according to form."
75. On the 30th March 1752 the Bombay Government addressed
a letter to the Agent in Council at Gombroon, containing the following
instructions : —
" We must again repeat our orders for your sending us copies and translates of all
the Hon'ble Company's grants and privileges in the kingdom of Persia. You must
likewise direct Mr. Ellis to transmit you copies and translates of all those at Bussorah,
which must likewise be forwarded hither."
Consequent on the receipt of this letter, the Agent in Council at
Gombroon, on the 19th May 1752, addressed a communication to the Resi
dent at Bussorah, from which the following is an extract:—
" We have nothing more to trouble you with at this time than to let you know
that the Hon'ble President in Council (Bombay) would have translates of all grants
and rogoms made into English (and be transmitted to Bombay), which have for many
years past been obtained in their favor from the Turkish Government."
This call was repeated by the Agent in Council at Gombroon on the
26th June and 27th October 1753. In reply, the Resident at Bussorah, in
a letter dated the 2nd February 1754, stated that an application had
been made some time before by his predecessor to Constantinople for
these documents, and that, on receipt, he would forward them on to
Gombroon. The records, however, afford no information whether these
documents were ever forwarded to Government.
76. In a letter dated the 15th September 1752, the Resident at
Bussorah communicated to the Agent in Council at Gombroon the follow
ing information in regard to the then state of affairs in Turkish Arabia :—
" For some time past this country has been in perfect tranquillity; the Arabs kept
under due restraint; grain of all kinds been very cheap; the merchants of the city
unmolested, and the place in general in a more quiet state than for many years
before; but a chokadar is lately arrived with letters from the Bashaw, signifying his
nomination of another Mussaleem, who, from the character of a headstrong and oppres
sive temper, it is universally feared will occasion much confusion an<l discontent. He is to
leave Bagdad, we are told, the 17th current, and will be here the latter end of the month,
when a present, as customary, will be expected; but I humbly beg 3 r ou will rest assured
that the utmost frugality shall be used on that and all like occasions."
77. In a letter, from which the following is an extract, dated the
20th March 1753, the Bombay Government informed the Agent in
Council at Gombroon that they had appointed Mr. William Shaw,
then in Bombay, to relieve Mr. Ellis in the charge of the Bussorah
Residency:—
" Mr. William Shaw proceeds in the Hose to relieve Mr. Brabazon Ellis at
Bussorah, to whom you must send the usual orders for delivering over the charge of
the factory."
On receipt of the information, the Agent in Council at Gombroon
addressed a letter, dated the 26th June 1753, to Mr. Ellis, from which
the following is an extract:—
" The Hon'ble President in Council having thought proper to appoint Mr. William
Shaw to succeed you in the Presidency of Bussorah, we now direct that, by the first