"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" [ظ‎‎٧‎٦] (٢٢٦/١٥٤)

122 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
266. In September 1824 the Political Agent at Bussorah was
made subordinate to the Eesident in the Persian Gulf in all points con
nected with the affairs of the maritime Arabs and the inhabitants in
the Gulf. The following letter was addressed by this Government to
Captain Taylor on the 24th September 1824 informing him of this
arrangement:—
" At the time of the abolition of the Eesidency at Bagdad it was the intention of the
Governor in Council that the Political Agency at Bussorah should ultimately be placed
in subordination to the Residency at Bushire, and although such an arrangement
does not at the present moment appear to be required as far as concerns the internal
affairs of the Pachalic of Bagdad, yet from the connection of the ports of Turkish
Arabia with the general system of watch and control exercised by the Resident, it is
necessary that the Political Agent should attend to all instructions from that officer on
points connected with the affairs of the maritime Arabs or of the inhabitants of the
Persian Coast. On these last subjects you will therefore be pleased to correspond with
the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to conform to any instructions which you may
receive from him. Your transactions with the Pacha of Bagdad and his Deputy at
Bussorah and your interposition for the protection of the British trade at the latter port
will remain on its present footing, but no measure of a general nature affecting our
interests throughout the Gulf (such, for example, as the suspension of our trade with
the Pachalic) is to be adopted without the previous sanction of the Resident. You will
be pleased to furnish the Resident in the Gulf with copies of all your despatches, and
you are authorized to make such an addition to your Office establishment as may be
necessary for this purpose."
267. In a Minute dated the 11th June 1827 the Hon^ble Mr.
Elphinstone, then Governor of Bombay, recorded his opinion, which was
concurred in by the other Members of the Board, of the propriety of
abolishing the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia. The following is
an extract from this Minute :—
" The Bussorah Residency might, I think, be easily spared, but I would not abolish
it at present, because Sir J ohn Malcolm * is so much fitter to decide on the necessity of
the situation; we may take it as a prospective reduction."
268. With reference to this opinion, Sir John Malcolm, who had
intermediately succeeded Mr. Elphinstone in the Government of Bombay,
in a Minute dated the 12th March 1828 observed as follows:—
" Though I still keep in view the prospect of reducing the expense of our Agencies in
Persia and Turkey by another arrangement for their duties, I do not think at the
present moment ,when Russia may be said to be at war with the Porte, and when the
Imperial forces occupy Aderbijan, that we can recall Major Taylor from Bussorah
without creating impressions very unfavorable to our interests in that part of Asia."
269. In a letter to the address of this Government, dated the 28th
July 1830, the Hon^ble the Court of Directors, noticing this postpone
ment, observed that, as it had been solely grounded on the w^r between
Russia and the Porte, they should be happy to learn that the present
position of affairs was considered such as to permit of the original inten
tion for the abolition of the Bussorah Residency being carried into
effect.
270. The Committee which was appointed in 1830 by the Right
Hon'ble the Governor-General of India in Council to enquire into the
then state of the finances of British India observed in the 43rd para,
of their Report, that in the course of their investigation into the rise
• Then Governor elect of Bombay.