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Dwigni of Karim and 0f Cftrim Cauii's designs against, this place being confirmed we wore
Khan •gataat pre­
Baarab. paring to ship off our Honourable Masters ellects on board the Revenge Drake
—they wore ordered under the 20th February to bo stored with three months
provisions, and to hold themselves in readiness for receiving the woolens—but
the Munaleem hearing of our intentions, paid the Agent a visit at the factory—
ho represented to him the bad consequence that would attend our shipping off the
Company’s effects at that time—he said that Carim Cnun’s chief desire was to
ruin Bassora, and thereby oblige us to resettle in his dominions; that this his
aim would be fully answered, if the English on every alarm, would remove
their effects and thereby throw the town into conlusion, that the inhabitants
were already sufficiently alarmed ; that numbers would undoubtedly immedi­
ately leave the placo; and that all business would be put a stop to—lie said
also that he had his people in different parts to give him intelligence
of the Persians motions ; that they could not march without his having early
advice of it, aud that then we might if we thought proper take every pre­
caution for the security of our property.
The Kaab and 2. He informed the Agent at the same time that he was sending a man
Turk*. to the Chaub, who he was certain would either join the Turks should the
Persians march against Bussora or at least remove with his Galivats and
people from Doorack, and he requested the Agent would promise in the former
case that he should not be molested by our cruizers—be concluded with
desiring to know if we would assist him against the Persians, or what were
the Agent’s intentions should they actually besiege the place.
3. The Agent sensible of the propriety of the Mussaleem’s reasoning
with respect to the shipping off our effects agreed to defer it fora few days
longer, by which time as the Mussaleem observed, the designs of Carim Caun
might be more certain—He promised him that should be put his hostile designs
into execution, and the Chaub should join the Turks in the protection of
Bassora, our cruizers should not molest him—he observed to the Mussaleem
that we were only merchants in Bussora; that we bad nothing to do with
the disputes between the Country powers, and though he wished extremely
well to the Turks, he consequently oould not givo them any assistance—that
on the approach of the Persians he would retire on board the ships with as
rnuoh of the English effects as they could conveniently take on board, that
he would then wait the event, but that the Mussaleem might bo assured
he would not quit the river whilst the place continued in the hands of the
Turks, with which assurance the Mussaleem appeared to be perfectly satisfied.
4. The Agent wrote to the Bacha to inform him of the Caun’s
designs, and to recommend to him the sending down troops to protect the
place—the Chaub when applied promised the Mussaleem not to lend the
Persians any assistance, but to quit Doorack with his Galivats and people
as soon as he received certain intelligence that they had marched from Schiraa
—at the same time he informed the Mussaleem that Carim Caun had as yet
made no preparations, that he had ordered the Chaub to send five hundred
men to the assistance of Tukey Caun at Gombroon, but that the Chaub bad
excused himself.
Meam. Beaumont 5. Affairs remained in this situation until the 3rd March, at which time
Shinz°*^e Persian Choppars returned from Schiras with a letter from Carim Caun
which is entered under that date in the Ship to Ship Diary now transmitted,
as is likewise under the 4th the Agent’s reply thereto—since that time we have
only received one letter from Messieurs Beaumont and Green dated the 2nd and