"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" [و‎‎٩‎٠] (٢٢٦/١٨٣)

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XXXIX.
The English nation of all the merchandize which in their ships
shall be brought to Constantinople, or to
Oood, not landed to pa, no enstom. any other part o£ our dominion3) which
they shall not desire of their own accord to land or sell, of such goods
there shall not be demanded or taken any custom at arrival at any
port, and having landed their merchandize and paid their customs and
other duties they may quietly and safely depart without the molestation
of any man.
XL.
In regard to English ships coming into our dominions do use often
times to touch in some parts of Africa
and there take in pilgrims and Maho
metan passengers to transport them to Alexandria, and arriving at that
port it seemeth that the customers and other officers do pretend to take
custom of all goods which are found in their ships before the merchants
are willing to land any; by occasion of molestation they have forborne
to transport any pilgrims, and in like manner their ships which come to
Constantinople and carry divers merchandize to transport part thereof
to other places, the customers and farmers would enforce to land and
pretend to take custom thereof, wherefore we do command that all the
English ships which with their merchandize shall come into the port of
Constantinople, Alexandria, Tripoli of Syria, Scanderoon or into any
port whatsoever of our empire, according to use, they shall pay only
custom of such goods which with their own will they shall design to
sell, and such other merchandize as they discharge not from their ships
willingly, our customer shall not demand nor take custom, nor other
duties, but they may transport them whithersoever they please.
XLI.
And if it shall happen that any of the said English nation or any
under their banner shall commit man-
Matters Of manslaughter. slaughter, bloodshed, or any other like
offence, or that there shall happen any cause appertaining to the law or
justice, until the Ambassador or Consul shall be present to examine the
cause, the Judges nor other Ministers shall not decide nor give any
sentence, but such controversy shall always be declared in the presence
of the Ambassador or Consul, or to the end that no man be judged or
condemned contrary to the law and the capitulations.
XLII.
Whereas it is wi'itten in the Imperial capitulations that the goods
landed out of any English ship which
Foreigner's Consulage to be paid. ^ come ^ our dominions and p a y
custom ought also to pay the duty of Consulage to the English Ambassa
dor or Consul, it seemeth that divers Mahomedan merchants, Sciots and
other merchants in peace and amity with this Imperial port and other
merchant strangers do deny and refuse to pay the right of Consulage,
wherefore it is commanded that all the merchandize which shall be laden