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of the Sons &o., wherein it was unanimously Agreed to remove till suoli
time ns they cou’d receive further Orders from Bagdat & Answers from Carem
Caun Mr. Skipp also reported that Mahomet Kia particularly requested the Fleet
might continue on their present Station, & he wou’d agreeable to the Orders
ho had recc'd from the Bashaw pay the full Expenocs thereof an Acot: of which
he requested might ho given him & further desir'd Mr. Skipp to assure the
Agent lie wou’d on no acct: break his promises in regard to Our Affairs which
he had given at the Conference with him on his coming down from Bagdat ;
that his not having sent the Caun’s Letter hitherto was owing to the fearof its
miscarlying but had himself open’d it ; He also desir’d the Agent might ho
inform’d that in a few Days he shou’d remo ve 1 is Camp to the Mouth°of the
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I Halfar, where he entreated the Agent wou’d favor him with an interview
when he wou’d settle every point with him so as to give full satisfaction.
On the 19th we met to take the above r.port into consideration &
having maturely Consider’d the extraordinary Conduct of Carem Caun & the
The British daims
on the Turks for Turks, togethor with the present complicated & unsettled State of Affairs;
payment of Kesolv’d that as 'Mr. Skipps indisposition prevented h is return Mr. Hallamby
expenses of the
fleet and Haji shou’d be direoted to go to Mahomet. Kia to expostulate with him on' this
Yusuf's debts.
occasion & to insist on his Complying with Our Den d. agreeable to the
Instructions before given Mr. Skipp ; 'J hat as he declares ho understands the
Bashaws Orders are to pay Us the real E xpences of the Fleet, he acquaints him we
find it turns out on a .Medium about 1,000 Toms. & Md. according to the advances
allready made & that if necessary they shall see the A ects. of the whole on the
departure of the Fleet, as soon as they can be clos’d & if it amts: to less
than that Sura they shall be allow’d the difference, provided they engage to pay
Us whatever it may exceed, & that he be requir’d to deolare whether he will
continue this Allowance to the Fleet in case we still detain it sometime longer,
in what manner & when he proposes making the same good, also to insist on. the
Ballance now due on this Acct: be immediately made good as likewise to declare
that the Value of the Vessells taken by the Chaub is to be made good to Us by
the Turks not the Persians & thaUhey must apply for the same agreeable to the
Contents of the Phrimaund; That Had. Fusuphs Debt be put into a Course
'of paymt: agreeable to the plan he brot: down from Bagdat, & Mahomet Kia is to
be acquainted as it is owing to Our Fleet they are now in possession of the Produce
of the Dates, &c., of the Country which otherwise wou’d have been reap’d by
the Enemy, that We demand that the whole Amt: they have or shall receive be
paid Us in order to satisfy our Demands in general, & a Categorical Answer is
to be requir’d to all Our above Demands & Proposals, for as all necessary
Orders & Commands have been rece’d from the Bashaw for paying Us in General,
it is unnecessary & and only loosing of time to apply to Bagdat any more but
except the same being put into Execution without any further references or delays
or we shall regulate Council accordingly. Mr. Hallamby is also to declare on our
Behalf that it is our firm resolves to quit the place where wo as Merclit: cannot
remain with Protection or Security but what we have of our own & that at a
large Expence to the Ho. Co., unless immediately redress’d in manner
propos’d & that the real Cause of the Agent’s not meeting him as requested is
entirely owing to indisposition, but our Demands &c. will be the same as now
tender’d him whether he meets him or not, all which we hope will have the
desir’d effect in obtaining the speedy recovery thereof; The Minutes of these
Consultations are also enclos’d for Your Honor &c., satisfaction.