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Agency might with advantage be suppressed, and his Council concurred
in the opinion; but he left the decision to his successor, Sir J. Malcolm,
who in 1828, while agreeing as to the advisability of a diminution of
the political expenditure in the Gulf region, thought the time inopportune,
in view of the critical relations of Russia with both Turkey and Persia,
for any reduction of establishment in Turkish ■'Iraq. In a report dated
2bth April 1830 a Committee appointed in India to enquire into the
state of the Government finatices^ recommended the retention of one
Agency only, located at Bushehr, and the Government of India appa-
lently adopted the suggestion; but the Court of Directors, before whom
this and other questions of reorganisation came in 183^ decided* that no
change should be made for the present in Turkish ^Iraq. This decision
was due partly to the internal conditioti of the Pashaliq, and partly to
" the peculiar complication of circumstances in which the relations of
c< the various Powers connected with that part of the world are at this
" moment involved/'
In 1835 the orders of 1806, making the British political representa
tive in Turkish ^Iraq entirely subordinate to the Government of Bombay,
were cancelled; and it was ordered that he, as well as the Resident at
Bushehr, should in future correspond with the Government of India and
be under their direct orders.t The despatches of the Political Agent were
to be sent, however, under flying seal through the Government of
Bombay, by whom copies would be retained.
During the earlier part of this period, from 1810 to 1822, a European
Assistant Political Agent existed at Basrah; but occasionally, during his
absence, his place was filled by the native broker of the Factory, for
whom an allowance of Rs. 200 a month was sanctioned in 1819. Soon
after the death ol Mr. Rich iti 1821 the^European Assistantship was
abolished; and the broker received, in addition to his allowance, the
title of ' £ Native Agent " as an indication of his political status. The
first Native Agent was Khojah Johannes, who died in 1821; he was
succeeded by his sou Khojah Parseigh Johannes, who held the office for
30 years. In 1832, when the Political Agent finally removed from
They were influenced, probably, by a miuttt.? of the (lovernor of Bombay (Lord
Clare) who observed that undoubtedly, if merely the protection of British commerce
wasiequired in Turkish Arabia, a ^Native Agent at Basrah would answer as well as
a European Political Agent; but that he was of opinion that interests puiely Indian
were more deeply concerned, and ttut looking to the connection between European and
Indian politics it appeared very doubtfnl to him whether it would be advisable, at all
events for the present, to abolish the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia,
t See also pages 220 and 265.
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Agency in
Turkish 'Iraq
replaced
nnder the
direct autho
rity of the
Government
of India,
1835.
The Political
Assistautship
at HasraL,
1807—39.
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