"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٥‎٦‎٨] (١٧٨٢/١٧٢٣)

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of Baghdad, Musal and Basrah, that of the Vice-Consul at B^nl «
whole Wilayat of Basrah, and that of the Vice-Consul at Musal
w o 0 MJlayat of Masai. It does not appear that action on this recom-
rnendation was found practicable.
In 1887 on a complaint made by the Resident that the Wali f
Basrah during a visit to^Baghdad had omitted to call on him Sir W
u hite. Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople remarked
;:;Vf':; ,el "v s Consu ' General at ]iagl " ]5(1 ' was »«>» ^re.
d .ted to the ah of Basrah and, for that, and for other reasons, was not
Colo T t a ViSit frnm him in the circums(a »^ described
Colonel TVeedie, on receivmg this reply, raised once more the onestion
of the dual nature of the Baghdad appointments, last discussed in 1874,
e iemarked that the British representative at Baghdad was nrimarll
Political Resident in Turkish Arabia on behalf of the Government of
nc ,a, and, secondary, Consul-General of Her Britannic Majesty',
Government ,n the Pashaliq of Baghdsd ; that ever since the consja
t,tle bad been conferred on him the Ottoman Government had shown
a endency to ignore h.s stains a. Resident and treat him merely a., a
Consul-General; and that, as the dominions of the Baghdad Pashalin
I ad recently been reduced by the separation therefrom Basrah and
its districts, so the duties and responsibilities of the British represeuta-
tives at Baghdad were being gradually curtailed and restricted with
the result that bis influence in the country was being destroyed T
eiulency was now to regard him as Consul for the Baghdad Wi| S yat
esp mall ^ C " l0nel Twee<,ie ' 8 ™ quired,
Pcdit^eal A t>'e ~sUnoe B of the time, was a " vigorous unfettered
Agent in the Government of India's sense, pervading with his
person, h.s influence, and his money every portion of the Otlan
empire lying within reach of the Persian Gulf." The principal ones
sji* 'T:' ^ "»"• - vas
that of th S e ' f " tUre With refere "« to Basrah, and, secondlv,
hat of t he .tepsneede to save his official position from disintegration
He. Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople in f«rwa«iin e
" e "' r ^ l '0" e "ce to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs made
among others, the following observations :
country lite the
Sublime Porte, is tor me a matter ,,f ^ <j"gin, nnreoogmswl as il is by the
Majesty's Embassy ia c ^neenied Colonel^T 16 ^ * * So tar as Her
nor has he ever been recognised'by the J'y'? 16 ls ^ Con ! ,,, ' GeMraI a " d ""thing else,
. the bablime Porte in any other capacity. Hjs