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Political
Agency in
Turkish
Arabia, and
its subsequent
history,
1822-32.
History of
the Bushehr
Residency,
1822.34.'
Agent on a salary of Rs. 800 a month, with a table allowance of Eg. 600
a month which in 1824- was increased to Re. 1,000, In 1824 the
Political Ag-ent in Turkish Arabia was made subordinate in some respects
to the Resident at Bushehr, with whose instructions in all matters
affecting the maritime Arabs and the Persian Coast he was directed to
comply, and whom he was ordered to furnish with copies of all his
despatches ; but in the affairs of Turkish 'Iraq he retained freedom of
action, subject to a proviso that without the sanction of the Resident
at Bushehr he should undertake nothing by which British interests in
the Gulf generally might be compromised. After 1828 the Political
Agent in lurkish Arabia sometimes resided at Baghdad, where political
business could be more easily transacted than at Basrah; and from 1832
onwards Raghdad seems to have been his regular head-quarters. The
actual expenses of the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia were
Rs. ^0,068 for the year from 1st February 1828 to 31st January 1829,
when it was still located at Hasrah ; they included the staff and regimental
allowances of a European military officer by whom the Residency guard
was then commanded, and the allowances of a Civil Surgeon.
1 he Bushehr Residency, on account of the conspicuous duties which
the Resident had to perform in connection with the repression of piracy,
enjoyed at this time much higher prestige and consideration than the
Political Agency in Turkish Arabia, which was, as we have seen, in
some respects subordinate to it; but the emoluments of the Resident
at Bushehr did not differ greatly, on the average from those of the officer
at Basrah or Baghdad. For Lieutenant McLeod, who died of fever in 1823
within a year of his appointment, a fixed travelling allowance at the
rate of Rs. 500 a month to be drawn by him while absent from head*
quarters was sanctioned : the object of this allowance was to encourage'
active touring by the Resident, especially to the ports of the chiefs who
were signatories of the Treaty of 1820. Colonel Stannus, who succeeded
Lieutenant McLeod, received a salary of Rs. 1,500 a month and a
table allowance of Rs. GOO per mensem; and in November 1831, in
consequence of orders from the Court of Directors of the East India
Company that the Residency should be conferred upon a Civil Servant,
it was given to Mr. Blane, whose personal allowances while holding
the appointment aggregated Rs. 2,800 a month. Mr. Blane replaced
Dr. McNeill of the Bombay medical establishment apparently the same
officer who afterwards rose to the high post of British Minister at
Tehran. The cost of maintenance of the Bushehr Residency from 1st