"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٣‎٢‎٣] (١٧٨٢/١٤٧٨)

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taiued by Mr. Rich,* the British Resident^ and Mrs. Rich. During the
halt of the mission at Baghdad an employe of the Residency was attacked
in the neighbourhood by a gang of Arab marauders and robbed of 500
Qurush belonging to Government; but General Malcolm^ with his suite
and escort, went in pursuit of the thieves and captured four or five
of them, with their horses, firearms, and a part of the stolen property,
after a hard gallop of about ten miles. General Malcolm remained at
Baghdad for a few days to afford the protection of his escort to the
British Residency during the conflict, then proceeding, which ended in
the displacement and death of Sulaiman Pasha. On the 5th October,
while the final act in the struggle was Staking place, the Mission camp
was made secure with every military precaution j and the same evening
it afforded refuge to the Diwan Effendi, an adherent of the defeated
Governor. Sulaiman Pasha had urged Mr. Rich to obtain for him
the support of the troops of General Malcolm's escort; but the request
was one which it was not, of course, in the power of the Resident to
entertain.
On the 25th October General Malcolm and his party reached Basrah.
There he was entertained by Mr. Manesty, formerly Resident, but lately
suspended from his functions ; and on the 29th he embarked on the
East India Company's cruiser "Ternate" for Biishehr and India.
The relations of the British with 'Abdullah Pasha during his brief
tenure of power at Baghdad seem to have been particularly cordial. The
Pasha himself, immediately on his appointment to the Pashaliq, expressed
a desire for the establishment of a close mutual friendship, and
Mr. Governor Duncan of Bombay replied in fitting terms.
In May or Juuel bl2 Mr. Rich, Resident at Baghdad, was successful
m oWarning from tie Pasha two valuable decrees in the form of orders
addressed to the Muoasallim of Basrah. The first required the Mutasallim
to surrender to the xgent at Basrah of the British Resident, Baghdad,
all snilors and workmen who might desert from British vessels in the
port and place, or attempt to place, themselves under the protection of
* Mr. Claudins James Rich was a member of the Bombay Civil Sevvioe, of very
scboliu-lj tastes *nd extraordinary linguistic attainments. His wife was a daughter
of Sir Jas. Mackintosh of Borobaj. Mr. Rich's marriage and his appointment to
Baghdad both took place in 1808, when his age was less than 24 years. He was a
pioneer of archseulcgy and an indefatigable traveller. He twice visited and studied the
ruins of Babylon. He had travelled much in the Levant before bis arrival in India ;
in 1813-14 he re-visited Constantinople and returned to Baghdad by land ; and in
1820 he made a great journey into Kurdistan and Persia and visited the Niniveh site
at Mosal.
Amicable
relations
with 'Abdul*
lah Paaha,
1810-13.
Decrees by
'Abdullah
Pasha for the
surrender of
British
deserters and
against the
enslavement
of British
Indian sub
jects, 1812.
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