"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٢‎٩‎٢] (١٧٨٢/١٤٤٧)

British assis
tance in
military
matten to
the Pasha of
baghdad-
3798-99.
Interception
at Basrah of
an embassy
from Tipu
Snltin to the
Porte, Octo*
her 1799.
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friction * arose between Messrs. Manesty and Jones^ of whom the
former was the senior in rank, while the latter had now obtained the more
conspicuous position. In December 1798 Mr. Manesty took advantage
of the passage of the Kehiyah, 'AH Pasha, through Baerah on his expedi
tion againstJhe Wahhabis to establish friendly personal relations with
him; but in February 1799, having enquired of the Government of
Bombay whether he might proceed to Baghdad for an interview with
Sulaiman Pasha, he was told that he might do so only if the object
which he bad in view could not be equally well attained through
Mr. Jones ; and in consequence of this answer he gave up his intended
visit.
On several occasions in 1798 and 1799 the Government of Bombay
supplied the Pasha of Baghdad with mortars, muskets, shells, gun
powder and other munitions of war at cost prices ; and, in response to
a request for an experienced gunner and an " able bombardier of the
" Muhammadam persuasion who had been trained in the military service
<£ of the Honourable Company in India/' a f conductor and two European
gunners were sent to Basrah in August 1799.
In October 1799 Mr. Manesty became aware of the presence in
Basrah of an embassy which Tipu Sultan of Mysore had despatched to
the Sultan of Turkey, with presents and letters, to beseech his assistance
against the British in India. It consisted of Sai^id 'Ali Muhammad,
Kaiidn, and Saiyid Madar-ud-Din, with a secretary named Hasan 'Ali
and some attendants. Mr. Manesty caused the Ambassadors to be in
formed through Agha Muhammad Nabi, a Persian Merchant and after
wards Persian Envoy to India, of the fall of Seringapatam and the death
of their master, of which events he had himself just received intelligence;
but they did not consider themselves absolved from the duty of discharg
ing their mission in the interests of Tipu's heirs. The Resident also had
recourse to the Mutasallim, 'Abdullah Agha, by whom he thought the
Ambassadors might be restrained from proceeding further j but that
officiaI P res e ntly received instructions from the Pasha of Baghdad,
f fv, ^f ire | ^ ve ri ' 8e a truJ y remarkable exchange of invectives, during which
tbatLbe'X" ^ " ° f tto i " le "
° ame E ''J mo ° d . 8u bse quently deswled to the French,
F,e„ h GZtl f , eXt,arti0 °- He 'PP-i-ted fcr Ih.
could not be obtai™ d nntil 1886 when he " Ba ' r " h ' and ^ sl ' rra,der ^ tte
Rnmhar W fv, j - " n te was given up as a deserter and taken to
doccrtiou e10 0116 011 acC0UI1 ^ 1 0I, 8 time that had elapsed since his