Continued from Diary (//) No. 47 of 1897/8 [3 AUG 1898 --- V048_00_N] (//)

1898 Augt 3d.

1898 Augt

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[1:] At 8,,5 am landed 13 1/2
[2:] passengers at Ali Gherbi
[3:] and took 4 and went on
[4:] at 9,,5~ Light N.W. breeze

[5:] We have a new mate in
[6:] the place of the 2d mate Mr.
[7:] Hatfield who was discharged
[8:] three months ago; this
[9:] one is young only 21 years
[10:] Called Smart, he came out
[11:] in the Goolistan & joined
[12:] this ship on the 1st Instt;

[13:] I paid the Ship's Company
[14:] their wages for July~

[15:] Clouds coming on on N. &
[16:] East parts;

[17:] Toward sunset the Weather
[18:] Cooled down with a light
[19:] N.W. breeze & fine Cool
[20:] Air, but my cabin is burning
[21:] hot it is 108º at 7 P.M.
[22:] I cannot stand a minute

[3:] A Jew passenger from
[4:] Basreh died this afternoon
[5:] being sick with dysentery,

[6:] At 7,,55 P.M. arrived
[7:] at Coot, landed 11 passengers
[8:] & 1100 Bales; We took in
[9:] 8 Tons of Coal; It is still
[10:] warm & am perspiring in
[11:] bed; a light variable breeze,
[12:] We finished at 9 1/2 and
[13:] remained at Coot for the
[14:] night to sleep;

4th Thursd Th@ 4. 84

1898 Augt

[15:] Light N.W. breeze &
[16:] Cool morning; at
[17:] daylight we dropped
[18:] down below the Village
[19:] & steamed up along the
[20:] other side, We touched &
[21:] backed off several times
[22:] until we got over and
[23:] went on at 6 am.

[3:] A Turkish Officer deck
[4:] passenger from Amara
[5:] yesterday wanted to mess
[6:] with us & the Captain allowed
[7:] him to do so; he is also
[8:] spending the day down on
[9:] the quarter deck; The
[10:] dead Jew passenger was
[11:] landed Yesterday at Coot
[12:] & the Jews buried it~

[13:] The breeze became very hot
[14:] like a furnace coming
[15:] from the desert; Clouds are
[16:] appearing scattered about

[17:] At 1,,10 P.M. passed
[18:] Nemlah; Very hot weather

[19:] At 2,,35 we came up
[20:] to Sheresh the S.S. Phrat &
[21:] Barge are here Aground &
[22:] heaving over; We also
[23:] touched just ahead of her
[24:] and stuck;

[25:] Detained 20 minutes at Um-
[26:] Sneyem in Shoal water,
[27:] there a Modte N.W. Wind
[28:] & Weather is cooling

[2:] At 8,,15 P.M. passed the
[3:] S.S. Khalifah going down
[4:] at [strikethrough] Humenyeh

[5:] At 9,,30 passed [strikethrough] Azizieh
[6:] [strikethrough]~ Light N.W. & fine
[7:] weather,

5th Frid Th@ 4. 89

1898 Augt

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[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather

[9:] At 1,,10 am passed
[10:] Baghdadieh Fort, went
[11:] easy & backed several
[12:] times during the night
[13:] at Jwemisseh detained 1/2 hour

[14:] Detained at Dawar (upper
[15:] reach near Aweyn) in Shoal
[16:] water from 6 Am till
[17:] [strikethrough] 9,,40; there is no
[18:] channel & no sand bank
[19:] appeared, We sounded &
[20:] marked the place and
[21:] dropped down on it, but
[22:] grounded & took anchor
[23:] out & hove over;~

[24:] Wind getting hot, there are
[25:] some clouds on the East;

[26:] At 2,,45 P.M. We

[7:] Detained at Menary in
[8:] Shoal Water & sounding
[9:] from 4,,45 till 5,,15
[10:] Very light N.W. Air;

[11:] At 6,,55 passed Diala
[12:] Very Calm Weather;

[13:] Passed the Bridge at
[14:] 8 P.M. Went on easy;

[15:] At 10,,30 landed mails
[16:] at the Residency I also
[17:] landed & went home, saw
[18:] Eliza & heard from her
[19:] all the Sad news about
[20:] Alexanders Mariage &
[21:] the answers of mine and
[22:] Jeboorys telegrams we
[23:] had sent on the 1st from
[24:] Basreh to Alexander &

6 Satur

1898 Augt

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[A48_011_18:004]

[8:] Modte N.W. & fine Weather
[9:] The Bahoora must have
[10:] finished~ I went down
[11:] below & began reading
[12:] the Telegrams & letters of
[13:] Alexander & Sevelinge
[14:] the latter one is to Jeboory
[15:] Asfar & he has sent me
[16:] a Copy of it, the telegram
[17:] of Alexander in Answer
[18:] to mine of the 1st from
[19:] Basreh (a Copy of it is here
[20:] above) he says.

[21:] Svoboda Baghdad
[22:] Depart Paris presentement

[7:] How quick this telegram
[8:] came it was sent the next
[9:] day after the one I wrote,
[10:] that is in about 24 hours from
[11:] the time mine was sent
[12:] until the time this one
[13:] came; What an answer
[14:] & what a daring, he must
[15:] have lost his head and
[16:] he must have been taught
[17:] by the woman he loves
[18:] or by Ibrahim Gejou

[19:] That of J. Asfar is from
[20:] Basreh dated the 4th
[21:] he says.

[22:] Svoboda, Baghdad
[23:] Sevelinge Wires

[4:] His letters from Vienna are
[5:] full of affections toward
[6:] us as usual & he wishes to
[7:] leave very soon to come
[8:] to us, & says that Böhm is
[9:] out in the country as well
[10:] as Mr. Schweiger in whose
[11:] office he used to go; etc etc,

[12:] Monseigneur Altmayer
[13:] had also telegraphed to
[14:] Cardinal Richard on
[15:] the 30 Ulto. this

[16:] Cardinal Richard
[17:] Paris
[18:] Alexander Svoboda,
[19:] Mon diocesain, mineur,
[20:] de passage Paris 3 Place
[21:] Cambronne, Veut contracter
[22:] mariage, contre Volonté
[23:] paternelle, Veuillez
[24:] ordonner refus benediction

[5:] He received this answer
[6:] dated the 2d on the 3 Instt,

[7:] Altmayer Baghdad
[8:] Mesopotamie
[9:] Alexandre Svoboda,
[10:] inconue adresse indiqués
[11:] Cardinal Richard,

[12:] Henry had been to Dr. Rosen
[13:] on Sunday last & told him
[14:] all about Alexander and
[15:] obtained from him a Telegram
[16:] to the German ambassador
[17:] Count Münster in Paris
[18:] thus

[19:] Ambassade Allemande
[20:] " Paris
[21:] Oesterreicher Alexander

[8:] But after he had taken
[9:] it to be sent, all my sisters &
[10:] wife & others they thought that
[11:] it would be risky for Alexander
[12:] on account of the Austrian
[13:] Governt. Knowing his presence
[14:] there & may take him to
[15:] serve in the military & so it
[16:] was not sent & D Rosen
[17:] Knew nothing about its
[18:] not being sent;

[19:] All my sisters & their daughters
[20:] Antone Marine & [illegible] came
[21:] to us, everybody regrets this
[22:] sad affair, the boy must
[23:] have got mad, he has
[24:] just finished his 20 years

[10:] " Razkallah
[11:] " London
[12:] " Alexander Paris intention
[13:] "mariage through influence
[14:] "Gejou against our consent
[15:] "do best prevent occurrence
[16:] "by all means power,
[17:] "despatch Baghdad, Dont
[18:] "advance money without
[19:] "order –
[20:] " Korkis Svoboda
[21:] (29 words)
[22:] (6 Augt 98 )
[23:] Frcs 20.85 @ 71 Cts per
[24:] word

[5:] At 11 I went to see Monseigneur
[6:] Altmayer [space] & asked to make
[7:] an other Telegram to the
[8:] Cardinal explaining to
[9:] him that Alexander can
[10:] be found at Gejou at that
[11:] same address & Gejou will
[12:] point out to him where
[13:] Alexander is so he made
[14:] me this telegram

[15:] " Cardinal Richard
[16:] " Paris
[17:] " Svoboda se trouve adrèsse
[18:] "indiquée chez Ibrahim
[19:] "Gejou son Compatriote
[20:] "et faceteur
[21:] "16 mots Altmayer
[22:] (6/8/98) Frcs 9.25
[23:] @ 56 Cts per word,

[15:] " Korkis Baghdad
[16:] " Svoboda amoureux prostituée
[17:] "son etat completement change
[18:] "droits parants, lui écrivanes
[19:] "venir Londres refusa
[20:] "insistèz père forcer retour
[21:] "Bagdad, autrement
[22:] "consequence mauvaise

[23:] What a stupid & disgraceful

[16:] Johny & Artin called on us
[17:] In the evening;

[18:] Weather seems to be getting
[19:] cooler a little;

7th Sund Ther@4.84

1898

Augt

1898

Augt

[20:] Modte N.W. & fine weather

[21:] At 7 ½ am Eliza & I went to
[22:] Church, I called on Antone
[23:] Marine & then came home

[3:] At 11 I went to see Dr. Rosen
[4:] the German Consul and I
[5:] told him that his telegram
[6:] to the Ambassador had not
[7:] been sent by Henry for reasons
[8:] of the military service etc,
[9:] he was astonished at it &
[10:] said that he had already
[11:] written a letter & sent by
[12:] last post to the Ambassador
[13:] in which he referred him
[14:] to the telegram, & he was very
[15:] sorry at my brother Henry
[16:] why he did not tell him
[17:] so, and he told that there
[18:] is no fear of his being taken
[19:] as soldier, while he is
[20:] in France; I asked him
[21:] if he likes he can renew
[22:] the telegram & I will
[23:] send it, or if he think
[24:] better to withdraw

[16:] I called on Sister Medula
[17:] & then on Mr. Julietti and
[18:] spoke to him about the
[19:] letter of D. Rosen & he said
[20:] it can be done if he writes
[21:] to him & ask him to send
[22:] it back from Beyrout;

[23:] I called on Alice & Sister
[24:] Eliza & came home,

[1:] Eliza & I are so sorry &
[2:] have lost our head at this
[3:] matter & we are so down
[4:] hearted & grieved ~

8 Mond Ther@4.84

1898

Augt

[5:] Modte N.W. & fine weather,
[6:] At 6 ½ am called on Henry’s
[7:] Wife & came on board,
[8:] the Blosse went inside
[9:] to discharge ship; ~

[10:] At 11 left & went home, the
[11:] Monseigneur Altmayer had
[12:] called on us ~ Eliza proposed
[13:] to me to send a telegram
[14:] to Yacoob Eassayi and
[15:] to request him to go to Paris
[16:] with R Korkis & try to
[17:] persuade Alexander to
[18:] renounce mariage and
[19:] sent back to Baghdad,

[20:] So after I had enquired about
[21:] his address from his brother
[22:] & from Yousif Korkis
[23:] who told me to send it
[24:] to Rezooki’s care, so I
[25:] sent the following,

[9:] I sent it about sunset~
[10:] Antone called & also Artin
[11:] in the evening;

[12:] Light N.W. & fine but
[13:] not cool or refreshing
[14:] the bed keeps very hot;

9' Tuesd Ther@4.88

1898

Augt

1898

Augt

[15:] Modte N.W. & clouds
[16:] gathering around & above
[17:] from the north & west,

[18:] At 6 ½ am called on
[19:] Sister Medula & then
[20:] came on board, we
[21:] are discharging cargo;
[22:] Warm & cloudy;

[23:] At 9 am as I had left

[25:] I came home at noon

[26:] Weather very hot and
[27:] disagreable ~

[1:] At 3 P.M. I came on board
[2:] We are taking cargo ~

[3:] At 5 I went home, Menusha
[4:] & Sister Medula, Yacoob Tessy
[5:] & Ferida Tessy called on us
[6:] also Antone & Johny ~

[7:] Light N.W. & rather cool
[8:] night, clouds disappeared

[9:] Our departure from here
[10:] in future is going to be on
[11:] Friday instead of Thursday
[12:] as Mr. Bottomley told me
[13:] today, I wish it could be
[14:] done this time, so as to
[15:] be able to see Alexander’s
[16:] letter arriving on Thursday
[17:] to see what he has written
[18:] regarding this sad affair,
[19:] But as we are to be
[20:] transfered to the Mejidieh
[21:] this time she will be
[22:] out of Dock, we want to
[23:] leave one day earlier

[24:] Modte N.W. breeze, and
[25:] fine cool night;

[1:] Modte N.W. & fine cool
[2:] morning ~ at 7am I
[3:] came on board;

1898 Aug 10 Wedn

Ther @ 4.83

*must fiancér

[4:] D. Rosen has just sent me
[5:] the letter of the Director of
[6:] Post &Telegraph here advising
[7:] him of the despatch of his
[8:] telegram to Beyrout with
[9:] reply paid, for the withdrawal
[10:] of the letter he had sent to
[11:] the German Ambassador
[12:] in Paris regarding Alexander’s
[13:] affair & it amounts to
[14:] G. S. P. 43 ¼ which I paid
[15:] the Kawass; ~

[16:] I went home to breakfast
[17:] at 11 found Sister Eliza
[18:] there she stopped to breakfast
[19:] with us, just at this
[20:] moment I received this
[21:] telegram

[22:] " Svoboda
[23:] " Baghdad
[24:] "Après longue conversation
[25:] "avec Alexandre ici

[9:] I could not make out the
[10:] meaning well & especially
[11:] the word financer, perhaps
[12:] it should be fiancèr,
[13:] I went to Monségneur Altmayer
[14:] & Père Augustin, they made
[15:] it out that it should
[16:] be fiancèr, that he wants
[17:] me to authorize him to
[18:] be betrothed, that it cannot
[19:] be, because he is asking
[20:] to come to Baghdad and
[21:] obtain consent; the telegram
[22:] is so incomprehensible,

[23:] I am determined to send
[24:] a strong answer and
[25:] a warning to Alexander

[18:] At 8 P.M.I went home
[19:] found Anton Marine
[20:] Johny & Artin my Nephews
[21:] on the top of the house
[22:] awaiting for me to see
[23:] the telegram of London
[24:] & what answer I

[6:] “ Razkallah
[7:] London
[8:] Cannot Sanction any-
[9:] thing until Alexander's
[10:] arrival company Eessayié
[11:] if persists will be most
[12:] disastrous for his future
[13:] wellfare, let him take
[14:] my advice wire departure
[15:] 28 words Svoboda
[16:] 11/8/98 Frcs 20,,15

[17:] I gave it to Johny
[18:] to be sent on tomorrow
[19:] morning ~ They left at 8 1/2
[20:] we had dinner at 9 ~
[21:] Light N.W. fine cool
[22:] night ~

1898 Augt

11 Thursd

[1:] Light N.W. breeze & fine
[2:] cool weather ~ at 4 am
[3:] I came on board ~

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1898 Aug

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[5:] At 4,,40 Am. left Baghdad
[6:] & proceeded~

[7:] At 6,,55 touched on a Shoal
[8:] at Rustumyeh sent to sound
[9:] at 7.30 proceeded ~

[10:] At 7,,40 passed Diala
[11:] river; nice cool air & fine

[12:] At 8,,35 passed the S.S.
[13:] Mossul and Barge at Gusseiba
[14:] going up full of Soldiers

[15:] At 9,,10 we grounded
[16:] at Ctesiphon, took out an
[17:] anchor & hove on, sent to
[18:] sound;

[19:] Mrs. Parfit the English missionary
[20:] died last night from
[21:] a miscarrîage & a bad
[22:] influenza ~

[23:] We have altogether 152
[24:] passengers all Deck,

[1:] We have a new young
[2:] officer came out in the
[3:] Goolistan called Smart
[4:] as a 2nd mate he is about
[5:] 21 years, we took him up
[6:] this last voyage ;

[7:] At 0,,45 P.M. we got off.
[8:] I & left Ctesiphon & again
[9:] grounded further down
[10:] after 20 minutes at Seyafyeh
[11:] took an anchor out
[12:] astern & hove off; ~

[13:] At 5,,20 P.M. we got off
[14:] and proceeded from Seyafyeh;

[15:] Very light n.w. breeze
[16:] and fine cool weather;

[17:] At 7,,30 we anchored
[18:] at Ledje for the night;
[19:] Light n.w. & cool weather,
[20:] It became quite cool at
[21:] night a great & sudden
[22:] change of weather ;

12 Friday Therm @ 4.72

[23:] Light n.w. breeze & quite
[24:] cold, I felt it so cold in
[25:] bed that I had to come

[2:] At 4,,30 am got underway
[3:] from Ledje but detained
[4:] on a shoal till 5 when
[5:] we proceeded ~

[6:] At 5,,50 anchored at
[7:] Oweyn to sound, the S.S.
[8:] Ressafah & Barge are
[9:] aground here, she had
[10:] left Baghdad the day before yesterday ~
[11:] before yesterday ~

[12:] The Pilot came to say that there
[13:] are only 2 1/4 draas water
[14:] in the Channel which is
[15:] impossible for us to pass,
[16:] We weighed at 7 & dropped
[17:] further down; sent a
[18:] steersman to look for
[19:] an empty boat to discharge
[20:] cargo;

[21:] At 8 am the S.S. Comet
[22:] came up & anchored down
[23:] below, she has Major Melville
[24:] the new Actg; Consul General
[25:] for Baghdad; -

[1:] We have over 83,000 Okes
[2:] drawing 4 feet 2 Inches which
[3:] is too much, & knowing
[4:] very well the state of this
[5:] place when we came up
[6:] this time we were 4 hours
[7:] aground ~

[8:] The Comets boat came up
[9:] her for their mail, I gave a
[10:] letter to his mail, I gave a
[11:] letter to her officer to be taken
[12:] up to my wife, told her
[13:] to send all letters or telegrams
[14:] with a Saka if she
[15:] came down here by tomorrow;

[16:] I engaged an arab from
[17:] the Beni Ajil tribe of Sheikh
[18:] Dahy our Old friend they
[19:] are encamped at Rahmanyeh
[20:] & gave him a letter to my
[21:] wife telling her to send
[22:] me the letters of Alexander
[23:] & all the news she has
[24:] I finished with this Arab
[25:] Alewy his hire for 5
[26:] Beshlics on condition
[27:] that he is to be here

[8:] I wrote two letters to be sent
[9:] up with Henry & posted, dated
[10:] the 18th Instt. one to Blockey
[11:] & one to Rezkallah Korkis,
[12:] told all about Alexander's
[13:] foolish affair & what stupidity
[14:] he has done, the are to be
[15:] sent on, on thursday next
[16:] the 10th ~

[17:] We have been discharging
[18:] cargo ever since 8 am
[19:] in our Launch & land it
[20:] far down the river before
[21:] the shoal, the Comet is
[22:] doing nothing she has dropped
[23:] down to the East bank
[24:] of Dawer just to where

[22:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[23:] weather ;

13 Satur Ther @ 5.73

Father Marie Joseph died

1898 Augs

Bismark died on 30 July

[24:] Light n.w. & very cool
[25:] morning ~ Our steersman
[26:] came down with an

[13:] The Ressafah Cannot get
[14:] over the shoal the place
[15:] is getting worse there is only
[16:] 2 draaz; The Comet
[17:] steamed up along the
[18:] East bank & came abreast
[19:] of us, but she can't get
[20:] over a long ridge where
[21:] there is 2 draaz also,

[22:] Capt Cowley wrote an
[23:] Official letter to Lynch
[24:] in Baghdad proposing
[25:] to transfer cargo and

[14:] Weather became calm; &
[15:] warm, breeze variable from
[16:] South S. Est & N. Est~

[17:] The Comet steamed on to
[18:] the Shoal & grounded
[19:] just abrest of us.

[20:] At 3,, P.M. the Khalifah
[21:] arrived up & anchored
[22:] up above
[23:] us along the East bank
[24:] & sent to sound ~

[25:] At 3 1/2 P.M. my messenger
[26:] Alewy arrived from

[9:] My wife writes to me &
[10:] that Père Marie Joseph the
[11:] Superior of the Carmelite
[12:] Father died yesterday @ 12
[13:] o'clock am. He was ill
[14:] for some time & had spent
[15:] about 3 months out in his
[16:] garden, but it is all his
[17:] fault because he never
[18:] used to take any nourishment
[19:] & starved himself, it
[20:] is a great loss to all
[21:] the Christian community
[22:] he was the Boss of the
[23:] Fathers & the oldest father
[24:] that has ever remained
[25:] so long in Baghdad

[5:] Henry also tells me that
[6:] Prince Bismark the Ex.
[7:] German Chancellor died
[8:] at Berlin on the 30 of
[9:] July;

[10:] Henry writes to me that
[11:] Jeboory Asfar is going to
[12:] ride in tomorrow early

[13:] The Comet kept working
[14:] and heaving over the shoal
[15:] at night;

14 Sund Ther @ 5.78

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[16:] Light n.w. & fine ~
[17:] The Comet got over the Shoal
[18:] this morning; the Khalifah
[19:] is lightning herself on
[20:] the bank at Dawar
[21:] opposite us the Ressafah
[22:] is still in her place down
[23:] below us;

[24:] At 8.40 am. the Comet
[25:] weighed & proceeded after
[26:] having got all her stores

[4:] The S.S. Khalifah after
[5:] having landed all the Hoop
[6:] iron about 3500 bundles on
[7:] the bank and her passengers
[8:] too, she weighed & steamed
[9:] on to the place where the
[10:] Comet was aground soon
[11:] after the latter had left,
[12:] she took our anchors ahead
[13:] & kept heaving on & moving
[14:] up slowly; Henry writes
[15:] to me that he saw only one
[16:] partridge this morning which
[17:] he shot;

[18:] Henry crossed over to see
[19:] me at 2 P.M. ~ the Khalifah
[20:] hove over the shoal at
[21:] 3 P.M. & steamed up, & at
[22:] 3 1/2 we weighed and
[23:] turned round & steamed
[24:] down on to the shoal
[25:] which has got better now
[26:] & a little deeper, she struck
[27:] the shoal & turned round
[28:] broadside on and

[9:] At about 6 1/2 P.M. our
[10:] messenger arrived back
[11:] from Baghdad with the
[12:] answer of Capt Cowleys letter
[13:] to Lynch & Co. they allow
[14:] him to tranship cargo with
[15:] the Khalifah & return if
[16:] there is no chance of our
[17:] getting over the Shoal;
[18:] a Sakka Ismaîl also
[19:] came with the messenger
[20:] he brings me a letter from
[21:] Johny & Telegram
[22:] from London the one in one
[23:] of mine which was

[5:] “ Svoboda Baghdad
[6:] “ Conformant vos ordres.
[7:] “ desiste opinion partirai
[8:] “ Absolument avec Essayie
[9:] “ tranquillisez
[10:] “ Razkallah
[11:] Alexandre

[12:] I am so very glad to hear
[13:] these news & hope my last
[14:] telegram has served Alexander
[15:] as a good lesson & brought
[16:] his senses to him back;

[17:] But I am very sorry for
[18:] What he has done in such
[19:] a short time & has spoilt
[20:] & upset everything as well
[21:] as his intended programme
[22:] of his return journey
[23:] which I had so well
[24:] arranged and planned

[2:] We worked in shipping
[3:] the Cargo from the bank
[4:] till 10 P.M. & finished this
[5:] last portion of it & there
[6:] remain the other lot on
[7:] the bank further down;

15 Mond Therm @ 5.80

[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[9:] at day break we dropped
[10:] further down along the
[11:] bank of Dawer to our
[12:] other portion of Cargo &
[13:] begun shipping it;

[14:] The Khalifah is still

[15:] loarding her cargo, and
[16:] the Ressafah is her same
[17:] place;~

[18:] At 9,,10 am we finished
[19:] shipping all the cargo, left
[20:] Dawar bank & backed
[21:] down stream & went on,
[22:] The Khalifah had also
[23:] nearly finished & was

[8:] At 10,5 am anchored at Habtyeh
[9:] (lower end of Dawar) and sounded,

[10:] At 11 proceeded on, ~

[11:] At 0,45 P.M. passed
[12:] Baghdadieh steamed outside
[13:] the wreck of the Dijleh of
[14:] which her super heater and
[15:] part of the boiler are visible;

[16:] At 3,,5 passed Azizieh,

[17:] At 6,10 P.M. anchored at
[18:] Um Sneyem to sound;
[19:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather

[20:] At 6,,40 proceeded after
[21:] founding the Channel;
[22:] In going round the reach
[23:] of Deboony just below
[24:] Sheresh the steamer went
[25:] too close to the West.
[26:] bank where this is

16 Thursd Therm @ 5.73

[1:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather
[2:] Capt Cowley wrote a letter
[3:] & sent to Bughela to one
[4:] Moosa Lawash, the agent
[5:] of Khdery (as the Barley belongs
[6:] to Eassa Khdery) to send
[7:] some men to watch the
[8:] Barley from being stolen,
[9:] & our men went to work
[10:] at the Boat to caulk her;
[11:] they have beached her bow
[12:] high & dry; she was soon
[13:] caulked, but her crew refused
[14:] to take the Barley in her they
[15:] want to desert; we get 4
[16:] arab watchmen to watch the
[17:] Barley paid them 2 mejidies
[18:] through Faraj the son of
[19:] Elias Serkis here about who
[20:] in gathering Liquorice, also
[21:] the Arab my friend Meneshid
[22:] son of Arbid, we paid
[23:] the Caulker 1 mejidie too,
[24:] and left at 10,,45 am,
[25:] at 12 grounded at top of
[26:] Sheresh hove off & proceeded
[27:] at 1 1/2 P.M. and at
[28:] 1,,40 anchored also

[12:] At 6,,30 P.M. passed Nemlah
[13:] Light N.W. breeze & fine;

[14:] At 6,,50 rounded and
[15:] came to off Bughela landed
[16:] 1 passenger & specie; and
[17:] went on at 7,,5; ~

[18:] At 7,,20 anchored at Hamraya
[19:] for the night, Light N.W. & fine
[20:] cool weather ~

17 Wedns Therm @ 5.75

[21:] Light N.W & fine cool morning
[22:] Sent to sound the Channel
[23:] and at 5 am steamed on to
[24:] the shoal & grounded,
[25:] worked with anchors in
[26:] heaving her off~

[1:] At 6,,40 we proceeded

[2:] At 8,,20 anchored at Um
[3:] el Ajaj and Sounded; the
[4:] Pilot did not come until he
[5:] was whistled to by Captain
[6:] it was 11 am, we proceeded
[7:] and grounded at the bottom
[8:] of the reach where it was
[9:] Sounded, had to heave on
[10:] with an anchor & at 0,,20
[11:] P.M. proceeded ~ at 1 @ P.M.
[12:] grounded in the next reach,
[13:] hove off & proceeded at 1,,30;
[14:] but grounded & had to heave
[15:] off forward and went on
[16:] at 2,,30 P.M.;

[17:] At 4,,40 we anchored
[18:] just above Coot on the
[19:] opposite side & sent to sound
[20:] our Coot passengers 25 1/2
[21:] all went in Goffas; the
[22:] Pilot found a channel
[23:] he between the islands we
[24:] weighed & steamed into it, &
[25:] were passing through fairly,
[26:] but dropped stern anchors
[27:] & kept heaving on and

18 Thursd Therm @ 5.79

[9:] Light S. Erly breeze & fine
[10:] at day break begun working
[11:] hove her stern anchor and
[12:] took an anchor out ahead of
[13:] to Coot & hove on;~ We
[14:] landed the Coot Cargo 89 Packages
[15:] in two hired boats for of 1/2
[16:] mejidies both, & kept heaving
[17:] over; Calm & hot weather
[18:] the breeze in S. Eter;~

[19:] At 4 1/2 P.M. we worked & a channel
[20:] for us & got into it & floated
[21:] We collect anchors fore
[22:] & aft, sent two telegrams
[23:] to Basreh & Baghdad to
[24:] Lynch telling them that
[25:] We leave after friday morning
[26:] from Coot;

[27:] We remained opposite
[28:] Coot close to the bank

19 Frid Therm @ 5.78

[4:] Light S. Erly breeze & cool;

[5:] Light S. Erly breeze and
[6:] fine weather~

[7:] At 4,,30 AM. left Coot &
[8:] dropped down to below the
[9:] village & went on ~ Took
[10:] 10 passengers from Coot;

[11:] At 10 we came to a Shoal
[12:] at Mendelyat, the SS. Phrat
[13:] here on her way up, she
[14:] hove up & went up at 10,,10
[15:] We sent to sound and
[16:] at 10,,30 proceeded, again came
[17:] to to the shoal & grounded ~
[18:] At 12 proceeded; S. Erly
[19:] and very warm ~

[20:] At 2,,40 P.M. landed
[21:] a Jewess at Alli Gherbi she
[22:] is booked for Amara, took
[23:] 3 & left at 2,,45~

[24:] At 5,,50 passed Alli Sherghi
[25:] Very hot & calm weather

[26:] At 10 P.M. we arrived

[13:] The Mejidieh is loaded
[14:] & ready for us to transfer
[15:] in her; ~

20 Satur Therm @ 5.78

Commodore Ismail Beg died on 9th Instt

[16:] Light S. Erly & fine~

[17:] At 3,,30 Am left Amara
[18:] gave tickets to 24 Amara
[19:] passengers~ Very calm
[20:] weather, we have also 11
[21:] zaptyes from Amara ~
[22:] Detained over 1/2 hour at the
[23:] Elbow & below it is Shoal
[24:] water; ~

[2:] At 10,,15 passed Azair,

11 Tuesd. Therm @ 74

[3:] At 1,,10 P.M. passed Gorna,
[4:] breeze shifted to west &
[5:] N. West~

[6:] In passing Maghil at
[7:] 6 1/2 P.M we saw the Mejidieh
[8:] out of Dock nearly ready,
[9:] They are still working
[10:] Something at her, we
[11:] expect to take her this
[12:] trip; Weather hazy,
[13:] & got warm & air fell
[14:] down;

[15:] At 6 arrived at Basreh;
[16:] There are 4 steamers in Quarantine
[17:] The B.I. Str. Amra & Assyria
[18:] also the SS. Paran for
[19:] Asfar & the SS. Scarsdale
[20:] for Korkis & Khdery, we
[21:] have a lot of cargo in
[22:] the Barges~ They say that
[23:] We are to await here for
[24:] the Mejidieh 4 days more
[25:] & the Khalifah having
[26:] left yesterday, will

[10:] The Commodore of the
[11:] Turkish Gunboats at Basreh,
[12:] Ismail Beg died on the
[13:] 9th from a short illness
[14:] of typhoid fever caused
[15:] by the great heat and
[16:] effect of drinking to excess
[17:] he had only been there since
[18:] 8 or 9 months;

21 Sund

[19:] Light N.W. breeze & quite
[20:] cool morning, I felt it
[21:] very cool in bed with only
[22:] a little cotton blanket as
[23:] a cover; at 6 1/2 am. I
[24:] came on board we are
[25:] discharging Cargo,

[10:] We are going up to Maghil
[11:] tomorrow morning to
[12:] transfer to the Mejidieh
[13:] & we shall not leave
[14:] until the 27th; ~

[15:] I went with Rufail & Rezooki
[16:] to their place, the weather
[17:] is awfully bad with light
[18:] S. Erly breeze warm and
[19:] muggy; at night it was
[20:] worse the breeze from the
[21:] S. Est loaded with heavy
[22:] dew, I could not sleep
[23:] at all, my clothes were so
[24:] wet & got cold & begun
[25:] to sneeze all the night
[26:] it is very disagreable

1898 Augt

22 Mond

[1:] Modte S. Erly & very dampy
[2:] and moisty so disagreable
[3:] perspiration remaining
[4:] down from sunrise, it
[5:] is so awfully disgusting,
[6:] at 6 1.2 am I came on
[7:] board;

[8:] The S.S. Afghanistan arrived
[9:] in quarantine the day before
[10:] yesterday at 8 P.M;

[11:] At 5 1/2 P.M. we weighed,
[12:] and steamed up to Maghil
[13:] Rufail came with me
[14:] he had been in Basreh,
[15:] (and has brought me all
[16:] the little deeds & the new
[17:] ones for the mortgage
[18:] of his house & property
[19:] at the Mahawla
[20:] with one for 3 years
[21:] for the sum of 1000 TLiras
[22:] @ 7 1/2% Interest, I paid
[23:] him the money now
[24:] & deducted 75 1/2 T Liras
[25:] & am taking a Bond

[2:] At 6 P.M. arrived

[3:] at Maghil went alongside
[4:] the Mejidieh & Rufail
[5:] went up to Yousif Marine &
[6:] then I went too, we dined with
[7:] him & slept there; the weather
[8:] is very calm & hot, at night
[9:] a very heavy dew fell, so
[10:] much that the bed was
[11:] wet with water a Light
[12:] S. Erly breeze & thick dew
[13:] like fog~

23 Tuesd

[14:] Fearful weather; the dew
[15:] fell like rain , warm and
[16:] disagreable, I have not
[17:] seen for years; I came
[18:] to the Blosse & begun to
[19:] get my cabin put to right
[20:] by carpenters, & shifted
[21:] my kit gradually, the
[22:] heat is killing us, I never
[23:] saw like it, the perspiration
[24:] running down & clothes
[25:] saturated with water

[1:] I was so tyred being on
[2:] foot all the day & nearly
[3:] fainting from fatigue,
[4:] till sunset when I had
[5:] finished my shifting;
[6:] The heat is most awful
[7:] dead calm & warm as
[8:] a bath~

[9:] At 8 P.M. the Khalifah
[10:] came down, [strikeout] We sent
[11:] our boat for letters; and
[12:] I got mine from Eliza &
[13:] one from Alexander from
[14:] Paris dated the 29th Ulto;
[15:] also from Henry but
[16:] I could not read them
[17:] from the heat;

[18:] Later at night it became
[19:] little cooler, I slept on
[20:] upper deck of the Blosse
[21:] Lynch, breeze from
[22:] West;

24 Wedn Th. 78

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[A48_063_06:012]

[1:] Light Westerly breeze &
[2:] fine; I dressed took my
[3:] bed & hired a Belem for
[4:] 1 1/2 K. to Rufail's place
[5:] & left at 6 am; Took
[6:] Rufail & Rezooki & we went
[7:] to the Khalifah to see Henry,
[8:] she is discharging & loading
[9:] too & leaves this evening
[10:] there are two mails for
[11:] her to take up; My wife
[12:] has not sent me any clothes
[13:] or anything, not knowing
[14:] of our detention here;
[15:] I had to send some clothes
[16:] to Tookyeh to be washed
[17:] in Basreh;

[18:] I read Alexander's letter
[19:] in the Belem as I was coming
[20:] down from Maghil it is
[21:] from Paris dated the 29
[22:] July, in which he divulges to
[23:] me his intention of loving
[24:] a young girl of 18 in Paris
[25:] & asking permission to

[15:] " Svoboda Basreh,
[16:] " Alexander wired
[17:] " require money, wire Korkis
[18:] " love. Eliza

[19:] It is dated the 23 from
[20:] Baghdad~ Henry tells me
[21:] that Yousif son of Rafail
[22:] Yaghchi has asked for
[23:] the mariage with his daughter
[24:] Louisa through the medium
[25:] of Monseigneur Altmayer,

[19:] I made a telegram to
[20:] Rezooki Korkis & sent it
[21:] to Basreh at 2 P.M.;

[22:] "Razkallah London
[23:] "Kindly pay Alexander
[24:] "Twenty pounds travelling
[25:] "expences, reply Basreh,
[26:] "date departure itinerary
[27:] "Voyage (16 words/ 12 Frcs) Svoboda

[1:] I paid 12 frcs for it &
[2:] got a receipt;

[3:] At 4 1/2 P.M. we went onboard
[4:] the Khalifah she was weighing
[5:] her anchor, saw Henry
[6:] for few minutes only &
[7:] the Khalifah left at 5
[8:] P.M.~ We came back to
[9:] the house; Very light air
[10:] from N.W. but the night was
[11:] not so bad, but there are
[12:] lots of sand flies~

25 Thursd

[13:] Light N.W. & calm
[14:] warm weather; At 7 am
[15:] Rufail & I went in to Basreh
[16:] to Tookyeh where we
[17:] were forced by them to Stop
[18:] & breakfast with them;

[19:] At 0 1/2 P.M. We left and
[20:] came out to the house,
[21:] It is very hot, but there is
[22:] Wind though it is not
[23:] pleasant, but warm &
[24:] moisty~

[25:] the night was cool with
[26:] a Modte N.W. Wind

[1:] The S.S. Mossul passed
[2:] down to Basreh at midnight

26 Frid

1898 Augt

[3:] Modte N.W. & fine cool
[4:] morning; at 6 1/2 am I
[5:] left Rufails place in his
[6:] Bellem & came up to
[7:] Maghil; I found the
[8:] Mejidieh will not leave
[9:] before tomorrow morning
[10:] for Basreh to load;
[11:] My cabin is very hot,
[12:] I have not the ventillation
[13:] but the air is cool outside;

[14:] Yousif Marine sent us a lot
[15:] of melons & watermelons
[16:] from his ground, they are
[17:] very good;~

[18:] It became awfully calm &
[19:] warm from 2 P.M. till late
[20:] at night, the wind fell &
[21:] became so very oppressive
[22:] & muggy it made every body
[23:] mad & did not know where
[24:] to go, so dampy, & at sunset
[25:] a thick fog came on from
[26:] the north; at about 8 P.M.
[27:] the breeze sprung up

27 Satur

Money with Rufail Sayegh

1898 Augt

[7:] At day break the Mejidieh
[8:] & Blosse Lynch got steam
[9:] up; Mr. Reynolds our chief
[10:] mate takes the Blosse to
[11:] Basreh~ Modte N. Wester
[12:] but my cabin is like a
[13:] hot bath~

[14:] The Blosse Lynch left for
[15:] Basreh at 6 am~

[16:] The Mejidieh also left at
[17:] 6,,45 going easy up stream
[18:] & turned round~ The found
[19:] some defects in the pump
[20:] of the Engines & we anchored
[21:] abreast of Yousif's house
[22:] to put it to right;

[23:] At 10,,10 Am we started for
[24:] Basreh, after having put the
[25:] Pump & Engine to right~

[26:] A fresh N.W. Wind blowing
[27:] today; but it is hazy with
[28:] dust in the sky~

[1:] At 10,,40 We arrived and
[2:] anchored at Basreh~
[3:] The S.S. Parran is up here
[4:] loading~ The dust became
[5:] thicker that we cannot
[6:] see within 500 yards off~
[7:] It cleared off towards 3 P.M.
[8:] We are shipping some cargo
[9:] & will take in 30 Tons of coal
[10:] at night~ Rufail came
[11:] to me at 4 P.M. & I went
[12:] up with him to his house;

[13:] I have lent him the money
[14:] 1000 TLiras & paid it to him
[15:] on Monday last the 22d
[16:] Instt, for 3 years @ 7 1/2 %
[17:] & he mortgaged his property
[18:] the Mahowla where he is
[19:] living by new Title deeds
[20:] made in the Tapo in my
[21:] name, I deducted the 75
[22:] Liras interest for next year
[23:] & took two Bonds from
[24:] him for the next two years
[25:] payable at the expiration
[26:] of each year;

[1:] In the evening Nessoory
[2:] Andrea came he dined
[3:] & slept with us; The weather
[4:] is very nice & cool, a Modte
[5:] N.W. Wind prevails and
[6:] the night is quite cool

28 Sund

[7:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[8:] morning; at 6 1/2 Am
[9:] I came on board~
[10:] The Mejidieh is loading,

[11:] We finished at 1 P.M. only
[12:] loaded down to 3,,8 Inches,
[13:] We have no passenger &
[14:] very few;

[15:] Rufail is going up with
[16:] us to Gorna for his dates;

[17:] We got the mails on board
[18:] Yesterday, as today there is
[19:] no Office~

[20:] I am sorry I have not
[21:] received the Answer of my
[22:] telegram to R. Korkis it
[23:] is 4 days now,

Basreh to Baghdad (//) Per SS. Mejidieh Voy 372 [29 AUG 1898 --- V048_02_N] (//)

[1:] At 2 P.M. left Basreh;
[2:] Fine N. Westerly Wind~ We
[3:] have Rufail Sayegh & his
[4:] attendant going to Gorna
[5:] he paid deck passage,
[6:] Weather became very calm
[7:] & rather warm & moisty,

[8:] At 7,,50 landed Rufail
[9:] & his Clerk at Gorna &
[10:] Went on at 7,,55~ The
[11:] night became very cool~

29 Mond Th@ 5. 80

1898 Augt

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[12:] At 0,,15 Am. passed Azair
[13:] and after 10 minutes we dropped
[14:] anchor at the top of the reach,
[15:] Fine Cool night~

[16:] At 4,,45 Proceeded,
[17:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather

[18:] At 6,,10 we came to the
[19:] Shoal at Ghumeyjeh and
[20:] Could not pass over, took
[21:] an anchor ahead & hove
[22:] over, the shoal extends far

[5:] At 10,,30 we got over and
[6:] steamed on;

[7:] At 12 got jammed in a reach
[8:] above Ghumeyjeh, a narrow
[9:] place, the river has no water
[10:] here, it is taken into the
[11:] Numerous large canals
[12:] of the Senyeh for their cultivation
[13:] and the river is left with
[14:] very scanty water; the
[15:] SS. Ressafah & Barge which
[16:] had left Baghdad on the 10th
[17:] Instt came & anchored
[18:] above us until we left
[19:] at 1 1/2 P.M. & passed her
[20:] then she proceeded down;

[21:] We have in all 31 passengers
[22:] (2 in 1st Class Khorshid Effendi
[23:] Kaimakam of Shetra and
[24:] Rashid Effendi Mohasebchi
[25:] of Amara, the former to
[26:] Coot & the latter to Amara)
[27:] and 26 workmen from

[4:] At 5,,35 P.M. landed 2
[5:] passengers at Kalat Saleh
[6:] & took 1 and went on at
[7:] 5,,40~ Breeze shifted to
[8:] S. West & calm warm weather

[9:] At 10,,5 P.M. arrived at
[10:] Amara landed 7 passengers
[11:] (one 1st Class Rashid Effendi
[12:] the Mohasebchi) and 2 Bales
[13:] of Cloth, Took in 10 Tons of
[14:] Coal~

30 Tuesd.

1898 Augt

[15:] At 0,,35 Am. left Amara
[16:] Light N.W. breeze & very cool
[17:] night, I felt it quite Cold
[18:] so much that I had to go
[19:] down & take up an other
[20:] blanket to cover myself, &
[21:] still I felt it cold~

[22:] At 5,,30 passed Ali
[23:] Sherghi; Gave tickets to
[24:] 17 Amara passengers

[1:] At 10,15 Am landed one
[2:] passenger at Ali Gherbi and
[3:] took 8 1/2 and Went on at 10,,25
[4:] Very light air from N.West & warm;

[5:] Strong Wind got up to blow
[6:] at noon~

[7:] At 3,,45 P.M. passed Sheikh
[8:] Saad;

[9:] At 8,,30 grounded and then [illegible]
[10:] and steamed on at 9~

[11:] At 11,,5 arrived at Coot
[12:] landed 5 passengers included
[13:] Khorshid Effendi KaimaKam
[14:] of Shetra in 1st Class~ Took
[15:] 10 Tons of Coal, and remained
[16:] for the night. The shoal here
[17:] opposite Coot has not improved
[18:] much~

31 Wedn Th@ 5, 74 Noon 101 4 P.M. 106

[19:] Light N.W. breeze & fine Cool
[20:] Weather; Pilot went to sound
[21:] the channel between the
[22:] two sand islands, At 6 Am
[23:] We steamed on to it, grounded
[24:] took an anchor [illegible]
[25:] and worked heaving & steaming
[26:] there are only 2 1/2 draaz
[27:] water~

[1:] Today is the Corronation day
[2:] of the Sultan Abdulhamid
[3:] of Turkey;~

[4:] At 9,,45 Am we got over the
[5:] Shoal and went on from
[6:] Coot; Detained few minutes
[7:] at Umel Boonny~

[8:] Detained at Umel Ajaj from
[9:] 2 till 2,,30 P.M. going over
[10:] the shoal; the S.S. Phrat is
[11:] here aground & sounding
[12:] bound down, full of Soldiers
[13:] for Katif the relief Troops;

[14:] Very hot weather & light
[15:] air from N.W.;

[16:] At 5,,50 P.M. passed
[17:] Nemlah~ Very calm
[18:] weather~ Fool moon tonight

Septr 1 Thursd Th@ 5. 76

1898 Septr.

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[19:] Light N.W. air & fine cool
[20:] Weather~

[21:] At 2,,45 Am passed
[22:] Azizieh~

[23:] At 6,,15 passed Baghdadieh
[24:] Fort~

[25:] I paid the Ship's company
[26:] their wages for August;

[1:] At 10 Am anchored at
[2:] Oweyn & sounded found 2 3/4
[3:] draaz water, at 10,,20 we
[4:] weighed and steamed over
[5:] without touching;
[6:] Very calm & warm Weather;

[7:] At 3,,10 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
[8:] detained 10 minutes in
[9:] shoal water just opposite
[10:] the Arch;

[11:] We met at Jaffer's bank
[12:] the first batch of Horses being
[13:] exported to Bombay about
[14:] 200 of them going to Basreh,

[15:] Detained 10 minute at Jaffer
[16:] in shoal water~

[17:] At 6 passed Diala river
[18:] the weather became Cool as
[19:] soon as the sun went down;

[20:] At 9,,5 we touched the shoal
[21:] at Cherd el Pasha, the SS.
[22:] Khalifah is aground here
[23:] since this morning on
[24:] her way down, she is on
[25:] the other side, we are
[26:] on the East bank,

[1:] We anchored & sent to
[2:] sound; Pilot returned to
[3:] say there are 2 ¾ draaz,
[4:] We weighed & proceeded
[5:] at 9.45; The Khalifah
[6:] is here since this morning,
[7:] She is deep & full of passengers
[8:] as there was no steamer
[9:] before her & the Phrat had
[10:] taken soldiers down,
[11:] I sent a letter & Papers with
[12:] our Pilot to Henry but
[13:] they told him that he was
[14:] in town & brought it back;

[15:] At 10.10 landed mails
[16:] at the Residency; I also
[17:] landed in a Goffa & went
[18:] home saw Eliza she is
[19:] well, A telegram came
[20:] from Alexander in answer
[21:] to mine from Basreh
[22:] to R. Korkis London of
[23:] the 24 Ulto; It is wired
[24:] from Paris dated the 30

[1:] Ulto it says

[2:] Svoboda Baghdad
[3:] Partirai seul 15 Marseille
[4:] Port Said Alexandrette
[5:] Svoboda,

[6:] and also two letters arrived
[7:] from him from Paris & the
[8:] last one of today from
[9:] London dated the 12 Augt
[10:] he speaks nothing but
[11:] about his love with this
[12:] bloody girl & his wish
[13:] of marying her & he
[14:] is mad for her and
[15:] ill from sorrow etc etc
[16:] he even sent to us her
[17:] Photo coloured; I was
[18:] so vexed & sorry to hear
[19:] all this & especially of
[20:] his return to Paris and
[21:] not leaving before the
[22:] 15 Instt, after having got
[23:] the money which I
[24:] authorized Korkis to pay
[25:] him the 20 L £ for his

2 Frid

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Sept

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1898

Sept

[A48_080_14:019]

[13:] Light N.W. air & fine ~
[14:] Henry has stopped behind
[15:] this time, Mr. Bottomley has
[16:] given him leave for one
[17:] trip to see the betrothal
[18:] of his daughter Louisa
[19:] with Yousif Yaghchi on
[20:] Sunday; he called on me
[21:] at 7 am. he has given
[22:] Louisa, the Monseigneur
[23:] Altmayer has pressed
[24:] the matter & wishes to
[25:] finish it quick, and

[8:] My Sîsters Eliza, Emilia
[9:] & Medula came also to
[10:] see me, & they also were
[11:] very sorry at Alexander’s
[12:] behaviour so, towards
[13:] us; I went on board for ½
[14:] hour & came back;
[15:] Henry came to me at
[16:] 10 am. bringing me the
[17:] telegram which the
[18:] Archbishop Altmayer
[19:] has received it on the 31
[20:] Ulto; in answer to his
[21:] telegram to Cardinal
[22:] Richard of the 6 Augt,
[23:] he says:

[24:] Altmayer

[10:] this is dated from Paris
[11:] on the 31 Ulto; ~

[12:] We have arranged to let
[13:] Alexander go at once from
[14:] Paris to Constanple, so as
[15:] to see Blanche (my brother
[16:] Alexander’s widow) to arrange
[17:] about his appointment
[18:] here in the Public Debt,
[19:] as she wrote to me so; ~

[20:] Mr. J. Böhm writes to me
[21:] also I found here 3 letters
[22:] from him, he complains
[23:] very bitterly of Alexander’s
[24:] behavior, & sends me
[25:] also the corespondence

[14:] At 3 P.M. I called on Monseigneur
[15:] Altmayer, he is going
[16:] to start next Wednesday
[17:] direct for Mardin where
[18:] all the Assyrian Bishops
[19:] are to be gathered there for
[20:] the election of an Archbishop
[21:] in place of the one died
[22:] last year in Mossul
[23:] Hanna Boonnyi; and
[24:] he will be back here

[2:] I called also on Alice &
[3:] came home;

[4:] Antone Marine & Johny
[5:] & Artin called in the evening,

[6:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[7:] weather;

3’d Satur Ther @ 5 .78

1898

Sept

[8:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[9:] weather; at 7 am I came
[10:] on board; the Khalifah
[11:] had to lighten herself & yesterday
[12:] at Cherd il Pasha so
[13:] as to get over the shoal
[14:] & left at 10 am yesterday,

[15:] I went home at 11, I sent
[16:] this telegram to Alexander

[17:] Gejou Svoboda
[18:] 3 Place Cambronne
[19:] Paris
[20:] “ Avec argent reçu rendèz
[21:] “ Vous immediatement
[22:] “ Constantinople, Blanche
[23:] “ demande presence Sujét
[24:] “ emploi repondèz~
[25:] 20 mots Svoboda
[26:] 3/9/98 Frcs 11,,45

[9:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[10:] weather, I have the pain
[11:] in my stomach since 5 days

4 Sund

1898

Sept

Louisa daughter of my Brother Henry was betrothed with Yousif Rufail Yaghchi she was born on the 20 March 1876 ~

[12:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[13:] morning; I did not go
[14:] to church, but at 8 am
[15:] Eliza & I went over to Henry
[16:] Great many people came,
[17:] they were invited by Henry;
[18:] also D. Rosen the German
[19:] Consul. Dr. & Mrs. Hesse the
[20:] German Chancellier, Mr.
[21:] Bottomley, Edward son
[22:] of Tom Blockey; all my
[23:] Sisters & children etc etc,
[24:] After an hour the Yaghchies
[25:] came, Yousif the future
[26:] Bride groom & his brother

[6:] I came back to Henry’s
[7:] at 12 & found a telegram
[8:] from London from Rezooki
[9:] Korkis just arrived saying

[10:] Svoboda Baghdad
[11:] Alexandre demande vingt
[12:] sterling pour depenser, payrons
[13:] telegraphiez, epoque depart
[14:] incertaine
[15:] 3 Septr. Razkallah

[16:] I am astonished to see this
[17:] telegram as mine of the
[18:] 24 Augt from Basreh could
[19:] not have possibly reached
[20:] him; if is now 13 days ~

[21:] I went home at 2 P.M.
[22:] Jeboory Asfar came to pay
[23:] us a visit, while here I
[24:] received a telegram from
[25:] Alexader Paris
[26:] dated today at 10 am

[1:] Svoboda Baghdad
[2:] Partirai Constantinople
[3:] 7~

[4:] This is the answer of my
[5:] telegram of yesterday’s &
[6:] I hope he will do it soon,

[7:] Light N.W. & fine weather

5 Mond

1898

Sept

[A48_085_12:020]

[8:] Light N.W. & fine ~ at 7 am
[9:] I went to the Latin church
[10:] by invitation from the father
[11:] where theatrical representation
[12:] was given by the school
[13:] boys in french prose,
[14:] the scene was Jean d’Arc
[15:] in 5 acts, Great many
[16:] people were, as well as the
[17:] french Consul Mr. Rouet,
[18:] the Russian Mr. Grougloff,
[19:] Monseig. Altmayer, the
[20:] [CROSSOUT] Chaldean Patriarch
[21:] & some Englishmen as Mr.
[22:] Bottomley etc; & all the
[23:] Christians it was over by
[24:] 10 am; I then came
[25:] on board, paid the

[8:] Light N.W. & rather warm,

6’ Tuesd Therm@ 5.79

[9:] Light N.W. air & fine ~
[10:] at 6 ½ am called on Catherina
[11:] Yaghchi & congratulated
[12:] her on the betrothal of her
[13:] son Yousif, called on Anton
[14:] Marine & then came
[15:] on board, We are shipping
[16:] cargo ; ~

[17:] At 12 I went home,
[18:] the Monseigneur Altmayer
[19:] had called to see us & bid
[20:] goodbye as he starts tomorrow
[21:] evening but no one was
[22:] at home & he left his card;

[23:] At 2 ½ P.M. I came on
[24:] board ~ The SS. Mossul
[25:] arrived at 2 ¾ P.M.

[26:] We shipped a lot of cargo

[18:] Light N.W. wind & fine
[19:] cool night.

7 WednTherm 5.79

1898

Sept

[A48_087_24:021]

[A48_088_23:022]

1898 Sept

[20:] Modte N.W. wind & fine
[21:] weather; Henry came
[22:] to me and we went to call
[23:] on Monseigneur Altmayer
[24:] to wish him good bye, he
[25:] starts this evening for
[26:] Mardin via Deir, in a
[27:] Takhtarawan, also the

[3:] At 11 went to breakfast,
[4:] I found a telegram at
[5:] home just arrived from
[6:] Alexander from Paris
[7:] dated the 5th,

[8:] Svoboda Baghdad
[9:] Cant go Constantinople
[10:] Cause Passport;

[11:] This ungrateful son is
[12:] giving me great trouble
[13:] and behaving very badly,
[14:] he simply is dodging with
[15:] excuses & lies; but he
[16:] does not know his bad
[17:] consequence & ruin, he
[18:] will get no more money
[19:] from me;

[20:] I went to see Henry &
[21:] talked over this telegram
[22:] they all consulted me
[23:] to wire him to come
[24:] out by sea, where there
[25:] is no passport necessary

[1:] I came on board at 2
[2:] P.M. we shipped some more
[3:] cargo; Having our 90,000
[4:] Okes; At 6 P.M. I went home
[5:] saw Henry there; they wanted
[6:] me to wire to Alexander
[7:] to let him come by sea
[8:] to Basreh, so that he can
[9:] show no more excuses,
[10:] but I wont do it, & it is
[11:] better to let him remain
[12:] unanswered & no more
[13:] money will he receive so
[14:] that he will feel it and
[15:] until he begins to starve,

[16:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[17:] night ~

1898 Septr

8 Thurs

[A48_091_14:023]

[18:] Modte n.w. & fine cool
[19:] weather; at 4 am I
[20:] came on board, having
[21:] sent to Jeboory Asfar to
[22:] come onboard as he is
[23:] going with us ~

Baghdad to Basrah [8 SEP 1898 --- V048_03_S] (//)

[1:] At 5.20 am we proceeded
[2:] the ship is full of passengers,
[3:] we touched at Cherd el Pasha
[4:] & swung round & proceeded;

[5:] At 7.50 passed Diala river
[6:] At 9,25 passed Ctesiphon,
[7:] the Mejidieh is drawning 3.6,

[8:] I gave tickets to the passengers

[9:] we have altogether
[10:] (4 in 1st class, Dr. Ramsey
[11:] the Residency Surgeon going to
[12:] Basreh to officiate as Consul
[13:] in the absence of Capt Forbes
[14:] who went on leave 2 months
[15:] ago; G. Asfar returning to
[16:] Basreh free with 2 servants,
[17:] the wife of AbdulKadur Khdery
[18:] to Amara paying, and
[19:] Jejo son of Moorad Lynch's
[20:] Clerk to Basreh with one
[21:] servant free; also 2 in
[22:] 2d Class to Coot, Rezooki
[23:] son of Elias Feraj & his wife

[1:] At 9,,40 P.M. we touched
[2:] at Oweyn & grounded &
[3:] the steering chain parted
[4:] we look out & anchor &
[5:] have on aft; she wont move,
[6:] a fresh n.w. wind blowing;

[7:] At 6 P.M. we got off & floated
[8:] and remained at anchor for
[9:] the night; A light and
[10:] very cool n.w. breeze kept
[11:] on all the night; I slept in
[12:] my cabin & found it very
[13:] cool;

1898 Septr

9 Frid Ther @ 5.72

[A48_093_06:024]

[14:] Light n.w. & very cool weather

[15:] At 5,,15 am. we weighed
[16:] and proceeded from Oweyn;

[17:] At 7,55 passed Baghdadieh
[18:] Fort; The wreck of the
[19:] Dijleh is more visible out
[20:] of the water than any other
[21:] years, the Paddle boxes, the
[22:] Boss, the Crank Engine,
[23:] Cylinder & other parts of
[24:] the Engine are visible,
[25:] there is a sand bank

[10:] At 9 we grounded at Rmelat
[11:] took an anchor out astern
[12:] worked for & aft in heaving
[13:] off ~ at 1 P.M. got off and
[14:] proceeded ~ at 1,,15 P.M.
[15:] anchored at Abdulla
[16:] reach and sounded; wind
[17:] blowing strong;

[18:] At 2 we proceeded over
[19:] the shoal without touching,

[20:] At 3,,15 passed Azizieh
[21:] At 3,,30 grounded below
[22:] Azizieh hove off & proceeded
[23:] at 4,,15;

[24:] At 6,,45 we anchored
[25:] at Um Sneyem~

10 Sater Ther @ 5.74

[6:] Light n.w. & fine cool weather

[7:] At 5,,15 Am left Um Sneyem

[8:] At 6,,45 anchored at Sheresh
[9:] to sound the Channel;

[10:] At 7,,20 proceeded ~

[11:] At 8,40 passed Memlah,
[12:] At 9, landed specie at
[13:] Bughela & went on at 9,,10
[14:] wind getting up & strong;

[15:] At 10 we grounded at Mehd,
[16:] the SS Phrat & Barge are here;
[17:] she crossed our bow and
[18:] steamed up at 10 1/2; we
[19:] took an anchor out astern
[20:] & hove her out; Strong wind
[21:] blowing, we furled the awnings;

[22:] At 12 hot off & proceeded
[23:] At 1,,10 P.M. anchored at
[24:] Um el Ajaj & sounded; ~

[25:] At 3,,15 proceeded on, we
[26:] were repairing the steering block
[27:] which had broken;

[1:] At 6,,50 P.M. arrived at
[2:] Coot & went alongside
[3:] landed 46 passengers
[4:] (2 of the 2d Class Cabin) &
[5:] 35 packgez; ~

[6:] I am suffering awfully from the
[7:] pain in my stomach, I have
[8:] it the whole day, I am taking
[9:] all I can, the sulphur and
[10:] cream of Tartar; Bicarbonate
[11:] of Soda Rhubarb, fruit Salt,
[12:] also Jeboory Asfar gave me
[13:] a bottle of Apolinaris water
[14:] but to no effect at all ~

[15:] We finished at 7 and remained
[16:] at Coot for the night ~

[17:] Light n.w. & cool night I
[18:] slept in my cabin ~

11 Sund Ther @ 5.73

1898 Septr

[A48_096_20:025]

[A48_096_22:026]

Motserrif of Amara Mostapha Pasha dismissed on the 23d Augt

[19:] Light n.w. & fine cool weather

[20:] At 5,,30 am we left
[21:] Coot; Took 26 1/2 Passengers,
[22:] At 6,,30 anchored to sound
[23:] At 7,,5 proceeded ~ At 11,, we
[24:] grounded at Aboo Dood
[25:] have off and at 12 proceeded
[26:] fresh n.w. wind ~

[1:] At 1 1/2 P.M. we grounded
[2:] hove off and at 2,,40 proceeded.

[3:] At 2,,45 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[4:] bound up, she looks light
[5:] & has few passengers, I
[6:] had left a letter for Henry at
[7:] Coot to be taken up to him
[8:] to Baghdad, ~ wind has got
[9:] hot today;

[10:] At 3,30 P.M. anchored at
[11:] Maghessil and Sounded; at
[12:] 3,45 proceeded;

[13:] At 3,,55 stopped to land a
[14:] passenger at Ali Gherbi, found
[15:] a lot of passengers here coming
[16:] we anchored, and at 4,,5
[17:] proceeded having taken 18 1/2
[18:] passengers, these people cannot
[19:] go down to Amara in boats
[20:] at Danegs as the road is
[21:] not safe, they say that the
[22:] Sheikh of Beni Laam
[23:] Ghadban son of Booneyeh
[24:] the son of Mezban, is
[25:] plundering all the way
[26:] from Coot to Amara,

[19:] At 5,,30 we grounded at
[20:] the top of Flefleh reach,
[21:] took out an anchor astern
[22:] & hove her into deep water
[23:] we get off at 6,,30 steamed
[24:] up, turned round & went on
[25:] at 6,,50 by going down
[26:] through the Shoal & the
[27:] East bank ~

[1:] Very light n.w. air and
[2:] not so cool as before; &

[3:] Light n.w. & cool weather

1898 Septr

12 Mond Ther @ 5.40 Noon 88

[4:] At 2 Am. we arrived
[5:] at Amara landed 44 1/2
[6:] passengers (one in 1st class
[7:] the wife of AbdulKadur Khdery)
[8:] and 138 Packages; Shipped
[9:] 5 cases of Pelican Feathers
[10:] for Asfar & Co; ~

[11:] At 5 am left Anara
[12:] took 11 1/2 Passengers & zaptyes
[13:] our usual escort ;

[14:] We passed the SS. Ressafah
[15:] and Barge bound up at 1 am;

[16:] At 11 am we came to the
[17:] shoal place at Ghumeyjeh,
[18:] several Boats are here ladden
[19:] & cannot pass; we grounded
[20:] & worked on & over with
[21:] anchors & at 0.45 P.m.
[22:] went over & proceeded,

[23:] At 1,,30 P.M. anchored off
[24:] Azair and landed 3 1/2 passengers
[25:] & 17 packages (11 Tins oil & 6
[26:] Bags Onions)

[27:] At 1,,45 proceeded

[1:] At 4,,50 P.M. anchored at
[2:] Gorna went alongside and
[3:] landed 40 Packges and 12
[4:] passengers, ~

[5:] At 5,,20 left Gorna, calm
[6:] weather & rather warm ;

[7:] At 9,,45 P.M. arrived at
[8:] Basreh; weather has become
[9:] warmer, I had to sleep up
[10:] on the house, Jeboory Asfar
[11:] went to his house ~
[12:] We coaled ship at night;

13 Tuesd Ther @ 5.72

1898 Sept

[A48_100_23:027]

[13:] Light n.w. & fine weather,
[14:] The Indian Marine Residency
[15:] Steamer of Bushire the Lawrence
[16:] came up at 6 1/2 am from
[17:] the quarantine station;
[18:] we are discharging and
[19:] shipping cargo; There is
[20:] the SS. Afghanistan here
[21:] up from quarantine, she
[22:] is to load dates for America,
[23:] also the SS. Brukside for
[24:] Mackenzie & the B.I. Str
[25:] Khandallah are in quarantine

[26:] Yousif Marine &Rufail

[9:] Modte n.w. wind
[10:] We finished shipping cargo by
[11:] 5 P.M. ~ we are to await
[12:] for the mail Str Amra she
[13:] passed Fao & will be here
[14:] they say by 9 P.M. ~
[15:] Rufail Rezooki, Nessoory
[16:] Andria came off to me

[17:] The SS. Lawrence, I am
[18:] told is to remain here in
[19:] the date season to patrol
[20:] the river between this &
[21:] Fao on account of the frequent
[22:] Piracy & robbery etc.
[23:] taking place every year

[12:] At 4 1/4 P.M. the mail
[13:] Str Amra arrived in quarantine
[14:] We sent for our mail;
[15:] Very calm weather,

[16:] At 10 1/2 mails were brought
[17:] on board after undergoing
[18:] fumigation at the quarantine;

Basreh to Baghdad [13 SEP 1898 --- V048_04_N] (//)

14 Wedn Ther @ 5.74

1898 Septr

[20:] At 11 we weighed & proceeded
[21:] Light n.w. air but cool;
[22:] I slept in my cabin but it was
[23:] rather warm at the beginning
[24:] & cool afterward ;

[1:] Light n.w. air & fine cool
[2:] weather;

[3:] At 4 AM. passed Gorna
[4:] we had the flood tide with
[5:] us ~

[6:] Finished with the passengers
[7:] tickets ~ we have altogether
[8:] 40 1/2 (one in 1st Class Sheikh
[9:] Hussein an Arab of Meshed
[10:] who goes always up & down
[11:] with us)

[12:] At 7,,35 passed Azair ;
[13:] At 9,,15 came to the Shoal
[14:] at Ghumeyjeh, took out an
[15:] anchor & hove over, the
[16:] ship is 3 feet 10;
[17:] Kept working with anchors
[18:] for & aft all the day, she
[19:] moves but does not get over
[20:] the shoal the river is so
[21:] very narrow here about
[22:] 150 feet broad, at 5 we
[23:] got over & went about 50
[24:] Yards & grounded again
[25:] took anchor ahead &
[26:] hove, weather very calm
[27:] by sunset & rather warm,
[28:] there are 4 or 5 Boats

[3:] At 7 P.M. we knocked off heaving
[4:] it having got dark ~ Light,
[5:] n.w. air, and some mosquitoes
[6:] are coming; I slept on the
[7:] top of the house, being too
[8:] warm in the cabin ~

15 Thursd Ther @ 5.68

Low state of river below Amara

1898 Sept

[A48_105_01:028]

Difficulty in closing canals

[A48_105_19:029]

[A48_106_03:030]

[9:] Light n.w. & cool morning,
[10:] at day break begun heaving,
[11:] got over but there are other
[12:] shoal places further on,
[13:] it is a long shoal. ~

[14:] At 8,,15 got over this shoal
[15:] and went on but the ship is
[16:] dragging & forcing herself over
[17:] shoal water and very
[18:] narrow river, there are from
[19:] 2 1/2 to 3 draaz; the river is
[20:] quite lost, all the war is
[21:] taken away through so many
[22:] canals from Amara &
[23:] downward to irrigate the
[24:] Sultans property all our
[25:] complaints since 3 years
[26:] and now renewed too is
[27:] not listened to by the Turkish
[28:] Government, the river is

[9:] At 2,,40 P.M. landed one
[10:] passenger at Kalat Saleh
[11:] and went on at 2,,45

[12:] weather very calm Sultry
[13:] and light S. Erly breeze;

[14:] (my stomach pain is still
[15:] Killing me it comes twice
[16:] a day & once at night,
[17:] I am using all the usual
[18:] medicine which I have
[19:] administered before)

[20:] At 7,,5 P.M. arrived at
[21:] Amara landed 15 passengers,
[22:] Took in 10 Tons of Coal ~
[23:] Light S. Ely breeze. but cool,

[24:] At 9,,30 left Amara

[25:] At 9,,45 anchored to repair
[26:] a float & left at 11 ~

[27:] We heard at Amara that

16 Frid Therm @ 5.7 Noon 94 4 P.m. 98

1898 Sept

[6:] S. Erly breeze & fine weather,
[7:] Gave tickets to [strikeout] 34 Amara
[8:] passengers;

[9:] At 8,,15 am stopped at
[10:] Ali Gherbi & landed 5 passengers
[11:] and about 25 Baskets of
[12:] fresh dates from Amara
[13:] At 8,,40 went on, took 9 1/2
[14:] passengers. Fresh S. Erly
[15:] Wind blowing;~

[16:] At 1,,45 P.M. passed
[17:] Sheikh Saad, very calm
[18:] weather; Breeze shifted
[19:] to N. Wester very light & warm

[20:] Detained in Shoal water,

[21:] at Hwey (cutting) from
[22:] 5,,45 till 6 P.M.~ Light
[23:] S. Erly breeze again but
[24:] Calm & not cool at all
[25:] Thermot. in my Cabin 98˚

[3:] At 8,,30 P.M. arrived at
[4:] Coot, landed 4 passengers,
[5:] Light S. Erly breeze~

[6:] At 9,,30 left Coot;

17 Satur Therm @ 5.74

[7:] Light S. Erly breeze; At 2
[8:] am we grounded at Mehd;
[9:] worked with anchors, &
[10:] hove over~

[11:] At 6,,15 am the S.S. Mossul
[12:] Came down & anchored &
[13:] Above us & sent to sound,
[14:] She is 4 days from Baghdad;

[15:] I gave tickets to 26 Coot
[16:] passengers;~

[17:] At 7,,25 we hove over
[18:] and proceeded; the Mossul
[19:] Came down to pass by
[20:] our place, she is full of
[21:] Passengers & cargo too
[22:] both Steamer & Barge;

[23:] At 8,,40 passed Nemlah,
[24:] At 11,,20 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[25:] going down at Deboony,
[26:] Terooza Yaghchi (Wife of

[7:] At 4,,15 P.M. grounded
[8:] at Brenij, took an anchor
[9:] out ahead & hove off; we
[10:] find no water to pass, sent
[11:] to sound & took an other
[12:] anchor out;~ Hot air
[13:] coming with the breeze
[14:] from N. Est & Weather
[15:] became hazy like a winter
[16:] cloudy season; Thermot.
[17:] 98˚ at 6 1/2 P.M. in my
[18:] Cabin~ There are two deep
[19:] places here out we are working
[20:] for nothing & loosing time
[21:] until it became dark;

[22:] At 8,,5 we got over and
[23:] proceeded

[24:] At 8..35 passed Azizieh,
[25:] went easy & stopping and
[26:] backing, at 10,,45 we

18 Sund Therm @ 72 Noon 90

[A48_110_13:031]

[3:] At 2 Am we finished the
[4:] repair of the wheel proceeded,

[5:] At 4 passed Baghdadieh
[6:] fort;~

[7:] Light S. Erly breeze~

[8:] At 5,,20 am landed 2 passengers
[9:] at Zwera village and went
[10:] out at 5,,30 ~
[11:]

[12:] We passed Oweyn without
[13:] touching at 7,,45 the Channel
[14:] is very good now;

[15:] At 10 passed Bostan;
[16:] Calm weather & warm;

[17:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed
[18:] Ctesiphon~

[19:] At 1,,30 came to a Shoal
[20:] at Gusseiba just near
[21:] the Island of Zumbaraniyeh
[22:] the S.S. Phrat & Barge
[23:] are here bound down,
[24:] She got underway after
[25:] having sounded at 1,,35,

[26:] We were detained in
[27:] crossing over the Shoal

[3:] Weather warm & calm,
[4:] (Since two days the pain
[5:] of my stomach has ceased
[6:] & I feel better).

[7:] Detained 25 minutes at Jaffer
[8:] in finding the Channel;

[9:] At 4 P.M. passed Diala
[10:] River; At 5,,15 I landed
[11:] at Gherrarah & walked to
[12:] town; there are 7 Tents at
[13:] Gherrarah of Christians encamped
[14:] there, Selman Durion and
[15:] others; also on the other side
[16:] the family of Korkis Tessy etc;

[17:] I met Dr. Rosen on horse
[18:] back the German Consul
[19:] he told me of the Assasination
[20:] of the Empress of Austria
[21:] Elizabeth, she was she was stabbed
[22:] by an Anarchist at Geneva
[23:] on Sunday last the
[24:] 11th Instt; just on celebration
[25:] of the day of the Jubilee
[26:] of her husband the

[7:] At 7 I arrived home went
[8:] on top of the house, saw
[9:] Eliza, she says that a
[10:] telegram from Alexander
[11:] came asking for money
[12:] & also his letters by the
[13:] two last mails, his telegram
[14:] is as follows;

[15:] "Svoboda Baghdad
[16:] "Embarassé indisposé
[17:] "Korkis refuse payment
[18:] "Autorisez Ottombanque;

[19:] It is dated the 11th Instt,
[20:] and arrived the 14th;

[21:] Not only this is most
[22:] disappointing telegram
[23:] & enraging but the
[24:] worst is that, the
[25:] foolish thing is that

[17:] The Mejidieh arrived
[18:] at about 9. She was aground
[19:] at Cherd el Pasha~

19 Mond

[20:] Modte N.W. Wind & fine
[21:] weather~ Habib Chiha
[22:] & Antone Julietti called
[23:] on me;~ At 9 am I
[24:] came on board, the S.S.
[25:] Ressafah is inside here
[26:] discharging~ I sent

[13:] I made the following telegram
[14:] for Alexander and
[15:] sent it at noon;

[16:] "Gejou Svoboda
[17:] "3 Place Cambronne
[18:] "Paris
[19:] "Absolutely refuse advanced
[20:] "more money, You must
[21:] "come by Steamer “Cogent”
[22:] "leaving Marseilles 22,
[23:] “Asfar wired Saunnièr
[24:] "passage paid, wire
[25:] "departure
[26:] 30 words Svoboda
[27:] 19/9/98

[1:] I went to the office saw
[2:] M. Bottomley asked him
[3:] to give my wife passage
[4:] to Basreh going for the
[5:] benefit of her health
[6:] She is suffering much on
[7:] account of Alexander's
[8:] grief & sorrow~ I came
[9:] home, sent a telegram
[10:] to G. Asfar Basreh viz;

[11:] "Asfar Basreh
[12:] "Please wire Saunièr
[13:] "if Alexander embarks
[14:] "Cogent passage paid
[15:] 12 words Svoboda
[16:] G.S. P. 18 1/4

[17:] At noon, Antone Marine
[18:] sent us a telegram which
[19:] he received from Alexander
[20:] just received it is dated
[21:] the 18 yesterday from Paris

[22:] "Antone Marine
[23:] "Baghdad
[24:] "Seriously sick imploring

[1:] "aide mother~

[2:] He is in want of nothing
[3:] else but money & refuses
[4:] to move out of Paris &
[5:] is trying all sorts and
[6:] dodges to get money,
[7:] my resources are exhausted
[8:] and I am getting sick
[9:] and disgusted of his
[10:] behaviour and his contancrous
[11:] way; I have lost all
[12:] love & confidence on
[13:] this boy, he is becoming
[14:] stupid & has lost his
[15:] heart through his love
[16:] with this french girl;

[17:] My wife always weeping
[18:] & does not know what
[19:] to do; Antone Johny &
[20:] Artin came to us, we
[21:] come to the conclusion
[22:] to sent a telegram in
[23:] Antones name to Alexander
[24:] to tell him that his

20 Thursd Therm @ 5.7˚

New Mushir Ahmed Fezi Pasha

[8:] Light N.W. air & fine cool
[9:] weather~ Sister Emilia
[10:] called on us; I left at 7 1/2
[11:] am & went to Antone to
[12:] sign the telegram we proposed
[13:] to send to Alexander,
[14:] it is as follows~

[15:] "Svoboda
[16:] "19 Rue Vieux Colombiér
[17:] "Paris
[18:] " Persuaded mother remit
[19:] "eight pounds Korkis
[20:] "for travelling Marseilles
[21:] "going Basreh meet you
[22:] "last remittance expected
[23:] "father ill~ Marine
[24:] 25 words
[25:] 20/9/98

[1:] I also made the following
[2:] telegram to R. Korkis

[3:] "Ras Kallah
[4:] "London
[5:] "Please pay Alexander
[6:] "eight pounds Svoboda
[7:] 8 words
[8:] 20/9/98~
[9:] I sent both at 9 am which
[10:] made 20 frcs~

[11:] I called on Sedi wife of
[12:] G. Asfar for 1/2 hour and
[13:] then came on board; the
[14:] Ressafah is alongside the
[15:] wharf discharging; and
[16:] the Mejidieh is discharging
[17:] into the Barge as we are
[18:] leaving Thursday;

[19:] The new Mushir Commander
[20:] in Chief of the 6th Army Corps
[21:] Ahmed Fezy Pasha has
[22:] arrived in Baghdad on last
[23:] Wednesday the 14th via
[24:] Aleppo & Deir as I have

[2:] I went home at 11;~ at 3
[3:] P.M. I called on Sister Eliza &
[4:] on Alice & Sister Emilia,
[5:] & came home at 5, had a
[6:] cold bath;~

[7:] Very fine & cool weather,
[8:] moon 6 days old;

1898 Septr

21 Wedn Therm @ 5.7˚

[9:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[10:] cool breeze & even quite cool
[11:] on top of the house;

[12:] At 7 1/2 am I came on board,

[13:] We had taken a lot of cargo
[14:] yesterday before sunset;
[15:] and are taking now too;

[16:] At 11 1/2 went to breakfast, Eliza
[17:] is sending her Kit on board to
[18:] go down with me to Basreh;
[19:] As she is very lonely & suffering
[20:] much on account of Alexander
[21:] She is always sorry & weeping,

[22:] At 1 P.M. I came on board
[23:] We shipped all the cargo that
[24:] we wanted for the present
[25:] state of the river, and at 4
[26:] P.M. we finished & hauled out
[27:] from the bank~

[1:] Very light breeze & rather
[2:] warm; We have 8700 Okes
[3:] on board~ At 5 1/2 P.M.
[4:] I went on shore, passed
[5:] to see Sister Medula for
[6:] few minutes & came home
[7:] there came Antone Marine,
[8:] his wife & children, Catherina
[9:] Yaghchi, Shekoory Sayegh,
[10:] Johny & Artin to see Eliza,
[11:] as she is going Basreh;

[12:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[13:] weather;

22 Thursd Therm @ 5.64 11 Am 90 4 P.m. 94

[14:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[15:] weather; we were up at
[16:] 2 am; Gathered all the
[17:] kit & locked the rooms etc
[18:] and at 4 1/2 came on
[19:] board, Eliza & her servant
[20:] Mariam the Tilkefli girl
[21:] We have no one in the Cabins,
[22:] except my wife;~

Baghdad to Basreh [22 SEP 1898 --- V048_05_S] (//)

[1:] At 5,,30 Am the Mejidieh
[2:] got underway & proceeded,
[3:] she is drawing 3 feet 5 Inches

[4:] Many Christians are encamped
[5:] on the opposite side of the
[6:] river facing the town lower
[7:] down;~

[8:] At 6,,20 we anchored close
[9:] to the Island of the Kher, to
[10:] bring on board the chain
[11:] which was fastened to the
[12:] sunken Coal Boat of S Lynch
[13:] this last high rise;
[14:] At 7 we took the chain and
[15:] proceeded~

[16:] Passed Gherrarah & the Bridge
[17:] at 7 1/2 we saw the Tents of
[18:] Korkis family on the other side,
[19:] & other Christians on this side,

[20:] At 8 1/2 passed Diala
[21:] At 9 anchored at Jaffer
[22:] to sound~ At 9,,30 we
[23:] proceeded, but grounded &
[24:] took out an anchor aft &

[4:] At 10,,50 the Ressafah came down
[5:] & passed in the channel & went
[6:] on~

[7:] At 12 we got off & proceeded
[8:] At 0,,30 P.M. grounded at
[9:] the Zumbaranyeh Island
[10:] took an Anchor Astern &
[11:] hove back; at 1,,40 left

[12:] At 2,15 P.m. passed
[13:] Ctesiphon;

[14:] We have Altogether 117
[15:] passengers Deck none in
[16:] the Cabins except my wife
[17:] Eliza; also 5 deck free
[18:] (3 Mossullies & 2 Mahomedans)

[19:] At 6,,25 Grounded at
[20:] Thabtyeh (Dawer reach)
[21:] took an anchor out & hove
[22:] her stern into the water and
[23:] floated, We remained for
[24:] the night close to the East
[25:] bank of Dawer; Light
[26:] N.W. breeze & Cool Weather

23 Frid Th@ 5. 63

1898 Septr

[A48_123_01:032]

[27:] Light N.W. breeze and
[28:] fine Very Cool Weather

[1:] At 5,,25 Am. left Dawar
[2:] and proceeded, At 7,,10
[3:] passed Baghdadieh Fort;

[4:] At 8,,10 anchored at
[5:] Rmelat & sent to sound; Two
[6:] Boats Aground in the Channel,

[7:] At 9,,10 proceeded and
[8:] touched a little & then Went
[9:] on;

[10:] At 10,,30 passed Azizieh
[11:] At 10,,50 grounded at
[12:] Brenij below Azizieh~
[13:] Took an anchor out & hove
[14:] off; At 1,,15 P.M. managed
[15:] to heave back & proceeded
[16:] Modte N.W. Wind blowing,

[17:] At 5,,20 touched the shoal
[18:] at Sheresh & worked in
[19:] getting off & steamed on
[20:] again & touched, kept Working
[21:] with the Engine, and got
[22:] over & proceeded at 6,,15

[23:] At 6,,35 met the Khalifah
[24:] coming up, we stopped

[12:] At 7,,35 passed Nemlah,
[13:] Modte N.W. & fine Cool
[14:] night;

[15:] At 8,,5 we rounded &
[16:] anchored below Bughela,
[17:] Very Cool Weather;

24 Satur Th@ 5. 62 Noon 94

1898 Septr

[18:] Light N.W. & fine quite Cold
[19:] Weather, I felt it so cold in
[20:] my cabin that I covered myself
[21:] with the thick Lahaf,

[22:] At 5,,30 Am. proceeded
[23:] At 6 anchored at Mehd;
[24:] and sounded~ At 6,,30

[4:] At 8,,20 stopped at the
[5:] Shoal of Umel Ajaj, until
[6:] 9 am when we proceeded
[7:] through an other channel;

[8:] At 11,,20 arrived at Coot.
[9:] landed 20 passengers and
[10:] 81 packages; I received
[11:] Henry's letter & my papers
[12:] the Khalifah had only 88,000
[13:] Okes Cargo & about 120
[14:] passengers,~

[15:] At 0,,55 P.M. We left Coot
[16:] took 11 1/2 passengers;
[17:] Very calm & warm weather

[18:] Detained 1/2 hour Sounding
[19:] at the Cutting (Hwey reach)

[20:] At 6,,45 We rounded &
[21:] came to for the night, below
[22:] Aboo Dood; Very Calm
[23:] Weather~ Lots of Sandflies
[24:] at night in my cabin, and
[25:] a light S. Erly breeze~