"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" [و‎‎٩‎٨] (٢٢٦/١٩٩)

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IV.
The Treaty o£ capitulations agreed upon in the Turkish year 1086
* tt j . j- (A.D. 1675)* in the middle of the
i e ppen i\ , month Gemmaziel Akir, as also the Act
relating- to the commerce of the Black Sea, and the other privileges (Imtia-
zat) equally established by Acts at subsequent periods, shall continue
to be observed and maintained as if they had suffered no interruption.
V.
In return for the indulgence and good treatment afforded by the
Sublime Porte to English merchants with respect to their goods and
property, as well as in all matters tending to facilitate their commerce,
England shall reciprocally extend every indulgence and friendly treatment
to the flag, subjects, and merchants of the Sublime Porte which may
hereafter frequent the dominions of His Britannic Majesty for the
purposes of commerce.
VI.
The last Custom House tariff established at Constantionople at the
ancient rate of 3 per cent., and particularly the Article relating to the
interior commerce, shall continue to be observed as they are at present
regulated, and to which England promises to conform.
VII.
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Ambassadors from His Majesty the King of Great Britain shall
enjoy all the honors enjoyed by Ambassadors to the Sublime Porte from
other nations; and Ambassadors from the Sublime Porte at the Court of
London shall reciprocally enjoy all the honors granted to the Ambassadors
from Great Britain.
VIII.
Consuls (Shabenders) may be appointed at Malta and in the
dominions of His Britannic Majesty, where it shall be necessary to
manage and superintend the affairs and interests of merchants of the
Sublime Porte, and similar privileges and immunities to those granted
to English Consuls, resident in the Ottoman dominions, shall be duly
afforded to the " Shabenders " of the Sublime Porte.
IX.
English Ambassadors and Consuls may supply themselves, according
to custom, with such Dragomen as they shall stand in need of; but as it
has already been mutually agreed upon that the Sublime Porte shall
not grant the " Barat" of Dragoman in favor of individuals who do not
execute that duty in the place of their destination, it is settled, in confor
mity with this principle, that in future the " Barat" shall not be granted
to any person of the class of tradesmen or bankers, nor to a shop-keeper
or manufacturer in the public markets, or to one who is engaged in any
matters of this description, nor shall English Consuls be named from
among the subjects of the Sublime Porte.