[1:] 1899

From Diary No. 48 [28 FEB 1899 --- V049_00_S] (//)

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[3:] We finished Cargo at 3
[4:] P.M.; having loaded very
[5:] deep;

[6:] The Waly of Basreh
[7:] Enis Pasha & the Commander
[8:] of the Troops Mohsen Pasha
[9:] came to see the Shahzada
[10:] the cousin of the present
[11:] Shah of Persia, his name
[12:] is Abdulhussein Mirza
[13:] Farman Farman,
[14:] also the English Consul Mr.
[15:] Wratislaw, Mr. Hamilton
[16:] the Agent of Hotz & Co. &
[17:] is also the American
[18:] Consular Agent; Mr.
[19:] Richards of Lynch Brothers
[20:] & a wole lot of Persians
[21:] & other people; he has
[22:] [page torn] two cabins for
[23:] [page torn] 1st Class

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[12:] At 4,,20 P.M. We left
[13:] Basreh, flood tide is
[14:] running up;~ The Persian
[15:] Shahzada with his Doctor
[16:] & Interpreter in 1st C. Cabins
[17:] are messing by themselves

[18:] At 10 P.M. landed 8
[19:] passengers at Gorna they
[20:] are Nasser el Sagur,
[21:] Abdulla Rawandoozi the
[22:] Lawyer & Mr. Misakyan

1st Wedn Th@ 6. 58

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[9:] Light air & rather warm
[10:] weather; At 2,,50 Am
[11:] passed Azair~ at 4
[12:] anchored, & at 5,,30 We
[13:] left;~ Weather very mild
[14:] I finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets we have in all
[16:] 143 ½ (5 in 1st Class, the
[17:] Shahzada, Abdulhussein
[18:] Mirza Farman Farman
[19:] whose sister the Shah of
[20:] Persia Muzaffar el Mulk
[21:] has married, and a
[22:] German Mr. W. Grieger

[9:] At 10 Am landed 4
[10:] passengers at Kalat
[11:] Saleh & Went on at 10,,5,
[12:] the guard turned out &
[13:] saluted the Persian
[14:] Shahzada; We are flying
[15:] the Persian flag for
[16:] him~

[17:] S. Erly Wind & Weather
[18:] Getting Cloudy~

[19:] At 4 P.M. arrived
[20:] at Amara, a guard of
[21:] soldiers saluting the
[22:] Persian Shahzada, and
[23:] the whole population

[14:] We could not Coal
[15:] ship on Account of the
[16:] Crowd & so We left at
[17:] 4,,50 P.M. ; Took 32 ½
[18:] passengers~

[19:] Wind shifted to N. Wester
[20:] & fine Weather;

[21:] The Shahzada & his Doctor
[22:] dined with us this evening
[23:] I was interpreting between
[24:] him & Capt Cowley

2 Thurs. Th@ 6. 46

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[3:] Modte N.W. & fine cold
[4:] Weather, sharp wind
[5:] and the river is rising;

[6:] At 7,,5 Am passed
[7:] Ali Gherbi [symbol] At 2 Pm passed the

[8:] SS Baghdad going down

[9:] Very sharp Cold Wind is
[10:] blowing~

[11:] At 0,,20 P.M. passed the
[12:] S.S. Mossul & Barge going
[13:] up at AbooDood [symbol]

[14:] At 8,,5 P.M. arrived
[15:] at Coot landed 7 ½ passeng.
[16:] & 8 Bales of P. Goods;
[17:] We took 12 Tons from
[18:] our Coal boat which
[19:] had not been landed yet,
[20:] so we did not go alongside
[21:] some people came to
[22:] visit the Shahzada
[23:] the Kaimakam Jaffer
[24:] Bey & the Persian Agent,

[1:] At 10,,30 We left Coot,
[2:] fine & cold Weather;

3 Frid Th@ 6. 47

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[3:] Light N.W. & cloudy
[4:] Weather~

[5:] At 6,,30 Am passed
[6:] Memlah; gave tickets to
[7:] 411 ½ Coot passengers;~

[8:] I paid the Ship’s Company
[9:] their wages for Feby;

[10:] At 3,,15 P.M. passed
[11:] Azizieh Village;

[12:] At 3,,30 met the SS.
[13:] Khalifah coming down,
[14:] We stopped & sent Mr.
[15:] Taylor’s letters, him &
[16:] his wife are on board
[17:] going back, I got a
[18:] few lines from Henry
[19:] he says that my Wife
[20:] has no news at all
[21:] from Alexander,
[22:] Michail Yaghchi is also
[23:] on board going down
[24:] to Basreh, the

[3:] We went on at 3,,40
[4:] N. Erly wind & cloudy
[5:] all over~

[6:] At 7,,10 passed Baghdadieh
[7:] Weather getting fine;

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[8:] Light N.W. & little cloudy
[9:] on the East~

[10:] At 6,,5 AM we came
[11:] to alongside the bank at
[12:] Ctesiphon to let the Persian
[13:] Shahzada Abdulhussein
[14:] Mirza to Visit the Tomb of
[15:] Selman & the Arch; but
[16:] he did not land till 7 am
[17:] after having made his
[18:] prayers & took his tea;

[19:] At 8,,30 the Persian Shah-
[20:] zada came & We left
[21:] Ctesiphon~ He sent for
[22:] me telling me that he wishes
[23:] to give the Crew & servants
[24:] some present of few

[1:] I told Capt Cowley of
[2:] it, & he told Metty to
[3:] take them & give them
[4:] to the poors through
[5:] the Nuns or Priests;
[6:] they all took it back afterward;

[7:] River is rising, & wind
[8:] blowing sharp from N.W.

[9:] At 0,,5 P.M. passed Diala
[10:] River~ Ship is going
[11:] very slow on account of
[12:] the river;

[13:] At 2,,10 P.M. landed a
[14:] Deckman at Gherrara with letters
[15:] & went on;

[16:] At 5,,10 P.M. landed
[17:] the mails at the Residency
[18:] We went up to the Custum
[19:] House, Great many people
[20:] Crowded the banks, the Custum
[21:] House & the Bridge, The
[22:] head Constable Mukhlus
[23:] Effendi & the Aide de Camp
[24:] of Kadem Pasha came
[25:] the former from the part

[10:] I went home saw Eliza
[11:] also Antone Marine
[12:] was there;

[13:] I found letters from
[14:] Ibrahim Gejou from Paris
[15:] dated the 3 Feby, he
[16:] sends me back my
[17:] letter of the 15 Decr which
[18:] I had written to Alexander
[19:] after the receipt of his
[20:] last letter to me of the
[21:] 13 Novr. & Ibrahim
[22:] says that he could not
[23:] send Alexander in Paris
[24:] & so he sends the

[3:] Eliza tells me that Mr.
[4:] Richarz the German
[5:] Consul told my sister
[6:] Medula that the Austrian
[7:] Consul at Paris writes
[8:] in Answer to my complaint
[9:] made on the 15 Decr,
[10:] that the Police have not
[11:] found Alexander in Paris
[12:] and that he must have
[13:] gone to England & so
[14:] he wants to know what
[15:] he is to do with the 300
[16:] frcs I sent to him for Alexanders
[17:] expenses~ No other
[18:] news we have of Alexanders
[19:] whereabout;

5’ Sund Th@ 6 38

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[20:] Light N. Erly & little
[21:] Cloudy & Cold Weather
[22:] I did not go to Church,
[23:] but I called on Henry’s

[1:] Wife, & on Sister Medula
[2:] & came home at 11~
[3:] Some Visitors called~
[4:] At 1 P.M. I went to see
[5:] Antone Marine & then
[6:] called on Mina Abood,
[7:] Went to call on Mr. Richarz
[8:] but met him in the road
[9:] & I told him that I will
[10:] call on him in two hours
[11:] more; I went to Sister
[12:] Eliza, & on Edward Blockey
[13:] but he was not at home,
[14:] I then called on Mr. Richarz
[15:] but he had gone out,
[16:] I called on Capt & Mrs. Cowley
[17:] & on Moseigneur Altmayer
[18:] he is getting better with
[19:] his rheumatism,
[20:] his holyday of St Henry
[21:] was on Thursday the 2d
[22:] Mch, I came home
[23:] at 6 P.M~

[1:] Weather getting fine
[2:] & clouds disappearing;

6’ Mond Th@ 6. 42

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[3:] Light N.W. & fine
[4:] cold morning; at 8
[5:] AM I came on board,
[6:] the Mejidieh is inside
[7:] since yesterday discharging

[8:] The river is falling;
[9:] at 10 Am I went to see
[10:] Mr. Richarz, also Dr. Hesse
[11:] who showed me a letter
[12:] from the Consul General
[13:] of Beyrout dated the 6 Feby
[14:] in which he says that the
[15:] Consul General of Austria
[16:] of Paris writes that after
[17:] having searched for
[18:] Alexander at No. 124
[19:] Rue de Rennes he was
[20:] not there, & was informed
[21:] that he was in the Hotel
[22:] de Bon Marché No. 22
[23:] Rue Placide, there

[21:] Sister Medula called
[22:] also Eliza & Adoola my
[23:] cousins~

[3:] I took a hot bath~
[4:] Fine cold weather;

7’ Tuesd.

1899 Mch

[5:] Light N.W. & fine Weather
[6:] cold~ Sister Eliza
[7:] called on us also Madm.
[8:] Saccazan~ At 9 AM
[9:] I came on board~

[10:] The SS. Ressafah left this
[11:] morning at 5 Am; River
[12:] Keeps falling;

[13:] At 11 I went home; At 2 P.M.
[14:] called on Catterina Yaghchi
[15:] & Louisa my niece;
[16:] Antone Marine called on
[17:] us, him & Major Melville
[18:] had been at Kadumain
[19:] Visiting the Shahzada
[20:] Abdulhussein Mirza
[21:] he is going to stay here
[22:] for about 4 months more,

[23:] Light N.W. & fine Weather
[24:] & mild;

8’ Wedn

[1:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[2:] at 8 am called on Sister
[3:] Medula & at 9 came on
[4:] board; the Mossul went
[5:] inside to discharge;
[6:] We are shipping some cargo,
[7:] at 11 went to breakfast
[8:] & returned at 2 ½ P.M.;
[9:] We shipped galls & wool;

[10:] At 4 ½ I went home &
[11:] at 6 Eliza & I went over to Sister
[12:] Medula & spent the evening
[13:] Johny & Artin also came there
[14:] We left at 8 & came home,

9’ Thursd Th@ 6. 50

[15:] Light air from S.W. & cloudy
[16:] all over~ At 8 Am I came
[17:] on board;~ River is falling

[18:] At 11 I went to breakfast
[19:] & came on board at 12;

[20:] I sent two letters to the
[21:] Damascus Post one for
[22:] Mr. A Schweiger & one
[23:] to Mr. Böhm Vienna &
[24:] told the latter every thing
[25:] about Alexander;

[1:] At 2 P.M. the SS. Phrat
[2:] arrived from Basreh;

[3:] Weather keeps cloudy,
[4:] with a light S. Ely breeze,

[5:] At 5 P.M. we finished
[6:] loading, handed off the
[7:] bank;~ I went home,
[8:] Sister Medula & Grzesiki
[9:] called on us to spend the
[10:] evening; they left at 8 P.M.

[11:] S. Ely light air & cloudy
[12:] a little ~

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[13:] Light S. Ely, & cloudy
[14:] All over, Raining slightly
[15:] at 5 am. I came on
[16:] board, rain ceased
[17:] after few minutes, but
[18:] just to wet the ground,
[19:] it keeps cloudy;

Baghdad to Basreh [10 MAR 1899 --- V049_02_S] (//)

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[2:] At 6 Am. we proceeded,
[3:] Weather very cloudy and
[4:] gloomy;~ It began to
[5:] rain drizzly at 7 ½ after
[6:] passing Gherrarah Bridge

[7:] At 7.45 passed Diala
[8:] river; ~

[9:] At 8,,45 passed the
[10:] S.S. Khalifah at Menary
[11:] going up, I saw Père
[12:] Pièrre & P. Jèan onboard
[13:] going up;~

[14:] At 9.5 passed Ctesiphon
[15:] At 1,,10 P.M. landed
[16:] the son of Elias Serkis, Rezooki
[17:] at Swera on the opposite
[18:] side of the village & went
[19:] on at 1,,15;

[20:] We have altogether
[21:] 233, Passengers (7

[18:] At 2,,15 P.M. passed
[19:] Baghdadieh; still very
[20:] Cloudy all over; ~

[21:] At 4.20 passed
[22:] Azizieh; ~

[23:] At 7,,10 we rounded

11 Satur Th@6.52

[6:] Light N.W. & fine clear
[7:] weather ~ At 5,,15 am
[8:] left Um Sneyem;

[9:] At 7,,30 passed Memlah
[10:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge,
[11:] passed up this morning
[12:] at 5 am; ~

[13:] At 11,,45 am. arrived
[14:] at Coot landed 19 Passeng.
[15:] & 3 Packages;

[16:] I received Henry’s letter,
[17:] the Khalifah had 242000
[18:] Okes of Cargo & about
[19:] 120 passengers;

[20:] At 0,,45 P.M. we
[21:] left Coot, took 11 ½
[22:] passengers ~

[23:] At 4.30 P.M. passed

[2:] At 7,15 we rounded and
[3:] Came to for the night at
[4:] Maghessil Grove; Fine
[5:] Clear weather & modte
[6:] N.W. wind;

12 Sund Th@6.42

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Mch

[7:] Modte; N.W. & fine cold
[8:] weather ~ At 5,30 Am
[9:] we left Maghessil, at
[10:] 5,,40 passed Ali Gherbi;

[11:] At 1 P.M. arrived at
[12:] Amara landed 22 Passengs
[13:] (Abdulrezack Khdery in
[14:] 1st Class Cabin) and 52
[15:] Packages; ~Took 5 Tons
[16:] of Coal~

[17:] At 2,,20 P.M. left Amara
[18:] took 8 Passengers ~

[19:] At 5,,30 passed Kalat
[20:] Saleh

[21:] At 6.10 anchored at
[22:] the Canal of Abdulla ibn
[23:] Ali for the night;

[1:] Light S.W. & cloudy

[2:] At 5,,30 Am. proceeded
[3:] from Abdulla ibn Ali,

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1899

[4:] At 7,,55 passed Azair
[5:] Wind shifted to N.W. &
[6:] became fine; ~

[7:] At 10,,40 landed one
[8:] Basreh passenger at Gorna
[9:] I saw Rufail Sayegh
[10:] here, he came up after
[11:] we had left Basreh last
[12:] trip & will return tomorrow
[13:] or the day after, ~

[14:] At 10,,50 we went on;

[15:] At 2,,50 P.M. arrived
[16:] at Basreh; Flood tide
[17:] made an hour ago, todays
[18:] moon is 3 days old

[19:] The Mail Str Kilwa is
[20:] the only boat in quarantine,
[21:] the Persian St. Husseini
[22:] has just left as we
[23:] arrived she goes to

[6:] Rezooki came to me
[7:] for ½ hour & went away,

[8:] The Malamir is
[9:] also in quarantine
[10:] she will leave on Thursday
[11:] for Mahomerah &
[12:] Mr. & Mrs. Taylor will
[13:] go in her & up the Karoon
[14:] to Ahwaz & Shushter;

[15:] At 5 P.m. I went up
[16:] to Rezooki Sayegh only
[17:] himself there Rufail being
[18:] at Gorna; I dined &
[19:] slept there; very strong
[20:] N.W. wind blew for
[21:] 2 hours at about 7
[22:] P.M. & then died away

[23:] Fine Cold Weather

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[1:] Modte cool N.W. wind
[2:] At 7 am I came on
[3:] board; we discharging
[4:] and loading cargo,

[5:] Edward Blockey went
[6:] yesterday to put up
[7:] with Mr. Hiles of Muir
[8:] Tweedie & will go down
[9:] in the Kilwa either to
[10:] Karachi or Bombay
[11:] thence to England ~

[12:] Rezooki Sayegh called on
[13:] me, also Nassoory Andrea
[14:] Michail Yaghchi who came
[15:] down in the Khalifah to
[16:] sell his Liquorice from
[17:] the Euphrates, also Yousif
[18:] Metchich ‘etc’

[19:] We finished loading
[20:] at 4 ½ P.M. & got the
[21:] mail on board;
[22:] Flood tide is running
[23:] up since 3 P.M ~

[24:] We are awaiting for the
[25:] flood tide to ebb

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[2:] At 6.35 P.M. flood tide
[3:] slacked, we got underway
[4:] Light N.W. & fine weather,

[5:] We have 10 Horses, one
[6:] mule & one donkey belonging
[7:] to the Shahzada Abdulhussein
[8:] Mirza Farman Farman
[9:] whom we tock up last time,
[10:] they came up from Shiraz
[11:] charging the Horses at 14
[12:] Mejidies each, the mule 11
[13:] & the donkey 8, with 7
[14:] persons, 4 are allowed free
[15:] as Saises for the 12 animals,

[16:] I wrote a letter to Yousif
[17:] Serpos to Cairo by this mail
[18:] Via Bombay dated the 10
[19:] Instt; all about Alexander
[20:] a copy I have kept;

[1:] At 7.50 passed the
[2:] S.S. Mossul & Barge going
[3:] down; ~

15 Wedne Th@6.55

[4:] At 1 AM passed
[5:] Gorna~

[6:] Light N.W. & very mild
[7:] weather & fine~

[8:] At 6.15 passed Azair,
[9:] At 11.15 landed 7 passengers
[10:] at Kalat Saleh and
[11:] went on at 11,,20 ~ Took
[12:] one passenger~

[13:] We have altogether
[14:] from Basreh 162 ½
[15:] (6 being free by L. Brothers)
[16:] (2 in 1st Class Mr. Zerlendi
[17:] a Greek trader in Baghdad
[18:] and Miss Martin an
[19:] English woman of the
[20:] missionary society
[21:] of Baghdad)

[22:] Weather getting cloudy

[2:] At 4,,35 P.M. arrived
[3:] at Amara landed 17
[4:] passengers & 5 Bales of
[5:] P. Goods; Took 8 Tons
[6:] of Coal & 10 Bales of Hides

[7:] At 6 P.M. left Amara
[8:] Weather cloudy a little

16 Thursd Th@6.54

1899

Mch

[9:] Modte S. Ely wind and
[10:] cloudy weather ~

[11:] At 6,,35 AM. landed 2
[12:] passengers at Ali Gherbi
[13:] & took one, went on at
[14:] 6,,40 ~

[15:] Gave tickets to 55,
[16:] Amara passengers, (one
[17:] Turkish Officer Noory
[18:] Effendi in 2nd Class)

[19:] We passed the SS. Phrat
[20:] & Barge going down last
[21:] night at 11 P.M;

[22:] At 11,,30 landed one
[23:] Passenger at Sheikh Saad

[24:] Strong wind from S. Est

[1:] Winds keeps blowing strong
[2:] S. Ely & weather cloudy

[3:] At 6,,20 P.M. arrived
[4:] at Coot landed 14 passeng
[5:] & 5 Bales of P. Goods;
[6:] an awful confusion and
[7:] a rush of passengers was
[8:] made for about an hour
[9:] we were unable to Coal,
[10:] so many passengers from
[11:] Coot, Shatra Hai etc etc,
[12:] came pouring, as it is
[13:] the time for the pilgrimage
[14:] to Kerbella etc; we
[15:] took 6 tons of coal;

[16:] At 8,,50 we left
[17:] Coot, strong S. Ely wind
[18:] & cloudy ~

17 Frid Th@6.56

1899

Mch

[19:] S. Ely wind & it became
[20:] very cloudy gloomy weather

[21:] At 5,,15 AM passed
[22:] Memlah ~

[1:] Gave tickets to 91 Coot
[2:] passengers;

[3:] Wind blowing Strong S. Ely
[4:] and opened the clouds
[5:] without raining; all
[6:] the country is dry & have
[7:] not had rain for more
[8:] than a month; people
[9:] are fearing the scarcity
[10:] & bad Crop & the price
[11:] of every thing will again
[12:] commence to rise;

[13:] At 1,,45 P.M. passed
[14:] Azizieh ~ Strong S. Ely
[15:] wind still blowing

[16:] At 3,,30 passed the
[17:] S.S. Khalifah going down
[18:] at Rmelat ~

[19:] At 5,,15 passed Baghdadieh
[20:] Fort; very strong wind
[21:] & heavy swell still;
[22:] cloudy weather;

[23:] At 5,,35 passed the
[24:] S.S. Baghdad & Barge

[2:] At 12 P.M. being very
[3:] dark and cloudy, we anchored
[4:] at Bostan ~

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[5:] S. Ely wind & cloudy

[6:] At 5,,30 AM we proceeded
[7:] very light drizzly rain came
[8:] last night for few minutes,

[9:] At 8,,15 passed Ctesiphon,
[10:] At 10,,40 passed Diala
[11:] river ~

[12:] At 11,,50 went alongside
[13:] the bank just below the Bridge
[14:] of Gherrarah & landed
[15:] the 10 horses one mule
[16:] & one donkey; ~

[17:] I landed at 12 & walked in
[18:] to Baghdad there has been
[19:] some slight fall of rain
[20:] here last night;
[21:] reached home at 1 ½ P.M.
[22:] the Mejidieh arrived at
[23:] 2 ½ ~ I saw Eliza

[11:] It begun to rain drizzly
[12:] for about 2 hours &
[13:] made the streets muddy
[14:] weather keeps very cloudy
[15:] It rained at night too

19’ Sund

1899

Mch

[16:] Holy day of St. Joseph

[17:] S. Ely wind & cloudy
[18:] at 8 am I went to church
[19:] a high mass with music
[20:] & organ; we visited the
[21:] priests, Pere Pièrre (who
[22:] is now the prefect superior
[23:] in place of the late Père
[24:] Marie Joseph) I then

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[15:] Light N.W. & cloudy
[16:] weather, at 7 ½ AM I
[17:] called on Menusha &
[18:] then came on board,
[19:] no steamers are here,

[20:] The Mejidieh is alongside
[21:] discharging cargo

[22:] I sent money to the office
[23:] & went home at 10; Menusha
[24:] was there; I tock a warm

[6:] Antone, Johny & Artin &
[7:] Johny Pehlewan called
[8:] on us in the evening; they
[9:] looked at my new Bicycle
[10:] which I got out for
[11:] Alexander lately, and
[12:] Johny & Joory Antone’s
[13:] son rode it round the
[14:] court yard ~

[15:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[16:] but is getting warm;

21’ Tuesd Th@6.56

1899

Mch

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[17:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[18:] Called on Sister Medula
[19:] & came on board at 9 ½
[20:] We are discharging;
[21:] The river is rising a little

[22:] At 11 went home found
[23:] Terooza wife of Antone &
[24:] Philomena Chiha there,
[25:] Eliza & Adoola my cousins

[14:] At 5 ½ Eliza & I went
[15:] over to Sister Eliza & spent
[16:] the evening till 8 P.M.
[17:] & came home;

22’ Wedn

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[18:] Light N.W. & fine
[19:] weather ~ at 10 AM
[20:] I came on board,
[21:] We are shipping cargo;

[22:] River keeps rising much
[23:] since the day before; It
[24:] rose about 12 feet altogether

[25:] The Bridge was cut

[3:] At 11 I went to breakfast
[4:] & came on board at 2
[5:] P.M. ~ Some boats of the
[6:] brige got swamped &
[7:] sunk; ~ Others also were
[8:] carried away on the opposite
[9:] side;

[10:] At 5 P.M. I went home;

[11:] Fetoohi Dowd Maghak
[12:] our opposite door neighbour
[13:] has opened a shop near
[14:] the door of his house and
[15:] cleaned & repaired the road,
[16:] and called it Bon Marché
[17:] he has spent a large sum
[18:] lavishly in this enterprise

23’ Thursd

1899

Mch

[19:] Light N.W. breeze and
[20:] fine ~ At 7 ½ AM I
[21:] called on Sister Medula
[22:] for ½ hour & came on
[23:] board; the river is still

[5:] I wrote a letter to Edward
[6:] Blockey by todays Post
[7:] to Cheshnut (London) &
[8:] told him all about Alexander
[9:] & to look for him in London,

[10:] At 11 I went home to breakfast
[11:] and returned at 12 1/2;
[12:] Weather getting cloudy;
[13:] the River is stand still,

[14:] We shipped cargo about
[15:] 87,000 Okes;

[16:] At 5 P.M. I went home
[17:] Johny & Artin called on
[18:] us till 8 ~ Weather fine
[19:] & light N.W. breeze;

24 Frid

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[20:] Light N.W. & fine
[21:] weather ~ At 5 AM I
[22:] came on board ~

[23:] The river has fallen
[24:] one foot since yesterday

Baghdad to Basreh [24 MAR 1899 --- V049_04_S] (//)

1899 Mch

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1899 Mch

[2:] We kept working in heaving
[3:] the anchor getting buried

[4:] At 6 AM. hove up and
[5:] proceeded; All the gardens
[6:] & property have been well
[7:] irrigated through their
[8:] Canals; ~

[9:] At 7,,30 passed Diala
[10:] river, this had also risen
[11:] considerably & nearly
[12:] overflowing the embankments

[13:] At 8,,25 passed Ctesiphon
[14:] The river here about is nearly
[15:] in a level with the bank;

[16:] At 0,,25 P.M. passed
[17:] Baghdadieh Fort;

[18:] Finished with the
[19:] Passengers tickets, we
[20:] have altogether 138 ½
[21:] (5 in 1st class, Yousif
[22:] Georgi Asfar with free
[23:] Return ticket by SLynch,
[24:] Ali Beg son of Kassim

[18:] At 2 P.M. passed
[19:] Azizieh;

[20:] At 4,,50 passed the
[21:] S.S. Khalifah going up
[22:] at Sheresh, Naoom Loca
[23:] [strikethrough] was
[24:] on board ~

[1:] At 5,,40 passed Memlah,

[2:] At 5,,55 passed the
[3:] S.S. Mossul & Barge at
[4:] Anchor above the village
[5:] of Bughela apparently
[6:] on account of the strong
[7:] current; Artin Apikyan
[8:] on board of her going from
[9:] Bughela to Baghdad;
[10:] Also Sleman Durion
[11:] from Basreh;

[12:] At 9,,10 P.M. arrived
[13:] at Coot landed 39 passeng
[14:] and 229 Packages (150 Poles
[15:] for Lynch's wool Press)
[16:] I received Henry's letter &
[17:] my papers, the Khalifah
[18:] has 204480 Okes of
[19:] cargo & about 260 Passengers

[20:] The river is high here
[21:] reaching nearly to the
[22:] top of the banks ~

25 Satur

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[x symbol] took 9 passengers (1 in 1st Class the wife of Kassim Khdery)

[1:] Light nw. & fine ~ At
[2:] 5,, am. left Coot; Took
[3:] one passenger;

[4:] At 10,,35 landed 9
[5:] Packages at Ali Gherbi
[6:] took 6 1/2 passengers and
[7:] went on at 11,,00 ~
[8:] Light clouds & S. Ely
[9:] breeze;

[10:] At 1,,25 P.m passed the S.S
[11:] Ressafah & Barge going
[12:] up above Ali Sherghi,

[13:] At 5,,40 P.m. arrived
[14:] at Amara landed 25 1/2
[15:] passengers & 23 Packages,
[16:] the river here is about
[17:] one foot below the bank;
[18:] We shipped 4 cases of the
[19:] Pellican feathers; ~

[20:] At 7 P.m. we left Amara
[21:] full noon today ~

[22:] Weather warm & Calm;

[2:] At 8 we anchored above
[3:] Aboo Sedra, Fine moonlight
[4:] night, & the river is high
[5:] with the banks ;

26 Sund

1899 Mch

[6:] Light, n.w. & fine calm
[7:] weather ~ At 5,,15 Am.
[8:] we proceeded ~ at 7 passed
[9:] Kalat Saleh;

[10:] At 9,,45 passed Azair
[11:] the country is not flooded
[12:] here but the river is high
[13:] within few inches below
[14:] the banks;

[15:] At 0,,35 P.m. landed 2
[16:] of the Basreh passengers at
[17:] Gorna, took 9 passengers
[18:] the family of Neshat
[19:] Effendi Kaimakam of
[20:] Gorna (now just appointed
[21:] here instead of Akif
[22:] Effendi who went up
[23:] to Baghdad 15 days ago)
[24:] We went on at 0,,40

[3:] At 4,,10 P.m. passed
[4:] the S.S. Baghdad & Barge
[5:] going up at the Island
[6:] above Maghil;

[7:] At 4,,45 arrived at Basreh
[8:] There is only the mail
[9:] Str Pemba in quarantine

[10:] Rezooki Sayegh came off
[11:] to me & then we went up
[12:] I landed at Jeboory Asfar
[13:] for an hour & then went
[14:] to Rufail where I dined
[15:] with him & Rezooki & slept
[16:] there;

27 Mond

Fireman Shabo Franso drowned

1899 Mch

[17:] Light S.W. breeze & warm
[18:] weather, since 1 am
[19:] I awoke & could not sleep
[20:] at all; at 7 I came
[21:] on board, we are discharging
[22:] & shipping cargo;

[23:] Our Fireman Shabo
[24:] ibn Franso while he

[22:] We have a lot of passengers
[23:] coming mostly Arabs
[24:] of Hassa & the river here
[25:] & from Basreh going

[8:] Rezooki Sayegh, Rezooki
[9:] Angoorly his brother Toni,
[10:] Nessoory Andrea etc came
[11:] off to me; I have been
[12:] giving tickets all the
[13:] day ~ we finished
[14:] shipping cargo by 5
[15:] P.m. & received the
[16:] mails;

Basreh to Baghdad [27 MAR 1899 --- V049_05_N] (//)

[A49_049_16:031]

[2:] At 6,15 P.m. we got
[3:] underway & proceeded,
[4:] very calm & warm weather
[5:] I cannot support the
[6:] woolen clothes; the
[7:] ship is deep; we are
[8:] going slow;

28 Tuesd Th @ 5,68°

1899 Mch

[9:] At 1,,10 A.m. passed Gorna
[10:] [strikethrough], Fine weather and
[11:] light n.w. air;

[12:] At 6,,15 passed Azair,
[13:] wether warm ~

[14:] Finished with the Passengers
[15:] tickets we have Altogether
[16:] 273 (4 1/2 in 1st Class, they
[17:] are, H. Hmood el Mellak,
[18:] Gool Hayat the widow of
[19:] Sheikh Jaber & Sheikh Mezel
[20:] of Mahomerah; Michail
[21:] Yaghchi, & Rezooki Besboori

[7:] At 11,,5 landed 6 passengers
[8:] at Kalat Saleh & went
[9:] on at 11,,10 ~

[10:] At 5,,5 P.m. arrived
[11:] at Amara landed 16 Passeng
[12:] & the 10 Zaptyehs guards,
[13:] We shipped 10 Bales of
[14:] Lamb Skins & took 10 Tons
[15:] of Coal ~

[16:] At 6,,35 left Amara
[17:] S. Ely light breeze & warm,

18: 29 Wednes

[A49_051_06:032]

Major Melville left Baghdad

1899 Mch

[18:] At 2,,30 am we passed
[19:] the S.S. Baghdad & Barge
[20:] going up near Ali Sherghi

[21:] N. Ely wind & cloudy
[22:] all over

[1:] Gave tickets to 80
[2:] Amara passengers;

[3:] At 8,,55 am landed
[4:] 2 passengers at Ali Gherbi,
[5:] & went on at 9; very
[6:] cloudy, S. Ely breeze &
[7:] some drops of rain ~

[8:] At 2,,30 P.m. passed
[9:] Sheikh Saad; S. Ely
[10:] wind & cloudy;

[11:] At 2,,45 met the Comet
[12:] coming down with major
[13:] Melville the Acting Resident
[14:] of Baghdad going away
[15:] & the Comet will bring
[16:] Colonel Loch who will
[17:] be in Basreh today to
[18:] take his post in Baghdad
[19:] after his leave of absence,

[20:] At 3 we went on;
[21:] The river has fallen about
[22:] one foot below its higher rise ~
[23:] rise ~

[24:] Wind shifted to a Strong

[3:] At 10,,20 P.m. arrived
[4:] at Coot landed 19 1/2
[5:] Passengers & 6 packages
[6:] cargo, Lost of passengers
[7:] came most of them had
[8:] to remain on the lower deck
[9:] We took 8 tons of coal,

[10:] At 12 P.m. left Coot
[11:] light n.w. & fine weather

30 Thursd Ther @ 5,49 noon 60

[12:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[13:] weather, the river fell
[14:] about 3 feet~

[15:] Gave tickets to 62
[16:] Coot passengers;

[17:] At 8,,45 am. passed
[18:] Memlah; The river
[19:] has fallen here about
[20:] 4 feet;

[21:] I paid the Ships crew &
[22:] officers their wages for
[23:] this month ~

[1:] At 6,,30 P.m. passed
[2:] Azizieh village;

[3:] At 10,,45 passed Baghdadieh
[4:] Fort; Fine clear weather;

5: 31 Frid Ther @ 5,59

1899 April

[5:] Light n.w. & cloudy a
[6:] little ~ At 7 am passed
[7:] Bostani Kesreh; The S.S.
[8:] Ressafah is in sight ahead
[9:] of us going up we had
[10:] met her on Saturday last
[11:] at 1 1/2 P.m. ~

[12:] At 8,,25 we cought the
[13:] Ressafah & passed her at
[14:] the turn of Semreh reach
[15:] and just at this time the
[16:] Khalifah is coming down
[17:] also and we passed her
[18:] after two minutes ~

[19:] At 10 passed Ctesiphon
[20:] Strong n.w.wind blowing

[21:] At 0,,50 P.m. passed
[22:] Diala river ~

[23:] At 2,,15 I landed at
[24:] Gherrarah & walked

[5:] I reached home at
[6:] 3 1/2 having walked slow
[7:] on account of Michail
[8:] Yaghchi who could not
[9:] walk having pain
[10:] on his knees; ~ Eliza
[11:] is suffering from stomach
[12:] ache like me for
[13:] the last 10 days; no
[14:] letters or news from
[15:] Alexander whatever,

[16:] This is Good friday I
[17:] went to the Chaldean
[18:] Cathedral, immense
[19:] people were their & the
[20:] Patriarch was preaching
[21:] I started home &
[22:] Eliza came too,

[1:] The Mejidieh arrived
[2:] at 4,,50 ~

[3:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[4:] night ;

1’ Satur Ther @ 5,50

[5:] Light n.w. & fine
[6:] cool weather at 8 am
[7:] I came on board,
[8:] The Mossul & Phrat
[9:] are here the former
[10:] leaves tomorrow ~
[11:] The S.S. Ressafah arrived
[12:] this morning at 4,,20
[13:] am; I went home at 10,
[14:] I took a warm bath;

[15:] Johnny called in the evening.
[16:] The river is rising a little.

: 2’ Sund Ther @ 5,52

1899 April

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[A49_056_16:034]

[17:] Easter Sunday ~
[18:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[19:] at 8 am we went to
[20:] Church & then I called
[21:] on many people the French
[22:] priests, Patriarch, Bishop
[23:] & other Priests; and
[24:] visited many Christians

[7:] The river rose about
[8:] 4 feet~

[9:] Light N.W. & fine
[10:] weather;

3 Mond Ther @ 5,52

1899 April

[A49_058_04:035]

[11:] Light Ely breeze and
[12:] fine ~ I called at 4 1/2 am
[13:] on Père Pièrre to ask
[14:] him to give me his account
[15:] of the money he has
[16:] advanced to Alexander
[17:] & he showed me all his
[18:] letters which he wrote
[19:] to him begging him to
[20:] advance the money
[21:] and all the receipts
[22:] which I took note
[23:] of, since the 4 of Nover

[13:] I called on Iskender
[14:] Aziz, & on Fetoohi Loca
[15:] & came on board at 9 1/2
[16:] the Mejidieh went inside
[17:] to discharge ~

[18:] The S.S. Mossul left for
[19:] Basreh yesterday morning

[20:] I went home at 10; called
[21:] on some more Christians for
[22:] the Holyday; After breakfast
[23:] I also called on Antone

[6:] Weather became very cloudy
[7:] with some slight drops
[8:] of rain; It kept blowing
[9:] & thundering during
[10:] the night; and at about
[11:] midnight it rained hard
[12:] with strong lightning
[13:] & thunder;

4 Tuesd

1899 April

[A49_060_21:036]

[14:] S. Ely breeze & fine
[15:] weather; Terrooza wife
[16:] of Antone Marine & daughter
[17:] also Antone came

[18:] At 10 am I came on
[19:] board; The Phrat left this

[20:] The Phrat left this
[21:] morning at 5 am. The
[22:] wife of Ezra Daniel
[23:] the apothecary went down

[4:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge
[5:] arrived yesterday morning
[6:] at 3 am ~ I went to see
[7:] Mr. Kritchly of the Ottoman Bank,
[8:] to ask him if he can allow
[9:] Rufail Sayegh to draw the
[10:] 1000 Date Boxes & give a bond
[11:] payable after 5 months, during
[12:] the date season, but he said
[13:] that he cannot do it until
[14:] he writes to Alois Schweiger
[15:] at Vienna meanwhile
[16:] the cases will have to be
[17:] kept in the charge of his
[18:] agent Daverzica in
[19:] Basreh ~

[20:] I went home; Fetoohi Magho
[21:] came to see my samples
[22:] & he will give orders for
[23:] some goods~

[24:] Eliza went out driving
[25:] with Antone Marine

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

5’ Wedn

[12:] Modte n.w. fine cool
[13:] weather; called on Menusha
[14:] at 8 am & thence came
[15:] on board ~ Took no cargo
[16:] & there is none but very
[17:] little I suppose tomorrow,

[18:] River keeps falling ;
[19:] At 11 went home, sister
[20:] Medula is here, we then
[21:] went to call on Madme
[22:] Danon who is going down
[23:] with us for Paris in the
[24:] SS Goolistan, her husband

[3:] At 2 P.m. I came on board
[4:] no cargo is taken, I went
[5:] home at 4 P.m. ~

[6:] Light n.w. & fine weather,
[7:] rather warm in the room

6’ Thursd

1899 April

[8:] Ely breeze & fine ~ at
[9:] 4 1/2 am I came on board;
[10:] The river has fallen still
[11:] lower; ~ we are shipping
[12:] some cargo ~ at 11 went
[13:] to breakfast & returned at
[14:] 1 P.M. ~

[15:] We finished shipping cargo
[16:] by 5 P.M. we have only
[17:] about 27,000 Okes & few
[18:] passengers on deck;

[19:] At 5 1/2 P.M. I went home,
[20:] Artin my nephew called,

[21:] The Damascus Post
[22:] has just arrived; I only
[23:] received a letter

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

7 Frid

[7:] Light air & fine weather,

[8:] At 4 1/2 am I came
[9:] on board ~ River
[10:] is low & keeps falling;

Baghdad to Basreh [7 APR 1899 --- V049_06_S] (//)

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1899

April

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1899

April

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[12:] At 5,,20 am we got
[13:] underway & proceeded,

[14:] At 7 passed Diala
[15:] river~

[16:] Gave tickets to the Passeng,,
[17:] we have in all 110
[18:] (5 1/2 in 1st Class, they are

[7:] At 8,,5 we rounded and
[8:] came to at Ctesiphon to
[9:] repair our steering chain,
[10:] S. Erly breeze & fine,

[11:] At 8,,35 proceeded,

[12:] At 11,,50 passed the SS.
[13:] Khalifah going up at
[14:] Swera; she is very deep
[15:] & full of passengers even
[16:] on the lower deck and
[17:] aft; I saw Yousif Asfar
[18:] on board~

[19:] Weather getting cloudy
[20:] At 9,,55 P.m. passed
[21:] Bagdadieh Fort;

[22:] At 2,,30 passed

[2:] At 6,,45 P.m. passed
[3:] Memlah~ Clouds clearing
[4:] off; & getting fine;~

[5:] At 10,,30 P.m. we arrived
[6:] at Coot landed landed 32
[7:] passengers & 32 Packages
[8:] we remained for the night,

[9:] I received Henry’s letter &
[10:] Papers; the Khalifah had
[11:] 190,000 Okes & over 520
[12:] passengers besides what
[13:] she took from Coot, all
[14:] Arab pilgrims going for
[15:] the Moharrem festival,
[16:] A 1st Class passenger
[17:] Mohamed ibn Omer one
[18:] of the respectable & wealthy
[19:] handed propritor of
[20:] Basreh going up to meet
[21:] the New Waly for Basreh
[22:] Hamdi Pasha, died
[23:] on board suddenly

8 Satur

[A49_067_06:044]

[8:] Light S. Erly & cloudy
[9:] At 4,,45 am we left
[10:] Coot, took 6 Passengers

[11:] At 7,,20 passed Sheikh Saad

[12:] At 11 landed a young
[13:] Jew employé of the telegraph
[14:] to remain here & transmit
[15:] the foreign telegrams to
[16:] Basreh by steamers as
[17:] the line is cut & plundered
[18:] by the Benî Sudd Arabs
[19:] followers of Hassan el
[20:] Khayoon on both rivers

[21:] At 11,10 we went on
[22:] weather cloudy & light

[2:] At 6,,50 P.m. arrived
[3:] at Amara landed 21 ½
[4:] passengers & 69 Packages;
[5:] The river is very high here;

[6:] I heard that Hamdi
[7:] Pasha the Waly for Basreh
[8:] left Baghdad yesterday noon
[9:] in the Ressafah coming
[10:] from Constantinople;

[11:] We hauled out & remained
[12:] for the night;

9 Sund. The @ 5,,74 noon 85 4 P.m

1899

April

[A49_069_05:045]

1899

April

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Dismissal of Anis Pasha

[A49_070_22:047]

Waly of Basreh & arrival of Hamdi Pasha

1899

April

[A49_072_03:048]

[A49_072_19:049]

[13:] Strong S. Erly wind &
[14:] Cloudy weather;

[15:] At 5 Am left Amara
[16:] Took 9 ½ passengers (3 ½
[17:] for Azair paying Return passage
[18:] Cloudy all over & fresh
[19:] S. Erly wind warm and
[20:] disagreable weather;
[21:] we have 9 Zaptyes ~

[22:] At 8,,15 passed Kalat
[23:] Salih; Clouds clearing

[2:] Detained at the Elbow
[3:] the wind drove the steamer
[4:] toward the west bank,
[5:] and again below the reach
[6:] & further down too,
[7:] from 9,,40 till 11;~

[8:] At 0,,15 P.m landed 3 ½
[9:] Jews at Azair from Amara
[10:] & went on at 0,,20 P.m.
[11:] warm sultry cloudy
[12:] weather & fresh S. Erly;

[13:] At 3,,20 P.m. passed
[14:] Gorna, Flood made up;

[15:] Wind shifted to a strong
[16:] N. Easter & hazy weather;
[17:] it cooled the atmosphere
[18:] it was very warm at 4 P.m
[19:] Therm was 90˚;~

[20:] At 7,,40 P.m. arrived
[21:] at Basreh, Modte N.W.
[22:] wind blowing & dark

[1:] The S.S. Goolistan is here
[2:] arrived about 11 days ago
[3:] & is leaving tomorrow,
[4:] also the S.S. Comet is
[5:] here with Colonel Loch
[6:] the Resident for Baghdad
[7:] is out of quarantine,

[8:] Mr. & Mrs. Livingstone
[9:] have also arrived in the
[10:] Goolistan & are going up
[11:] in the “Comet” by invitation
[12:] by Colonel Loch, as well as
[13:] the superintendent of
[14:] Post Offices;

[15:] The mail Str. Pachumba
[16:] is in quarantine~

[17:] We did no work at night
[18:] as Capt Cowley wants to
[19:] leave on Tuesday~

[20:] The SS. Comet left at
[21:] 11 ½ for Baghdad with
[22:] Colonel Loch the Consul
[23:] of Baghdad;

[1:] The S.S. Goolistan left
[2:] at 0,,30 P.m. & passed
[3:] down, she takes Mrs. Hurner
[4:] & their two boys, Mrs.
[5:] Danon & 3 children
[6:] Mrs. Egra Daniel the
[7:] Viennese woman, Mr.
[8:] & Mrs. Lanfield clerk
[9:] of Lynch Brothers who
[10:] leaves for good, and
[11:] Mrs. Parry the Agent of
[12:] Lynch Brothers at Ahwaz,

[13:] All our Cabins are
[14:] let Mr. Hürner returning
[15:] with us the Cadi of
[16:] Basreh Ibrahim Ferid
[17:] Effendi; H. Ali Abootaleb
[18:] a Mousully horse dealer,
[19:] & Mr. Nicoli Greek merchant,
[20:] & now the Waly of
[21:] Basreh who being
[22:] dismissed Enis

[12:] Hamdi Pasha his
[13:] successor (who was here
[14:] some 3 years ago) is now
[15:] expected down today
[16:] in the Ressafah

[17:] At 3 P.m. the Mossul
[18:] went to the other side of the
[19:] river alongside the Turkish
[20:] Hospital & took on board
[21:] a detachment of Troops
[22:] to be landed at Medina
[23:] up above Gorna to

[8:] The S.S. Brooksid arrived
[9:] at 4 P.m. from the Bar
[10:] where she had been aground
[11:] there since 7 days;~

[12:] At 4 ½ I went with Rezooki
[13:] Sayegh up & landed
[14:] at Jeboory Asfar; I
[15:] did not want to go to
[16:] Rufail as he has some
[17:] Turkish Officials since
[18:] yesterday awaiting the
[19:] arrivel of Hamdy Pasha,

[20:] The whole functionaries
[21:] & Officials of Basreh
[22:] are out, & many went
[23:] up river in steam

[11:] Mr. Hurner came to
[12:] dine at Asfar being invited
[13:] & he went away at 10 ¾;

[14:] I slept as Asfars~

11 Tuesd.

1899

April

[15:] Light N.W. & fine
[16:] cool weather; I had
[17:] a very bad stomach ache
[18:] & heart burn all the night
[19:] from the heavy dinner
[20:] we had~ At 6 am.
[21:] came down to the ship,

[22:] Lots of Bahranies &
[23:] Hassawis passengers
[24:] coming on board

[2:] Rufail came to me,
[3:] also Rezooki, Ali Beg
[4:] the mudir of Tapo etc,
[5:] We took little cargo
[6:] today, we could have
[7:] left yesterday very easy;
[8:] The ship is getting very
[9:] crowded, passengers
[10:] are obliged to stop on
[11:] lower Deck;~ Lots
[12:] of Turks & Officials came
[13:] to see the Kadi of Basreh
[14:] off~ Flood tide made
[15:] & we had to await until
[16:] it ebbs~

Basreh to Baghdad [11 APR 1899 --- V049_07_N] (//)

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[A49_075_21:052]

[2:] At 5,,20 P.m. we
[3:] got underway & proceeded,
[4:] New moon today of Moharrem
[5:] Very calm & warm weather;

[6:] At 11,,30 P.m. landed one
[7:] passenger at Gorna & went
[8:] on at 11,,35; very light
[9:] & calm weather;

12 Wedn Th @ 5,,65

1899

April

x at 11,,30 P.M passed the SS. Baghdad bound down,

[10:] Light N.W. & fine~
[11:] At 5 am took the 3 ½ Return
[12:] Jews for Amara from
[13:] Azair & went on at 5,,5;

[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets; we have in all
[16:] 409 (4 in 1st Class, Mr.
[17:] Hurner returning with us,
[18:] the Kadi of Basreh, Ibrahim
[19:] Effendi Ferid, Mr. Nicoli
[20:] Giocalas a Greek trader
[21:] in Basreh & H. Ali
[22:] Aboo Taleb a Mousulli
[23:] horse dealer)~

[1:] Our passengers are all
[2:] Arabs of Bahrein and
[3:] Hassa & they pack very
[4:] thick & close and very little
[5:] baggage, had there been
[6:] any Persians or Basreh
[7:] & Baghdad people, the
[8:] Deck would not have
[9:] sufficed to such people,
[10:] there are only about 30 or
[11:] 40 persons below & the rest
[12:] are on the upper
[13:] Deck; we have also 10
[14:] Zaptyes with us as usual,

[15:] At 10 landed 3 Passengers
[16:] at Kalat Saleh & took
[17:] 3~

[18:] We passed the S.S.
[19:] Mossul at Anchor this
[20:] morning at 3 ½ on her
[21:] way up;~

[22:] Weather getting cloudy
[23:] sultry & warm;

[24:] At 3,,30 P.m. arrived

[7:] At 5 P.m. left Amara
[8:] weather warm & cloudy, x

13 Thursd Th @ 5.66

1899

April

[9:] Very light air & cloudy,
[10:] Sultry & the ship ful with
[11:] flies~

[12:] At 6,,30 Am. landed
[13:] 7 passengers at Ali Gherbi
[14:] & a packet of Telegrams
[15:] took 2 & went on at
[16:] 6,,35;

[17:] We took 61,, Passengers
[18:] from Amara in all;

[19:] The river looks to have
[20:] again risen since we
[21:] left Baghdad, it is
[22:] in a level with the
[23:] bank; Fresh N.W.

[2:] At 11,,40 passed Sheikh
[3:] Saad;

[4:] At 7,,10 P.m. arrived
[5:] at Coot, landed 14 ½
[6:] passengers; Took in 6 Tons
[7:] of Coal; Crowd of passengers
[8:] came & they put up any
[9:] where down on the lower
[10:] deck an awful confusion;
[11:] No head or tale we are
[12:] full everywhere; there
[13:] is no limit as rule
[14:] on board, passengers can
[15:] come & do what they
[16:] like, there is no discipline,
[17:] money making is the
[18:] order of the day~

[19:] At 8,,30 we left
[20:] Coot fine weather &
[21:] Modte N.W. breeze;
[22:] the river has only risen

14 Frid

1899

April

[2:] Modte N.W. & fine cool
[3:] weather;

[4:] At 5 Am. passed
[5:] Memlah~

[6:] Gave tickets to 33 Coot
[7:] Passengers; Aslo Polus the
[8:] wool Press Engineer of Lynch
[9:] and 5 men with him
[10:] free (himself in the 2nd Class
[11:] Cabin)~

[12:] I have the stomach ache again
[13:] Came back since that
[14:] night I dined & slept at
[15:] Jeboory Asfar, I suffered
[16:] all the night from pain
[17:] & heartburn, & since it
[18:] begun to pain new fearfully
[19:] especially in the afternoon
[20:] & after midnight;

[21:] At 2,,15 P.m. we
[22:] passed the S.S. Khalifah
[23:] going down just at
[24:] the Village of Azizieh

[4:] At 6,,20 P.m. passed
[5:] Baghdadieh Fort, weather
[6:] became very calm and
[7:] rather warm in the Cabin,

[8:] River keeps low about 6
[9:] feet below the bank, it is
[10:] a singular occurrance at
[11:] this time of the year, it
[12:] appears that there will
[13:] be no high rise coming;

15 Satur

1899

April

[A49_082_15:053]

[14:] Light N.W. & fine, some
[15:] Clouds on the East & South;

[16:] At 4,,45 Am. went
[17:] alongside at Ctesiphon to
[18:] land all the passengers,
[19:] the Bahrein Arabs had
[20:] offered 100 Rps to visit
[21:] the Tomb of Selman, after
[22:] having landed them &
[23:] the 100 Rps brought to

[9:] At 9,,10 passed Diala
[10:] river;~

[11:] At 10,,30 I landed &
[12:] walked in to Baghdad, I
[13:] went straight to Lynch’s
[14:] office arrived at 12,
[15:] I had to enter some
[16:] freight on cargo of Mr.
[17:] Hurner in the manifest,
[18:] which in Basreh L. Broth
[19:] referred us to Baghdad for
[20:] the rate to be charged
[21:] & I left after ½ hour &
[22:] came home, saw my
[23:] wife, there are no letters
[24:] or news at all about

[2:] Eliza has shifted our
[3:] sitting from the room to
[4:] the veranda, it is
[5:] getting warm;

[6:] The Mejidieh arrived at
[7:] 1 P.m.;

[8:] Light N.W. & fine, it is
[9:] too warm to sleep in the
[10:] room;

16’ Sund Th @ 5.62

[A49_083_13:054]

[11:] Light N. Erly & rather
[12:] warm;

[13:] At 8 am we went to
[14:] Church; I called on
[15:] Antone Marine, his
[16:] son Gabriel is getting
[17:] prepared to start for
[18:] Beyrout to school, in
[19:] about 10 days more
[20:] with Yousif Metchich
[21:] via Aleppo; he is to go to
[22:] school for 2 as three years
[23:] We then went to call
[24:] on Monseigneur Altmayer

[6:] Light air & warm;

17 Mond

1899 April

[7:] Light N. Erly & fine
[8:] At 8 am I came on board
[9:] sent money to the office
[10:] & left at 10;

[11:] At 11 I went to call on
[12:] Colonel Loch the British
[13:] Resident who had gone
[14:] on leave last year, he
[15:] received me very well &
[16:] we had a long talk I
[17:] left at 12 came home

[18:] At sunset Eliza & I
[19:] went over to Antone Marine
[20:] Capt Cooper of the Comet
[21:] was there also; Joory
[22:] (Gabriel) Antone’s son

[4:] Light air & rather
[5:] warm at 8 we came
[6:] home; It is too warm
[7:] in the room;

18 Tuesd

[A49_085_01:055]

[A49_085_12:056]

[8:] Light N.W. & warm
[9:] at 8 AM I come on
[10:] board; the river is very
[11:] low, about 8 feet below
[12:] its highest rise;

[13:] At 11 went on shore called
[14:] on Sister Medula~

[15:] Weather warm & Clouds
[16:] hanging about, No rain
[17:] at all since the last
[18:] trip I was here it had
[19:] rained a little, this
[20:] year has been one of
[21:] an exceptional occurrance
[22:] for want of rain and
[23:] high rises of the river

[24:] Sister Medula &

[2:] Bedri Bey the employè
[3:] at the museum of Antiquities
[4:] at Constple has come
[5:] down via Aleppo Urfa,
[6:] Nessibin & Mossul
[7:] With the new Wali for
[8:] Mossul; he called on
[9:] me this evening, he is
[10:] going to Hilla to join
[11:] the German Mission
[12:] who went there a month
[13:] ago to excavate in
[14:] Babylonia for the Govermt
[15:] of Germany & the Museum
[16:] of Berlin;

[17:] Artin & his Sister Terrooza
[18:] called in the evening &
[19:] left at 8 P.M.;

[20:] Light Air & rather warm

19’’ Wedn

1899 April

[A49_087_04:057]

[21:] Light Air N. Erly & clouds
[22:] are hanging about;

[23:] At 8 AM I came

[4:] At 11 I went home &
[5:] returned at 1 1/2 P.M;

[6:] The SS Phrat & Barge
[7:] arrived at 1,, 15 She
[8:] brings the dismissed
[9:] Waly of Basreh Anis
[10:] Pasha, who is to leave
[11:] for Constple in a few
[12:] days~

[13:] We shipped a lot of
[14:] through cargo, as Galls
[15:] Skins, Abbass, Carpets et,

[16:] Weather very warm,
[17:] sultry & cloudy with
[18:] a light S. Erly breeze,

[19:] At 5 P.M. I went home,
[20:] Antone Marine & his son
[21:] Gabriel came to see us
[22:] as his son is going to

[13:] Light N. Erly & Cloudy
[14:] Sultry & warm weather,

20 April. Thurs. Ther @ 5.74

1899 April

[A49_088_14:058]

[15:] Very Cloudy Sultry &
[16:] warm; at 6 AM it
[17:] rained for 1/4 hour and
[18:] remained cloudy & warm

[19:] At 7 1/2 I came on board
[20:] there is no cargo to be
[21:] shipped today it was all
[22:] shipped yesterday, we
[23:] are getting a lot of

[4:] At 10 1/2 I went home and
[5:] returned at 12, weather
[6:] very warm & disagreable
[7:] The Thermotr. at noon stood
[8:] at 95˚ such warm
[9:] weather in April has never
[10:] occurred yet;

[11:] At 5 P.M. I went home,
[12:] I went to see Gabriel.
[13:] (Joory) son of Antone
[14:] Marine to bid him
[15:] good bye as he leaves
[16:] for Aleppo & Beyrout
[17:] before I return, but he
[18:] was not at home, I
[19:] asked his father & mother
[20:] to let him come & dine
[21:] with us, I came home
[22:] Père Emmanuel called
[23:] on us for an hour

[1:] Joory came & dined
[2:] with us & went at 9 P.M.

[3:] Weather still bad the
[4:] air an Easterly & clouds

[5:] Easterly breeze with
[6:] some clouds~ At 3 1/2
[7:] AM I came on board;

Baghdad to Basreh [21 APR 1899 --- V049_08_S] (//)

21 Frid

1899 April

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[A49_090_14:060]

[A49_090_17:061]

[A49_091_02:062]

[A49_091_09:063]

1899 April

[9:] At 4,,45 AM we left,
[10:] Very cloudy calm & warm
[11:] weather;

[12:] At 6,,30 passed Diala
[13:] river;

[14:] At 7,,45 passed Ctesiphon
[15:] At 8,,30 passed the SS.
[16:] Mejidieh going up at
[17:] Semra, I saw the Assyrian
[18:] Bishop Agnatios, on
[19:] board returning;

[20:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed

[2:] We have altogether 248
[3:] passengers, (5 in 1st Class,
[4:] they are Ahmed Pasha
[5:] son of Kassim Pasha Zheir
[6:] who comes from Constple
[7:] by way of Aleppo after
[8:] having been there 15
[9:] years detained by order
[10:] of the Sultan & now only
[11:] allowed about 3 months
[12:] leave to see his parents
[13:] being escorted by a
[14:] Turkish Officer as Aid
[15:] de camp under Surveylance
[16:] a man named Noori
[17:] Beg, also in 1st Class,
[18:] and the mektoobchi of
[19:] the Waly of Basreh
[20:] Assim Bey a Secretary
[21:] to Hamdi Pasha,
[22:] & the fourth one is also

[1:] At 1,,45 P.M passed the
[2:] SS. Baghdad & Barge
[3:] going up~

[4:] Weather cloudy all over
[5:] and S. Erly wind, very warm
[6:] & disgusting weather

[7:] At 2,,5 P.M. passed
[8:] Azizieh;

[9:] At 5 1/2 a very hard Shower
[10:] of rain came down for
[11:] about 15 minutes, it also
[12:] thundered & weather
[13:] remained cloudy all
[14:] over;

[15:] At 6,,20 passed
[16:] Memlah;

[17:] At 6,, 35 we rounded
[18:] at Bughela & landed specie,
[19:] and went on at 6,,50,~
[20:] Thermomter in my Cabin is
[21:] 84˚- is sill warm, the
[22:] wind has shifted to a

[2:] At 10,,30 P.M. arrived at
[3:] Coot landed 34 passengers
[4:] and 32 packages, I
[5:] received Henry's letter &
[6:] my papers; the Khalifah
[7:] had 214,000 Okes & about
[8:] 300 passengers; We
[9:] hauled out & remained
[10:] for the night;

22 Satur, Therm @ 5. 76

1899 April

[A49_094_04:064]

[A49_094_08:065]

[A49_095_07:066]

[A49_095_09:067]

[11:] S. Erly breeze & Cloudy
[12:] all over warm & disagreable
[13:] weather; Took 8 passengers
[14:] from Coot;

[15:] At 9,,45 Am passed the
[16:] SS. Ressafah & Barge
[17:] bound up;

[18:] At 10,,50 landed 2 Passeng
[19:] & 15 packges at Ali Gherbi
[20:] took one passenger and
[21:] went on at 11,10;

[22:] At 6,,20 P.M. arrived

[12:] S. Erly breeze cloudy wind
[13:] very warm, moon 12
[14:] days old;

[15:] Yesterday was the first
[16:] day of the Moharrem
[17:] festival, it should have
[18:] been on Thursday~

[19:] At 7,,30 we left Amara
[20:] A strong S. Erly wind blew
[21:] in a Squall with lightening

[6:] At 9.15 we proceeded~
[7:] At 10 anchored for the night,
[8:] S. Ely breeze & warm;

23 Sund.

1899

April

[A49_096_08:068]

[A49_097_01:069]

1899

April

[A49_098_20:070]

[9:] Light S.Erly breeze and
[10:] Cloudy all over ~

[11:] At 4.15 AM. we proceeded
[12:] Gave tickets to 24 Amara
[13:] passengers (6 for Azair)
[14:] we have Abdulmohsen &
[15:] Abdulaziz brothers of Ahmed
[16:] Pasha Zheir also Eassa
[17:] Son of Abdulla Zheir and
[18:] the son of Salem Bedur
[19:] these are all aft on the

[20:] quarter Deck I charged
[21:] them double deck fare
[22:] Viz 2 Mejidies each;

[23:] Detained at the Elbow

[2:] At 9,,15 went alongside
[3:] at Azair and landed the
[4:] Jews, 128 with Ret Tickets
[5:] 6 also free, & 6 ½ from
[6:] Amara and Coot;

[7:] At 10 we left Azair.
[8:] At 11 we landed Izzet Beg
[9:] our 1st C. passenger the Aide
[10:] de Camp of Kadem Pasha
[11:] at Sareifah where some
[12:] soldiers are encamped,
[13:] & his brother Sherif Beg
[14:] the Halai Beghi of Basreh
[15:] is here;~

[16:] At 0.50 P.M. we met
[17:] the [strikethrough Lynch] Steam Launch
[18:] of Gray Mackenzie with
[19:] a lot of people coming
[20:] to meet Ahmed Pasha
[21:] Zheir just above Gorna
[22:] we stopped & Ali Beg

[6:] Weather Cloudy Sultry
[7:] & warm; Therm 85 at
[8:] noon;

[9:] The wind Shifted to a
[10:] N.W. at about 2 P.M.
[11:] and the sky cleared
[12:] off & became fine~

[13:] Flood tide made up
[14:] against us~

[15:] At 5,,5 P.M. arrived
[16:] at Basreh; the SS. Brookside
[17:] for G. Mackenzie is only
[18:] here; there is the S.S.
[19:] Arabistan in quarantine
[20:] Arrived 5 days ago, the
[21:] Mail Str. Khandalla has
[22:] left Basreh about 2 days
[23:] ago~ I did not go up

24 Mond.

[A49_099_09:071]

1899

April

[9:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[10:] we are discharging and
[11:] loading~

[12:] Nessoory Andrea, Rezooki Angoorly
[13:] & Rezooki Sayegh came off
[14:] to me from Rufail’s house;
[15:] they are there with their family

[16:] Jeboory Asfar wrote to me,
[17:] asking me to join them to
[18:] a breakfast party in his
[19:] date garden in the Hakimyeh
[20:] up the Rubat Canal
[21:] as all the family of Angoorly
[22:] & Nessory Andrea etc are
[23:] also invited – I excused
[24:] myself as I thought we

[7:] The S.S. Brookside left
[8:] Basreh for London at
[9:] 12 ½ AM; Naoomy son
[10:] of Elias Kroomi went in
[11:] her to Marseilles to find
[12:] business there~

[13:] We are going to leave
[14:] tomorrow so as to ship
[15:] the Wool Press: Passengers
[16:] came on board about 70 or
[17:] 80 thinking we were going
[18:] today~

[19:] At 4 ½ P.M. Rezooki came
[20:] to me & I went with him up
[21:] to Rufail’s house, found
[22:] there Tookyeh her husband
[23:] Rezooki & her two sons,
[24:] Nessoory Andrea his wife
[25:] & children etc come back

[4:] The SS. Muristan for
[5:] Asfar arrived up to Basreh
[6:] she comes right up without
[7:] making quarantine,
[8:] as she did not touch at
[9:] any Ports~

[10:] I hear that cases of
[11:] Plague broke out at
[12:] Muscat~

[13:] They forced me to remain
[14:] to dine & sleep at Rufail
[15:] & so I did; weather
[16:] not so cool & pleasant,

25 Tuesd

[A49_101_03:072]

[A49_101_18:073]

1899 April

[17:] Very light N.W. breeze,
[18:] with some clouds on
[19:] the East; at 5 ½ am. I
[20:] dressed & came down to
[21:] the ship, living all the
[22:] rest asleep yet;

[23:] Weather getting warm
[24:] & air changing to West

[2:] I hear we are not to
[3:] leave Basreh until we
[4:] get the wood Press of
[5:] Lynch shipped for Coot,
[6:] whether it will be out
[7:] of the Arabistan, tomorrow
[8:] or the day after;

[9:] Breeze shifted to S. Est
[10:] & became very warm;
[11:] at 3 wind again shifted
[12:] to North~ We received
[13:] the mail at 5 P.M.~
[14:] We are not going wait
[15:] for the wood Press, it
[16:] will not be out before
[17:] Thursday they say, so
[18:] Lynch Brothers Agent
[19:] Mr Richards is going
[20:] to let us go~

[21:] Rezooki Angoorly and
[22:] Rezooki Sayegh called
[23:] on me~

Basreh to Baghdad [25 APR 1899 --- V049_09_S] (//)

[2:] At 5,,15 P.M. we got
[3:] underway & proceeded
[4:] Modte Northerly breeze,

[5:] It is too warm in the cabin,

[6:] At 12 passed Gorna,

26th Wednes, Therm @ 5.81

[A49_103_05:074]

1899

April

[7:] Light N.W. but warm and
[8:] sultry weather, I could not
[9:] sleep from the heat in the
[10:] cabin~

[11:] At 5,,10 AM. arrived
[12:] at Azair boarded 10 Jews
[13:] and took 13 others with
[14:] return ticket and left at
[15:] 5,,40; (and 4 ½ without R.T.)

[16:] At 10.45 landed 3 Passeng
[17:] at Kalat Saleh & went on
[18:] at 10.45;

[19:] We have altogether 172
[20:] passengers from Basreh
[21:] (2 in the 1st C. Cabins,

[11:] We took from Azair
[12:] 17 ½ Jews 4 are for Amara,
[13:] & 13 ½ for Baghdad (13
[14:] are with Ret. Ticket 4
[15:] of the Mejidieh & 9 of the Khalifah)

[16:] Weather very warm
[17:] & sultry; It is getting cloudy too;

[18:] At about 3 P.M the wind
[19:] shifted to fresh N. Wester
[20:] & became cloudy all
[21:] over;

[22:] At 4,,20 P.M. arrived
[23:] at Amara landed 43

[7:] At 5,,20 left Amara
[8:] Took 30 ½ Passengers;~

[9:] Modte N.W. & fine weather
[10:] It became a little cooler;
[11:] Moon 16 days old;

27 Thursd,Therm@ 5.70

1899

[12:] Light N.W. & cloudy
[13:] all over but it is cooler
[14:] than the days before;

[15:] At 7,,30 AM. landed
[16:] 2 passengers at Ali Gherbi
[17:] & took 3,, Jews and
[18:] went on at 7,,40~ The
[19:] river is rising it rose about
[20:] 1 ½ foot at Ali Gherbi &
[21:] is still rising~

[22:] At 1 P.M passed Shekh
[23:] Saad~

[1:] River keeps rising, & is
[2:] nearly in a level with the
[3:] banks, Cloudy still;

[4:] At 4 ½ P.M. it blew strong
[5:] N.W. with slight squall
[6:] & dust & is cloudy all
[7:] over; but it has refreshed
[8:] the atmosphere;

[9:] We passed the S.S. Mossul
[10:] and Barge going down
[11:] at 0,,30 P.M.; ~

[12:] Weather very cloudy &
[13:] dark;

[14:] At 8,30 P.M. arrived
[15:] at Coot landed 12 ½ passengers
[16:] Took 7 Tons of coal,
[17:] River is still rising;

[18:] I did not live my letter &
[19:] Paper for Henry, as the
[20:] Khalifah will leave on
[21:] Sunday, our departure
[22:] having been altered now
[23:] instead of fridays~

[24:] At 10 P.M. left Coot

28 Frid, Therm @ 5.73

April

[1:] Light S. Ely & Cloudy
[2:] At 6,,40 we passed Memlah,
[3:] Took 23 ½ Passengers from
[4:] Coot~

[5:] Weather very troubled
[6:] cloudy dusty & fresh
[7:] S. Ely wind & warm

[8:] At 4 P.M. passed
[9:] Azizieh ruined village;

[10:] At 4,,5 passed the
[11:] S.S. Phrat & Barge going
[12:] down;~ River is falling
[13:] a little;

[14:] The weather keeps very
[15:] unsettled, Cloudy misty
[16:] variable winds & warm,
[17:] this month has been one
[18:] of the worst we have yet
[19:] seen; my cabin is so
[20:] warm, it is 90˚ at sunset

[1:] At 8.5 P.M. passed
[2:] Baghdadieh; Strong S. Erly
[3:] wind & dark Cloudy
[4:] nights;~

29 Satur Therm @ 5.74

1899

April

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[A49_108_17:076]

[A49_109_01:077]

Antone Marine’s son Gabriel left on 27 for Beyrout ~

[A49_109_22:078]

[5:] S. Erly breeze & hazy
[6:] warm weather;

[7:] At 6,,35 AM. passed
[8:] Ctesiphon~ River has
[9:] fallen about one foot;
[10:] I paid the Ship’s Company
[11:] their wages for this month
[12:] as they wanted it very
[13:] badly;

[14:] At 9.10 passed Diala
[15:] river;

[16:] At 10.35 I landed at
[17:] Gherrarah & walked in
[18:] to town; I felt the heat
[19:] very excessive especially
[20:] when I got between the
[21:] Gardens where the S. Erly
[22:] wind behind me ceased
[23:] & got so calm

[3:] We slept in the big room,
[4:] it is very warm;~

30’ Sund

1899

April

[A49_110_09:079]

1899

[5:] Light N. Ely or variable
[6:] breeze cloudy & sultry,
[7:] at 8 AM I called to see
[8:] P. Pièrre & went to hear
[9:] mass; I then called on
[10:] the Bishop Aghnatius, on
[11:] Antone Marine, his
[12:] son Gabriel (Joory) has
[13:] left for Beyrout in company
[14:] with Yousif Metchich
[15:] via Aleppo on thursday
[16:] morning the 27th a large
[17:] Caravan & many people
[18:] had gone, Harems of
[19:] some Turks & Pashas
[20:] also Napoleon the son of
[21:] Michel Jesuit, & Kass
[22:] Yousif Kasha the Chaldean
[23:] priest etc etc.

[1:] I called on Sister Medula
[2:] & on Menusha where I
[3:] saw Alice, I came home
[4:] at noon, Some visitors
[5:] called;~ at 2 P.M:
[6:] I called on my niece Guiseppina
[7:] daughter of Sister Eliza
[8:] & on Sister Eliza, I
[9:] then called to visit the
[10:] Nakib of Basreh Rejeb
[11:] Effendi son of Seyd
[12:] Mahdi Said Effendi
[13:] my old friend, but he
[14:] was not at home, he
[15:] came up in the Ressafah
[16:] & is living in the house
[17:] of H. Mahmood Pachachi
[18:] next door to Sister Eliza’s
[19:] house; Johnny came
[20:] with me, we then called
[21:] on Mons Rouet the

1st Mond

May

[1:] Light N. Erly breeze and
[2:] sultry some clouds &
[3:] warm; at 7 ½ AM called
[4:] on Sister Medula then
[5:] came on board, we are
[6:] discharging cargo;

[7:] The Khalifah left yesterday
[8:] morning, Henry had come
[9:] to see me on Saturday
[10:] evening for an hour;
[11:] The S.S. Baghdad also
[12:] left together with the
[13:] Khalifah; I went to the
[14:] office & got some pounds
[15:] Sterling to pay the officers

[16:] The son of Mr. Hall, S. Lynch’s
[17:] clerk about 10 years died
[18:] last night from an
[19:] attack of Typhoid fever

[20:] I came home, had a
[21:] warm bath; in the
[22:] evening Eliza & I went
[23:] over to Sister Medula

[12:] Light N.W. & fine

2’ Tuesd.

1899 May

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1899 May

[A49_116_14:081]

[13:] Light N.W. & fine, but
[14:] getting cloudy; at
[15:] 6 ½ am Sister Medula,
[16:] my wife & myself went
[17:] down in the Goffa to
[18:] Farhat’s Garden to
[19:] Yousif Yaghchi his wife
[20:] Louisa, my niece &
[21:] Catherina Sayegh his
[22:] mother~ while there
[23:] the SS. Comet came

[18:] Had dinner by myself
[19:] & turned in, the wind
[20:] kept up & gradually fell
[21:] & at 10 ½ it begun
[22:] to rain drizzly for

3 Wedn.

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[A49_117_16:083]

1899 May,

[3:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[4:] rather dampy from
[5:] last nights rain;

[6:] At 6 ½ am I went over
[7:] to Abduljebbar Effendi
[8:] & then we rode on horse
[9:] back & went to pay a
[10:] visit to Mahomed Pasha
[11:] the Daghestani the General
[12:] of the Cavallery division
[13:] I saw his wild animals
[14:] 2 lions, 2 wild donkeys,
[15:] a Bear, 2 wild goats &
[16:] a Leopard, at 8 ½ we
[17:] left & I came on board

[18:] The SS. Ressafah left
[19:] this morning~

[20:] At 10 went home,

[17:] Eliza & I both feel unwell,
[18:] we have caught cold
[19:] yesterday out in the
[20:] Garden, my bones etc
[21:] are aching, I had to
[22:] sleep in the room;

[23:] Light N.W. & fine,

4 Thursd

[1:] Light Erly & fine weather
[2:] at 8 am I came on board
[3:] we are shipping little
[4:] Cargo; The river rose
[5:] about 6 Inches last
[6:] night; at 11 went home
[7:] and returned at 1 ½ P.M.
[8:] Very little cargo coming;

[9:] At 4 P.M. I went on
[10:] Shore called on Sister
[11:] Medula & came home,
[12:] Jhony Artin called,
[13:] on us also Antone Marine,

[14:] I heard the Armenian
[15:] Catholic Patriark
[16:] Azaryan died in Constple,

5 Frid Ther 5.68

[A49_119_13:084]

1899 May

[17:] Light N.W. & fine
[18:] weather;

[19:] Modte N.W. & fine cool
[20:] weather; at 7 am I
[21:] called on sister Eliza
[22:] & then came on board
[23:] at 9, no Custum House

[5:] At 3 pm called Menusha
[6:] & Sister Medula & came
[7:] home; Mons Rouet the
[8:] french Vice Consul called
[9:] and left his card, as I was
[10:] not at home;

[11:] The Assyrian Bishop
[12:] called in the evening;

[13:] I hear that Anis Pasha
[14:] the dismissed Waly of
[15:] Basreh who came up
[16:] about 15 days ago, has
[17:] gone to Hussein & Meshed
[18:] and is still there; and is
[19:] disgraced, & will not be
[20:] appointed Waly anywhere
[21:] it must be on account
[22:] of the massacre of

[10:] The Damascus Post
[11:] Arrived at 4 P.M. I only
[12:] received one letter from
[13:] Alois Schweiger Vienna,
[14:] and nothing about my
[15:] son & where he is or
[16:] what has happened to
[17:] him~ his mother & I
[18:] are loosing our senses,
[19:] and do not know what
[20:] to do & how long is
[21:] he going to keep us

6 Satur therm@ 5.66

1899 May

[2:] Light N.W. breeze and
[3:] fine cool weather;

[4:] At 7 am I came on
[5:] board; There are some
[6:] Jews going down to Azair

[7:] At 11 I went on
[8:] Shore, called to see Yousif
[9:] Korkis in his Khan if
[10:] he has any writing by
[11:] last nights post from
[12:] his brother about my
[13:] sow; he has none, but
[14:] has just received a
[15:] Telegram from him
[16:] dated the 3d Instt; in
[17:] which he says among
[18:] other business off ours;

[19:] "trouvamme pas
[20:] "Svoboda, entendous
[21:] "partit Amerique;

[22:] I went home and

[3:] We have very little Cargo
[4:] Shipped, about 30,000 Okes
[5:] besides 80 Bags of Juss,
[6:] & many Bundles of Hoop
[7:] Iron, one Blacksmith
[8:] from the E. & T. Copy in 2d
[9:] class & 10 Mossulli
[10:] workmen free to Coot
[11:] for the Wool Press of
[12:] S Lynch & Co which the
[13:] Khalifah brought up
[14:] this time from Basreh;

[15:] We finished work at 2,
[16:] P.M. the Jews are crowding
[17:] the ship. Women & boys

[18:] At 5 ½ P.M. I went
[19:] on shore;

[20:] We are very sorry and
[21:] disappointed at Alexander’s
[22:] behavior with us; he
[23:] never writes or let us

[5:] Light N.W. & fine
[6:] Cool weather

7th Sund

[7:] I was up at 3 am,
[8:] & at 3 ½ came on board

Baghdad to Basreh [7 MAY 1899 --- V049_10_S] (//)

May

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1899 May

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[10:] At 4,,25 Am. We
[11:] proceeded; Ship very light,

[12:] At 6,5 passed Diala,
[13:] river, very nice & Cool
[14:] weather~

[15:] At 7,,19 passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] Gave nickels to the Passengers,

[17:] At 11,,45 passed,
[18:] Baghdadieh~

[19:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed
[20:] Azizieh~

[1:] We have altogether 251 ½
[2:] passengers (Two in 1st
[3:] Class, they are Americans
[4:] one a young man Mr.
[5:] Fisher a taveller who came
[6:] up in the Khalifah some
[7:] time ago, & the other a
[8:] Mr. Greer belongs
[9:] to the mission who are
[10:] excavating at Nuffar
[11:] under Mr. Heyns, this
[12:] latter has a ticket from
[13:] Mr. Bottomley to charge
[14:] him deck fare & put him
[15:] in a 1st Class he only goes
[16:] to Basreh & back for the
[17:] benefit of his health as he
[18:] was ill in Baghdad)
[19:] We have 87- Jews to
[20:] Azair with R. Tickets &
[21:] 4 besides with free tickets,
[22:] And we have a Blacksmith
[23:] of S Lynch & Co in a

[5:] At 5,30 P.M. passed
[6:] Khalifah going up , she
[7:] is full of passengers mostly
[8:] Jews from Azair &
[9:] she is very deep;

[10:] At 5,35 passed Memlah,

[11:] At 9,30 P.M. arrived,
[12:] at Coot landed 57 Packages
[13:] and 40 ½ Passengers, also
[14:] the men for S Lynch’s wool
[15:] Press (10 Tilkeflies & a Blacksmith,
[16:] & the 80 Bags Juss and
[17:] other materials, I received
[18:] Henry’s letter & my Papers,
[19:] The Khalifah had 210,000
[20:] Okes & about 350 passengers
[21:] (74 ½ Returned Jews from
[22:] Azair) We remained at
[23:] Coot for the night;

[1:] Fine cool night;

8 Mond

[2:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[3:] at 5,,20 am left Coot;
[4:] It became cloudy, ~
[5:] Took 7 Passengers from
[6:] Coot ~

[7:] At 9,40 AM. landed
[8:] 8 packages & 2 passengers
[9:] at Ali Gherbi & took
[10:] one & went on at 10;

[11:] At 11,30 passed the
[12:] S.S. Phrat & Barge going up
[13:] Modte N.W. & fine weather,

[14:] At 5 P.M. arrived at,
[15:] Amara landed 50 passengers
[16:] and 56 Packages ~

[17:] At 6,5 left Amara
[18:] took 26 ½ Passengers ( one
[19:] in 1st Class the Motserrif
[20:] of Amara Anwary Pasha)
[21:] We flew the flag for

[3:] At 7,20 we passed
[4:] & came to Above Aboo Sedra
[5:] for the night; Very light
[6:] N.W. breeze; The Motserrif
[7:] of Amara dined with

[8:] us at the table;

9th Tuesd. Ther @ 5.73

1899 May

[9:] At 1 AM. the SS. Baghdad
[10:] & Barge passed up ~

[11:] At 4,15 we proceeded
[12:] Very light N.W. air and
[13:] Cloudy all over;

[14:] At 9,15 arrived at Azair,
[15:] landed 97 ½ Jews ( 87 are
[16:] with R. Tickets) also, 4
[17:] free R. Tickets ~ There
[18:] are now nearly 300 Jews
[19:] altogether left; ~

[20:] At 10 we left Azair
[21:] took 9 passengers ~
[22:] Cloudy all over and light
[23:] N.W. breeze

[1:] At 0,,40 P.M. landed
[2:] one passenger at Gorna
[3:] and went on at 9,,45

[4:] Cloudy all over & light

[5:] N.W. breeze;

[6:] At 5,,10 P.M. arrived
[7:] at Basreh, The SS. Muristan
[8:] for Asfar is only here,
[9:] There is no mail boat in
[10:] quarantine she is due
[11:] tomorrow but no news of
[12:] her from Bushire;

[13:] All the Cabins are already
[14:] engaged, & others want to
[15:] have but we have none,

[16:] I did not go to Rufail,
[17:] We coaled ship at night
[18:] discharged & took some
[19:] cargo till midnight,

[20:] Light N.W. & cool weather
[21:] but Cloudy, I am sleeping
[22:] in my Cabin & have
[23:] my windsel put up

10 Wedn Therm @ 5.74

1899 May

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[4:] N.W. breeze & Cloudy
[5:] all over with a mist,
[6:] but the weather is cool,

[7:] The SS. Muristan for
[8:] Asfar & Co left at 10,45
[9:] AM ~ The Arabistan
[10:] has left yesterday form
[11:] here ~

[12:] Rezooki Sayegh came
[13:] to me & he took me to their
[14:] place at 1 P.M. I saw
[15:] Rufail also Yousif Marine
[16:] had come down from
[17:] Shaebyeh whom I had
[18:] not seen for the last 3
[19:] months; he went up to
[20:] his house at 5 P.M. ~ I
[21:] took Rezooki & went to
[22:] call on Asfar, saw
[23:] Jeboory & his wife, also
[24:] there were Nassoory
[25:] Andria & his wife

11 Thursd

1899 May

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[A49_132_13:089]

[A49_133_16:090]

[7:] Light N.W. & Cloudy
[8:] partly ~ at 6 ½ am
[9:] I came on board, also
[10:] Rezooki came with me,

[11:] We have loaded the
[12:] Ship & are ready, but
[13:] the mail Str. has not
[14:] arrived yet;

[15:] There is a New Order came
[16:] from the Turkish Government
[17:] to levy a tax of 10 ½ G. S. P.
[18:] per annum on all the
[19:] Crew of our Steamers
[20:] of Turkish Nationality
[21:] serving afloat, and
[22:] the Harbour master

[6:] Lynch Brothers wrote to
[7:] the Captain on the Subject
[8:] & asked him to assist them
[9:] in the matter;

[10:] At 3 ½ P.M. the SS. Ressafah
[11:] left for Baghdad ~

[12:] We have great confusion
[13:] & crowds of people coming
[14:] to see the Cabin & other
[15:] passengers off; The
[16:] Motserrif of Amara also
[17:] came to go back;

[18:] The mail Str. Simla
[19:] Arrived to the quarantine
[20:] at 6 P.M. ~ We sent for
[21:] the mails; as Mr. Wratislaw
[22:] the English Consul is
[23:] also going up with us

[2:] We received the mail at
[3:] 7 ½ ;

Basreh to Baghdad [11 MAY 1899 --- V049_11_N] (//)

[5:] At 8,50 P.M. We
[6:] proceeded, very Calm &
[7:] warm weather; It
[8:] is very warm in the Cabin
[9:] I could not sleep;

12 Frid

1899 May

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[A49_134_15:092]

1899 May

[10:] Very light westerly breeze &
[11:] warm ~ At 5 AM we
[12:] passed Gorna going very
[13:] slow; ~ We passed the
[14:] Ressafah going up at
[15:] Sweb at 4 AM;

[16:] Finished with the Passeng
[17:] tickets we have in all
[18:] 184 (4 in 1st Class, Mr.
[19:] A.C. Wratislaw the English
[20:] Consul of Basreh & his Servt
[21:] free Retn. Ticket,