"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٢‎٢‎١] (١٧٨٢/١٣٧٦)

1221
MIMtlJli,
to the assistance of the Turkish Mutasallim of Basrah against the
Muntafik with a fleet of 14 Gallivats.
In 1771^ the Turks were still at peace with the Ka'ab^ and the latter
appeared to have dropped their animosity against the British; but
neither the Turks, who had unsettled claims against them amounting
to more than Us. 20,000, nor tne British, who had received no compen
sation for the outrages of 1765, appeared likely to obtain any satisfaction
from the tribe. Before the end of 1773 a fresh rupture occurred between
the Ka'ab and the Turks, and the former stopped the trade of Basrah
by stationing three of their Gallivats so as to close the navigation of
the river.
Ka'ab to the
Turks, 1769.
Renewed
friction
between the
Ka'ab and
thp Turks,
1771-73.
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British political and general relations with Turkish 'Iraq,
1757-73.
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In 1758 ; Mr. Garden ; who was still Mr, Shaw's Assistant, visited
Baghdad on important affairs, temporarily superseding Khojah Eaphael,
an Armenian merchant from Persia, who was the Resident's ordinary
agent or ^ attorney" at that place. Mr. Garden entertained there the
English traveller Dr. Ives and his companions, on whom, as " an accom-
" plished young gentleman " he made a favourable impression.
In the summer of 1759 —partly to neutralise the effects of a visit
which the French Resident had recently paid to Baghdad, partly to
gratify Sulaiman Pasha, who had sent him money and pressing invitations,
and partly perhaps to attend to the interests of his own private trade
•—Mr. Shaw, the British Resident at Basrah, made a journey to
Baghdad, where he remained as the Pasha's guest from the end of June
until tlie middle of August. He was treated during the whole of his stay
with the utmost distinction, or, as he himself expressed it, " had such
"public honours and favours conferred on me as has rejoiced the
" friends, and confounded the enemies of our nation.'"' The principal result
of the Resident's visit, from the official point of view, was the grant to
him by the Pasha of a Farman in which the Mutasallim of Basrah was
commanded to observe most carefully every article of the Capitulations ;
and, lest his labour in obtaining such a document should appear to his
employers superfluous, Mr. Shaw was careful to explain that the effect
of the new orders would be not only to confirm the abolition of the
anchorage dues or " Ships' presents," regarding which an understanding
Visit of Mr.
Garden to
B i^hdad,
1758.
Journey of
the British
Resident to
Baghdad and
grant of a
Fanrian by
the Pasha,
1759.
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