"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" [ظ‎‎٨‎٨] (٢٢٦/١٨٠)

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XXX.
The Ambassador of His Majesty of England and Consul and the
For making wine. English nation residing in our empire,
tor the use of their own persons and
families, making must or wine in their own houses, none of our Minis-
tcis, Caddees or Janizfliies shall molest or hinder them or demand any
duties or money, or do them any violence or impediment.
XXXI.
In the port of Constantinople, Aleppo Alexandria, Seio, Smyrna,
Customs paid in one part are not to and in other parts of our dominions
be demanded in another. the English merchants having paid the
custom of their merchandize according to the tenor of Imperial capitula
tions, no man shall molest or trouble, or take from them anything more,
and whatsoever merchandize shall be laden upon their ships and brouo-ht
into our dominons, and landed at any scale, they being desirous^to
lade it again, and to transport it to any other scale or port, the same
goods arriving in the second place and scale and being there unladen,
neither the customer nor farmers nor any other our officers shall pretend
or take again any customs or gabels of the said merchandize, that the
said nation may always freely and securely trade and follow their
business.
XXXII.
Neither of the English nation, nor of any trading under their
No Hassapie duties. banner there, shall not be demanded nor
gathered one asper nor any money in
the name of imposition Hassapie or compositions for flesh for the
Janizaries.
XXXIII.
There having been in times past a difference between the Ambassa
dor of the Queen of England and the French Ambassador, both Resident
in our port, about the merchants of the Dutch nation, both which
Ambassadors sent their petitions to our Imperial stirrup and made
request that the said Dutch merchants coming into our dominions
should pass under their banner, which request of both Ambassadors was
granted under our Imperial seal notwithstanding Linan Bassa, the son
of Cagala, Captain of the sea, now deceased, as Admiral, and practised
in maritime cases, having advised the Imperial Majesty that it was fit
and convenient that the Dutch nation should be assigned to the protec
tion of the Ambassador of England, and that it should be so written
in their capitulation, which opinion being by all the Viziers approved,
by express order and Imperial authority, it was commanded that the
Dutch merchants of the provinces of Holland, Zealand, Freezeland and
Gelderland, that is the merchants of those four provinces, trading in
our dominions shall always come under the banner of the Queen of
England as all other English do. And that of all the goods and
merchandize which they or do import or export to and from our
dominions in their vessels they shall pay the duties of Consulage and all
other duties to the Ambassador or Consul of the Queen of England, and