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KU^O^oSn?61 Acoordingly the 25 Ulto. Mahmout Kia arrived from Bagdat with about
ag»i'ait tUiCub! fifteen huudred Men and with whom the Agent a day or two after had a coa-
pSi'for paying forence on Ail'airs in general & particularly concerning a Bouratty Sent by
tte oosi of tho tho * Resident at Bagdat directing him to make the Amount of llodjco Busuphs
fleet A Haji
Yusuf’s debts. debt good ns ulso the allowance for the Fleet; He received tho Agent with all
manner of civility & profors of Friendship giving the greatest assurances of
doing everything for tho good of tho sorvico as also that tho Inhabitants need
bo under no apprehensions of his molesting or distressing them & being asked
by tho Agent when & in what manner lie proposed paying Uodjoo Eusupb’s
debt, he made Answer that nothing cou’d bo done thcrciu till the Enomy was
reduced when within twenty or thirty days he wou’d pay it olf by Separating
the Lands among the Sons and obliging them to pay oil tho whole in proportion
& for discharging the sum allowed;for the Charge* of the Fleet he gave a
Note for GOO Toms in part thereof on the Customs which we have the pleasure
to inform Your Honors has been duely reccd.; shortly after this ho Sett out
with his Troops for the Army where having arrived and some disputes arrising
about the Command with the late Mussaleem who insisting to know the tenor
of his Commission he in a few days made it known that ho was not only General
of the Army but also Govcrnour or Mussaleem of Bussora & immediately ordered
the Captn. Bashaw to repair with his Gallies to Gaban wherein Company
with the Wolf Gallivat particularly requested for this service by Mahmoud
Kia he accordingly arrived Safe, tho Chaub People immediately on their
appearance having deserted the Fort with the greatest precipitation the Conse­
quence of which has been a whole Tribe of the Chaubs principal Musquctiers
having Fledd to Mahmoud Kia with their Families for protection as well as to
our Ships; By these people we have learnt that the greatest disaffection reigns
among his Troops who wou'd all desert him but that he keeps their chiefs
continually within his Sight & on the least Suspicion committs the most horrid
Barbarities ; in Short they Say there is nothing wanting but for the Turks to
march into his Country when it is thought the whole of his people wou’d
immediately desert him therefore this Measure has been lately very Strongly
represented by the Agent to the New Mussaleem who wrote word ho wou’d
March in a few days more only waiting for Some Horse he expected from the
Montefeck Shaik & as it has further been resolved the Agont sliou’d repair to
the Fleet to further affairs lie was actually in Readiness to have gone by the
Tartar who was dispatched here to take in Provisions, but that the Mussaleem
having Letters arrived & intimating as above that he cou’d not March in less
than ten or twelve days together with the Agent being much indispos’d on
whioh She was sent to the Fleet with the necessary Provisions & directions to
Captn. Nesbitt to return her as soon as possible, when the Agent now being
recovered will proceed as before intended which we are Led to hope will have
the desir’d effect by putting the Turks into motion nothing more by all account
being wanting to bring affairs to the desired end, we doubt not but of having
the satisfaction of acquainting Your Honours of this agreable peice of News in
a short time more.
The Fame Storesliip having received some considerable damage as repre­
sented by the Commr. in going over the Barr as also being of little or no
! service to the Fleet but a considerable monthljr charge, we under tho 30
Ulto return’d her to the Presidency acquainting them particularly of all
transactions as also the state of Affairs here, but on Account of her weakness
• See foot note on page 211.