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f „ Ikt Batrak Factory Diary No. m of 1764-65for 1-U nay> ^
Letter bv >< bjthcr to beware of the Chaubs Gallivats who may ;Q 6
"attack them on a supposition that we are going to assi8t
^Another Copy thereof be sent to Bush.re with a Letter to th#
tion with Karim # manner
Kb’”' B6STe Shred Basheeoame with orders from the Mussaleem to eSamina 4
. v at the Kapalamas as deposited hy Hodjee Eusuph which were shown him
7 fter taking some Memorandums of their dates &c JL. went away.
° By a Chogueda arriv’d this day from Bagdat there is news that the
Captain. Bashaw is displaced, that post given again to Hastafa Bashaw.
Yesterday the Mussaleem went to Maygill to have an interview with the
Montipih Shaik and did. not ..return till 10 at Night, nothing as yet transpir es
i then deliver’d a Letter much to the same purport as the Kia’s & took this
concerning the Council they had together but its the Opinion of every Body
their Meeting, was held ,in consequonoe of Carem Cauns having sent his
People here lately to demand the Chaub’s money and effects which they learn
ii was deposited, with the Montipih Shaft. * Several of Carem Caun's Forces came
in sight of Minac this Day to the no., of .near 800 on the other side the River,
but are not come over it as yet; the Captain Bashaws Gallivat are now fitted
to go against the Chaub, but.at the best they make a most miserable figure
& seem very little capable of action.
It is well known the Chaub at present shelters himself at an Island below
the River call’d Dwiack and every Body conjectures he will defend himself there
till absolute .necessity obliges him to fly, in which case it is said he has already
secur’d an Asylum for himself & his People where the Caun’s Forces cannot
follow him.
During these Commotions little or no Business can he transacted in
Town; No money to be had, & those that have any are afraid to show it, the
Governm_L demands being very very great at present to support their Charges
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so that there is an entire stagnation to all Trade.
Came in anothor Qheguedah from Bagdat with a Letter from Mr. Garden
and one from Mr. Lyster the former to advise his arriva there the 20th &
Gfri.r.'dL^t.r themanner°f kis reception with all to acquaint Us of the request of the
Bashaw.t0 assist him gainst the Chaub with such English Vessells as may
beattbis P°rt> t5*at they were sending from Bagdat. 6 or 600 Barratalys to
i°mtl'e Cauns Forces, & that the Bashaw had given full authority to the
Tuijts igtinit the ^ussa^eeiH to treat with the Agent on the proper measures to be pursued on this
I! Parkhwm? vessel cca9ion also to indemnify the Commanders from any risk & to allow them
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a consideration for their trouble. Recc’d a Letter from the Kia to the above
effect strenuously urging th e Bashaw’s request in respect to our Vessells pr
rising that the
: n , Commissions Mr. Garden was charged with would be
lingnesa to^l d.°ubting to reoe^Q in the interim the good News of our
Imm d T ^ BaS.hw as he had aerfrU.
Mussale®01
to acquaint M rece^fc the above sent the Linguists to the ^
chose it & tkatV^ 1 W°U’d C0Ilfer with him on tbese AfTaris ^^vico *»
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I soon:as he n]M C!P Varkison’8 Vessel was ready to go on their. eerT
Plea8ed as before agreed on.
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ArMcc being just now broi- me that it is possible tlio Chaub “ay mke
A in tlie Night time to burn the Fanny Snow knowing that if she
sora° atten I lUo Captain Bashaws Gallivats as ho pleases wrote a
I5; [o Ca ta^ Parkinson to give him notice thereof & in order that he
vht send directions on his People to be on their Guard.
D1'S This afternoon Mulna Hossein waited on me again on the Subject of our
•stance when Captain Parkison being present be desir’d to know in what
flSS1 he wou’d have the Fanny valued and the Risk secur’d to his owners,
cost him about 20,000 R-.Br when the other proposing to
who replyM that slio ?
pass an obligation to Captain Parkison in the Mussaleem s Name for that
amount it was agreed to hy him & as to tho consideration to be given him
for his trouble he trusts to the Honor of tho Mussaleem to allow him what is
Customary except in case any Gallivats or Boats belongiug to the Chaub
shou’d be taken that then he demands Is. of the value exclusive of what he is to
have for his trouble upon which Capti Tarkison withdrew, Mulna Hossein
occasion to assure me that the affair at Bagdat wou’d terminate greatly to my
satisfaction. That the Mussalcom had about 3,000 Musquet Men ready to go
against the Chaub as soon as the Barratalys expected from Bagdat arriv’d they
were to March & the Vessells to move down the River at the same time, and
proceed afterwards as circumstances might admit with regard to the attack
& expressing that tho Mussaleem was desirous of going on Board the Fanny
to see her & that I wou’d accompany him he withdrew after being assur’d
that I won’t meet him & that every tiling sliou’d ho conducted as he desir’d.
There being a Chegucdar to set out in tho Even_fr for Bagdat wrote
Mjl Lyster in reply to Mjl Garden’s letter as follows—
Several of the people belonging to the Captain Bashaws Galleys went last
Night to the Mussaleem to complain that they had neither Pay nor Provisions
from the Captain Bashaw altho’ Order’d upon the Expedition ; this caus’d some
enquiry to Day when the Capt-JL Bashaw being at the Serai declar’d to the
Mussaleem he wou’d hold his Post no longer upon which Mustafa Bashaw was
appointed agreeable to the orders from Bagdat in his Stead and being vested
with a Sable Courk at the Serai in the usual manner went immediately &
took on himself that Charge ; The Linguists being sent with the Agents
Compliments of Congratulation on the above occasion were rece’d with great
marks of Politeness and vested with two Caraceas.
V, -fews;is jiiatnow brought that the Comi Forces to the number of 5,000 Movement, of
Cioss d the River at a place call’d Meezza & had got possession of aKarim Khan’»
Granary belonging to the Chaub. kZZ against th*
There being a report that an English Vessell was came into this River a
Hamal was
Jr w.r,nr “so a Lo,i'r ,o ““ comm"fe im ■“*
12 Gallivats account of her & reports that the Chaub has
on Board of which he has put his Women & Effects now lying
* the entrance which has entirely stopped the
that three of the Gallivats were communication to Bassora &
to Shaik Dervis’s employ’d in doing all the mischief they can
country burning and destroying all the Villa:
River Sid e & carrying off their women &c a Effects. ges near the
w ^ f erardS rTd tbe Natalys arriv’d this Day from Ba-di w
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