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provisions, contemplated the conclusion of a fresh Commercial Treaty.
The points in regard to which difficulty had been experienced seem to
have been first, the occasional levy of Rahdari or road tolls upon British
o-ocds in addition to import duty at the port of entry, and, second,
undue influence used by the Shaikh of Bushehr to deter native merchants
from shipping their goods on British vessels and to compel them to
employ his ships. With reference to these matters the Persian Commis
sioner undertook, without reference to any treaty, to obtain written papers
from the superiors of all Rahdars and from the Shaikh of Bushehr by
which the grievances complained of would be removed.
A question raised, but fortunately not brought into discussion with
the Persian Government, by the events of 1826-27 at Bushehr was
that of the practice of granting asylum to Persian refugees in British
official buildings in Persia. The only conclusions reached were, apparently,
that such protection could not, in view of existing native customs, be
altogether refused ; but that it was desirable, so far as might be con
sistent with the good name of the British Government, to exercise it
with the utmost moderation and so avoid serious political embarrass
ments. In the case of Shaikhs Husain and Nasir of Bushehr, who took
refuge in the British Residency towards the close of 1826, it was ordered
by the Government of Bombay that protection should be continued to
them only upon condition of their abstaining from intrigues and from
attempts to upset the existing government of Bushehr,—a condition
which, as we have seen, they did not fail to violate.
It had been suggested at one time, with reference to the recent
troubles, that the British Residency at Bushehr should be made defensible
and located outside the walls of the town j but the British Envoy at the
Shahs Court stated that no such proposal would ever be entertained bv
the Persian Government, and he referred to their reasons as being the
same" which led to the total destruction of the mansion erected by
Captain Bruce, the walls of which were razed to the ground. *' No
stepgj therefore, were taken in the matter.
On the 28th August 1827, in the absence from Bushehr of the
Wtish Resident, an affair took place in the harbour which from the
^olence and haste with which it was conducted on both sides, might have
ad regrettable consequences. Captain Betham of the " Amherst,*" an
^ast India Company's cruiser, having learned that a deserter from his
s was hiding on board a Baghlah in the port, sent a midshipman in a
eu ttei to bring him back; but the party were repulsed by the crew
Question
of affording
asylum to
Persian
refugees in
British
official build
ings in
Persia,
1827.
Scheme
for a defen
sible British
Eesidency
oats : de the
town, 1827.
Case of a
chserter
from the
Amherst "
at Bushehr,
1827.