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      Diary 51: June 1900 - April 1901
    
    
     Joseph Mathia Svoboda
    
    
     
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      Diary NR 51.
      
      1900/901
      
      
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      1900 June
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	After having sent Mr.
      
      Rappaport's telegram to
      
      Agram of 46 words and 10
      
      for relpy & had to pay 5 ¾
      
      Mejidies ~ I sent the following
      
      telegram to my son Alexander
      
      to let him Know as he is
      
      very anxiously waiting,
      
     
     
      	"Svoboda
      
      	"22 Rue Sainte Placide
      
      	"Paris
      
      "Regret Austro Consul,
      
      "cannot give attestation,
      
      "cause not served military
      
     "term, has wired Agram
      
    "instructions; Consul
      
      "Beyrout informed provide
      
      "you passport Svoboda
      
      28 words
      
      Frcs 15,, 95~
      
     
     
      	In the evening Antone
      
      Marine Johny & Artin called
      
      they all approved of
      
      
      letting Alexander come
      
      & get married in Baghdad
      
      if the Austrian Government
      
      would not allow it ~
      
     
     
      	Light N. W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	The Ressafah arrived today
      
      at noon; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Wedn Ther @ 4. 70
     
	
    
[A51_004_19:001]
     
     
      	Light N. W. & fine cool weather
      
      at 7 am I came on board,
      
      we are discharging and
      
      will leave on Sunday,
      
      [space] at 9 am I went with Artin
      
      Sinan the Lawyer (whom I have
      
      asked to make me the necessary
      
      papers for claiming the sale
      
      of property mortgaged with me
      
      at Kadumain) to the Serai
      
      to the Istinaf Tribunal to
      
      make my declaration that I
      
      have appointed a man at
      
      Kadumain to dispose and
      
      sell the property & recover
      
      my claim of 500 TLiras ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I called on the
      
      Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
      
      
      Noory, who has come back
      
      from Calcutta after 8 months
      
      absence~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. called on Sister Eliza
      
      & came home ~
      
     
     
      	I wrote a letter to Alexander
      
      for tomorrow's Post to Beyrout
      
      to the care of Shoukralla
      
      Abboud;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      Cool weather; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      7' Thursd Ther @  4. 69
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning,
      
      at 6 ½ am called on Catterina
      
      Yaghchi but was not at home
      
      & the rest were asleep; So I
      
      called on Sister Medula & at
      
      7 ½ came on board, We have
      
      finished discharging the ship,
      
      & they are discharging the Barge
      
     
     
      	River keeps falling everyday,
      
      At 10 I went home, the Damascus
      
      Post arrived, & I received a
      
      registered letter from Alexander
      
      from Paris, dated the 18
      
      May, he complains of the
      
      Cardinal Richard's detaining
      
      his business & is so slow
      
      in getting all information
      
      
      regarding the Girl Mary,
      
      & Alexander is very sorry &
      
      impatient as the time is passing
      
      & he is getting short of money
      
      & Paris being so dear at
      
      this time of the Exhibition,
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. I came on board
      
      We are shipping Cargo; at
      
      4 went home, I called in the
      
      evening on Fetoohi Maghak
      
      our opposite neighbour, as they
      
      are sending their son Yousif
      
      about 13 years old to the
      
      school at Beyrout on Saturday
      
      in company with Mr. De Sarzec
      
      his wife & son leaving by
      
      the desert via Aleppo, also
      
      Dowd Ghazala the Photographer
      
      is going with them to Paris
      
      with his apparatus; We are
      
      sending 2 Tins of Preserves of
      
      apples & malberry with the
      
      son of Fetoohi Maghak for
      
      Alexander to be given to
      
      Yousif Metchich at Aleppo
      
      and I wrote to the latter
      
      and gave it to Dowd
      
      
      Ghazala to be given to Yousif,
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Frid
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather; Mr. Rappaport
      
      called on us yesterday evening
      
      & left his cards as I was not
      
      at home, but my wife was;
      
     
     
      	at 7 am I called on Dowd Ghazala
      
      to see him & gave him Alexander's
      
      address in Paris should he
      
      see him, & if he had not left;
      
      [space] I came on board for an
      
      hour & then went on Shore;
      
      I called on Eliza & Adoola my
      
      Cousins, & then called on Mr.
      
      Rappaport he has not yet got
      
      the answer of his Telegram to
      
      the Government at Agram
      
      (Zagabrieh) regarding Alexanders
      
      marriage attestation ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. called on Korkis Tessy's
      
      family on Mr. Jiuletti, sister
      
      Medula, & Menusha and
      
      came home at 5, Antone
      
      Marine called, also Captn
      
      & Mrs. Cowley ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. wind but not
      
      so cool; some clouds are
      
      still hanging about;
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 7 am I came on board,
      
      The Ressafah is discharging
      
      inside of the Blosse Lynch;
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Satur Ther @ 4. 79
     

     
      	We are shipping cargo, but there
      
      is not much ~ at 11 went
      
      home to breakfast; ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 P.M. the S.S. Khalifah
      
      arrived, I had got a letter from
      
      Henry sent from Gherrarah,
      
      I came on board & Henry
      
      came to me for few minutes,
      
      the Khalifah & Barge have
      
      314,000 Okes,& 266 passengers
      
      including 132 Jews from Azair
      
      with R. Ticket (87 of the Mejidieh &
      
      45 of the Khalifah) she took
      
      from Coot also 45 passengers
      
      making in all 311 ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. the S.S. Baghdad &
      
      Barge arrived from Basreh;
      
     
     
      	We have only about 39,000
      
      Okes ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. I went home
      
      Artin & Johny called on
      
      me. ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      10' Sund.
     
     
     
      Modte N.W. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 3 ½ am. I came
      
      on board the Blosse Lynch,
      
     
    
   
   
    
     Baghdad to Basreh (//) S.S. Blosse Lynch (//) Barge in tow (//) [10 Jun 1900 - V051_01_S]
    
    

PassengerOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
138145,96117,024 3/4[N/A]
    
     
      1900 June
      

     
      	At 4,,20 am proceeded.
      
      Modte N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 passed Diala river,
      
      At 8,,5 passed Ctesiphon ~
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers tickets
      
      We have 109. Deck, none in
      
      Cabins; ~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort, fresh N.W. Wind
      
     
     
      	At 4,,55 passed Azizieh,
      
      For the last 3 or 4 days I begun
      
      to feel my stomach out of
      
      order, with pain, sea sickness
      
      loss of appetite, & very bitter
      
      mouth, it is evident that
      
      I must be billious, it
      
      
      is caused by eating and
      
      drinking things which made
      
      me so billious and besides
      
      the walk from Gherrarah
      
      stirred me up, and the sorrow
      
      I have undergone on account
      
      of Alexander's affair ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 P.M. we anchored for
      
      the night at Deboony, moderate
      
      N.W. wind & fine weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Mond Ther. @ 4.76
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind and fine
      
      Cool morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,20 am we proceeded
      
      At 5,,40 passed Memlah
      
      Wind getting up & blowing Strong,
      
     
     
      	At 11 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 37 Passengers and 43
      
      Packages; I received a letter
      
      from Henry left here ~ We
      
      shipped 91 Bales of wool from
      
      Lynch's Press, and 168 Tins
      
      of Ghee for Basreh; at
      
      12 ½ we then steamed up
      
      to the other side to Eassayi's
      
      Press & shipped 473 Bales
      
      of pressed Liguorice at
      
      
      7 G. S. P. per Bale through to New
      
      York; ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. left Coot,
      
      Took 7 Passengers ~ Light
      
      N.W. breeze & fine weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 anchored at Aboo
      
      Dood;
      
     
     
      	My stomach is very bad still,
      
      I am very billious, & we have no
      
      opening medicine on board to
      
      take; I took the sulphur and
      
      Cream of Tartar, also Fruit Salt,
      
      & Bicarbonate of soda after dinner,
      
      but have done no good; My
      
      tongue is very white & dirty and
      
      the pain in stomach;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Tuesd Ther. @ 4. 75
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      At 4,,15 am we proceeded,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 landed 2 Passengs,
      
      At Ali Gherbi & took 2 for
      
      Amara & went on at 7,,50;
      
     
     
      	Wind got up blowing fresh,
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. landed 4 passengers
      
      booked for Ali Gherbi, below
      
      Ali Sherghi & went on;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,40 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 16 ½ Passeng.
      
      and 56 Packages ~
      
      
      We shipped 203 Bales of pressed
      
      Wool and 100 cases Ghee through
      
      Lot of people came on board
      
      even the Motserrif Rawf Pasha,
      
      all the Senyeh functionaries,
      
      I have no telegram from Baghdad
      
      as proposed by my wife, it
      
      seems that nothing has been
      
      done about my son Alexander
      
      marriage etc; I am so very
      
      restless & anxious to hear,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 we left Amara,
      
      took 20 passengers (one in 1st
      
      Class Mahomed Omary Sherif Effendi
      
      the Bimbashy of the Senyeh
      
      our old friend he is a Drooz)
      
     
     
      	At 9,,15 we anchored for
      
      the night above Aboo Sedra,
      
      Light N.W. breeze but not
      
      cool;
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Wedn.
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	At about 9,,15 am. the
      
      S.S. Mossul & Barge passed up
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 we proceeded
      
      Light N.W. & fine ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 passed Kalat Saleh,
      
      At 8,,15 one of the arms of the
      
      wheel on the starboard side
      
      broke & we anchored for repairs;
      
     
     
      	At 9,50 we proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 passed Azair
      
      there are very few Jews left
      
      here (about 20) who will go
      
      up this time with us;
      
     
     
      	Warm weather, but there is
      
      wind;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,40 P.M. a float from
      
      the starboard wheel broke, we
      
      anchored at below Horeiba to
      
      repair; the wind drove the ship
      
      toward the west bank & took an
      
      anchor out astern; also a shakle
      
      of the steering chain aft was broken,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,20 Proceeded after taking
      
      the float off, & fixing the shackle;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 P.M. passed Gorna,
      
      Flood tide has made up;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 arrived at Basreh
      
      the weather becoming little cooler
      
      & the wind dryer; No Steamers
      
      are up here ~ The Mail Kilwa
      
      & Arabistan are in quarantine
      
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Thursd
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      but as soon as the sun rose,
      
      it became so hot in my cabin
      
      that I could not enter it
      
     
     
      	I got my Times paper &
      
      some french paper sent to me
      
      by Alexander up to 10th May,
      
      also other Papers as the "Rire” etc,
      
     
     
      	At 11 1/2 I went to Rufail,
      
      he sent me his Belem; He
      
      red Alexanders letters I took with
      
      me;~ Tookeyh & her husband
      
      & children also were there;
      
      Yousif Marine also came down
      
      from Shaebyeh he dined &
      
      slept here; I slept below in
      
      the Verandah, there was a
      
      light N.W. breeze & not warm;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Arabistan left
      
      the quarantine for London
      
      at 2 1/2 P.M., she had arrived
      
      about 10 days ago~
      
     
     
      	At 9 1/4 P.M. the SS. Ressafah
      
      & Barge came down;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Frid
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~ at 7
      
      AM I came on board; we
      
      are shipping cargo~ The
      
      Mejidieh is lying at anchor
      
      on the opposite side they
      
      are painting her bottom etc.,
      
      Mr. Barlow our 2nd Engineer
      
      & Meekha the Tindal were
      
      left in her last trip;
      
     
     
      	I am trubled much with my
      
      stomach & the bile, the pain
      
      comes once or twice a day
      
      & am very thursty~
      
     
     
      	Wind blowing strong but not
      
      Cool;~ We finished taking
      
      in cargo at 1 P.M.; ~ It is
      
      so fearfully hot in my Cabin
      
      that I cannot stay a minute
      
      in it~ Many people came
      
      on board, also Rufail Rezooki
      
      Rezooki Angoorly, Nassory
      
      Andrea & others; As Père
      
      Pierre is going to Amara &
      
      Mr. Sheeply the English
      
      Consul to Baghdad, & others,
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     Basreh to Baghdad in (//) Blosse Lynch & Barge (//)[15 Jun 1900 - V051_02_N]

PassengerOkes / Barge GSP. LocalDraft / Barge
175 1/284542 / 178,38510,082 1/2 4,3 / 2,,8

    
     
 
     
      	At 5,,15 P.M. we got under
      
      way & proceeded~ Modte N.W.
      
      wind; my cabin is becoming hot;
      
     
     
      	We have the Barge in tow,
      
      The night got cool, blowing fresh,
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Satur
     
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	At 2,,40 AM we passed
      
      Gorna~ Light N.W. & fine;
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers,
      
      The sun & heat of the Engines,
      
      makes my cabin unsupportable,
      
     
     
      	We have 82 Passengers
      
      (6 in 1st Class Mr. Sheepley the
      
      English Acting Consul & his
      
      servant paying; Père Pièrre
      
      having taken a 2d Class ticket from
      
      Office to Baghdad & is allowed
      
      to stay at Amara & go up by
      
      Khalifah next trip & occupies
      
      a 1st Class; Omar Sheriff Beg is also
      
      returning to Amara and
      
      Andrea Birjony to Amara
      
      taken free by Capt Cowley,
      
      and two Jewesses with their
      
      
      children & servant all in the big
      
      Cabin taken only for one person
      
      & they all occupy it, they being
      
      the family of Bareklo Gorgi
      
      in Baghdad & the friend of Capt Cowley
      
      who allowed them all to stay
      
      in the Cabin, & two Belems full
      
      of Kit also free; We have
      
      also 2 in 2d Class they are
      
      the mother & brother of Meneshi
      
      Gareh with permission from
      
      the Agent Alfred Holland (to
      
      let each of them have a
      
      Cabin, there is only one double
      
      berth 2d Cabin & one empty
      
      belonging to the Tindal which
      
      were given to them; So is
      
      the business carried on by the
      
      Agents & Captains in these days)
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 AM went alongside
      
      at Azair to take the remnant
      
      of the few Jews remained here
      
      with Return Tickets;~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 left Azair, took
      
      21 1/2 Jews (20 with Return Tickets,
      
      17 of the Khalifah & 4 of Mejidieh)
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 we stopped at the
      
      
      Elbow reach the steamer
      
      being prevented by the wind
      
      & went on to the bank;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,15 went on
      
      The S.S. Baghdad & Barge passed
      
      down at 11 1/4 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 P.M. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh, picked 5 passengers
      
      on board; modte N.W.
      
      wind & fine cool weather,
      
     
     
      	I had to come down to my Cabin
      
      at 11 1/2 P.M. as it was blowing
      
      strong wind & very cool~
      
     
     
      	I found it nice & cool in
      
      my cabin~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Sund.
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind & very cool
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 AM arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 22 Passengers
      
      and 5 Bales; Took 10 Tons
      
      of Coal & 4 Bales; I find
      
      no telegram for me from
      
      my wife & cannot make
      
      out the cause~
      
     
     
      	Very fine cool weather
      
      & blowing strong N.W.
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,25 AM left Amara
      
      Took 32 passengers (one
      
      in 1st Class Johny Birjony,
      
      going for the benefit of his health
      
      also one Jew with Ret Ticket)
      
      from Azair & I made him pay
      
      Passage 26 1/4 G. SP. from Azair
      
      to Amara~
      
     
     
      	Modte & very cool wind is
      
      blowing, it makes me feel
      
      cold;~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,15 P.M. passed
      
      the SS. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down below Ali Sherghi; Strong
      
      wind blowing & awnings are
      
      all furled;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Sherghi~ Wind falling
      
      a little~
      
     
     
      	I slept in my cabin as it is
      
      Cool & the wind begun to blow
      
      fresh, I found nice & cool, but
      
      there are many mosquitoes~
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Mond, Therm. @ 4.70
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind & very cool
      
      wather~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,5 AM. landed 6
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi &
      
      went on at 2,,15~
      
      
     
     
      	Wind getting up blowing fresh,
      
     
     
      	I took a dose of Castor Oil
      
      on account of being so billious
      
      & the stomach ache I have
      
     
     
      	At 11 AM passed Sheikh Saad,
      
      strong wind blowing~
      
     
     
      	Detained 1/2 hour in shoal
      
      water below Coot reach;
      
     
     
      	At 10,10 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 15 passengers & 2
      
      Bales, Took 12 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	I slept on the upper deck, but
      
      it is very cool; I received a
      
      letter from Henry left for me,
      
      The Khalifah had left Baghdad
      
      on Friday having 88 passengers
      
      & little cargo, she has shipped
      
      some 600 Bund of Liquorice from
      
      Seyofyeh of Naoom Loca, I
      
      also received a letter from Eliza
      
      enclosing a letter from Alexander
      
      from Paris dated the 25 May,
      
      he is complaining very bitterly
      
      of Cardinal Richard in taking
      
      his matter so slow & detaining
      
      him so long in Paris and he
      
      is running short of money
      
      & asking me to assist him
      
      
     
     
      	by sending him some money,
      
      no answer had yet come from
      
      Agram to Mr. Rappaport's telegram
      
      which he wired since the
      
      5” Instant; So Eliza has wired
      
      to Alexander to start immediately
      
      to bring all the documents
      
      with him & be married in Baghdad
      
      & to draw what money he
      
      requires~
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Tuesd., Therm. @ 4.69
     
     
      	At 0,,15 AM. we left Coot,
      
      Modte N.W. & very cool weather
      
      I felt it quite cold on deck;
      
     
     
      	Took 33 Passengers from Coot,
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      At 2,,30 the steamer touched
      
      a shoal at Sheresh and the
      
      ropes of the Barge were carried
      
      away, had to anchor and
      
      make her fast~ At 3,,35
      
      we proceeded; ~ The wind
      
      died away & became calm
      
      & warm;~ The first part of
      
      the night was warm up on deck
      
      but it became cooler later on
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Wedns.
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 AM passed
      
      Azizieh~
      
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Detained in shoal water
      
      at Ledge from 2,,15 P.M till 2,,30;
      
      Modte N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	Detained 1/4 hour at Safy
      
      repairing steering block;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 P.M. passed Bostan
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 touched at Shoal at
      
      Joorf el Batta, tryed in backing &
      
      steaming ahead but touched
      
      on several times, until 9 O clock
      
      when we dropped anchor &
      
      remained for the night;
      
     
     
      	Light S.W. breeze since 4
      
      O clock but cool~ It shifted
      
      to a N. Wester late at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Thursd, Therm. @ 4.70
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      Ferida Tessy died on 10th Instant
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 AM we steamed
      
      up through an other Channel
      
      & went on~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 passed Ctesiphon
      
      At 7,,40 passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge going down at
      
      Zumbaranyeh Island;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,55 passed Diala
      
      River;
      
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. I landed at Gherrara
      
      to walk in to town, I wont have
      
      done so if I was not going to
      
      catch the Damascus Post leaving
      
      this evening so as to send a
      
      letter to Alexander at Beyrout
      
      to the care of Shukralla Aboud
      
      to whom I also wrote; I sat
      
      for 10 minutes in the Garden of
      
      Gherara (now of Nawab Ahmed
      
      Agha) & then walked easy to
      
      Baghdad, there is nice cool
      
      breeze, but the ground is getting
      
      hot; I reached home at 2
      
      P.M. found Eliza well, she
      
      had just received a letter from
      
      Alexander by today's Post
      
      dated the 30 May & 1 June, he
      
      writes to me in English a long
      
      story how at last he got the
      
      Papers from Cardinal Richard
      
      which I had sent through the
      
      Delegate Altmayer, after
      
      having satisfied & made a
      
      thorough enquiry about the
      
      girl Mary, & was ready to
      
      get married after two weeks
      
      & having made the notice
      
      
      in the Church and went he
      
      went to the Mairie to do
      
      the same thing, they objected
      
      to the Authorization which I
      
      made at Basreh through an
      
      English Consul that it should
      
      be made by the Austrian Consul
      
      in Baghdad (Don't they see that
      
      in the Authorization itself the
      
      English Consul says that at
      
      the request of the German
      
      Consul of Baghdad, and in
      
      absence of any Austrian Consul
      
      had asked Mr. Wratislaw the
      
      English Consul to Certify my
      
      attestation?) they referred
      
      Alexander to the Austrian Consul
      
      of Paris to whom he went &
      
      was explained that an attestation
      
      should be obtained from
      
      the Austrian Consul of Baghdad
      
      & so Alexander wired
      
      to me on the 31 Ulto; I
      
      also found a telegram from
      
      Alexander dated the 18 Instt
      
      from Paris in answer to
      
      mine last one which
      
      
      I had left with Eliza to be
      
      sent to him in case an unfavorable
      
      answer comes from Agram
      
      (but am sorry to say that up
      
      to today, no answer has come
      
      yet) & this telegram my wife
      
      sent on the 14th, which it says;
      
     
     
      "Svoboda
      
      	"22 Sainte Placide
      
      	"Paris
      
      	"Attestation unprocurable
      
      "leave immediately celebrate
      
      "marriage here, wire money
      
      "requisite, bring all necessary
      
      "documents~ Svoboda
      
      "20 words Frcs 11,,45
      
      "14/6/1900
      
     
     
      	To this above telegram
      
      Alexander wired on the 18th
      
      & arrived here on the 19th
      
      (the day before) he says
      
     
     
      	"Svoboda
      
      	"Baghdad
      
      "Leaving 21st Marseilles
      
      "Rubi, instruct thousand,
      

      
      it shows that he is leaving
      
      without being married in
      
      Paris & he requires 1000 frcs
      
      for his travelling expenses etc,
      
     
     
      	I am going to send him tomorrow
      
      through the Ottoman Bank
      
      to Marseilles; What a
      
      humbug the Consuls are
      
      doing & what ignorance,
      
      & detention it is astonishing
      
      me, one has only to refer to
      
      the authorization & all the
      
      other documents to form
      
      an idea of their stupidity;
      
     
     
      	The Blosse Lynch arrived
      
      at 4 1/2 P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	Poor Ferida Tessy the
      
      Aunt of my wife Eliza died
      
      last Sunday, from an illness
      
      of Paralisis on the knees and
      
      weakness or enema, she is
      
      about 70 year old, she is
      
      the last of the Tessy's family
      
      that had survived after the
      
      death of Hannosh, Beshoory
      
      Toni, & her Sister Sedi,
      
      
     
     
      	Antone & Johny my nephew
      
      called on us~
      
     
     
      	Sirpohy the daughter of
      
      Mr. Michail Minass also died
      
      a few days ago, she was
      
      young & unmarried & crippled
      
      of both legs, she was also
      
      the last child of Michail
      
      Minas's family & none are
      
      left to survive except some
      
      of their children;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      I have still the stomach
      
      ache troubling me at night
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Frid, Therm. @ 4.75
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
      At 7 AM I came on board,
      
      sent money to the office, &
      
      then I went to the Ottoman
      
      Bank and obtained a telegraphic
      
      order for 1000 frcs on the
      
      Société Marseillaise in
      
      Marseille payable to my
      
      son, I paid them 44 Turkish
      
      Liras exactly, & also for
      
      the telegram 37 G.S. Piasters
      
      & obtained a receipt;
      
      
     
     
      	I came home & wired to
      
      Alexander the following
      
     
     
      	"Svoboda
      
      		"Hotel Rubi
      
      			"Marseilles
      
      "Encaisséz mille francs
      
      "Société Marseillaise, informèz
      
      "départ~	Svoboda
      
      	12 Words Frcs 7,,0~
      
     
     
      		Mr. Rappaport wrote to me
      
      saying that up till now he has
      
      received no answer to his
      
      telegram from Agram;
      
     
     
      	I took a bath at home,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. I called on Sister
      
      Medula, & came home~
      
      Shekoory Sayegh & Johny
      
      Pahlawan called~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
     
    
    
     
      23' Satur, Therm. @ 4.80
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      		Light N.W. & fine
      
      but not so cool;~ At
      
      7 AM called on Menusha
      
      but was not at home,
      
      I called on Yaghchi & saw
      
      Catterina, Louisa & Yousif
      
      
     
     
      	I came on board, we are
      
      discharging cargo;~ at
      
      10 I went home;
      
     
     
      	Catherina daughter of Fathalla
      
      Abboud (the widow of Michail
      
      Saccazan) is seriously
      
      attained with a cancer in
      
      the womb, she has been suffering
      
      from it since 15 years without
      
      knowing what it is until
      
      it became so advanced in
      
      gravity, that she was examined
      
      by three English doctors, Drs.
      
      Sutton, Sturrock, & Ramsey
      
      & they found that it was too
      
      far gone & dangerous for any
      
      surgical operation & they
      
      abstained from; she is so
      
      alarmed now, her state is
      
      very precarious, she is about
      
      70 years old; they say that
      
      the desease is in the family,
      
      her father Fathalla Abboud
      
      had had a cancer on his
      
      lip before his death at
      
      the age of about 86~
      
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. I called on Menusha
      
      & came home~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine but not
      
      so cool; The Saam wind
      
      must have sat in~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Sund, Therm. @ 4.80
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~ At 7
      
      AM I called on the Assyrian
      
      Bishop Aghnatius, also on
      
      the french Carmétite Fathers
      
      & then heard mass at 8 AM,
      
      & called on Mina Abboud
      
      Antone Marine, & came
      
      home some visitors called,
      
      I also called on Yousif Korkis,
      
      At 3 P.M. called on Yousif
      
      Hannosh Tessy, on Catherina
      
      Widow of Rezooki Serkis &
      
      then went to visit Mr. Richarz
      
      but was not to be seen~ I
      
      left my card; called on Sister
      
      Eliza & then came home,
      
      It was very hot today, the
      
      wind is hot & dry; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Mond, Therm. @ 4.80
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind & fine,
      
      At 6 1/2 AM came on board,
      
      the Blosse has finished discharging
      
      & are emptying the Barge,
      
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport called on us at
      
      10 & I was sent for. I went &
      
      saw, we had a long talk
      
      about Alexander & he has not
      
      received the answer from Agram
      
      yet since the 5 Instt he wired,
      
      He also thinks it would be
      
      much better for Alexander
      
      if he can get married in Beyrout
      
      instead of here; and he will
      
      wire to Beyrout for the Passport
      
      to be given to him as soon
      
      as he hears of his leaving
      
      Marseilles;~
      
     
     
      	I wrote a letter to Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer at Mossul &
      
      explained to him the matter
      
      of Alexander & the marriage
      
      Attestation (see copy) and
      
      requested him to wire to Monsgr.
      
      Duval the Archbishop at
      
      Beyrout to marry Alexander
      
      there when he arrives; & I
      
      sent it by today's Constple
      
      Post;
      
     
     
      	Père Emmanuel called
      
      
      on me & I explained to him
      
      the matter he concurred with
      
      me;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I received a
      
      telegram from Alexander
      
      from Marseilles dated the
      
      24 yesterday saying,
      
     
     
      	"Svoboda Baghdad
      
      	"Unsufficient tell Beyrouth
      
      "instruct 400 leaving 29;
      
     
     
      	He requires 400 frcs more
      
      & must have received the 1000
      
      frcs I sent him 3 days ago;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I came on board,
      
      We are shipping cargo;
      
      It is very warm in my cabin
      
      no air penetrates~
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. went home, Artin
      
      my nephew called, also Antone
      
      Marine for 1/2 hour;
      
     
    
    
     
      26' Tuesd, Therm @ 4.79
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      Modte N.W. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 7 AM I came on board
      
      We are shipping wool etc,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,50 AM the S.S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge arrived;
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast,
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Khalifah & Barge
      
      arrived at 0,,45 P.M.~ Henry
      
      sent me a letter; Terrooza
      
      the wife of Nessoory Andria
      
      & her 7 children came up in
      
      her free; Also Père Pièrre
      
      from Amara, she has about
      
      304,000 Okes & 104 passengers,
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I came on board,
      
      I wrote to Mr. Rappaport today
      
      telling him that as I have
      
      received a telegram from my
      
      son from Marseilles telling
      
      me that is leaving on the 29
      
      for Beyrout, I request him
      
      to wire to the Consul General
      
      of Beyrout to furnish him
      
      with a Passport~ He
      
      wrote back to me, enclosing
      
      the telegram, but he only
      
      mentions my son's name
      
      without that of his wife;
      
      & telling me that as he
      
      does not know if he has
      
      been married or not
      
      
      so as he would have got
      
      her name included in the
      
      Passport; I wrote back to
      
      him at 6 P.M. saying that
      
      as I wish to have the telegram
      
      sent before Alexander's arrival
      
      in Beyrout so as not to have
      
      any difficulty with the Turkish
      
      Authorities & most likely that
      
      he will get married in Beyrout
      
      as I have written to Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer in Mossul to
      
      wire to Beyrout to Monseigneur
      
      Duval to let him do so,
      
      Therefore it would be better
      
      if he can put in the telegram
      
      that the Passport he made
      
      out for either himself or
      
      accompanied by his wife,
      
      [space] I went home at 6 1/2 P.M.
      
      & soon after his Kawass came
      
      to me saying that Mr. Rappaport
      
      wishes to see me after an
      
      hour or so~ I went at
      
      7 1/2 but he was not at home
      
      
      so I went to my Sister Eliza
      
      & awaited there until he
      
      came, I went & saw him
      
      up on the top of the house,
      
      we spoke about the matter
      
      & so we found the best thing
      
      is to leave the telegram now
      
      until 5 or 6 days more
      
      to await for information
      
      from Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      about his telegram to Beyrout
      
      and as Alexander will
      
      not arrived to Beyrout until
      
      the 6 or 7 July~ I
      
      came home at 8 1/2 ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather;
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~ at 4 am. I
      
      came on board;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     Baghdad to Basreh (//)  Blosse Lynch (//)  Barge in tow (//)[27 Jun 1900 - V051_03_S]
     
    

PassengOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
13318501220,696 ¾[N/A]
    
     
    
    
     
      27 Wedn
     
     
      	At 4,,30 am we got under-
      
      way & proceeded; Light
      
      N.W. breeze & cool weather;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 passed Diala river,
      
      At 8,,25 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      At 9,,35 passed the S.S. Baghdad
      
      and Barge going up at Semreh
      
     
     
      	Finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets We have in all 120 ½
      
      (only one Turk a Clerk of the Senyeh
      
      Ali Seedy Beg in 2d class going
      
      to Bughela) (1 Passenger free) –
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 P.M. landed on Passeng.
      
      (the son of Abdulghany Khdery)
      
      Opposite Dawer to their property
      
      & went on at 1,,20 ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 P.m. we touched a
      
      Shoal above Baghdadieh Fort &
      
      grounded, took an anchor ahead
      
      & hove off: At 5,,30 got off &
      
      proceeded about 200 Yards and
      
      grounded again between an island
      
      & the west bank; took an anchor
      
      astern; worked in heaving off all
      
      the time till 7 P.m. & she wont
      
      move, Begun again to heave at
      
      8 till 11 P.m. & knocked off work;
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Thursd Ther @ 4.75
     
     
      1900 June
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool weather
      
      at day break begun to heave,
      
      and she wont move, took
      
      other anchors; hove on fore &
      
      aft at 9 ¼ we got off, gathered
      
      anchors & at 10,,30 steamed up
      
      river & turned down, and
      
      steamed along the west bank
      
      & went on at 10,,35
      
     
     
      	Passed Baghdadieh at 10,,40
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.m. passed Azizieh,
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 passed Memlah
      
      At 7,,40 landed 3 passengers
      
      at Bughela (one in 2nd Class
      
      
      Ali Sidy Beg head clerk of the
      
      Sennyeh) also Yousif son
      
      of my niece Guiseppina
      
      daughter of Sister Eliza who
      
      is employed here by Michail
      
      Yaghchi for his Liquorice,
      
     
     
      	We anchored just below the
      
      Village of Bughela for the night,
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      night ~
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Friday Ther @ 4.76
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	at 4,,15 Am. proceeded,
      
      At 9,,15 grounded above Coot,
      
      took an anchor ahead &hove off,
      
      sent down the Pilot to sound
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 proceeded down ~
      
      At 10,,30 arrived at Coot, landed
      
      33 Passengers and 95 Packages,
      
     
     
      	Shipped 144 Pressed Bales of
      
      Wool ~ I received Henry's
      
      letter & my paper also a packet
      
      of the french "Matin” sent to
      
      me by Alexander,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,15 P.m. left Coot,
      
      Took 5 passengers ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 passed Sheikh
      
      
      Saad; ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 we anchored above
      
      Maghessil, very light N.W. breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Saturd Ther @ 4.75
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,25 a.m proceeded ~
      
      At 5 landed specie at Ali Gherbi,
      
      I sent to Khdeir son of H. Ismail
      
      some sweetmeats & 4 watermelons,
      
      he had given me a Bag of rice about
      
      2 months ago without charging me,
      
      went on at 5,,5~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 P.m. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 14 ½ Passengers
      
      and 47 Packges~ We shipped
      
      516 Bales of Pressed Wool
      
      from Lynchs Press ~
      
      Modte N.W. but warm wind
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 left Amara,
      
      took 8 ½ Passengers ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.m. we came to
      
      for the night, light N.W. air
      
      & not pleasant, it kept rather
      
      warm all the night;
      
     
     
      	After midnight at about 1 ½
      
      am two Arabs swam across
      
      from the Est bank to the Barge
      
      
      trying to steel, but they were seen
      
      by the Deckman & they jumped off
      
      & swam across to their encampment,
      
     
    
    
     
      1 Sund Ther @ 4.80
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 4,,30 AM got underway,
      
      from above Aboo Sedra;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,40 anchored to Sound
      
      at Nafikh ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 went on all right;
      
      At 11 passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge going up at Ghumeyjeh
      
      she had entered the Ghumeyjeh
      
      Canal to give us room to
      
      pass;
      
     
     
      	At 12 passed Azair,
      
      At 3,,45 P.M. landed 3
      
      passengers at Gorna and
      
      went on at 3,,50, ~
      
     
     
      	Weather very disagreable
      
      dampy air & hot, cannot
      
      stay in cabin ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 P.M. arrived at Basreh
      
      & anchored opposite Lynch Brothr
      
      house; The Mejidieh is ready
      
      for us she & the Barge are
      
      loaded - ~
      
      
     
     
      	I could not sleep at all from
      
      the heat in bed, there is a very
      
      light N.W. air but does not
      
      pass through my mosquito
      
      curtain. ~
      
     
    
    
     
      2d Monday
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 5 AM we steamed up and
      
      went alongside the Mejidieh
      
      on the other side ~
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Sharistan consigned
      
      to Asfar is here in quarantine, She
      
      arrived on the 21st of last month,
      
      Mr. Barlow the chief mate of the
      
      Khalifah came out in her, back
      
      of his six months leave but he
      
      has been about 8 months away,
      
      & has got married, he left his
      
      wife in England to come out
      
      afterward ~
      
     
     
      	Rufail called on me on board
      
      & I went with him at 11 AM
      
      to his house & saw Tookyeh
      
      there also Rezooki, & Rezooki
      
      Angoorly came out also ~
      
      Toward the evening Yousif
      
      Marine came down from his
      
      place, he dined & slept, we
      
      all slept on top of the house
      
      Modte. N.W. & fine wind
      
      
      it blew all the night, but it
      
      got cool toward morning;
      
     
     
      	Modte NW. & fine cool morning
      
      At 7 AM I came on board
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Tuesd
     
   
     
      	The S.S. Ressafah & Barge
      
      arrived at about 1 AM;
      
      we are shipping cargo into the
      
      Mejidieh, I shifted my Kit yesterday
      
      into my Cabin; & have fixed
      
      the window ~
      
     
     
      	The mail steamer was expected
      
      to arrive today as they wired from
      
      Bashire, but she has not made
      
      her appearance, & as we have
      
      one mail of last week, and
      
      the Khalifah has left on Sunday
      
      she will take it up & we
      
      are not going to wait;
      
     
     
      	Ali Beg Mudir of Tapo and
      
      Rezooki Angoorly called on me
      
      also Nessoory Andrea ~
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh " Voy 415 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//)  Barge in tow ~ (//)[3 Jul 1900 - V051_04_N]
 
    

PassgOkes / Barge G.S.P LocalDraft/ Barge
179144,189 / 135,13012,903 ¼ 3,,11 / '2,,6
    
    
     
      [space] At 5,, 30 P.M. got underway &
      
      proceeded with Barge in tow,
      
      I am glad I am back to this Ship,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Smart our 2ndmate, is.
      
      left behind here being ill with
      
      typhoid fever since 10 days; The
      
      Dr. Walker advised his stopping
      
      behind to look after him, he
      
      has put him to live on milk
      
      & soda water; he is going to
      
      put up in Lynch Brothers house
      
      so we have only Mr. Reynolds
      
      the chief mate;
      
     
     
      	Weather very warm & calm,
      
      by about 9 P.M. a light N.W
      
      breeze sprung, but is not so
      
      refreshing ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Wedn.
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	At 1,,25 am passed Gorna,
      
      Very light N.W. or rather
      
      calm & very unpleasant
      
     
     
      	At 7 passed Azair
      
      
      I could not stay in my cabin
      
      being so warm & calm;
      
      It go better by 8 AM & a light
      
      N.W. breeze came on;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,35 passed the S. Khalifah
      
      going down, she was waiting
      
      for us at Aboo Roba we passed
      
      close to her & I hove the letters
      
      for Henry & others; Mr. Sheeply
      
      the Basreh Acting Consul is
      
      on board returning ~ Henry
      
      sung out to me saying there
      
      is a telegram for me at
      
      Amara awaiting;
      
     
     
      	At Aboo Roba near the
      
      fort & Arab Village there is a
      
      Boat sunk in the bite, and
      
      stopped here, took anchor ahead
      
      & hove up so as not to touch
      
      the Boat ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,10 P.m. we went on,
      
      westerly wind,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,25 P.m. landed 4 ½ Passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & went on.
      
      at 3,,30 ~ Light N.W. air
      
      & not cool; Took 2 passengers
      
      from K. Saleh;
      
      
     
     
      	We have 117 ½ Passengers from
      
      Basreh (1 in 1st Class for Coot
      
      Abdulkerim Bey son of Fahad
      
      Pasha of the Montefik, who has
      
      the rank of a Kool Aghassy or
      
      an Aide de Camp, & had come
      
      from Constantinople about 6
      
      months ago on leave; and
      
      2 in 2d Class the son of Artin
      
      Baghdassar & his mother free
      
      Return ticket, his younger brother
      
      is a Clerk at Lynch Brother)
      
      also 2 free by L. Broth, the
      
      Wife of Hanna storekeeper at
      
      Maghil, a servant on Lower
      
      Deck. ~
      
     
     
      	Very calm & warm weather
      
      It became cooler toward evening,
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ P.M. passed
      
      Aboo Sedra~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 arrived at
      
      Amara landed 14 passengers
      
      and 2 Bales through Cargo;
      
      we took 12 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	I got my telegram sent to
      
      me by my wife, it is
      
      
      dated the 2d Instant, she
      
      says.
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Amara
      
      "	Alexander wired Marseilles
      
      "refusing directly, cause Quarantaine
      
      "going Smyrna, awaiting
      
      "400, Altmayer wired
      
      "necessary Beyrouth
      
      Eliza
      
     
     
      	It must be on Account of a
      
      few cases of plague occurred
      
      at Port Said & Alexandria,
      
      that he fears of his being put
      
      in Quarantine at Beyrout
      
      if he comes in the Messageries
      
      steamers which touch at
      
      those Ports & wants to take
      
      a direct steamer to Smyrna
      
      & then coming back to
      
      Beyrout; and Monsiegneur
      
      Altmayer has wired to
      
      Mons. Duval at Beyrout
      
      to Marry Alexander and
      
      has informed me, as I
      
      had written & requested
      
      him ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Thursd Th@ 4.75 Noon 96 4 P.m. 100
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      At 0,,35 Am we left
      
      Amara, Light N. W. breeze
      
      & cool ~
      
     
     
      	Took 34 ½ Passengers from
      
      Amara (2 Jews merchants
      
      of Damascus in 1st Class with
      
      a free white ticket by SLynch & Co
      
      they had come down in the Khalifah
      
      last voyage;)
      
     
     
      	At 8.45 am. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      It got very hot today the
      
      wind is hot, & some clouds
      
      are hanging about from the
      
      heat;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,5 P.m. landed 2 ½
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi &
      
      took 2 & went on, The Turkish
      
      Troops are still encamped on
      
      the opposite side, for security
      
      from the deposed & run away
      
      Sheikh of Beny Laam Ghadban
      
      & the appointment of his
      
      Uncle Shebib ~
      
     
     
      	At 11.30 P.m. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad; Very light N. W. air;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Frid Ther @ 4.82 Noon 92, 4 P.m. 99
     
     
      	Calm weather & clouds are
      
      scattered about, weather warm,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 we touched below
      
      Coot village & grounded took
      
      out an anchor & sounded,
      
      found lots of water, ~ At
      
      9,,45 proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	At 10 arrived at Coot landed
      
      21 Passengers (1 of 1st Class
      
      Abdulkerim Beg son of
      
      Fahad Pasha) and 11 Bales
      
      of through Cargo; ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,, 30 the SS. Baghdad came
      
      down; [strikethrough] Grounded
      
      I received a letter from Eliza
      
      left here by the Khalifah,&
      
      she encloses to me Alexanders
      
      letter from Paris dated the
      
      8 June, also a letter from
      
      Mr. Böhm from Vienna
      
      of the 2 June, & a letter from
      
      Shukralla Aboud Beyrout
      
      in Answer to mine of the 24
      
      may & he has sent Alexander's
      
      letter to him to Paris as he
      
      had written to him so;
      
      
     
     
      	We took 10 Tons of Coal
      
      & are awaiting to repair an Arm
      
      in the wheel; The Baghdad
      
      is still Aground above Coot
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. we left Coot,
      
      Took 25 Passengers,~
      
     
     
      	Light N. W. air & warm weather
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Satur Ther @ 4. 80 Noon 94 4 P.M. 97
     
 
      Birth day of my son Alexander in 1878~
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	At 0,, 30 Am. passed Memlah
      
      Ligh N.W. breeze & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	I paid the ship's crew their
      
      wages for June, not having
      
      sufficient money to pay the
      
      whole people, I shall have
      
      to draw from the office in Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,35 passed Azizieh;
      
      At 4,,30 P.m. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; At 4.40 stopped and
      
      sent the Boat to pick up our
      
      buoy & rope which was burried
      
      here & cut adrift this trip coming
      
      down; At 5 we got it and
      
      went on; ~ weather very warm
      
      & dead Calm; Before sunset the
      
      Thermor. was 98 in my Cabin~ It
      
      became cooler at night ~
      
      Moon 10 days old ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Sund
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      Light N.W. & cool morning,
      
      It became warm after Sunrise,
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ Am were detained in
      
      shoal water at Joorf el Batta
      
      till 6 & went on~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      At 9,,55 passed Diala river,
      
      Light N.W.& fine;
      
     
     
      	At 12 Landed a Deckman
      
      at Gherrarah with letters,  I
      
      sent to my wife a letter &
      
      some others,  I am afraid
      
      to land as it is too hot, & do not
      
      feel well;
      
     
     
      	Modte wind today, but the
      
      sun is very hot;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. landed the
      
      Mails at the Residency and
      
      steamed up to the Custum
      
      House; The Mossul is alongside
      
      She arrived the day before &
      
      has nearly finished discharge
      
      I went home saw  Eliza,
      
      there is a letter from Alexander
      
      of the 15 June arrived on the
      
      5th Instt, he writes it from
      
      
      Boulogne sur Seine about
      
      ½ hour out of Paris he had
      
      gone to live there because it
      
      is cheaper & nicer until the
      
      Austrian Consul of Paris
      
      gets the answer from Agram
      
      about his marriage, but
      
      my telegram to him sent on
      
      the 14 telling him to leave &
      
      come here & get married must
      
      have made him start for
      
      Marseilles on the 21st~
      
     
     
      	I found a telegram from Alexander
      
      from Marseilles dated yesterday
      
      & arrived today; he is awaiting
      
      there for the 400 frcs which
      
      he wired for on the 1stInstt &
      
      my wife had sent me the Copy
      
      of it at Amara (as I mentioned
      
      above, this telegram he says)
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      inquiét Silence ~
      
     
     
      	Monseigneur Altmayer has
      
      also wired to me from Mossul
      
      on the 1st & arrived on the 2d
      
      
      he says ~
      
     
     
      	Joseph Svoboda
      
     
     
      	Baghdad
      
      Telegraphions necessaire
      
      Duval 		Altmayer
      
     
     
      	So he has wired to Monseigneur
      
      Duval at Beyrout to marry
      
      Alexander ~ and I am going
      
      to sent the 400 frcs tomorrow
      
      to Alexander ~
      
     
     
      	Antone Giulietti, Antone
      
      Marine, Shekoury Andria
      
      Yacoob Oossy called on us;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine
      
     
    
    
     
      9' Mond Ther @ 4. 80
     
     
      Mr. Smart 2nd mate died at Basreh~ on Sunday 2 AM.
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze but not so
      
      cool; at 6 ½ am I came
      
      on board; ~ Called in the
      
      Office for money to pay the
      
      rest of the Ship' people; I
      
      called on Sister Eliza, I hear
      
      that the young son of Regina
      
      my niece (Mrs. Duncan Alexander
      
      the Clerk of the Comet) died
      
      from Typhoid fever so suddenly
      
      in about two days he was
      
      about a year old~
      
      
     
     
       	I came home at 12;
      
      It is now 3 years since the
      
      Company had given us a Bonus
      
      of 5% It appears that they
      
      have discontinued it, the two
      
      young Lynch's Henry & John
      
      have given up this idea, and
      
      this year they have not even
      
      sent us a letter as a vote of
      
      thanks, as they do every year,
      
      I took a cold bath; & at
      
      4 P.M. called on Sister Medula
      
      & on Menusha & Came home
      
      at 6 P.M. found Johny my
      
      nephew, who told me that
      
      a telegram came from Lynch
      
      from Basreh telling them
      
      that poor Smart our 2d
      
      mate, whom we left at Basreh
      
      this time ill with typhoid
      
      fever by order of Dr. Walker
      
      died yesterday morning at 2 AM he had the
      
      fever & typhoid in his intestines
      
      & was put on only milk &
      
      soda water as nourishment
      
      he was just 23 years old
      
      
      Light N.W. air & fine cool
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      10' Tuesd Th @ 4. 80
     
     
      Light N.W. air & cool
      
      morning, at 7 AM. I called
      
      on Antone Marine & then
      
      came on board, the Mejidieh
      
      is loading, also the Mossul
      
      so as to leave tomorrow;
      
      Yesterday morning I obtained
      
      an Order by telegraph from the
      
      Ottoman Bank on the Société
      
      Marseillaise in Marseilles
      
      for 400 frcs payable to my
      
      son Alexander, & paid also
      
      for the telegram about 2 Mejidies
      
      so that it came to 18 TLiras
      
      in all, I then wired to Alexander
      
      at noon this
      

      "	Svoboda, Hotel Rubi
      
      "				  Marseille
      
      "400 Société Marseillaise,
      
      "Sorry detention, leave quick,
      
      "Altmayer wired Archévéque
      
      "Beyrout marry you, Consul
      
      "will furnish passport
      
      
      22 mots Fr 12,,60. Svoboda
      
      9/7/900~
      

      I met yesterday Mr. Rappaport
      
      in the street & told him of what
      
      occurred; but he thinks that
      
      Smyrna is again infected,
      
      as there had taken place of
      
      an Other case of Plague there,
      
      At 11 I went home, it is getting
      
      very hot & I think the saam heat
      
      has sat in since 3 days~
      
      At 4 P.M. I came on board
      
      the Mossul & Mejidieh are
      
      loading; but the Mossul is
      
      getting a lot of cargo, mostly
      
      wool etc, and all shipped by
      
      Yousif Korkis, as he is not
      
      shipping any cargo with us
      
      for the last 2 months~
      
      At 6 I went home, Shekoory
      
      Sayegh called~
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather
      
    
    
     
      11th Wedn
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine~ at 7 AM
      
      I called on Mr. Coidan in
      
      his office of the Sanitary, and
      
      enquired from him if there
      
      is a quarantine at Smyrna
      
      
      he told me that the quarantine
      
      was reduced to 24 hours,
      
      but since an other case of
      
      Plague was declared, & it rose
      
      to 10 days, he does not know
      
      how it is now~ I came
      
      on board~
      
     
     
      	The Mossul & Barge left
      
      this morning at 4 1/2 AM;
      
     
     
      	I wrote letters & sent them today
      
      to the Post for tomorrow's Damascus
      
      mail; To Alexander Beyrout
      
      enclosed in Shakoory Abboud's
      
      letter; to M. J. Böhn & to Mr.
      
      Alois Schweiger  Vienna~
      
     
     
      	There is not one to take the Local
      
      cargo, they have put Metty to
      
      tally the cargo out of the
      
      Barge, as Georgis is ill & gone
      
      to his house, our chief mate
      
      is only busy with the through
      
      Cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 11 1/2 I went home to breakfast
      
      & came back at 2 P.M.
      
      until the door of the Custum
      
      House opens as is the rule in
      
      hot season;~
      
      
     
     
      	Lots of cargo is coming and
      
      I am awfully busy doing both
      
      work the through & the Local
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. the SS. Blosse Lynch
      
      arrived, the Khalifah is left
      
      in Basreh for repairs, Henry
      
      came to me for 5 minutes,
      
      they have only 85 passengers deck,
      
     
     
      	It became fearfully hot in
      
      Cabin, no one to assist me &
      
      I am doing all the writing &
      
      receiving freight~ At 7 1/2
      
      P.M. I went home~
      
      Modte N.W. & increased at
      
      night; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      12th Thursd.
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine~ At
      
      4 AM I came on board, left
      
      Eliza unwell, just by this
      
      time she felt Giddiness and
      
      nervous;~ She wants to go
      
      to Dr. Sturrock to see her;
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     SS. Mejidieh Voy 416 (//)  Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow; (//)[12 Jul 1900 - V051_05_S]
    
    

PassgrOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
125242,18924,005 3/4[N/A]
    
    
    
     
      	At 4,,25 AM. we proceeded
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather~
      
      our Tindal Meekha is left behind
      
      still unwell with fever;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,55 passed Diala river,
      
      At 8,,40 passed Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
      	Finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets we have 108 (2 in
      
      1st Class Rezooki Beshoory and
      
      a Mahomedan of Basreh a
      
      Broker of Dates called H. Abdula
      
      Nejim) also one free to Coot
      
      by Lynch & Co;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Hot wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. passed Azizieh
      
      wind died away & became light
      
      but cool;
      
     
     
      	At 8,45 P.M. anchored
      
      at Um Sneyem; Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool night;
      
      
      Modte N.W. & fine~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Frid, Therm. @ 4.84
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM. proceeded;
      
      At 8,,10 passed Memlah,
      
      At 8,,20 passed the SS. Ressafah
      
      & Barge going up;
      
     
     
      	Detained above Coot Village
      
      1/4 hour on shoal water;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot landed 38 1/2 Passengers
      
      and 78 Packages~ I received a
      
      letter from Henry & my papers
      
      the Times from London, & the
      
      "Matin" sent by Alexander,
      
      The Blosse Lynch & Barge had
      
      only 180,000 (50,000 in the Blosse)
      
     
     
      	I sent a telegram to my wife
      
      to enquire how she is, as
      
      I had left her unwell the
      
      morning I left (yesterday).
      
      She got suddenly a Giddiness
      
      & stomach ache.
      
     
     
      	[Arabic]++بغداد – زڤوبودا
      
      	[Arabic]++باقي فكرنا تيلي بصرة    يوسف
      
     
     
      	At 4,,40 P.M. left Coot,
      
      Took 5 Passengers~
      
      
      Modte N.W. & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 P.M. anchored below
      
      Sheikh Saad, Modte N.W. and
      
      fine~
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Satur, Therm. @ 4.85
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. wind, & clouds on
      
      East & South
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM proceeded,
      
      At 8,,10 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.M. passed the SS
      
      Baghdad & Barge going up,
      
      strong & hot N.W. wind;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 15 1/2 Passengers and
      
      68 Packages;~ We shipped
      
      350 Bales of wool & 76 Bales
      
      of Skins all pressed by Lynch
      
      Press though to London
      
      & Marseilles, & finished at
      
      9 P.M~ We remained at
      
      anchor for the night; Light
      
      N.W. & fine cool weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Sund, Therm. @ 4. 82
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 3,,30 AM. we left Amara,
      
      Took 9 Passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 7,35 landed 2 Passengers
      
      
      at Kalat Saleh and went on
      
      at 7,,40~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 anchored at
      
      Nafikh & sent to sound the
      
      Channel;~ At 9. we went
      
      on alright;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 we dropped the
      
      Stern anchor at ABoo Roba to
      
      drag down on account of a Sunken
      
      Boat loaded with Sugar here
      
      since last voyage, took anchor
      
      astern on the East bank so as
      
      not to touch the Boat;
      
     
     
      	At 1 PM. we dropped down
      
      collided the Channel & proceeded,
      
      Modte N.W. wind;
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      At 6,,50 landed 3 1/2 Passengers.
      
      at Gorna took 3 & went on
      
      at 7~ Very light N.W. breeze
      
      & fine but not cool~
      
     
    
    
     
      16th Mond.
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	At 015 AM arrived at Basreh
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      There are no Steamers here
      
      only one in the quarantine
      
      the Husseini of the B. & Persian
      
     
     
      						Copy,
      
      
     
     
      	This morning I received a
      
      telegram from my wife
      
      dated the 13th in answer to
      
      mine from Coot on the 13th
      
      she says
      
     
     
      		Svoboda Basreh
      
      Alexander left, health better
      
     
     
      				Svoboda,
      
      Rezooki Angoorly & Rezooki Sayegh
      
      & Nassoory came to me for
      
      few minutes- Also Rufail
      
      Sayegh~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Braine the chief mate
      
      of the Khalifah came off
      
      he came out in the Shahristan
      
      & made his 10 days quarantine
      
      he is going up with us to
      
      meet the Blosse Lynch &
      
      join his [illegible] he has been
      
      eight months away his
      
      leave is only six~
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah is here at
      
      anchor, being overhauled
      
      & cleaned & painted;
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh came off
      
      to me at noon, & then I
      
      
      went up with him to their
      
      house, saw there Tookyeh;
      
     
     
      	There is a fresh wind blowing
      
      & I have a bad cold since two
      
      days, we dined on top of the
      
      house, but I slept below on
      
      the balcony over the door;
      
      Light breeze & was not warm,
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Tuesd.
     
     
      1900 July
     

     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cool morning; at 7 AM
      
      I came on board, we have
      
      finished nearly discharging;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Goolistan for G.
      
      Asfar & Co arrived this morning
      
      to the Quarantine station~
      
      The Husseini steamed up here
      
      yesterday from the Quarantine
      
      to discharge her cargo of Jawi
      
      Planks for the Meymany she
      
      comes direct from Singapore
      
      & so did not touch only where
      
      so as to be liable to make
      
      Quarantine;~
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ahmed of the Quarantine
      
      (our friend of last years quarantine
      
      at Garmat Ali & Coot) came
      
      off, he is I think going to be
      
      replaced by an other one
      
      
      a frenchman~ Rezooki Sayegh
      
      R. Angoorly & Moolla Hamza
      
      the clerk of Sheikh Khazal
      
      of Mahomerah came to me,
      
      It became very hot on board
      
      although there is a nice breeze
      
      but the ship got hot from the
      
      sun~
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S . S. Mejidieh Voy 416 (//)  Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow;(//) [12 Jul 1900 - V051_06_N]
     
    

PassgOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
160 1/2119,960 / 15786511,586 1/23,,9 / 2,5 1/2
    

     
      	At 5,,15 P.M. we got under=
      
      way & proceeded; There is a modte
      
      N.W. wind but it is so heavy and
      
      misty, I am swetting very much,
      
     
     
      	We have Mr. Brain the Chief
      
      Mate of the Khalifah going up
      
      to join his service after his
      
      leave to England, he took the
      
      2d Class Cabin & is messing
      
      with us; Also a Russian
      
      traveller Mr. Syromratnikof
      
      supposed Agent of a mercantile
      
      business to see after the Russian
      
      trade, he came via Bombay
      
      
      & had made his 10 days
      
      quarantine at Basreh,
      
      took 1st Class & has two servants
      
     
     
      	Weather became dryer and
      
      cooler at about 9 P.m. ~
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.m. passed Gorna,
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Wedn. Ther @ 4,,82
     
     
      Chenana Tribe
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      Modte N.W. wind & fine cool
      
      morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 am passed Azair,
      
      While rounding the point at
      
      the Elbow reach at 8,,30, the
      
      steamer passing close to the
      
      East point & the starboard
      
      wheel got damaged an Arm
      
      & segment bent & broken, we
      
      anchored for epairs; ~
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine;
      
     
     
      	On our way down this trip
      
      we met below Zechyeh the Tribe
      
      of Chenana & others (of the Beni
      
      Laam) which had followed
      
      their deposed Sheikh Ghadban
      
      & having flew away to Howeza
      
      (as I have before mentioned here)
      
      and many other of his Tribes
      
      followed him, now the
      
      Chenana wishing to come
      
      
      back & settle down, but afraid
      
      of coming across the desert
      
      toward Ali Gherbi, have
      
      asked the Government for a
      
      safe conduct, and the Bimbashy
      
      of the Senyeh my friend
      
      Omar Sheriff Beg was sent
      
      down river and procured boats
      
      and ferried them over the
      
      Sweb river below Gorna,
      
      with their families & cattle
      
      they say about 150,000 sheep,
      
      besides cows, camels etc which
      
      I saw crammed in the
      
      desert; but as they cannot
      
      continue their journey on the
      
      East bank on account
      
      of much water & canals,
      
      they wanted to cross and
      
      take the West bank;
      
      and today while we were
      
      here repairing about 20
      
      mashoofs passed down
      
      manned & armed by Shebana
      
      Arabs & with them the
      
      Kaimakam of Kalat Saleh
      
      
      and Osman son of Yessir
      
      the Sheikh, they went down
      
      to Omar Sherîff & the Chenana
      
      Arab because the Sheikh
      
      Seyhood (who has farmed
      
      the Kesreh & Hafireh opposite
      
      K. Saleh) opposes their
      
      passing through his farmed
      
      land fearing its getting
      
      destroyed & the cultivation
      
      trampled on by this host
      
      of Arabs & their cattle; and
      
      I think they will have to
      
      cross the river Tigris first
      
      to the West & come as far
      
      as here & then recross again
      
      & take the East bank
      
      to avoid the Marshes etc;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 P.m. we finished
      
      repairing the starboard
      
      wheel, proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 6 we arrived at Aboo
      
      Roba & took an anchor ahead
      
      & hove up so as not to touch
      
      the sunken Boat on Est bank
      
      
      At 7,,15 we hove up passed
      
      the sunken boat & proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 8 we anchored for the
      
      night near Abdulla ibn Ali,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Thursd Ther @ 4.76 noon 97 4 p.m. 105
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and cool
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 am. proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 landed 3 passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took 4 &
      
      went on at 7,,15;
      
     
     
      	We have 77 Passengers from
      
      Basreh (1 in 1st Class the Russian
      
      Mr. Sergius N. Syramratnikof)
      
     
     
      	Strong N.W. wind is blowing
      
      that obliged to furl awning [illegible],
      
     
     
      	At 2,,5 P.m. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 16 passengers
      
      and 13 Bales through cargo,
      
      Strong wind blowing; We
      
      took 8 Tons of Coal, & 20 Packgs
      
      Cargo; The [illegible]Blosse
      
      Lynch has left Coot this
      
      morning ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 left Amara,
      
      Took 50 ½ passengers, ~
      
      Strong N.W. wind blowing but not
      
      cool ~
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Frid Ther @ 4 78
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Strong wind blowing from N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 1,,35 am came up to the
      
      Blosse Lynch at anchor above
      
      Ali Sherghi, we sent her Mr.
      
      Brain her chief mate, and
      
      I sent to Henry my letter and
      
      Papers etc; but I got no letter
      
      from him, although they know
      
      that we are bringing them their
      
      officer up, I am very disappointed
      
      at Henry not writing me,
      
      about my wife I had left her
      
      unwell, & the news about my
      
      son's departure from Marseilles &
      
      Perhaps he has left my letters
      
      at Coot ~ At 1,,40 we
      
      went on;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 landed three
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi,
      
      & went on at 6,,5 A.m. ~
      
     
     
      	Wind getting up strong;
      
      
      It got hot in the daytime, the
      
      wind blowing hot, ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 P.m. arrived at
      
      Coot landed 24 passengers
      
      Took 5 Tons of Coal, and we
      
      remained here for the night,
      
      The Channel is shifted on the
      
      other side all along the West
      
      bank & the islands have appeared
      
      in midstream~ I received
      
      Henry's letter, enclosing a
      
      letter from my wife, she says
      
      that she is much better &
      
      is taking Dr. Sturrocks medicine,
      
      Alexander has wired to me
      
      on the 12th (Thursday the day I
      
      left Baghdad) from Marseilles
      
      only saying "Left” I do not
      
      know which way he has taken
      
      Henry says that he heard that
      
      the Plague is still at Smyrna
      
      & even declared also at
      
      Constantinople; Mr. Rappaport
      
      has wired to the Austrian
      
      Consul at Beyrout to
      
      
      provide Alexander with a
      
      Passport Eliza sent her brother
      
      Antone to him & he sent her
      
      the telegram to be wired it
      
      is 62 words which she paid,
      
     
     
      	The Blosse had 78,000 Okes,
      
      of Wool & Liquorice and 128 ½
      
      Passengers; and she has shipped
      
      about 600 Bales of Liquorice
      
      & 170 Bales of wool from Coot;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Satur Ther @ 4.83 Noon 100 4 p.m. 102
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Modte N.W. Wind & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ am dropped down
      
      below Coot & then steamed
      
      up along the other side and
      
      passed Coot at 5,,15 ~
      
     
     
      	Took 28 ½ Passengers from
      
      Coot; ~ wind got up and
      
      blowing Strong ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.m. passed the S.S.
      
      Ressafah & Barge bound down
      
      and aground opposite the
      
      Village of Bughela, it is
      
      blowing strong N.W. ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,40 P.m. passed
      
      Memlah; Light N.W. breeze
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 2,,15 am passed
      
      Azizieh ~
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Sund. Ther @ 4.76 Noon 93 4 P.m. 102
     
     
      	At 6,,20 passed Baghdadieh
      
      wind is not strong today, a modte
      
      N.W. & rather cool, It became hot
      
      at noon ~
      
     
     
      	At 6, 20 P.m. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Very light N.W. air;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,38 passed Diala
      
      river & at 10,,15 anchored for
      
      the night, Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Mond
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 am we proceeded
      
      from Rustumyeh;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ I landed at Gherrara
      
      & walked in to town, fine &
      
      cool weather, I enjoyed the
      
      walk & did not feel tyred I
      
      got home by 6 3/4 , found
      
      Eliza she is better she has been
      
      to Dr. Sturrock & he gave her
      
      some Medicine, she has
      
      
      the stomach ache & weakness,
      
      I found heaps of letters
      
      from Alexander & Telegrams,
      
      his last telegram dated
      
      the 17th from Rome arrived
      
      also on the 17th. he says.
      
	
	
      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "Going Beyrouth difficult,
      
      "leaving 20 Portsaîd, arrange
      
      "there instruct Bazin 400
      
      " 	17/7/900
      
      "
      
      "
      

     
      	What business has he got to
      
      go to Rome, & spend so much
      
      money; his letters from
      
      Paris & Marseilles dated
      
      the     June &
      
     
     
      	I heard that Beyrout is also
      
      infected & a Quarantine is
      
      established at Beyrout,
      
      I found an official letter
      
      from Mr. Rappaport he
      
      
      writes to me, that he has got
      
      the answer from Agram
      
      of his telegram of the 5 of June
      
      the governent have referred the
      
      matter of Alexander's marriage
      
      to the Ministry of the Territorial
      
      Defence at BudaPest, &
      
      they want to have (before
      
      giving their consent) first
      
      the Baptismal Certificate
      
      of Alexander, 2d, his
      
      profession & 3 the cause
      
      & reason for allowing him
      
      to get marrîed;
      
      The Mejîdieh arrived at
      
      8 ½ Am; ~
      
     
     
      	at 10 I called on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      he told me that he wired to
      
      Beyrout on the      Instt to the
      
      Consul of Austria to provide
      
      Alexander with a Passport,
      
      He says that since Alexander
      
      has left Paris, the enquiry
      
      
      of the Ministry of the Terrîtorial
      
      Defence of Budapest is no
      
      longer useful; but if I like
      
      to make the statement &
      
      give the cause for marrying
      
      my son, I may write him
      
      the answer, & send also the
      
      Baptismal certificate, & he
      
      will forward them on
      
      I came home; ~
      
     
     
      	I called on Mr. Yousif Georgis Asfar
      
      and asked him to give me an
      
      Order on Bazin at Port Saîd
      
      for 400 frcs; he agreed willingly
      
      but as he has no money account
      
      between them, he asked me
      
      to get him a cheque from
      
      the Ottoman Bank on either
      
      Paris or Marseilles in my
      
      power & then endorse it in
      
      Asfar's name which he will
      
      send to Bazin to cash it; I
      
      was going to wire to Alexander
      
      to take the steamer Muristan
      
      which will pass Port Said
      
      in 3 or 4 days & come in
      
      
      her to Basreh & wire to Bazin
      
      by Asfar that his passage &
      
      that of his wife is paid here,
      
      but I changed my idea,
      
      fearing the great heat now
      
      in the Red Sea & Persian
      
      Gulf etc. ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine weather,
      
      Antone, Johny & Artin called
      
      in the evening;
      
    
    
     
      24 Tuesd Th @ 4.86
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Modte N.W. air & fine
      
      weather ~ at 6 ½ am I
      
      called on CatterinaYaghchi
      
      & then on Père Pièrre asked him
      
      to let me have Alexander's
      
      Certificate of Baptismal; &
      
      also to see my letter which
      
      I am writing to Mr. Rappaport;
      
      I called also on Mr. Coidan
      
      to enquire about the quarantine
      
      & if Beyrout is infected -
      
      He says that it is infected &
      
      there is a Quarantine imposed
      
      on all arrivals from the
      
      Egyptian Coast etc; but is
      
      not sure & has no full
      
      
      information; and if I wish
      
      to ask Mr. Rappaport to write
      
      to him & ask him officially
      
      that he will wire to Constple
      
      for information; I excused as I
      
      had no time to go being very busy
      
      on board, he offered to go & see
      
      him, after ¼ hour Mr. Coidan
      
      Came to me on board, to say that
      
      he saw Mr. Rappaport& he
      
      is going to write to him & he
      
      will then wire to Constple,
      
      & hopes to get the answer
      
      tomorrow or day after;
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went to the office
      
      of Lynch for business; I then
      
      called on sister Eliza for ½
      
      hour & came home;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. Sister Medula
      
      Called on us, she has not yet
      
      been to us since her husband
      
      Grzesiki died in Jany;
      
      At about 3 I received the
      
      following telegram from
      
      Alexander from Port Said
      
      
      dated the 23d  (yesterday)
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
     
     
      	Healthy~
      
     
     
      	I am very glad he has arrived
      
      yesterday~ I went at once
      
      to Yousif Asfar &got a telegram
      
      from him for Bazin to pay
      
      Alexander 400 frcs; & I will
      
      get him a cheque from the
      
      Ottoman Bank on Marseilles
      
      & counter sign it in his favor,
      
      & I came home ~ I called
      
      on Menusha for an hour &
      
      came home, ~ Père Pièrre
      
      called & I wrote the official letter
      
      in french to Mr. Rappaport
      
      about my sons marriage &
      
      obtained his Baptismal Certificate
      
      Père Pièrre corrected me in some
      
      parts; ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine;
      
      but it is not so cool ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad and
      
      Barge left this morning;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Wedn. Th @ 4.83
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine but
      
      not so cool; at 6 ½ AM I
      
      called to see Antone & family,
      
      & then came on board;
      
      I sent Asfar's telegram
      
      to Bazin Port Said; it
      
      is thus
      
     
    
      Savon Bazin Svoboda
      
      	Port Said
      
      Payèz Svoboda quatrecents
      
      francs ~ Asfar
      


11 mots11 Frcs
 2 addresse ,,50
Reçu ,,25
[N/A]11,,75


      I also sent to the Bank and
      
      got the Cheque for 400 francs
      
      which came exactly to
      
      17 ½ T. Liras & sent it to
      
      Yousif Asfar; ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 went home & at 2 P.M.
      
      Called on the wife & family
      
      of Abduljébbar Effendi the
      
      Lawyer, he is in Paris and
      
      has been to London Rome
      
      
      & other ports of Europe
      
      At 4 P.M. came on board
      
      We are shipping cargo ;
      
      At 6 I went home ~ very warm
      
      & calm weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Thursd Th @ 4.86
     
     
      Mrs. Stephen Lynch died in London yesterday;
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      Very light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
      At 6 ½ AM called on sister
      
      Medula & then came on board
      
      I hear by a telegram came
      
      to SLynch & Co; of the death
      
      of Mrs. Stephen Lynch (Osama
      
      daughter of Mr. Khachik)
      
      in London the day before
      
      yesterday; she was getting
      
      old; I had seen her in 1897
      
      when I was in London;
      
      she had left Baghdad with
      
      Stephen Lynch her husband
      
      In about 1866/7 She was then
      
      About 35 years old & had two
      
      Children John & Hariet.
      
      The SS Mossul arrived at
      
      11 ½ AM from Basreh ~
      
      
      At 11 I left the ship & called
      
      on Mr. Rappaport he wished to
      
      see me so as to alter my letter
      
      to the Ministry of the Territorial
      
      Defence of Budapest, to give
      
      a more detailed account of
      
      the cause of having my son
      
      with me etc;  I also called
      
      on Monsr. Coidan in the
      
      Sanitary Office & he showed
      
      me a telegram that he has
      
      just received in answer to his
      
      from Constple, saying that
      
      people entering Beyrout from
      
      Egyptian ports must make
      
      10 days Quarantine and
      
      48 hours on leaving  to
      
      go to other clean ports;
      
      At 2 P.M. I came on board
      
      it is very hot today, the sun
      
      is burning hot;
      
      Mr. Rappaport received an
      
      official answer from Mr. Coidan
      
      informing him of a 10 days
      
      Quarantine imposed on
      
      Passengers coming from
      
      
      Port Said to Beyrouth and
      
      he sent me the letter to read.
      
      We shipped a good deal
      
      of cargo; Metty has been
      
      taking the Local cargo as
      
      we have no 2nd mate ~
      
      At 6 P.M. I left the Ship &
      
      called direct on Père Pièrre
      
      & we arranged the letter to be
      
      written over to Mr. Rappaport
      
      regarding the Mînistry of
      
      Defence, & its permission
      
      for marrying ~ came home
      
      at 7 ~  Light N.W. air
      
      & fine ~
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 417 (//)  Baghdad to Basreh (//) [27 Jul 1900 - V051_07_S]
   
    

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      27' Frid  Ther @ 4.87 noon 101 4 P.M. 108
     
     
     
      At 4,,30 AM. we proceeded
      
      Weather very warm & calm,
      
      a very light N.W, or rather
      
      none at all, the weather
      
      
      has changed for the worst
      
      since 3 or 4 days~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 passed Diala
      
      river;~
      
     
     
      	At 8,50 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets, we have in all
      
      (2 Jewesses in 2d Class Cabin
      
      only)~
      
     
     
      	Weather very warm, there
      
      is a light N.W. breeze, but it
      
      got very hot at noon;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,40 P.M. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort;
      
     
     
      	At 4 passed the S.S. Blosse
      
      Lynch & Barge bound up at
      
      Gutnyeh;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.M. passed Azizieh
      
      Very calm & hot, Therm. in my Cabin
      
      is 103°~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,45 anchored for the
      
      night at Toweel
      
     
     
      	Very light breeze & not at all
      
      cool or pleasant~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Satur
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      Therm. @ 5.80
     
     
      Noon 106
     
     
      4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	Very light variable breeze,
      
      At 4,,30 AM. proceeded
      
      
      A light N.W. breeze sprung up
      
      at 6 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 AM passed Memlah
      
      At 12 anchored at Um el Ajaje,
      
      and sent to Sound; At 0,,50
      
      P.M. proceeded, moderate
      
      N.W. wind but very hot;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 P.M. passed opposite
      
      Coot Village & steamed right
      
      down below the reach and
      
      then turned up & steamed to
      
      Coot arriving at 4,,45
      
     
     
      	Landed 34 passengers and
      
      47 Packages;~ I received
      
      Henry's letter & my papers also
      
      2 packets of french news
      
      papers the Matin sent by my
      
      son they are up to the 21st of June
      
      (the day he left Paris); ~
      
      Polus Serkis came on board
      
      he has come from Haî with
      
      his wife Medula, his Sister
      
      in law Mily Naoom Serkis &
      
      her 3 children, since last
      
      week & are going up in the
      
      
      Ressafah, they wanted to go
      
      up in the Blosse Lynch, but they
      
      are very vexed at Henry my
      
      brother who told Polus that
      
      there were no Cabins only 2
      
      empty (although there are 8
      
      Cabins aft for Passengers) &
      
      also that the steamer is leaving
      
      & will not wait for them,
      
      I went to see them & they
      
      told me the same thing,
      
      they have been nearly 2
      
      years away from Baghdad,
      
     
     
      	We shipped 332 Bales of
      
      wool from Lynch's Press;
      
      & remained at Coot for the
      
      night~ Very light N. Erly
      
      air & warm even at night
      
      it was not pleasant at all
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Sund. Therm @ 4.84 Noon 109 4 P.M 115
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Calm & warm weather
      
      a light Erly breeze~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 AM we left
      
      Coot~ Took 7 1/2 Passenges
      
      (Missak Effendi the Armenian
      
      Civil Engineer of Basreh in
      
      
      1st Class & also with him a
      
      black woman, whom he
      
      had put on the Quarter deck
      
      at first & he allows her in
      
      the Cabin with him; I obliged
      
      him to pay a 1st Class fare
      
      too @ 150 G.S.P.)
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 landed a passenger
      
      at Sheikh Saad & went on;
      
      It became very hot & Sultry
      
      the breeze from the East is
      
      like a furnace, The Thermr.
      
      outside my Cabin is 110°
      
      at 10 1/2 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,10 P.M. landed 3 Packg.
      
      & Specie at Ali Gherbi and
      
      went on at 2,,20;~
      
      Wind shifted to the N.W. and
      
      is blowing strong & as hot as
      
      fire; Toward sunset the wind
      
      fell down but it remained very
      
      hot, it is 104 in my Cabin;
      
     
     
      	At 7 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      very light air & sultry~
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. anchored
      
      
      above Daffass, so as not to
      
      get to Amara at night and
      
      the confusion of the people
      
      there & the shipping of wool,
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Mond, Therm @ 4.88, Noon 108, 4 P.M. 113
     
     
      1900 July
     
     
      	Calm & very light Erly breeze
      
      Sultry & warm.
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 AM proceeded
      
      At 4,,45 arrived at Amara,
      
      landed 39 passengers and 52
      
      Packages~ We shipped 96
      
      Bales of wool from Lynch's
      
      Press;~ I called on Ibrahim
      
      Effendi the head Controller of
      
      the Sennyeh here & now he is
      
      appointed the head manager
      
      or Reis in place of Mahomed
      
      Rafik Beg who is in Baghdad
      
      since last year & this latter
      
      has been appointed as Reis
      
      of the Sennyeh in Baghdad,
      
      both are my friends, & so I
      
      congratulated Ibrahim
      
      Effendi on his promotion,
      
     
     
      	The Arabs of Chenana
      
      (of the Beni Laam have
      
      
      arrived up here they are now
      
      crossing the Hud Canal by
      
      Boats to settle down at
      
      Naher Saad about 4 hours
      
      above Amara on the Tigris,
      
      I saw the Bimbashi Omar
      
      Sheriff Beg. who had gone to
      
      bring  & conduct the tribe
      
      from Howeza to here out of
      
      the Persian territory~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 we left Amara
      
      Took 11 Passengers; Very calm
      
      & hot weather; Thermr. 94˚
      
      at 8 AM in my Cabin;~
      
     
     
      	N.W. breeze sprung up but is
      
      warm & sultry;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.M. stopped at Aboo
      
      Roba alongside the W. bank
      
      & took anchors out ahead &
      
      aft & all sorts of humbug so
      
      as to pass the sunken boat,
      
      (the Blosse & Barge do not stop
      
      here more than 1/2 on 3/4 hour)
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. we left Aboo Roba
      
      after dragging down & collecting
      
      anchors & Chains~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.M. passed the S.S.
      
      Ressafah & Barge going up
      
      near Ghumeyjeh (above Azair)
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 passed Azair, and
      
      at 7,,30 anchored for the night
      
      by the stern; a fresh Westerly
      
      wind is blowing but it comes
      
      hot; ~ my bed was hot all
      
      the night, the wind fell at
      
      about midnight, but was not
      
      warm;
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Tuesd Therm @ 4.82
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Very calm & moisty weather
      
      & light Erly breeze~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM. we left;
      
      It became very calm and
      
      warm;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,55 passed Gorna
      
      Breeze has shifted to N.W.
      
      but is very calm or nearly
      
      dead; at 9 the wind got up
      
      but is very unpleasant & moist
      
      at noon it freshened up and
      
      was dryier~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,20 P.M. arrived at
      
      Basreh~ No steamers are
      
      in quarantine, except the
      
      SS. Dwena here & Esther
      
      
      of Asfars tender boats;
      
      no news of the mail Steamer,
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. I went up to
      
      Rufails house, only Rezooki
      
      there Rufail was in Basreh
      
      & came out afterward, Tookyeh
      
      & her children have gone
      
      in to Basreh for few days;
      
      A modte N.W. wind but is
      
      not refreshing; We dined
      
      on top of the house & slept there
      
      but the night was miserable
      
      the wind very moisty & hot,
      
      I could not sleep.
      
     
    
    
     
      1 Wedn.
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	After midnight it became
      
      a little Cooler & dryier ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 AM I came on board
      
      it is very warm but there is
      
      a light N.W. breeze; we
      
      are discharging & loading
      
     
     
      	The weather was a little cool
      
      in the morning but soon changed
      
      a hot wind blew but very
      
      disagreable & moisty, could
      
      get no place to go to, the
      
      
      ship is becoming hot ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I went up with Rezooki
      
      to their house where Rufail
      
      is he has the masons they are
      
      plastering & whitewashing
      
      the rooms up~ The Wind
      
      is very disgusting, it is so
      
      moist & although blowing
      
      strong; We were wandering
      
      up stairs & down in the rooms
      
      but no cool place could be
      
      got, In the evening it became
      
      worse, the wind dyed away
      
      Rezooki Angoorly came out
      
      from Basreh, he remained
      
      with us to dine & sleep; it
      
      became better at about 10
      
      P.M. a light breeze & dry sprung
      
      up & then it got stronger,
      
      We slept well as it was
      
      more pleasant;
      
     
     
      	We did not leave today
      
      because our loading etc
      
      is not finished & so had
      
      to remain till tomorrow
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & little cooler,
      
      there are some clouds on
      
      the West & North, today is
      
      the 2d or 3d day of the Bahoora
      
      heat;
      
     
    
    
     
      2d  Thursd
     
     
      King Humbert of Italy assassinated on the 30th
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	At 6 AM I came on
      
      board, we are shipping cargo,
      
      I cannot stay in my cabin
      
      from the heat & perspiration;
      
      one his loosing his sense &
      
      brain; ~
      
     
     
      	As my money 1000 TLiras with
      
      Rafail Sayegh Against a
      
      mortgage of his house since
      
      two years @ 7 1/2%, fell due
      
      yesterday for the 3d year
      
      he gave me a Bill signed
      
      by Hotz Hamilton & Co in
      
      his favor to sell for him
      
      in Baghdad & recover my
      
      interest of 75 TLiras, the Bill
      
      is for 70 £Stg; ~
      
     
     
      	Today it has not been so nasty
      
      warm as yesterday; the wind
      
      although hot is bearable &
      
      dryer ~
      
      
     
     
      	We finished loading since
      
      noon; & are to start at 4 P.M
      
      The Captain is at Alfred Holland
      
      & his son Alfred since 9 AM
      
      at 3 1/2 he came & says that
      
      the mail Str has passed Fao
      
      & we are to await till 8 P.M.
      
      if she comes up, (we have
      
      a mail already of last
      
      week,) ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad & Barge
      
      left at 4 P.M.; ~
      
     
     
      	We are not going to wait for the
      
      mail as there is no news of her
      
      passing Fao ~
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh came on board
      
      he says that Mr. Sheeply the
      
      Consul received telegrams from
      
      Fao today in which there is
      
      mentioned the assassination
      
      of King Humbert of Italy
      
      by Anarchists~ Rufail
      
      also came~We received the
      
      mail of last week on board
      
     
     
      	Weather got warm & wind
      
      fell altogether ~
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 417 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow (//)[03 Aug 1900 - V051_08_N]
   
    

PassgrOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
140 ½116,901 / 1627659884 3/4 3,,9 / 2,,6
    
     
   
     
      	At 6,,40 P.M. proceeded
      
      from Basreh, weather very
      
      calm & warm ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Frid Ther @ 4.78 Noon 103
     
    
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cool
      
      a little, I awoke at 12 P.M.
      
      with a tremendous pain
      
      on the gum of my tooth; it is
      
      so aching that I could not
      
      sleep at all afterward,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,15 AM. passed
      
      Gorna~ At 3 passed the
      
      S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
      
      up; she had left 2 ½ hours
      
      before us ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 Passed Azair; There
      
      is a nice cool N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	We have 44 Passengers in all
      
      from Basreh (1 in 1st Class the
      
      wife of Shukry Effendi
      
      
      the Mustantik (interrogater)
      
      of Basreh, & 1 in 2nd Class
      
      Hanna Abbo Haify ~
      
      Modte N.W. air but warm
      
      wind ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. came to a Shoal
      
      above the Elbow reach, and
      
      took anchor out & hove close
      
      along the East bank; At
      
      2,,50 P.M. proceeded, At 3,,10
      
      stopped at Aboo Roba, & took
      
      anchor ahead to heave up
      
      so as not to touch the sunken
      
      Boat;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. the Baghdad
      
      and Barge came up & made
      
      past alongside astern of us
      
      awaiting until we get through,
      
     
     
      	At 5 we weighed over and
      
      proceeded & the Baghdad then
      
      followed us without stopping
      
      but further up about 10
      
      minutes after we touched
      
      a shoal & appears there is
      
      no water sufficient for us,
      
      we get over by steaming &
      
      went on at 5,,45
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air ~
      
      
     
     
      	We kept going easy & touching
      
      & stopping, ~ We sighted the
      
      S.S. Mossul bound down at
      
      Nafikh ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 P.M. we anchored
      
      near Abdulla ibn Ali, and let
      
      the Baghdad come up & passed
      
      us; ~
      
     
     
      	A fine cool night, with
      
      light dry N.W. air I enjoyed
      
      it much ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Satur Th @ 4.78
     
     
      Denbooss Sheikh of Chenana Arabs died at Amara
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	Light cool N.W. breeze,
      
      At 4,,45 am we proceeded
      
      & found the Baghdad ahead
      
      of us at anchor, we came
      
      to also ahead of her and
      
      let the Mossul coming
      
      down, she passed at 5 am
      
      At 5,,15 we proceeded &
      
      the Baghdad too behind us,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 passed Kalat Saleh,
      
      a strong N.W. wind begun to
      
      blow at about 9 am;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 9 passengers and
      
      8 Bales of through Cargo ~
      
     
     
      	Strong wind blowing
      
      
      We took 10 Tons Coal & shipped
      
      12 packages of Hides & Carpets,
      
     
     
      	The Tribes of Chenana &
      
      Beni Laam Arabs have not
      
      yet crossed the Hud only
      
      part of them through lack
      
      of the Government, they
      
      had arrived here since 15
      
      days coming up from
      
      Howeiza abandoning the
      
      young & deposed Sheikh
      
      of Beni Laam Ghadban,
      
      the son of Buneyeh the grand
      
      son of Mezban the great
      
      grandson of Madkoor ~
      
     
     
      	The old Sheikh of Chenana
      
      Denbooss had accompanied
      
      his tribe to Howeiza and
      
      on his way back he was too
      
      old to stand the great heat,
      
      & fatigue & thirst; he
      
      died just now here in town
      
      at about 2 P.M. very old
      
      some say 110 years others
      
      120, but he cannot he
      
      
      of this Age perhaps 95 or more,
      
     
     
      	Denbooss has left eleven
      
      grown up sons they possess
      
      sheep camels & Horses;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. left Amara
      
      Gave tickets to 70 Amara
      
      Passengers (9 for Ali Gherbi &
      
      5 for Coot & 56 Baghdad),
      
      and besides these 2 are free
      
      by the Captains Order, Ali Effendi
      
      the Mudir of Custum House
      
      of Amara & servant ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather, very cool for this time
      
      of the Bahoora heat which has
      
      set in since the 31st, it lasts
      
      8 days ~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Sund Th. @ 4.75
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. Wind & fine Cool
      
      morning ~ It got very cool
      
      at night, I felt it quite cold
      
      sleeping on the top of the house,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,55 am. landed 9
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi
      
      took 2 ½ & went on at 7.
      
      The Troops are still here
      
      
      encamped on the opposite
      
      side ~
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ships Company
      
      their wages for July;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,25 am passed the
      
      S.S. Blosse Lynch & Barge going
      
      down near Seyd Abbass;
      
      Johny Birjoni on board returning
      
      to Amara; Henry made
      
      signs to me that Alexander
      
      is coming I think;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 we touched
      
      at Seyd Abbass, backed and
      
      sent to sound found 3 & 3 ¼
      
      draaz, took an anchor
      
      out & hove over between
      
      three Boats aground in
      
      the Channel & 17 Boats
      
      on the banks awaiting;
      
      laden with Liquorice
      
      roots & Grain;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. hove over and
      
      proceeded ~ Strong N.W.
      
      wind blowing still
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad; Modte & cool N.W.
      
      breeze ~
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Mond.
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	At 3,,10 am arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 11 ½ passenger
      
      and 5 Bales through cargo;
      
     
     
      	I received a letter from Henry
      
      enclosing a letter from my wife
      
      & a letter from Alexander from
      
      Marseilles dated the 6th July;
      
      also a telegram for me from
      
      my wife she sends it to
      
      Coot it is dated the 3 Instt.
      
      in which she says
      
	
      [Arabic]++كوت زڤوبودا  - Coot Svoboda
      
      [Arabic]++اسكندر يسافر الاحد لبيروت كورنتينة  - Iskender travels Sunday to Beirut Quarantine
      
      [Arabic] ارتفعت يريد ثلاثمائه       زڤوبودا - removed he wants three hundred	Svoboda ++
      

      This telegram must be from
      
      Pont Said, but why should he
      
      stay there from the 23rd July
      
      to the 5th Augt; by this telegram
      
      he should be in Beyrout
      
      today ~
      
     
     
      	Polus Serkis his wife,
      
      
      his sister in law Mily & her
      
      3 children & servants are
      
      still here & did not go in the
      
      Ressafah because there was
      
      a sick Turkish Officer & his
      
      family in the Saloon; They are
      
      all going up with us and
      
      a tremendous Kit they have
      
      with them all their house
      
      furniture, etc;
      
     
     
      	We took 10 Tons of Coal
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 am proceeded
      
      from Coot; Detained on a
      
      shoal just above the Village
      
      from 6,,15 till 7,,15, we took
      
      a new channel between the
      
      Islands & had to sound it.
      
     
     
      	Took 24 passengers from
      
      Coot (5 in 1st Class in 2 Cabins,
      
      I advised Polus Serkis to let them
      
      all take 1st Class passage,
      
      they are himself & his wife Medool
      
      daughter of Georgi Asfar, Mily
      
      the Widow of Naoom Serkis
      
      and her children the eldest
      
      daughter Guiseppina paying
      
      
      full passage & the Others the
      
      son & daughter @ ½ Passage
      
      @ 200 G. S. Piasters each, & they
      
      have two female servants &
      
      a Cook; their Kit we charged
      
      6 Mejidies, they have 6 gazelles
      
      & about 8 sheep etc)
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.M. grounded at
      
      Um el Ajaj had to take an Anchor
      
      ahead & heave through the
      
      Channel;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 proceeded, ~ warm
      
      wind today but not so hot,
      
      a modte N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	Detained at Mehdi from 4 ½
      
      P.m. till 5 ¼ on shoal water,
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.m. passed Memlah,
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 came to a shoal at
      
      Deboony & touched could not
      
      pass, we anchored & sent to
      
      sound found the Channel, but
      
      the Captain would not go on, &
      
      we remained for the night,
      
      I slept in my cabin as I had
      
      found much wind blowing
      
      
      but it was warm & after
      
      anchoring no wind came to
      
      my Cabin;
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Tuesday Ther @ 4.80 Noon 100 4 P.m. 99
     
     
      	At 4.30 am. proceeded from
      
      Deboony ~ Modte N.W. and
      
      fine weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,45 P.m. passed Azizieh
      
      Detained at Abdulla in shoal
      
      water ½ hour; wind fell,
      
      & became calm & warm
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 passed Bagdadieh
      
      Fort; Calm weather;
      
      A light N.W. breeze got up and
      
      became nice & cool ~ I
      
      slept on the top of the house it
      
      was very cool ~
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Wednes Ther @4.78
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
      Detained ½ hour at Joorf el Batta,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 am passed Ctesiphon
      
      wind getting up fresh;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 passed Diala
      
      strong N.W. wind;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.m. landed a
      
      Deckman at Gherrara, I sent
      
      letters to Eliza, also my
      
      
     
     
      	Official letter dated the 25th
      
      July to Mr. Rappaport in reply
      
      to his concerning the marriage
      
      of Alexander referred to Agram
      
      & the answer came asking
      
      for explanation etc etc;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 P.M. landed the
      
      mails at the Residency, all
      
      the flagstaffs of the Consulates
      
      are half masted, for the
      
      death of King Humbert
      
      of Italy;
      
     
     
      	I went home found Eliza
      
      well, No letters from Alexander
      
      except his telegram which
      
      Eliza had wired to me, to
      
      Coot I see it is from Cairo
      
      he has gone there, his
      
      telegram is as follows
      

      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "Quick Bazin 300 Starting
      
      "Sunday Beyrouth Quaranti=
      
      "ing ~
      
     
     
      	It is dated the 2d
      
      & arrived here also on
      
      
      the 2d; It appears that
      
      Alexander is going too much
      
      ahead & careless of the
      
      expenses & amusing himself
      
      & wife in making tours,
      
      he thinks that he has found
      
      a very good Bank to
      
      draw constantly and
      
      every ten days or so, I am
      
      very disappointed at this
      
      behaviour & carelessness,
      
     
     
      	Eliza has obtained a telegraphic
      
      Order from Asfar & fils on
      
      Bazin for 200 frcs which
      
      I must pay tomorrow by
      
      a Cheque from the Ottoman
      
      Bank on Paris as Mr.
      
      Yousif Asfar wished so;
      
     
     
      	The Ressafah has finished
      
      discharge & is leaving on
      
      Friday morning ~
      
     
     
      	Johny my nephew called
      
      on us; Light N. W. & fine
      
      weather ~
      
      
      Eliza has had Mason &
      
      white washed the rooms
      
      & repaired the roof of the
      
      room for Alexander
      
      where 3 rafters were found
      
      broken~
      
     
    
    
     
      9' Thursd Ther @ 4 79
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      at 7 am I called on Sister
      
      Medula & came on board
      
      We are discharging and
      
      will leave on Sunday
      
      morning; I sent money to the
      
      office, I obtained a Cheque
      
      from the Ottoman Bank for
      
      200 frcs on the Ottoman Bank
      
      of Paris & endorsed it in
      
      favor of G.Asfar & fils and
      
      sent it to him to meet his
      
      telegraphic order to Savon
      
      Bazin at Port Said to pay
      
      Alexander 200 frcs which
      
      Eliza sent few days ago;
      
     
     
      	I went home at 11, found
      
      
      there Louisa my niece Henry's
      
      daughter & Terrooza wife of
      
      Nessoory Andrea; ~
      
     
     
      	The Damascus Post arrived
      
      & I received four letters from
      
      Alexander one from Marseilles
      
      of the 12, from Florence 14th,
      
      Rome 18/20, & from Port Said
      
      24 July; & about 4 Postal
      
      Cards from niece; monte
      
      Carlo etc; he left Brindisi
      
      in an Italian Steamer the
      
      Bosforo of Florio Rubatino
      
      Copy; a fine large steamer,
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine called, I
      
      went to see Menusha & came
      
      at 6 P.M. ~ Very light N.W.
      
      breeze but not warm;
      
     
    
    
     
      10' Frid Therm @ 4. 79
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      at 7 am I came on board;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah left this
      
      morning ; ~ I copied in the
      
      through cargo taken yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 9 the SS. Baghdad &
      
      Barge arrived ~
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ I left the ship & called
      
      on sister Eliza & then called
      
      
      on Dr. Cazassian & his wife
      
      the father & mother of Artins
      
      wife Sirpohy & then at 11 I
      
      called on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      he showed me a long correspondence
      
      written to him from the Government
      
      of Agram on 18 July regarding
      
      my sons marriage a very
      
      lengthy affair & Obstacles
      
      they are putting & conditions
      
      that made me disgusted,
      
      However he is going to send
      
      my letter I sent to him dated
      
      the 25 July; while there
      
      a Circular came from the
      
      Quarantine Sanitary Office
      
      informing that the 5
      
      days Quarantine on those
      
      coming to Beyrout from
      
      the Ports of Egypt has been
      
      reduced to 48 hours Observation
      
      only; ~ I came home
      
      [illegible] at 12; Mr. Rappaport
      
      asked me to have tiffin with
      
      him tomorrow at 1 P.M.
      
      
      but I excused, as I shall be very
      
      busy on board tomorrow;
      
      he is sorry because I shall not
      
      be here on the 18 of Augst
      
      for our Emperor Francis Joseph's
      
      birth day; he is going to
      
      celebrate a high Mass &
      
      go in uniform to the Church,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. the Assyrian Bishop
      
      Called; Eliza & I called on the
      
      family of Naoom Serkis
      
      & Polus; I then called on
      
      Catterina Yaghchi & on
      
      Eliza & Adoola my nieces;
      
     
     
      	Artin my Nephew called
      
      on us ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      11' Satur Ther @4 75 Noon 98
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather, unusually cool
      
      for this time; at 7 am
      
      I called on [strikethrough] Sister Medula
      
      & came on board;
      
     
     
      	We are shipping cargo ~
      
      I wrote a letter to Alexander
      
      Aleppo enclosed in a letter
      
      
      for Yousif Metchich, by the
      
      Constple Post, leaving on
      
      the 13th ~ at 11 ½ I went home
      
      to breakfast, at 2 P.m. Came
      
      on board; hot weather &
      
      light N.W. breeze; we
      
      shipped about 66500 Okes of
      
      Cargo; ~ weather calm &
      
      warm;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.m. I went home,
      
      I wrote a letter today for
      
      Alexander to Deir to the Care
      
      of Rezooki Dinha, & gave it
      
      to H. Mahomed (my old
      
      servant) to send it with a
      
      caravan leaving tomorrow,
      
      also I had written a letter
      
      to Rezooki Dinha yesterday
      
      & gave it to Tahow (the
      
      son of our old servant Murai)
      
      to be sent by the same caravan,
      
      I sent for Artin Effendi son
      
      of Senan the Lawyer & he
      
      came this evening & remained
      
      till 9 P.m. ~ I spoke
      
      
      to him regarding my Claim
      
      of 500 Liras from Agha
      
      Mahomed the Nawab at Kadem,
      
      to write to him a letter &
      
      ask for the payment, as
      
      the time will expire in 6
      
      days more;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      12' Sund. Ther @ 4.78 Noon 4 P.m.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; at 4 am
      
      I came on board;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 418. (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//)  Barge in tow,(//) [12 Augt 1900 - V051_09_S]
    


PassgOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
159 ½168,79224,544 ½[N/A]
    
     
      1900 Augt
     
    
   
     
      	At 4,,35 Am, proceeded,
      
      at 6,,30 passed through the
      
      Gherrara Bridge ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 we rounded and
      
      went alongside the bank at
      
      Diala up the Tweta side &
      
      shipped 647 Bags of Edra
      
      (millet) of Noonoo Mekemmel
      
      for Basreh @ 5 Paras per Oke
      
      
      himself & 17 people Coolies
      
      came down with us free,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 left Diala;
      
      Finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets we have altogether
      
      139 ½ (2 in 1st Class, Khorshid
      
      Effendi former Kaimakam
      
      of Shatra to Basreh and
      
      Abdulla Gareh, and one
      
      Jew in 2d Class): ~ Also Toma
      
      Shasha (brother in law of Metty)
      
      free on lower deck by SLynch & Co,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather, it
      
      became calm this afternoon, but
      
      at 6 P.m. a light cool breeze sprung
      
      up ~
      
      At 6,,30 P.m. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort; ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 anchored at
      
      Raddat ~ Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool weather; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Mond Ther @ 4.70 Noon 96 4 P.m. 102
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & very
      
      cool weather, I felt it quite
      
      cold in the morning on the upper
      
      deck; At 4,,30 am proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 5,,5 passed Azizieh,
      
      
      At 8,,45 passed the S.S.
      
      Khalifah & Barge going up
      
      at UmSneyem, the Khalifah
      
      was undergoing repairs
      
      since last month~
      
      At 11,,45 passed Memlah,
      
      At 12 passed the SS. Mossul
      
      & Barge having Soldiers on
      
      board the garrison of Basreh
      
      being relieved~
      
      At 1 P.M. grounded at
      
      Mehdi; sent to sound, & hove
      
      off by a anchor ahead and
      
      at 1,,45 proceeded;
      
      wind blowing fresh & hot;
      
      At 6,,15 P.M. we rounded
      
      at Coot & went alongside
      
      the Wool Press of Eassayi
      
      on the opposite side to ship
      
      pressed bales of Liquorice roots,
      
      Some soldiers are here landed
      
      by the [strikethrough] Baghdad and are going
      
      to Haî with their Kit and
      
      family etc; they have about
      
      35 new conscript Soldiers
      
      
      We shipped 400 Bales of
      
      Liquorice roots for New York
      
      of Moshi Benyamen @ 8 GSP
      
      per Bale & finished at about
      
      10 & remained there for the
      
      night; Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Tuesd Ther @ 4.75 Noon 98
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
      At 5 AM we steamed to the
      
      other side & went alongside
      
      the Custum House at Coot
      
      and landed 26 Packages, the
      
      14 passengers for Coot, landed
      
      yesterday evening; I received
      
      Henry's letter & my papers
      
      3 Numbers of the Times weekly
      
      Edition only~ The Khalifah
      
      & Barge had 237428 Okes,
      
      and 105 passengers none in
      
      the Cabins; Henry tells me
      
      that the Duke of Sax Cobourg
      
      & Gotha (Duke of Edinbourough
      
      son of Queen Victoria died
      
      from Appoplexy; the son of
      
      King Humbert of Italy the
      
      Prince of Naples has succeeded
      
      
      his father & proclaimed King
      
      taking the New of Victor
      
      Emmanuel III (his grand
      
      father's name) In China
      
      the Massacre of Europeans
      
      by the Boxers & the Imperial
      
      troops continues; The war in
      
      the Transvaal still continues
      
      We shipped 9 bales Abbas etc;
      
      & sent to sound below the Village
      
      At 6,,30 left Coot, detained
      
      ½ hour in the shoal place
      
      just at the end of the Village,
      
      Took 7 Passengers;~
      
      At 0,,20 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad, Modte N.W. wind
      
      At 4,,15 landed 5 ½ Passeng
      
      at Ali Gherbi & went on
      
      at 4,,25 ~ Some of the Soldiers
      
      the Infantry have been taken
      
      away from here, there are
      
      only the mounted soldiers &
      
      their mules about 100 left
      
      on the opposite side ~
      
      Warm weather & light wind
      
      
     
    
    
     
      15
     
     
      	At 3,,30 AM arrived at
      
      Amara, very light or calm
      
      weather, I came below to my
      
      cabin found it warm ~
      
     
     
      	Landed 28 passengers & 60
      
      Packages; Shipped 58 Bales
      
      of pressed wool & 100 cases
      
      Ghee through for Bombay,
      
      Took 5 tons Coal;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 left Amara took
      
      13 passengers, calm weather,
      
      a very light N.W. breeze sprung
      
      up at 7 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 passed Kalat Saleh,
      
      very light air & sultry;
      
     
     
      	Detained at Nafikh in Shoal
      
      water from 11 till 12 ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,20 stopped at Aboo-
      
      Roba and let my stern anchor
      
      down & dragged down slowly
      
      to pass the sunken boat
      
      still there;
      
     
     
      	A very light Erly breeze hot &
      
      sultry weather, the sun is very
      
      hot; we gathered the anchors
      
      from up river, The heat
      
      increased & the very light
      
      
      S. Erly breeze so disgusting,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 proceeded from
      
      Aboo Roba; very calm & warm
      
      detained at the elbow & below
      
      it about 1/2 hour; Thermr.  in
      
      my cabin at 6 is 102° ~ It
      
      is dead calm & unpleasant,
      
      we are constantly stopping and
      
      backing through the turns, ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 passed Azair,
      
      very warm & sultry, suffocating
      
      no breeze at all;
      
     
     
      	At 8 came board for the night,
      
      very warm & no air at all, I
      
      sweted so much in bed, The
      
      water very warm too;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Thursd., Therm. @ 4.80
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light S. Erly dampy cool morning
      
      At 4,,45 AM proceeded from
      
      below Azair; what a difference
      
      since yesterday; we have had
      
      an unusually cool weather
      
      since the 1st of this month, not
      
      even have we felt the Bahoora
      
      heat or any clouds which
      
      comes on from the 31 July
      
      to the 8th ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 AM landed 6 Passengers
      
      at Gorna, & went on at 8,,30,
      
      Breeze shifted to west, and
      
      N. West;
      
     
     
      	I had brought 20 Okes of Ice
      
      from Baghdad for Rufail &
      
      some Peaches & Prunes, the
      
      ice is all & melted there
      
      is nothing left & the fruit got
      
      bad; the ice was put in a
      
      Box with straw & felt, ~
      
      It is very hot between Gorna &
      
      Basreh as the light N.W. wind
      
      is behind us, the heat became
      
      most intense ~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,25 P.M. arrived at
      
      Basreh; The SS Kurdistan,
      
      the mail S. Assyria, & an
      
      Austrian Lloyed small steamer
      
      the Polluce are in quarantine
      
      the latter arrived this morning
      
      there are Mr. Davorzica the
      
      Greek tradesman who was
      
      here last year, Mr. Nicoli
      
      Jacolas an other Greek
      
      merchant of this place
      
      
      who has chartered the
      
      Polluce & shipped in her date
      
      Boxes from Trieste, there
      
      arrived also in her from Port
      
      Said Teophilo Tonietti
      
      & Yousif Hannosh Oossany,
      
      the latter Alexander had seen
      
      in Marseilles & wrote to me
      
      about him in his last letter,
      
      & now they have met
      
      again at Port Said, and
      
      Alexander has sent me
      
      a letter with Yousif from
      
      PSaid dated the 26 July,
      
      which Toni Angoorly brought
      
      to me, what a pity that
      
      Alexander did come out
      
      with them, they came in about
      
      17 days; ~ I went with
      
      Rezooki to their house &
      
      saw Rufail; the weather
      
      is getting warm & wind dying
      
      away; Rezooki & Toni Angoorly
      
      & Moolla Hamza came
      
      in the evening or an hour
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & calm weather,
      
      we dined & slept on top of the
      
      house;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Frid
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, but not
      
      so refreshing ~ At 6 1/2 AM
      
      I came on board, we are
      
      discharging;
      
     
     
      	At 9 Rufail came alongside
      
      & we went into Basreh, called
      
      on Tukyeh at Angoorlies, the
      
      wife of Toni Angoorly delivered
      
      a son yesterday; We then called
      
      on Nassoory Andrea, only himself
      
      here his wife Terrooza & children
      
      are in Baghdad since a month
      
      ago; I then went to Angoorlies
      
      shop bought some Paint,
      
      & a wardrob with mirror
      
      for Alexander from the
      
      son of Gareh's shop, but the
      
      price is left to be settled
      
      afterward by Nessoory Andrea
      
      for about 6 Liras & it is
      
      left in the shop, I came
      
      back to Angoorlies & at
      
      
      12 Rufail & I left & came
      
      out on board, then we went
      
      up to his house & had breakfast
      
      there; a Modte N.W. wind
      
      is blowing, but it is refreshing
      
      in the evening the wind
      
      died away & became calm,
      
      Nassoory Andrea came to
      
      pass the night, he dined and
      
      slept with us; At night it
      
      got cooler & dryer ~
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Satur
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Francis Joseph, Emperor
      
      of Austria's birth day ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cool;
      
      At 6 1/2 AM I came on board
      
      weather variable air Erly,
      
      & calm ~ The mail S. Assyria
      
      left the quarantine for Bombay,
      
      We are loading cargo;
      
     
     
      	A steam boat called
      
      the Lotus of About 800 tons is
      
      here she is chartered for one
      
      year & sent by Buckmall
      
      to Gray Mackenzie to use
      
      
      her as a lighter for their
      
      steamers at the Bar in
      
      loading & lightning them;
      
      The Austr Lloyed SS. Polluce
      
      down in quarantine has dressed
      
      ship with flags for our Emperor's
      
      birth day; ~
      
     
     
      	We finished loading at
      
      1 P.M. & got the mails on board
      
      wind dying away and
      
      getting very hot;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidish Voy 418 (//)  Basreh to Baghdad with Barge (//) [18 Aug 1900 - V051_10_N]
     

PassegersOkes / BargeLocal G.S.PDraft
175 1/2106,150 / 136,44010,107 1/2 3,,9 / 2,,6
    

     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. proceeded
      
      very light N.W. breeze & warm,
      
      we have the Barge in tow;
      
     
     
      	I gave tickets to the passengers,
      
      It is very warm in the cabin,
      
      Calm but the atmosphere is cool,
      
      In turning in it was fearfully warm
      
      & calm it got a little cooler
      
      about 10 P.M ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 passed Gorna
      
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Sund Ther. @ 4.84 Noon 98
     
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	At 4,,20 AM passed Azair
      
      Very light Erly air, & warm very
      
      disagreeable weather ~
      
     
     
      	We took a long time in
      
      steaming so slow from
      
      Ghumeyjeh up to Aboo Roba
      
      where we got at 11 1/2 AM.,
      
      here we had to take up an
      
      anchor & heave ahead; Very
      
      warm & light Westly~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. proceeded from
      
      Aboo Roba, ~
      
     
     
      	We have 114 Passengers (1
      
      in 1st Class Khorshid Effendi
      
      returning with us, he has not
      
      been able to get his appointment
      
      back to Shatra, he intends to
      
      start for Constanple himself,
      
      and 1 in 2d Class to Amara
      
      a young Mahomedan, Mahd.
      
      Zheir) also 5 free three Deckmen
      
      workers of the Blosse, and the
      
      daughter of Mariam wife of
      
      Moorad who died in Baghdad
      
      the trip before last going up with
      
      us, her daughter Meremy is married
      
      to a Deckman in the Barges;
      
      
     
     
      	At 4,30 P.M. landed 7 Passengers
      
      & took one from Kalat Saleh
      
      & went on at 4,,35; Getting
      
      Calm & warm breeze Westly
      
      but very suffocating;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,20 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 39 Passengers
      
      (1 in 2d Class) and 22 Packages
      
      (16 Bales through cargo; Took
      
      in 10 Tons of Coal, & shipped,
      
      39 Bund of Carpets & Hides ~
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Mond, Ther. @ 4.84
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N. Westly but not
      
      Cool & refreshing ~ The S.S.
      
      Baghdad & Barge arrived
      
      at Amara
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 AM we left Amara
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine,
      
      Took from Amara 28 Passeng;
      
      and 18 workmen of Lynch's
      
      wool Press (2 in 2d Class Cabin
      
      Jejo Moorad the Clerk & Rezooki
      
      Georgis the Blacksmith) all
      
      free returning having
      
      finished pressing ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 9,,55 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      very strong wind got up blowing
      
      a N.W. but not Cool;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,55 P.M. landed 7
      
      Passengers at Ali Gherbi &
      
      took 3 and went on at 5,,10,
      
     
     
      	The Mounted Soldiers about
      
      100 who were encamped
      
      on the opposite side have
      
      also gone up & left the
      
      country hereabout for
      
      Ghadban to plunder and
      
      do what he likes, since
      
      he comes as far as Amara
      
      & attacks the Chenana &
      
      plunders them, their rifle
      
      shots are heard at Amara,
      
      & the Turks do nothing to
      
      protect & secure the country,
      
      They sent a few soldiers the
      
      other day after they had
      
      crossed the Hud to the
      
      North of Amara, the Arabs
      
      retired, & the soldiers recrossed
      
      back now here at
      
      Ali Gherbi, Ghadban
      
      
      has nothing to fear and
      
      will resume his former
      
      depradation;
      
     
     
      	At 9 P.M. arrived to Seyd Abbass,
      
      two or three Boats aground in
      
      the Channel, we sent to sound
      
      and remained here for the
      
      night; Modte N.W. wind
      
      blowing all the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Tuesd, Ther. @ 4.85, Noon 106, 4 P.M. 106
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind but not
      
      Cool; at 5 AM sounded &
      
      then steamed on to the Channel,
      
      had to take an anchor ahead
      
      & heave up & steamed too ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 got over & proceeded
      
      a strong wind begun to blow
      
      with sand flying from the
      
      Islands; ~
      
     
     
      	At 10 passed Sheikh Saad
      
      Very strong wind & dusty;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 P.M. passed
      
      the SS. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down at Saada (below Abu-
      
      Nakhal) Henry made signs
      
      to me that there are
      
      
      No news from Alexander,
      
      I am astonished why; He
      
      had wired from Cairo on
      
      the 2d Instt that he was
      
      leaving for Beyrout on
      
      the 5th & that was all I
      
      had heard of him
      
     
     
      	Wind fell down a little by 6 P.m.
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 P.m. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 9 Passengers and
      
      45 Packages (30 Cases Paraffin
      
      Oil & 15 Bales of through Cargo)
      
      We went alongside the Custum House
      
      to land the cargo, & to take 12 Tons
      
      of Coal brought down from our
      
      Depot which is a long job and
      
      causes detention, for the Coolies
      
      have to carry it down ~
      
     
     
      	I received Henry's letter and
      
      a letter from my Wife, enclosing
      
      a letter from Alexander
      
      dated Alexandria the 30 July.
      
      he says that he was obliged
      
      to go there from Port Said
      
      in the same steamer he came
      
      in from Brindisi the Bosforo
      
      
      of the Rubatino Copy, without
      
      paying any extra passage as
      
      he had the choice to go either
      
      to P. Said or Alexandria &
      
      the cause of his going to Cairo
      
      is that there are no steamers
      
      going to Beyrout on account
      
      of the quarantine & that there
      
      will be one of the Lloyed going
      
      on the 10 or 12 Instant, so he
      
      thought it would be better
      
      to spend his time at Cairo
      
      instead of P. Said, But
      
      my wife is in a great enxiety
      
      for not having received a
      
      telegram from him from
      
      Beyrout up till the 18th, &
      
      she has wired to Shukralla
      
      Abood for information ~ I
      
      also received a letter from
      
      Abduljibbar Effendi from
      
      Paris dated the 22 July, he
      
      says that he had been looking
      
      for Alexander, & he was told
      
      that he had gone to London,
      
      & he does believe that he
      
      
      is coming out here & many
      
      other false information he
      
      was given by some people;
      
      he had even gone to see Père
      
      Henry Bernard at Arceul out
      
      of Paris; & he was told that he
      
      knew all about Alexander &
      
      the girl, but as for their marriage
      
      he does not know what has
      
      happened after etc etc;
      
     
     
      	We Kept working in landing
      
      the 15 Bales & taking in the
      
      Coal so slow & no one on
      
      board is looking or hastening
      
      the work, it is all left to the
      
      Deckmen, every one turned in
      
      to sleep; I could not see such
      
      a slack careless work and
      
      could not sleep all the night,
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Wedn  Ther @ 4.80
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	At 1 am having finished
      
      coaling & after loosing ½ hour
      
      in slacking the ropes off the
      
      bank we proceeded; We
      
      have taken 6 hours in
      
      landing the few Bales & taking
      
      12 Tons of Coal ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and
      
      
      fine cool morning ~
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 29 ½ Passenger
      
      from Coot~
      
     
     
      	At 11 a.m passed Memlah,
      
      at 2,,45 P.m. Grounded at
      
      Debooni west bank Channel
      
      Close to the bank, took anchors
      
      ahead & hove on to it, & got
      
      close to the bank into deep water
      
      and at 6,,15 proceeded;
      
      there are the Arabs of Zobeid
      
      here their Sheikh is Selman
      
      son of Dowd el Farman
      
     
     
      	Very light air from N. West;
      
      It became nice & cool at night
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Thursd Ther @ 4 ½ 76 noon 94 4 P.m. 101
     
     
      	At 1,,10 Am passed Azizieh
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,40 passed Baghdadieh,
      
      At 10,,50 Grounded at Oweyn,
      
      the Channel is altered here,
      
      took an anchor out ahead &
      
      hove out ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. proceeded from
      
      Oweyn ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge going down at the top
      
      of Ledge; Strong wind &
      
      dusty~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 passed Ctesiphon
      
      Very Calm Weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 anchored to repair the
      
      starboard wheel ~ At 10.30 we
      
      proceeded from the bottom of Gusseiba
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 grounded at Aboo
      
      Jehash (Jaffar) tryed to get off
      
      but she wont move took an
      
      anchor ahead & hove still she
      
      wont float, took a second
      
      one out & hove on; I came
      
      down to my cabin at 10 P.m.
      
      could not sleep on account of
      
      the singing of the passengers &
      
      a musician Jew playing the
      
      Kanoon close to our beds. &
      
      so I lost my sleep & the cabin
      
      being warm
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Frid Th @ 5.72
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	At 2,,45 am got off & proceeded
      
      from Jaffer ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 passed Diala.
      
      at 4,,30 passed through the
      
      
      Bridge of Gherrarah, it is just
      
      daybreak; I have had about
      
      an hours sleep only ~ We
      
      did not land a man at Gherrah,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
      At 7,,45 landed the mails at
      
      the Residency, & went up to
      
      the Custum house, no Steamers
      
      are here, & no custum house
      
      is open being friday ~
      
      I went home;~ saw Eliza
      
      she had been in an awful way
      
      about Alexander not hearing
      
      from him or his arrival at
      
      Beyrout sine the 2 d - but
      
      yesterday a telegram came
      
      from him from Beyrout
      
      dated the 22 in which he
      
      says,
      
	
	
      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "Healthy making ten days
      
      "quarantine, instruct
      
      "Abood 500 Love;
      

      
      He does not say when he
      
      arrived, & I was wondering
      
      why he should make 10
      
      days quarantine, since
      
      it was reduced to 48 hours
      
      on those coming from P. Said,
      
      so I went to see Mr. Coidan,
      
      & enquired from him, he looked
      
      over the Order sent from Constple
      
      last trip when I was here,
      
      & it says the 48 hours is
      
      only imposed on those coming
      
      from P. Said after the 10th
      
      Instt, but those coming from
      
      Alexandria to Beyrout
      
      the 10 days is still mentioned,
      
      so Alexander must have
      
      embarked from Alexandria,
      
     
     
      	At about 10 am the Damascus
      
      Post arrived & I got a letter
      
      from Alexander from Cairo
      
      dated the 3 Augt; ~
      
      Antone Marine, Shekoory
      
      Andrea & Antoine Guilietti
      
      called on us ~
      
      
      I had a cold water bath; ~ at
      
      4 P.M. I called on Sister Medula
      
      & came home, Johny my nephew
      
      called on us in the evening,
      
      We are leaving on Wednesday
      
      next; Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      25' Satur
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine at 7 am
      
      called on Menusha, saw
      
      there sister Emilia, at 8 I
      
      came on board; We are discharging
      
      at 10 I went to see Mr. Rappaport
      
      so as to invite him to dinner
      
      on Monday evening, he was not
      
      at home, I called on sister
      
      Eliza she is unwell having
      
      hurt herself in falling down
      
      in the room & her ribs are
      
      painful & out of order also
      
      her eye, she cannot possibly
      
      come to the dinner on Monday,
      
      I went to the office to Mr.
      
      Bottomley; took 20 £ for
      
      wages etc. & bought some
      
      wine, Beer & Champagne
      
      
      Called again on Mr. Rappaport
      
      & was not at home, I
      
      came to my house & found
      
      him there; He accepted
      
      with pleasure my invitation,
      
     
     
      	I wrote the letters of invitation
      
      to Mr. Rouet the french Consul,
      
      Mr. Richarz the German
      
      Consul, Mr. Guilietti & his
      
      son Antoine, to all my
      
      sisters & their children &
      
      husbands etc about 35
      
      persons; but I don't expect
      
      so many will come,
      
     
     
      	My wife got busy in working
      
      & arranging the food etc,
      
      I got Stephan the cook
      
      & his son & others to get all
      
      the cooking & pastery made,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine but hot
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      26' Sund. Th @ 78
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 7 ½ am I called on the Assyrian
      
      Bishop & then went to the
      
      Latin Church, I then called
      
      
      on Yousif Asfar & his mother,
      
      on Mina Abood, Antone
      
      Marine, Habib Chiha, Yaghchi,
      
      Sister Medula, Menoosha,
      
      & Shekoury Andrea, & at 12
      
      came to breakfast, ~ At 2
      
      P.M. called on Eassayi's
      
      family; on Sister Eliza and
      
      on Mr. Rappaport who took
      
      my deposition in writing
      
      as he asked me & wrote down
      
      all about my asking for
      
      Alexander's marriage and
      
      the cause of wanting him
      
      here something similar
      
      to the letter I had written
      
      to him & which he sent
      
      a copy with the certificate
      
      of Baptismal etc. & then
      
      I signed it, he is going to send
      
      my deposition & he hopes that
      
      they will consent to allow
      
      the civil marriage of my
      
      son; ~
      
     
     
      	I called on Capt Cowley
      
      
      & asked them to lend me their
      
      Butlr Francis tomorrow
      
      to assist at the dinner I
      
      am giving, the were very
      
      willing; I came home
      
      at 5 ½ P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Mond Th, @ 4 78
     
     
      1900 Augst
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; we turned
      
      up early, & people came to
      
      work for the dinner; ~ I
      
      called on Menusha at 7 am
      
      as Antone her son has the
      
      fever but is better, she &
      
      her daughter Harriet are
      
      coming~ I came on
      
      board; We are shipping
      
      cargo;
      
     
     
      	I sent & obtained from
      
      the Ottoman Bank an
      
      order for 20 Liras by telegram
      
      to Beyrout payable to Alexander
      
      & paid 1 Mejidie for telegram,
      
      & I wired to Aleander thus
      
      
	
"	Shukrallah  Abboud
      
      "	Svoboda,		Beyrout
      
      "		Twenty Liras Ottombank
      
      
      Wire departure hope [strikethrough]
      
      Well all settled Love
      
     
     
      		Svoboda,
      
      Instead of being 15 words they
      
      have charged me for 17, they
      
      have counted 2 addreses &
      
      the Ottombank as two words,
      
      I paid 24 ¼ GSP.~
      
     
     
      	I wrote a letter to Alexander
      
      to Aleppo by todays Constple
      
      Post to the care of Yousif
      
      Metchich & sent him a letter
      
      from London & 3 Postal cards
      
      from Vienna etc~
      
     
     
      	I went home at 11 ½, they
      
      are Very busy in getting
      
      Kit ready, Francis of
      
      Capt. Cowley, Jeboory an
      
      old servt of Antone & others
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M I came on
      
      board & we are shipping
      
      Cargo, Weather very warm,
      
      & Calm;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ went home, we are
      
      in a great confusion in getting
      
      all the Kit, Tables Chairs
      
      Couches etc up on top
      
      
      of the terrace; & at 6 ½ the
      
      guest begun to come; they
      
      all came & finished by 7 ¼,
      
     
     
      	There Were Mr. Rappaport,
      
      Mr. Rouét the french Consul,
      
      Mr. Richarz the German Dr-
      
      Mr. Giulietti the Inspector of
      
      Post & Telegraph & his son
      
      Antonie, Johny Pahlawan,
      
      Duncan Alexander & his
      
      Wife Regina, Artin my nephew
      
      & his Wife Sirpohy; Johny
      
      My Nephew & his sister Terrooza
      
      & her daughter Bella, Antone
      
      Marine & his two daughters
      
      Rosa & Ellen; Edward
      
      Blockey; Menusha & her
      
      daughter Hariet, Yousif
      
      Yaghchi & his wife Louisa,
      
      in all 21 persons invited; my
      
      sister Eliza could not come
      
      being unwell, & Medoola
      
      is in Mourning; & Antone
      
      Marines Wife Terooza being
      
      out in Asfar's Garden
      
      
      looking after her father
      
      being very Weak & shaky;
      
      We had dinner at 8, and
      
      I asked Mr. Rappaport to take
      
      My Wife to table, Mr. Rouet
      
      Menusha, Mr. Richarz
      
      Rosa Marine, & so on; But
      
      I did not like the behavior
      
      of the servants attending,
      
      there was much confusion
      
      & disorder; Francis the
      
      Butler of Cowley, & an other
      
      Portuguese with him, also
      
      Jeboory a good servant who
      
      was at Antone; Hussein
      
      the servant of sister Medula,
      
      Hamadi my servant, &
      
      our servant Tilkefli, and
      
      some others, While Stiphan
      
      the Cook & his son & others
      
      down in the Kitchen, and
      
      after dinner every one begun
      
      to look for himself & take
      
      & eat as much as they can
      
      & the food dome of it left
      
      down in the Kitchen
      
      
      unserved, & a great waste
      
      & expences incurred; the
      
      30 Okes of ice was not well
      
      Kept, & the Liquors were
      
      not Cold; I was very sorry
      
      for that;~ The party left
      
      at 11 P.M.~ At dessert in
      
      serving Champagne, I proposed
      
      the following toast,
      
     
     
      	Messieurs permettèz moi
      
      de vous proposèr de boire a
      
      la sante de Mr. Rappaport
      
      notre nouveau Consul Austro-
      
      Hongroi, Je bois aussi a la
      
      santé de vous Mess les Consuls
      
      & Messieurs en Vous remerciant
      
      de l'amabilité que vous avèz
      
      bien voulu me rendre en
      
      acceptan l'invitation de
      
      dinèr avec nous ce soir;
      
      et Je sais que je suis d'accord
      
      avec les sentiments unanimes
      
      de tous mes parents au
      
      tours de la table en vous
      
      souhaitant Messieurs
      
      les Consuls et Messieurs une
      
      vie long et heureuse;
      
      
      after this Mr. Rappaport also
      
      rose & answered thanking
      
      me for this Kindness etc,
      
     
     
      	The weather became nice
      
      & cool throughout the night;
      
     
     
      	I could never sleep afterward
      
      for we had to lay on couches
      
      anyhow;~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Tuesd Th @ 5, 76
     
   
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning; nothing but disorder
      
      & confusion in the house
      
      every where; my wife has
      
      to work & to keep every thing
      
      in its place;
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am I came on board
      
      We are shipping cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ Went home to breakfast,
      
      & returned at 2 P.M. We are
      
      shipping a lot of cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 the S.S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge arrived bringing up
      
      Troops from Basreh, she went
      
      to land them up at the Barraks,
      
     
     
      	We have about 150,000 Okes
      
      of Cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. I went home,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      
      Weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Wedn
     
  
     
      	Light & cool N.W. breeze
      
      & [strikethrough] fine~ at 4 am. I
      
      Came on board;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 419 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//) [29 Aug 1900 - V051_11_S]
 

PassgOkes G.S. PiastDraft / Barge
297197,22240,267 ½3,,8 / 2,,3
    
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
     
      	At 5. Am We proceeded,
      
      Calm but cool weather;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 grounded at Bab el
      
      Sherghi sounded & took anchors
      
      out & hove off; At 8,,25
      
      proceeded~ We have good
      
      many passengers, and a lot
      
      of Christian boys going to
      
      work in the dates in being
      
      employed by the date shippers,
      
     
     
      	At 11 went alongside at
      
      Diala (opposite side) to ship
      
      Bags of Edra (millet) through
      
      for Bombay;
      
     
     
      	We shipped 750 Bags of
      
      Edra of two shippers (45175
      
      Okes @ 5 Paras)~
      
      
     
     
      	There are a great many more
      
      for shipping by Other steamers
      
      it is brought down on donkeys
      
      from the desert between
      
      Diala & Ctesiphon etc;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,35 P.M. left Diala,
      
      At 3,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
      
     
     
      	We have 247 Passengers
      
      (5 are in 1st Class, Tanton
      
      son of Elias Eassa & his son,
      
      Haroon Gareh, & Jemil son
      
      of Kirikor Koorookchi & their
      
      nurse Mina to look after him
      
      he is going to Hodeida in
      
      the red sea being appointed
      
      there as Clerk in the Societé du
      
      Tombac, & 2 Christian females
      
      family of Kasha in 2d Class)
      
      Also 14 besides free (9 Tilkeflies
      
      given by Capt Cowley, 5 by Mr.
      
      Bottomley, including the Wife
      
      of Mr. Alex Blaney the Assisstt
      
      Engineer in his Cabin with
      
      Return Ticket)~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 We came to
      
      for the night at the
      
      
      bottom of Ledge reach,
      
      sent the Pilot to sound at
      
      Aweyn; We landed here a
      
      dead Indian passenger to
      
      be burried, he died this afternoon,
      
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze but
      
      Cool;~ The Indian dead passenger
      
      is a child of about 10 months old
      
      was burried on the bank of Ledje
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Thursd Th@ 5. 74 Noon 95 4 P.M. 98
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning
      
     
     
      	At 5 AM. the SS. Khalifah
      
      and Barge came up, she stopped
      
      & sent her Boat with our letters,
      
      they intended to give us our
      
      new mate Mr. Slack who
      
      came out in the Kurdistan, but
      
      he has had the fever and is going
      
      to Baghdad to see the doctor,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 We proceeded
      
      from Ledje; Henry Writes to
      
      me that they left Basreh on
      
      Saturday at 3 ½ P.M. they have
      
      156 passengers & 221,000 Okes
      
      Nicoli Giocalas in 1st Class from
      
      Basreh & Iskender Aziz from
      
      Coot,~
      
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; The Dijleh's wreck is
      
      much out of the water;
      
      on the 8 Septr 1876 we got
      
      wrecked here;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 passed Azizieh
      
      At 1,,30 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Baghdad & Barge going
      
      up; modte N.W. wind but
      
      hot sun;~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. We grounded
      
      at Deboony, took a stern
      
      anchor out & hove back,
      
      sent to sound; We tryed a
      
      different channel as the
      
      Khalifah had told us but
      
      grounded on it; took stern
      
      anchors out & hove off, &
      
      at 6 proceeded over 3 draaz
      
      of water; Calm weather,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 passed Memlah
      
      and at 8,,30 Anchored for the
      
      night above Bughela Village
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool night
      
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Frid Th@ 5. 72 Noon 95 4 P.M. 100
     
     
      1900 Augt
     
     
      	At 4,,55 AM. proceeded
      
      Very Cool Weather & light N.W.
      
      breeze~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 touched the shoal
      
      below Mehdi's Tomb at Aboo
      
      Hmar, sent to sound & marked
      
      the channel; We took 4 Passeng
      
      from Baghela for Gorna; We
      
      proceeded over 3 draaz & 3 ¼
      
      and Went on at 7,,40~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 31 passengers
      
      and 51 Packages; took 3 Tons
      
      of Coal~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,15 P.M. left Coot;
      
      took 22 Passengers (6 for S. Saad
      
      2 Ali Gherbi, 8 Amara, 1 Gorna
      
      & 5 Basreh)
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 P.M. landed 6
      
      passengers at Sheikh Saad
      
      & went on & anchored below
      
      the Village at 7,,55~
      
      Very light N.W. air 7 fine,
      
     
     
      	These Christian boys & Jews
      
      that are going down to work at
      
      the dates about 30 of them, are
      
      
     
     
      	Very troublesome, they are all
      
      down below in the passages &
      
      Barge & are great blackguards
      
      they are very annoying & give
      
      us much trouble, they gamble
      
      drink & play; & my servant
      
      Hamadi is so helpless and
      
      has no more energy & will
      
      to check them, I have told
      
      Capt Cowley about them, but
      
      he also does not seem to care
      
      about them or about what
      
      the passengers do on board,
      
      he is Very slack & has also
      
      lost his controll & keeps no
      
      dicipline whatever, I am
      
      obliged to keep myself in
      
      my cabin all the day so
      
      as not to mix myself with them;
      
     
    
    
     
      Septr 1 Satur Th@ 5. 75 Noon 101 4 P.M 106
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cool
      
      morning; At 4,,50 Am we
      
      proceeded; at 5,,15, touched
      
      the shoal at Aboo Dood &
      
      the steering chain parted,
      
      sent to sound, and at
      
      6,,30 proceeded;
      
      
     
     
      	At 7,,55 anchored at
      
      Seyd Abbass & sent to sound,
      
      very calm weather; At 8,,40
      
      proceeded many boats in the
      
      channel here;
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to S. Erly & became
      
      very warm & disagreable;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,5 landed 3 passengers
      
      at Ali Gherbi took 6 Officers
      
      & soldiers for Amara & went
      
      on at 11,,20; Very hot & calm
      
      light S. Erly;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,20 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Sherghi; Breeze shifted to a
      
      very light Westerly at 5 P.M.
      
      weather became cool at sunset,
      
     
     
      	I took my bed down into my
      
      cabin to sleep, as at Amara there
      
      will be great noise & confusion
      
      especially tonight there is an
      
      illumination for Sultan
      
      Abdulhamid's Corronation
      
      day, it should be on the 31st
      
      but as this year has been reckoned
      
      a Leap year of the Centenary
      
      of 1900, it fell on the 1st Septer
      
      
     
     
      	At 10 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      there is illumination of the
      
      Government offices etc, and
      
      Great noise; We landed 48 1/2
      
      Passengers & 145 Packages,
      
      It is impossible to be able
      
      to sleep from the noise on board
      
      and on shore, there a Jewish
      
      band playing till 12 P.M.
      
      & my Cabin is warm; ~
      
      We shipped 100 Cases of Ghee
      
      through for Bombay, & took
      
      5 Tons of Coal, we finished
      
      after midnight;
      
     
    
    
     
      2d Sund, Therm. @ 5.72, Noon 96, 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze, but
      
      cool morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM. left Amara
      
      took 18 passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Katat Saleh,
      
      At 9,,40 anchored at Nafikh
      
      & sounded, at 10,,15 proceeded
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to a light
      
      N. Wester ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 anchored above
      
      the Elbow & sounded at 0,,15
      
      
      P.M. proceeded,
      
     
     
      	The Sunken Boat at Aboo
      
      Roba has been taken out &
      
      floated ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,45 P.M. anchored and
      
      sounded above Ghumeyjeh
      
      proceeded & grounded took anchors
      
      & hove off ~ At 2,,50 proceeded,
      
      Light N.W. but it is hot ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      weather became very calm and
      
      very warm dampy & very unpleasant
      
      the Cabin is so warm that I cannot
      
      get in, the Therm. is 104 at 6 P.M.
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 landed 10 Passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 8,
      
      Very calm & warm weather,
      
      moon 8 days old;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Mond
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Very light air but cool night
      
      At 1,,50 AM arrived at Basreh,
      
      There is a B.&P. SS. Kaisari up
      
      here bound for Jedda; and
      
      the SS. Muristan of Asfar arrived
      
      on about the 27th and the
      
      SS. Gladd for Mackenzie
      
      in Quarantine ~
      
      
      we landed the passengers
      
      and are discharging Cargo;
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh, Rezooki Angoorly
      
      & Nessoory Andrea called on
      
      me for 1/2 hour they were all
      
      at Rufail's & Tookyeh is out
      
      there; Rezooki tells me that
      
      the two Boxes of Alexander
      
      my son have arrived in the
      
      Muristan & been put in our
      
      Barge; There is also the Austro
      
      Lloyed Str. Polluce up here, she
      
      is taking cargo to Faô for
      
      the SS. Kaissari ~
      
     
     
      	The Barge with Cargo came at
      
      Noon alongside of us. & I took
      
      possession of Alexander's
      
      two packages a Box (Trunk)
      
      and a square basket all
      
      enclosed in a woolen frame
      
      which he sent from Marseilles
      
      by the Muristan which
      
      had left that Port on the 20th
      
      of July;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I went with Rezooki
      
      up to their house saw there
      
      Rufail & Tookyeh also
      
      
      Medula the sister of Yousif John,
      
     
     
      	Rufail is busy with the
      
      Cherdakh in nailing date
      
      boxes & people employed,
      
      Yousif Marine came there
      
      also & went away in the
      
      evening ~
      
     
     
      			The SS. Mossul &
      
      Barge left at 2 1/2 P.M.; ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind blowing
      
      throughout the night ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Tuesd
     
     
      1900 Septr.
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind; It was
      
      nice & cool last night;
      
     
     
      	At 7 AM I came on board
      
      We are Shipping cargo;
      
     
     
      	Wind keeps blowing fresh
      
      N.W. & a little hazy with
      
      dust; ~ The mail str has passed
      
      Faô at 8 1/2 AM. & we received
      
      orders to remain & await
      
      her arrival here to take
      
      her mail, we have last
      
      weeks' mail already; ~
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Angoorly & Moolla Hamza
      
      the Clerk of Sheikh Khazal
      
      of Mohamerah came to me
      
      there is the wife of Sheikh
      
      
      Khazal going up with us in
      
      1st Class; Also Rezooki Sayegh
      
      came & others; ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 3/4 P.M. the mail Str
      
      arrived to the Quarantine; it is
      
      the Java; we sent for the mails
      
      at 8 P.M., Metty went in our
      
      Launch & brought it;
      
      Light N.W. breeze & cool
      
      weather;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 419 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow (//) [5 Sept 1900 - V051_12_N]
  

PassegOkes / Barge GSP. LocalDraft / Barge
148116,673 / 119,20013,114,, 3,,8 1/2 / 2,,5,
    
     
     
      	At 10,,25 we weighed and
      
      proceeded; took Barge in
      
      tow; very nice & cool weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Wednes, Therm. @ 5.71, Noon 91, 4 P.M. 101
     

     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light NW. breeze & fine
      
      cool weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 AM landed 2
      
      passengers at Gorna and
      
      went on, ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 passed Azair,
      
      Modte N.W. wind ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 1,,15 P.M, detained at
      
      Ghemeyjeh in Shoal water
      
      took anchor Ahead & hove
      
      over; At 3,,45 proceeded, but
      
      the steamer is going very slow
      
      Current strong & narrow;
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 72 1/2
      
      Passengers (2 in 1st Class
      
      a wife of Sheikh Khazal of
      
      Mahomerah son of Sheikh
      
      Jaber, she is a Shushterly, he
      
      has eleven wives some of them
      
      were his brother Sheikh Mezel's
      
      wives also some were his fathers
      
      wives; and the wife of Nessoory
      
      Toma Khayat Mily the daughter
      
      of Eassayi, she is ill she
      
      had the disentry & other complaints)
      
      Two deck are with through
      
      tickets from Bombay;
      
     
     
      	We kept going on very easy &
      
      the place is shoal & narrow
      
      all the way from Ghumeyjeh
      
      up to the Elbow; The SS.
      
      Mossul is at Aboo Roba
      
      Since noon today, she is
      
      in sight; ~
      
      
     
     
      	Since 6 P.M. we got jammed
      
      in a reach below the Elbow
      
      the place is narrow and the
      
      bend is sharp, we could not
      
      pass after working & heaving
      
      round, & so we remained
      
      at anchor for the night,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Thursd., Therm. @ 5.72, Noon 89, 4 P.M. 97
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cool morning; At 5 AM
      
      begun to work in steaming
      
      & took an anchor ahead
      
      & hove, at 6,,30 went on but
      
      very slow, the narrowness of
      
      the river & strong current is
      
      preventing the steamer
      
      from going quicker;
      
     
     
      	The Mossul is in sight, She
      
      is above Abdulla ibn Ali
      
      going up;
      
     
     
      	At 10 we got up to Aboo Roba,
      
      the Mossul's smoke is at Kalat
      
      Saleh; We are touching the
      
      shoals & backing & steaming
      
      ahead, above Aboo Roba
      
      
      We grounded & took anchors
      
      out ahead & hove on ~
      
      At 0,,15 P.M. got over and
      
      went on ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.M. landed 4 Passeng
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took 3
      
      went on at 4; The Mossul
      
      passed this place at 9 AM.
      
      Calm & warm weather;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 passed Aboo
      
      Sedra; Light N.W. & cool
      
      weather; ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 61 Bales of P. Goods through
      
      Bombay Cargo & one case of
      
      Basreh Cargo, & 17 1/2 Passengers
      
      Left Henry's letter here; We
      
      took 10 Tons of Coal; ~ The
      
      S.S. Mossul left Amara at
      
      7 P.M. ~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Frid, Ther. @ 5.72, Noon 93, 4 P.M. 106
     
     
      1900 Sept.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
      At 1,,10 AM we left Amara,
      
      Took 46 1/2 Passengers ~
      
      Weather became very calm,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 passed Ali
      
      Sherghi; The smoke of the
      
      
      Mossul is in sight far away
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship's crew
      
      their wages for August;
      
      Calm & hot weather at noon,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 P.M. passed Ali Gherbi
      
      A hot N.W. fresh wind has
      
      been blowing today, it fell
      
      a little toward evening;
      
     
     
      	I am in great way about not
      
      receiving a telegram from
      
      my wife at Amara telling
      
      me if she has received a telegram
      
      from Alexander from Beyrout
      
      as I have heard nothing
      
      from him since the 22 Ulto
      
      telling of his making 10
      
      days quarantine at Beyrout,
      
     
     
      	We passed the SS. Ressafah
      
      at 1,,40 P.M. going down;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10  came up to the
      
      SS. Khalifah at anchor, she
      
      sent her boat with our new
      
      officer Mr. Slack, and I
      
      received a letter from
      
      
      Henry also a letter from
      
      my wife including letter
      
      from Alexander, we went
      
      on at 7 1/2 P.M.; The Khalifah
      
      has about 186 passengers;
      
      Père Emmanuel, Pere Anastas,
      
      & father Lindle the German
      
      Archeologist at Babylon, also
      
      Naoom Loca, De Bono &
      
      Salon Calothi, the mother of
      
      AbdulKadur Khdery etc all
      
      in 1st Class; She shipped about
      
      1300 Bags Edra from Diala
      
      & 250 Bales Liquorice from Coot,
      
      having left on Wednesday morning,
      
     
     
      	I received two letters from Alexander
      
      of the 11 & 12 from Cairo, he
      
      was to leave for Beyrout on
      
      the 19th, No telegram from him
      
      from Beyrout; ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind but not so
      
      Cool~
      
     
    
    
     
      8th Saturd, Ther. @ 5.76
     
     
      1900 Septr.
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine
      
      at 5 1/2 AM we passed the SS.
      
      Mossul & Barge, Since midnight
      
      she was close ahead of us
      
      
      and could get no room to pass
      
      her; she keeps close behind
      
      us;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 Am arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 9 passengers
      
      The Mossul arrived at 7 am;
      
      We took 10 Tons of Coal
      
     
     
      	At 9,,5 left Coot, the Mossul
      
      is still here, We took 26
      
      Passengers ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Slack our new 2d mate
      
      who joined the Mejidieh yesterday
      
      (had come up in the Khalifah
      
      from Basreh last voyage, and
      
      having had a little fever he
      
      went on to Baghdad & came
      
      back) he is young about
      
      26 or 28 years short, & looks
      
      promising ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Püttmam also had
      
      gone down in the Khalifah
      
      to go to Europe to his wife
      
      who had gone down with us
      
      about April ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 P.m. we anchored
      
      below Mehdi & sent to
      
      
      sound the Shoal; Boats are
      
      aground at it; Pilot came &
      
      said there is only 2 ¼ draaz
      
      (just what we are drawing
      
      (3 feet 9), at 5,,45 steamed
      
      up to it & anchored;~ sent
      
      the Pilot to mark the channel
      
      & then we steamed up, & took
      
      an anchor ahead & hove on,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 the SS. Mossul came
      
      up she anchor close astern
      
      of us & sent to sound; We
      
      are moving up gradually,
      
     
     
      	I have again my tooth ache the
      
      upper right canine tooth since
      
      this morning, it is killing me,
      
      it is decayed at the upper part
      
      near the gum, & both jaws are
      
      aching so that I cannot eat
      
      anything; & could not sleep
      
      at all at night, I tryed spirits
      
      Lavender etc but to no use, I
      
      had to come down to my cabin
      
      at midnight, but did not
      
      sleep one hour. ~
      
     
     
      	We worked in lighting the
      
      ship putting cargo into the
      
      Barge & heave until
      
      
      midnight & knocked off,
      
      she advanced a little;
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Sund Ther @5.79 Noon 99 4 P.m 108
     
     
      	Light N.W. wind & fine,
      
      Begun to heave over early
      
      in the morning, The Mossul
      
      is behind us waiting ~
      
     
     
      	My tooth's pain is the same
      
      it is killing me ~
      
     
     
      	The Mossul tryed to steam up
      
      on our starboard side, & backed
      
      her stern touching the bank
      
      & damaged her helm;
      
      Wind getting up fresh;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 we got over the Shoal
      
      The Mossul steamed up by an
      
      other Channel between the East
      
      bank & an island but she
      
      grounded there; & commenced
      
      to discharge cargo on the sand
      
      bank~ We took on board
      
      the Cargo from our Barge back
      
      into the Steamer ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 Pm. left Mehdi,
      
      strong wind blowing; strong
      
      hot wind blowing ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 passed the S.S.
      
      
      Baghdad & Barge going down
      
      at above Shadi;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 P.m. detained in
      
      shoal water below Memlah
      
      & went on at 5;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 passed Memlah
      
      Mily the wife of Nassoory Toma
      
      Khayat has again got the
      
      desintry, she asked me for
      
      Chlorodine but I have none,
      
      I gave her few drops of the
      
      Cholera mixture~
      
      Capt Cowley has also the
      
      diarrhea & passing some
      
      blood he has the hemorrages
      
     
     
      	My upper lip & part of the
      
      face swelled today, & the pain
      
      of my tooth calmed down a
      
      little; I slept in the cabin, it
      
      was not warm ~
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Mond Ther @ 5.76
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 4,,25 am. passed
      
      Azizieh ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,15 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort~ we steamed outside
      
      the Dijleh's wreck, she is
      
      
      much out of the water, we
      
      can see about 3 feet of the
      
      Boiler out, part of the Engine
      
      room & the Boss of the
      
      Port paddle wheel; it is
      
      now, 24 years (8 Septr 1876)
      
      since she got wrecked
      
     
     
      	my tooth still pains me all the
      
      day & the swelling has not gone
      
      away yet;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 P.m. passed Bostan,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool night,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Tuesd Ther @ 5. 68
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	At 0,,15 am anchored
      
      at Jaffer for the night;
      
      Very fine & cool weather,
      
      I slept in my cabin ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 proceeded; ~
      
      At 5,,50 passed Diala river,
      
     
     
      	Capt Cowley is not well since
      
      we left Basreh, he has the diarrhea
      
      & is pulled down much; He
      
      wants to stop behind this trip
      
      
      so as to be treated by the doctor,
      
     
     
      	My tooth pain is better this morning
      
      but the swelling has not gone
      
      down yet;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 landed a
      
      Deckman with Lynch's letters etc
      
      at Gherrara & went on, I could
      
      not land not feeling well &
      
      my tooth ache upset me;
      
     
     
      	Christians are just commencing
      
      to encamp out here, there
      
      are few Tents, & others are
      
      preparing ground for them;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 landed the mails
      
      at the Residency; I see that
      
      my nephew Artin has got his
      
      first child born to him,
      
      they were showing it to me
      
      at the balcony~ We went
      
      up to the Custum House,
      
      no steamers are here;
      
     
     
      	I went home, & also sent the
      
      two packages of Alexander's
      
      Kit from Marseilles~ I
      
      saw Eliza she is well, having
      
      had the house painted &
      
      whitewashed; A telegram
      
      from Alexander was
      
      
      here from Beyrout dated
      
      the 8 Instt having arrived
      
      the same day here that
      
      is on Saturday last, which
      
      says.
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      Joyfully settled this morning
      
      heartful kisses leaving
      
      fourteen;	Marie
      
      8/9/900	Alexander
      
     
     
      	We are very glad that he
      
      got married at Beyrout,
      
      through Monseigneur Duval
      
      on the 8th~ I also found
      
      a Postal Card from him
      
      from P. Said dated the 20th
      
      informing of his arrival there
      
      from Cairo & Alexandria
      
      the day before & is proceeding
      
      that same evening to
      
      Beyrout to make the
      
      10 days quarantine;
      
     
     
      	I sent to Alexander
      
      
      the following telegram
      
      at noon;
      
     
     
      	Shoukralla Abbout
      
     
     
      	pour Svoboda
      
     
     
      			Beyrout
      
      Congratulating most
      
      heartfully, Brought your
      
      Kit today safely, Love
      
      Marie yourself, awaiting
      
      arrival anxiously
      
     
     
      	20 words	Svoboda
      
     
     
      	11/9/900.~
      
     
     
      	My wife has been very happy &
      
      rejoyced in seeing Alexander's
      
      Kit coming;~
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine his wife &
      
      daugters called on us, also
      
      Eliza Erame my cousin;
      
     
     
      	I am still suffering the
      
      pain of my Tooth;
      
     
     
      	Artin my nephew has had
      
      a daughter born to him for
      
      the first time, his wife
      
      delivered yesterday at 3 P.m.
      
      my wife was there ~
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine weather
      
      my tooth ache is killing me,
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Wedn Ther @ 5.76
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      I could not sleep last night
      
      from the pain of my stomach
      
     
     
      	At 7 am. called on Menusha
      
      & came on board; We are
      
      leaving on friday (day
      
      after tomorrow) – I sent
      
      money to the office, & at 10
      
      went to sister Eliza, I saw
      
      Artin's wife Serpohy in bed
      
      she is well & also the child
      
      she looks healthy; but the
      
      mother suffered much for
      
      3 days, at last Dr. Sturrock
      
      had to put her under Cloroform
      
      & pull out the Child,
      
     
     
      	I went to see Mr. Rappaport
      
      but he had gone out, I
      
      came home & found him
      
      in my house, also Terrooza
      
      wife of Nassoory Andria &
      
      Kass Toma Bahi ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.m. called on sister
      
      Medula & then came on
      
      board, I bought from
      
      Yacoob Soofair an Indian
      
      wardrobe for Alexander's
      
      wife for 7 T. Liras with a
      
      mirror on its shutter;
      
     
     
      	We are shipping cargo; It
      
      got very warm & calm;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. I went home,
      
      found Catterina Yaghchi &
      
      Catterina Saccazan there;
      
     
     
      	Mons. Rouét called on me
      
      also this evening to return
      
      the visit of his invitation last
      
      trip; Antone Marine & Johny
      
      my nephew called;~ I
      
      have the pain most awfully
      
      of my tooth, I put linseed
      
      poultesses several times,
      
      at night I suffered very much
      
      & my face swelled more
      
      all my upper lip cheek &
      
      nose, I could not sleep
      
      all the night; I felt very
      
      weak;
      
      
     
     
      	Very light air & fine; my
      
      face is swelled but the pain
      
      ha calmed a little~
      
     
    
    
     
      13' Thurs Ther @ 5.79
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	At 7 am I came on board
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home to breakfast
      
      I intended to have my tooth
      
      drawn out but on the way I
      
      found that the swelling burst
      
      inside my mouth, it was a
      
      gumboil & so the pain subsided
      
      & I felt greatly relieved;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I came on board
      
      We are shipping a lot of cargo;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Richarz called on me
      
      today he saw my wife, I was
      
      on board;~
      
     
     
      	Since last trip I was told that
      
      the man called Emin who
      
      about 4 or 5 years ago, had
      
      unjustly claimed my little
      
      house next to mine as a Wakaf
      
      & at that time he was influenced
      
      & put up by Artin Apikyan,
      
      & I had settled it through
      
      Abduljebbar the Lawyer
      
      Now he has again
      
      
      begun to stir up this question,
      
      & they say, this time he
      
      is told to do so by Yacoob
      
      Eassayi, because he has
      
      property next to this little
      
      house, & some 5 months ago
      
      he had asked me to sell it to
      
      him, but I refused;~ Today
      
      Mr. Rappaport sent me his
      
      Kowass asking me if I can
      
      call & see him as he has had
      
      a letter from the Waly about
      
      this affair, I went in the
      
      evening after leaving the Ship
      
      & saw Mr. Rappaport, he said
      
      that he had a letter from the
      
      Waly sending to him the Writ
      
      from the MehKemeh which
      
      Emin claimed some property
      
      from an Austrian Subject
      
      I told Mr. Rappaport all
      
      the Matter & explained the
      
      affair, he cannot certainly
      
      interfere in property matter
      
      
     
     
      	I have already apointed
      
      a Lawyer Artin Sénan &
      
      explained all to him;
      
      at 6 I came home~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine Weather
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Thurs
     
     
      Modte N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 4 Am. I came in
      
      board; The Mossul has
      
      come up last night and
      
      is aground below the Bab
      
      el Sherghi~
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 420 (//)  Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//) [14 Sept 1900 - V051_13_S]
     

PassgOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
215201,25128,733 ¼[N/A]
    
    
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Capt Cowley has remained
      
      in Baghdad this trip being
      
      unwell with diarrhea, &
      
      Mr. Reynolds our chief mate
      
      takes the steamer down,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,5 anchored below the
      
      Bab el Sherghi & sent to sound
      
      The Mossul is down below us
      
      aground~
      
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ Pilot returned found no water
      
      enough, the Mossul being aground
      
      in the channel of 2 ½ & 2 ¾ draaz,
      
      We proceeded & grounded near
      
      the Mossul, hove off; The
      
      Mossul got off & went to
      
      Baghdad at 8,,45~ she grounded
      
      again & at 9,,30 she went on;
      
     
     
      	We hove up & steamed up stream
      
      & rounded & steamed down, but
      
      grounded took anchor out
      
      astern to turn her into deep
      
      water;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 We got
      
      over & proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.M. passed
      
      Diala;
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 177
      
      Passengers; (5 in the 1st C. Cabins,
      
      Naoomy son Gorghis Tessy
      
      going to Basreh to open a house
      
      for trade with his brothers
      
      Yousif & Rezooki who is in London,
      
      Mahmood Agha son of an
      
      Indian Raja, & Vartan
      
      Lynch's clerk coming to assist
      
      in shipping cargo bringing
      
      his Wife & sister free
      
      Return passage, and two
      
      
      in 2nd Class the Wife of Teophilo
      
      Tonietti & daughter, she was
      
      the Widow of Toma Kroomy)
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 P.M. We rounded &
      
      Came to for the night at the bottom
      
      of Ledje reach~ Very calm
      
      weather~ A light N.W. breeze
      
      sprung up afterward;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Satur Th@ 5,,68 Noon 87 4 P.M 96
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 5 Am. we left Ledje;
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,55 landed 2 Passeng
      
      at Azizieh, Saleh Effendi Jemil
      
      the Mudir of Ctesiphon my
      
      Old friend & his man and
      
      Went on at 12~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
      
      Khalifah & Barge going up
      
      at Zeljeh;~ Detained 20
      
      Minutes in a shoal at Shedief
      
      at 4,,50 anchored at
      
      Deboony & sounded; and
      
      at 5,,35 proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,40 we rounded
      
      
      and Came to for the night
      
      above Memlah; Light N.W.
      
      breeze a cool weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Sund. Th@ 5, 72 Noon 91 4 P.M. 94
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      Cool weather~
      
      At 5 AM. we proceeded
      
      At 5,,15 passed Memlah;
      
      At 6,,55 anchored to sound
      
      at Mehdi; found 2 ¾ draaz
      
      at 8,20 steamed on to the Shoal
      
      and passed over without touching,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,5 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 18 ½ passengers
      
      & 91 Packages;~ I received
      
      Henry's letter & my papers &
      
      a packet of Papers from my
      
      son Alexander from Egypt
      
      (as he had written to me) he
      
      encloses some flower Seeds
      
      which he sends to his mother,
      
      this packet had arrived by
      
      last mail which we took
      
      up on the 4th Instt; as the
      
      Khalifah had no mail this
      
      time, it had not arrived
      
      when she left;
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah had about
      
      
      120 passengers & 239,000 Okes
      
     
     
      	At 3,10 P.M. We left Coot,
      
      took 17 Passengers; Detained
      
      15 M. below Coot on the Shoal
      
     
     
      	At 7,,25 We anchored at
      
      Aboo Aroog above Sheikh
      
      Saad; fresh N.W. wind
      
      blowing; & dark; I got down
      
      to sleep in My Cabin;~
      
     
     
      	The wind blew fresh all the
      
      night & so cold it was that I
      
      had cover myself with the thick
      
      Lahaf; an unusual thing at
      
      this time of the season~
      
     
    
    
     
      17th Mond Th@ 5. 66
     
     
      Motserrif of Amara Rafat Pasha dismissed
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. Wind & cold or
      
      rather chilly~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 Am proceeded
      
      At 6 passed Sheikh Saad,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 passed the S.S.
      
      Ressafah & Barge going up
      
      above Maghessil reach~
      
      strong wind & Cold;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 landed 2 Passengers
      
      at Ali Gherbi & went on at
      
      10,,10, Strong wind & sand
      
      flying~
      
      
     
     
      	At 9 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 34 passengers & 66
      
      Packages; Took 5 Tons of Coal,
      
      & remained for the night;
      
     
     
      	Cold weather I sleep in the Cabin
      
      & feel it even cold, a Modte
      
      N.W. wind is blowing;
      
     
     
      	The Motserrif of Amara
      
      Rafat Pasha who had only
      
      been here since January, has
      
      been dismissed, he is down at
      
      Basreh since a month ago,
      
      The Khalifah took down his
      
      Kit & 2 servants, he is leaving
      
      on a steamer by sea, It
      
      is not Known yet who is to
      
      succeed him~
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Tuesd. Th@ 5. 62 Noon 83 4 P.m 90
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & Very fine, and
      
      Cold weather, I felt it cold in
      
      my cabin all the night, a
      
      Very extraordinary thing,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 AM. We left
      
      Amara~ Took 21 passengers
      
     
     
      	Our new 2nd Mate is Again
      
      unwell he has had diarrhea
      
      yesterday & is laid up; after
      
      We left Amara Mr. Reynolds
      
      came down to sleep and
      
      
      Got Metty my assistt Clerk
      
      to Keep watch on the Bridge
      
      With the Pilot; I can't make
      
      out what absurd idea this
      
      is, he has had 6 hours sleep
      
      at Amara as we were at
      
      anchor all the night &
      
      besides what is the use of
      
      putting Metty on the bridge
      
      he might just as well had
      
      stuck a piece of log in
      
      his place;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 grounded above
      
      Aboo Roba Village, took
      
      out an anchor astern and
      
      hove back; At 11,,30 proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 1,,5 P.M. grounded near
      
      Ghumeyjeh; sounded found
      
      only 2 draaz, the current is
      
      very strong took anchors out
      
      & hove off to the West bank
      
      where an anchor was burried
      
      floated to alongside the bank,
      
      but the sand is burrying
      
      itself ahead & prevented the
      
      steamer from dropping down
      
      kept steaming & heaving
      
      
      Close alongside the bank, she
      
      is moving very slow, the
      
      Channel was 2 ½ draaz; is now
      
      2 & 2 ¼, till sunset we had
      
      not advanced 20 feet~
      
     
     
      	Very light breeze & not so
      
      cool as before; At 6 ¼ they
      
      Knocked off work & we remained
      
      alongside the West bank aground
      
      for the night; Very light Air
      
      but Cool Weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      19th Wednes Th@ 5. 67 Noon 82 4 P.M. 93
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine cool
      
      morning~ At 5 Am. they begun
      
      Work, there is 2 draaz ahead
      
      of the ship, the current is running
      
      Very strong here, & the sand
      
      is shifting down, We put an
      
      anchor on the East bank to
      
      try that side; still it was the
      
      same, We do nothing but
      
      take anchors on both banks
      
      & heave & slack all the
      
      day;~ We cannot advance
      
      but slowly as the sand shifts
      
      down before us, by sunset
      
      we had got down about 30
      
      Yards & just our bow is
      
      
      at the Canal of Ghumeyjeh
      
      where there is deep water,
      
      this is a very singular and a
      
      tedious grounding; where
      
      there were 2 ½ & 3 draaz, it gets
      
      filled up quick & we find
      
      in it 2 & even 1 ½ draaz,
      
     
     
      	At 6 ¾ We got down to opposite
      
      the mouth of the Ghumeyjeh
      
      Canal into deep Water; We
      
      have two stern anchors one
      
      on each side of the bank
      
      higher up to gather & bring
      
      on board; left one anchor to stand
      
      by~ Very light breeze but cool
      
      night;
      
     
    
    
     
      20th Thursd Th@ 5. 68 Noon 92 4 P.M. 97
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 5 AM. we sent to bring the
      
      other anchor, & at 5.30 left
      
      Ghumeyjeh~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 landed 8 Jews at
      
      Azair with Return Ticket and
      
      left at 6,,50~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 landed 6 Passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 10,,55
      
      
      Mdte N.W. & fine Weather;
      
      It got up at noon & blew fresh;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
      
      up at the Island above
      
      Maghil;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 P.M. arrived at Basreh,
      
      the SS. Polluce is still here,
      
      The Mail Str Assyria & the SS. Turkistan
      
      for Asfar are in Quarantine,
      
     
     
      	We are leaving day after tomorrow,
      
      I received a packet of news
      
      papers among my papers, it
      
      is from my son from Cairo,
      
      the Egyptien & the Paris paper "Lé
      
      Matin”~ I went up to Rufail
      
      at 6 P.M. saw there Tukyeh &
      
      her two children; They are sleeping
      
      down below except Rezooki, so
      
      him & I slept on top of the house,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
      Rufail is busy packing dates
      
      no shipment has been made
      
      Yet, it will be at the new moon
      
      with the first tide~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Frid
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      Capt,” Henry Vereriker Cowley died on 19th at 8 1/2 P.M. see further on
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~ at 7 Am
      
      I came down to the Ship
      
      
      We are discharging & loading
      
     
     
      	At 8 1/2 Rufail sent me his
      
      Bellem we are going up to Shaebyeh
      
      to see Yousif Marine & Ali Bey
      
      the Mudir of Tapo ;~ I went up
      
      to Rufail took him & we went
      
      to Yousif Marine at Shaebyeh
      
      where we saw Ali Beg, &
      
      we spent the day & breakfasted
      
      together, it is fine & cool,
      
      Yousif is also packing 10,000 cases
      
      of dates from his own property,
      
     
     
        At 4 P.M. we returned, I landed
      
      with Rufail at his house &
      
      Ali Bey went into Basreh;
      
     
     
      	Rezooki came from the Consulate,
      
      and he broke to me gradually
      
      the sad news which was
      
      wired today by Mr. Livingstone
      
      from Baghdad to Mr. Mackey
      
      here of the death of poor
      
      Captn Cowley on Wednesday
      
      I was so sorry & grieved to hear
      
      it that I could not dine
      
      or sleep at night; I cannot
      
      convince myself the cause
      
      
      when we left he was getting
      
      better but he must have been
      
      ill for a long time, he was
      
      always getting thinner &
      
      thinner since he came back
      
      from England he never recovered
      
      his health for the last three
      
      years; the diarrhea he had
      
      on his way up last trip must
      
      have been a disentry, for he
      
      was passing blood too;
      
      I have almost always with
      
      him together in these steamers
      
      since he came out in 1866
      
      My diary will show all his
      
      service out here, he must be
      
      about 59 years old or a
      
      year younger than me I
      
      should think; The Mejidieh
      
      & the Malamir here had hoisted
      
      their flag half mast;
      
      Alfred Holland his brother
      
      in law, & Alfred his son here
      
      had not got a telegram about
      
      his death; I dare say that
      
      Mr. Bottomley did not like
      
      
      to break the news to them,
      
      his son (the eldest) Charley
      
      is in Baghdad he was also
      
      suffering from a slight diarrhea
      
      & he being the second mate
      
      in the Khalifah had remained
      
      behind last trip, the next
      
      son George is also in Baghdad
      
      employed at Livingstone's office
      
      he has an other son Robby
      
      he is learning seamanship
      
      & is on board a ship at sea,
      
      & his eldest daughter is
      
      married to Capt Hanslow
      
      of the Khalifah, & the other
      
      daughter Dazy is at school
      
      in Liverpool; he has two
      
      more young boys Duglas
      
      & Victor in Baghdad of about
      
      8 & 6 years~ I wrote a letter
      
      to Alfred Holland here to condole
      
      him on Cowley's loss ~
      
      He answered me a very Sympathetic
      
      letter;~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Satur
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light Erly & clouds on the
      
      South, at 6 AM I came
      
      on board; We are shipping
      
      cargo, ~ weather cloudy
      
      all over & light N.W. air but
      
      not cool; ~ Mr. Andrews
      
      who is employed at Lynch Brothers
      
      as their agent at Shushter
      
      came here in the Malamir
      
      to look after the dates they
      
      are packing now;
      
     
     
      	The B. & P. & N Copy Str. Moshteri
      
      came up here from the Quarantine,
      
      we finished shipment at noon,
      
      weather cloudy all over &
      
      sultry warm; ~ Rezooki &
      
      Rezooki Angoorly & Toni his brother
      
      & Moolla Hamza & Nassoory
      
      Andrea called on me ~
      
      Flood tide made up ~
      
      Weather became calm &
      
      warm; We received the mails
      
      at 2 P.M.; ~
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     SS. Mejidieh Voy 420 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow, (//)[22 Sept 1900 - V051_14_N]
     

PassOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
22589894 / 145,89816,090 3/43,,7 1/2 / 2,,6
    
    
    
     
      	At 2,,50 P.M. we proceeded
      
      very calm & warm  cloudy
      
      weather; ~ We have two
      
      in the 1st Class Missak Effendi
      
      the Turkish Civil Engineer to
      
      Amara, & Kass Yousif Georgieh
      
      Assyrian Priest having
      
      paid for 2d Class & I put
      
      him in the 1st as the 2d is
      
      occupied by Vartan, Lynch's
      
      Clerk & his wife returning,
      
      he left his sister in Basreh;
      
     
     
        I slept in the Cabin & was a little
      
      warm; Cloudy all over still
      
     
     
      	At 9,,50 P.M. landed two
      
      passengers at Gorna & went on
      
      at 9,,55 ~
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Sund Therm @ 5 71 Noon 96 4 P.M 96
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light breeze from N.W. and
      
      some Clouds~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 AM. passed
      
      Azair ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 5 dropped anchor at
      
      the lower canal of Ghumeyjeh
      
     
     
        At 5,,30 proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 came to the shoal
      
      just abrest of Ghumeyjeh Canal
      
      could not pass; took an anchor
      
      ahead to heave up; but we
      
      steamed on slowly, without using
      
      it, weather again getting cloudy,
      
      we have been going so slow
      
      against the current & shoal
      
      water, it was 0 1/4 P.M. when
      
      we got up to the Elbow, here
      
      too we were detained going
      
      very slow & stopping etc;
      
     
     
      	Weather warm & Calm
      
      From 2 1/2 P.M. at Aboo Roba,
      
      we were detained in going slow.
      
      & above the village there is no
      
      water except between the small
      
      Island & the East bank, after
      
      sounding it, we cast the Barge
      
      off & we steamed through,
      
      & then sent a rope down to
      
      the Barge & towed her up;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 P.M. proceeded from
      
      Aboo Roba, very calm & warm
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 P.M. we anchored at
      
      Nafikh for the night; Mr.
      
      Reynolds cannot keep watch
      
      all the night, & our new mate
      
      is ignorant yet of the river,
      
     
     
      	Very calm weather, no breeze
      
      at all & warm in the Cabin;
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Mond Therm @ 5.74
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Very calm weather & fine;
      
     
     
        At 5,,15 AM proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 landed two passengers
      
     
     
        at Kalat Saleh, went on
      
      at 7 & at 7,,10 stopped alongside
      
      to allow the SS. Mossul
      
      & Barge coming down ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 she passed & we
      
      went on;
      
     
     
      	Just overhauled the passengers
      
      by our new 2d mate, we have
      
      58 in all (2 in 1st Class, the
      
      Turkish Civil Engineer Missak
      
      Effendi to Amara; & Kass Yousif
      
      Georgyeh Assyrian Priest paying
      
      2d Class I have put him in the
      
      1st at the request of Hannosh
      
      Lynch B Clerk, & the 2d
      
      
      Class is occupied by Vartan
      
      & his wife returning) ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,40 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 16 1/2 passengers (Missak
      
      Effendi in 1st Class) and 14
      
      Bales of through Cargo; Took
      
      10 Tons of Coal; all the friends
      
      of poor Cowley here came to
      
      express their regret to me for
      
      his death; ~ The Khalifah
      
      has left Coot today at noon
      
     
     
      	We shipped about 26 Packages
      
      of Cloth & Skins etc ~ The SS.
      
      Baghdad left this the night before
      
      last at about 2 in the
      
      morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. we left Amara
      
      Gave tickets to 76 Passengers,
      
     
     
        Light N.W. & fine, there are
      
      few Clouds hanging on;
      
     
     
      	In passing the Canal of
      
      Btera at 6 P.M. on the West
      
      bank, so many Arabs there
      
      about 6 or 700 with their Sheikhs
      
      Seyhood & Arebi also Faleh
      
      son of Seyhood all arrived
      
      
      with Henry Martini & dancing
      
      they are closing the Canal
      
      also Omar Sheriff Effendi
      
      the Bimbashi of the Senyeh
      
      with them;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Tuesd Therm @ 5.75
     
     
      Habib Chiha & family left Baghdad,
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. wind & fine, with
      
      few Clouds hanging ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM. landed 7
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi and
      
      took 10 1/2 & went on at 6,,25;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 we met the S.S.
      
      Khalifah coming down,
      
      She appeared not to stop,
      
      but we have brought her
      
      letters & papers on, thinking
      
      she was going to stop and
      
      either Capt Hanslow or
      
      her Chief mate Mr. Braine
      
      will have to come & take
      
      command; but none of
      
      them came, We sent the
      
      Boat off with the letters,
      
     
     
      	 I saw Habib Chiha
      
      
      his wife Philomena his son
      
      Phillip & his daughter Victorine
      
      on board they have left
      
      Baghdad & going to Egypt
      
      & to Constantple: for
      
      Good;~ Also Michail Yaghchi
      
      going to Basreh~
      
      Henry sent me a small letter
      
      he tells me that Mr. Braine
      
      is going to have command
      
      of the Mejidieh next trip
      
      on our way down & Charley
      
      Cowley who remained behind
      
      will come down with us
      
      to meet the Khalifah,
      
      Henry says that a telegram
      
      came for me yesterday
      
      at Coot it is from Eliza,
      


      it says اسكندر بحلب حولنا خمسه و عشرون – Iskender at Aleppo we transferred twenty-five ++

      
      Alexander must have wired
      
      from Aleppo asking for
      
      25 Liras; Henry has left
      
      my letters in Baghdad
      
      thinking that he will
      
      
      meet us above Coot; he says
      
      that Eliza my wife had
      
      gone to Shifteh on Wednesday
      
      morning taking Shekoory
      
      Sayegh with her to settle
      
      about the Sale of Rufail's
      
      Garden, & had not come
      
      back when the Khalifah
      
      had left on Saturday morning,
      
     
     
        At 8,,30 we went on;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 touchd at Seyd
      
      Abbass on the shoal, two
      
      Arab passengers came from
      
      the Boats for Coot; At
      
      11 we went on, just as we were
      
      going, the Tilkefly boy who is
      
      assisting the Ship's Cook fell
      
      overboard as he was drawing
      
      water, but he swam to the
      
      shore & saved himself ~ At
      
      11,,10 we went on; ~ Strong
      
      N.W. Wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. passed Shekh
      
      Saad;
      
     
     
      	Fine weather & light cool N.W.
      
      breeze ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. touched the Shoal
      
      just below Coot & could not pass,
      
      worked on for an hour, and
      
      knocked off & remained for the night,
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Wedn, Therm @ 5. 68 Noon 95 4 P.M 100
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine very cool
      
      weather, at 5 AM sounded & [strikethrough]
      
      found no water, there are
      
      Boats aground in the Channel,
      
      took anchor ahead & hove on,
      
      but she does not advance,
      
      a Boat being in our Channel,
      
      Sent over crew with ropes &
      
      they pulled her on shore, also
      
      repaired her rudder which was
      
      touched by our bow; We
      
      hove on ahead for a long time
      
      till 9 AM, but without effect,
      
      begun to put Cargo into the
      
      Barge; & kept heaving on;
      
     
     
      	Our Coot watchman brought
      
      me Henry's letter, which he had
      
      left at Coot, also Eliza's Telegram
      
      informing me that Alexander
      
      is at Aleppo, & she has sent
      
      him 25 Liras; Henry has
      
      left my letters in Baghdad
      
      with Sister Medula, those
      
      that my wife gave him to
      
      
      in a 1st Class Cabin & the
      
      rest out on the Sponsoon
      
      by order of Alfred Holland
      
      at Basreh to Mr. Reynolds,
      
      as Seyd Saleh is pretending
      
      to be Lynch's Agent at Coot,
      
      he is young of about 22 years)
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      we touched at Um el Boomi &
      
      other places ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 grounded at Mehdi
      
      hove off ~
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Thursd, Therm @ 5. 74 Noon 91 4 P.M 96
     
     
     
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      1900 Septr
     
     
     
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      		At 0,,15 AM got off from
      
      Mehdi & proceeded  ;
      
     
     
      	Detained above Bughela
      
      about 1/2 hour, ship scraped
      
      the East bank;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,40 AM. passed
      
      Memlah; Light N.W. breeze
      
      & clouds are spreading
      
      about every where;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,20 P.M. came to, to
      
      repair an arm parted from
      
      the Starboard wheel; at Zeljeh
      
      reach, ~ At 2,,15 proceeded
      
      very light breeze, with some
      
      Clouds;~
      
      
      [TWO PAGES MISSING IN DIARY?]
      fever with a Temperature of 108°
      
      & they put him in ice which
      
      only brought it down to 108°
      
      & he died at 8 1/2 P.M. ;
      
     
     
      	At 12 AM we got over
      
      the Shoal & proceeded to Coot,
      
      we landed 12 passengers
      
      & took in [space] Tons of Coal;
      
      having arrived at 0,,25 P.M.
      
     
     
        Lots of Passengers came on board,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,40 P.M. we left Coot,
      
      Gave tickets to the passengers.
      
      We have 83 1/2 (AbdulKerim
      
      Beg son of Fahad Pasha of
      
      the Montefik in 1st Class, he is
      
      going to Constple by way of
      
      Aleppo & has shipped a horse
      
      too for 10 Mejidies, he is one
      
      of the Sultan's body guard;
      
      or Aide-de-Camp as he pretends
      
      to be & had come out on leave
      
      since about 6 months ago
      
      Including this number of Passengs
      
      we have 5 persons they are
      
      Seyd Saleh the son of Seyd
      
      Hamoodi el Hakim having
      
      free passage, 2 or 3 of them
      
      
      only about an hour or two, the
      
      thoughts & anxiety, about any
      
      son coming soon, about poor
      
      Capt Cowley & how am I going
      
      to resist the change on board
      
      & thinking of leaving the service
      
      soon after Alexander's arrival,
      
      about the case of my little
      
      house claimed by Emin to
      
      be Wakuf & what has been
      
      done since I left, after such
      
      a long trip of 15 days etc etc,
      
     
     
        Wind shifted to a fresh S.
      
      Erly; At 9 passed Bostan;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
      
      At 3,,50 passed Diala,
      
     
     
      	We passed the S.S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge going down at 12 AM
      
      just below Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze but is
      
      still cloudy in some parts;
      
     
     
      	At 5 1/2 the Steamer went
      
      alongside just below the Bridge
      
      & landed the horse of AbdulKerim
      
      Beg; I landed & walked to
      
      town, passed by the Tents
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 P.M. passed the
      
      Village of Azizieh, it is getting
      
      fast in ruins & falling the
      
      mud houses into the river,
      
      her Kaimakam now is
      
      Naman Beg son of Suleiman
      
      Beg, whom I know both, the
      
      father was Motserrif at Basreh
      
      some 30 years ago; ~ Detained
      
      20 minutes on a Shoal above
      
      Azizieh ~ Very calm weather
      
      with some clouds; Moon 4
      
      days old, The Baghdad is
      
      about 6 hours ahead of us,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,35 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Cloudy with a light breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Frid, Therm @ 5. 76
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	N. Erly breeze & cloudy, rather
      
      dampy, like a wintry day;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 anchored at Oweyn
      
      sent to sound, there are 2 1/4 draaz
      
      The SS. Baghdad is here ahead
      
      of us apparently aground,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 we proceeded & went
      
      on, left the Baghdad coming
      
      behind us ~
      
     
     
      	I did not sleep tonight but
      
      
      he also wired on the 19 from
      
      Aleppo thus
      

      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "  Bonne Santé
      
      "		    Alexandre
      
     
     
        Eliza sent him 25 TLiras from
      
      the Ottoman bank by wire
      
      on the 19th and wired to him
      
      thus; ~
      

      "   Svoboda chez Joseph Metchich
      
      "   Baghdadi                Alep
      
      "Recevez Bank vint cinq, apportez Pistache
      
      "cablez depart			Elize
      
     
     
      	  An other telegram he sent
      
      yesterday from Aleppo saying
      

      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "Leaving friday towards you
      
      "fifteen Liras necessary
      
      "		Alexander Svoboda
      
      26/9/1900
      
     
     
      	I can't make out what he is doing
      
      with so much money, at Aleppo,
      
      since half of the carriage
      
      hire 10 Liras is payable
      
      
      of Antone Marine, Henry's
      
      & Yousif Yaghchi encamped
      
      at the Distillery above Gherrara,
      
      Garden gave them their
      
      letters & went on at 6 walking
      
      before getting to the Gardens,
      
      a Sakka came up behind
      
      me & I rode his donkey to town
      
      gave him 5 Piast, I got home
      
      at 7, went on top of the house
      
      & saw my wife; She had
      
      gone to Bakuba on the 19th &
      
      came back on the 22d with
      
      Shekoory Sayegh in a carriage
      
      for the Settlement of the sale
      
      of Rufail's Garden at Shifteh
      
      she did not settle it with
      
      the buyer I assume Zeydan,
      
      and she appointed Naeem
      
      Effendi Bahoshy to settle it
      
      with him or sell it to others;
      
     
     
      	Alexander had wired his arrival
      
      to Alexandria on the 17th
      
      & says only this
      

      "	Svoboda   Baghdad
      
      "Avisèz Alep 600~ Svoboda
      

      
      Same as page 198?Note : this seems to be a coloured photocopy of page 198??
      
      
      on arrival here, & he must have
      
      left yesterday as he says;
      
     
     
      	I took my dinner, as Eliza
      
      had dined ~
      
     
     
      	The Mejidieh arrived at 9 PM.
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Saturd
     

     
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      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & some clouds,
      
      The SS. Baghdad arrived this
      
      morning at about 6 AM;~
      
      I called this morning at Artin
      
      Senan my lawyer about my
      
      little house claimed by Emin
      
      as Wakuf; he says that Emin
      
      has a paper & it is legalized in the
      
      Mehkemeh declaring it as
      
      Wakuf & he wants to settle it
      
      with him by paying him some
      
      thing etc etc;
      
     
     
      	I came on board; At 10 I
      
      went to the office to Mr. Bottomley
      
      I had a long talk with him about
      
      poor Capt Cowley's death, he
      
      became unconscious with a
      
      very strong fever before his death,
      
      Mr. Bottomley told me to send
      
      the whole of his month's pay
      
      to his wife (he used to draw
      
      
      20 £ Stg from the Ship here &
      
      20 £ was paid in England
      
      for his son Robby & daughter
      
      Daisy & his sister that he
      
      has the only member of the
      
      family ~ I asked Mr. Bottomley
      
      to give me a leave of a few
      
      days next trip up to stop
      
      behind so as to meet my
      
      son here as he has left Aleppo
      
      on the 28th, and he will most
      
      likely be here on the 18 or 19th
      
      Octor; he allowed me and
      
      gave me a month's leave;
      
      At 12 came home ~
      
     
     
       I went to Yousif Yaghchi in
      
      Asfar's Khan where I saw
      
      Artin Sinan my Lawyer
      
      & we had a talk over my
      
      business about my little
      
      house claimed by Emin as
      
      Wakuf, we decided, to
      
      go to Mr. Yousif Asfar and
      
      speak to him to intercide
      
      between Emin & me & speak
      
      to the latter to settle it
      
      
      in some way by paying him
      
      something; & finished altogether;
      
      so we went to Yousif Asfar
      
      & spoke to him he promised
      
      to speak to him on Monday,
      
     
     
      	I came home & had a bath
      
     
     
      	Light breeze & clouds all
      
      over & nasty warm weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      30' Sund Ther @ 5.75
     
     
      1900 Septr
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & cloudy~
      
      at 8 am we went to church,
      
     
     
      	I called on the Latin fathers, on
      
      Catterina Yaghchi, sister
      
      Medula & Mr. Rouèt the
      
      french Consul, he is going
      
      down with us to Basreh to
      
      meet a French man of war
      
      the Drôme coming up from
      
      Muscat; ~ at 2 P.m.
      
      Eliza & I called on sister Eliza
      
      Artins daughter has been
      
      Christened & called Henriette
      
      Elizabette Marie; I left
      
      Eliza my wife there & went
      
      to call on Mr. Rappaport.
      
      he told me that the second
      
      
      writ has been served out
      
      against by by Emin through
      
      the Villayet & he will send it
      
      on thursday to be signed
      
      by my wife;~ I came
      
      back took my wife & we
      
      called on Mrs. Cowley and
      
      her Children, we saw there
      
      Charley & Georgy, also Mrs.
      
      Hanslow her daughter, her
      
      sister Mrs. Gaskin, they all
      
      webt also with us; and
      
      had a long talk about poor
      
      Cowley's illness & death,
      
      I left my wife there & went
      
      to call on Mr. Richarz
      
      & at 5 came back and took
      
      my wife & went home,
      
      Very bad & nasty cloudy
      
      hot weather, it became
      
      very cloudy & dark with
      
      Lightning on the South,
      
      but so warm & disagreable
      
      it was all the night;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      Octor 1' Mond
     
     
      	Light breeze & variable &
      
      cloudy; but it clearing off,
      
     
     
      	at 7 ½ am I came on
      
      board & paid the ship's people
      
      their wages for September;
      
      I sent Capt Cowley's pay of 20
      
      £Stg in Mejidies to his wife,
      
     
     
      	We are shipping a lot of cargo
      
      today ~ At 11 ½ went home
      
      & returned at 2 P.m. Shipped
      
      more cargo ~ It is very warm
      
      sultry & cloudy;~
      
     
     
      	At 5 went home; Shekoory
      
      Sayegh was there, He tells me
      
      that Yousif Asfar spoke to
      
      Emin today & tryed very much
      
      to persuade him & offered
      
      up to 15 T Liras but he wont
      
      accept to come to a settlement,
      
     
     
      	Johny & Artin also called
      
      & they remained till 7 ½ P.m.
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      It got cool at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Tuesd Ther @ 5.72
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
      at 7 am I went to see Artin
      
      Sinan my Lawyer, he told
      
      
      me that they spoke yesterday
      
      with Emin & offered him 15
      
      Liras but he would not accept
      
      I told him that I shall
      
      take the matter legally &
      
      let it take its course, He
      
      said that Emin told him that
      
      he would not take less than
      
      50 Liras; ~ I called on Sister
      
      Medula & came on board
      
     
     
      	The Baghdad is discharging;
      
      We are shipping wool and
      
      Liquorice root mostly;
      
     
     
      	The Jews will go into their
      
      holy day tomorrow;
      
     
     
      	At 10 went home and came
      
      back at 1 ½ P.M.; We shipped
      
      more cargo~ at 5 I went home
      
      found there my Sister Medula
      
      my nieces Terrooza & Regina
      
      they were helping my wife
      
      in arranging Alexanders room
      
      bedding curtains etc ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ I went to Artin my
      
      nephew & called on the Mufetish
      
      el Adlyeh Hamdi Beg
      
      the brother of Ali Beg the
      
      
      Mudeer of Tapo at Basreh,
      
      he came late at home we
      
      were on top of the house,
      
      I related to him my affair
      
      about my little house and
      
      the man Emin; he had received
      
      a letter from Ali Beg also who
      
      told him my case; He was
      
      very Kind & offered to do his
      
      best for me & speak also
      
      to the Kady & Naib, and
      
      told me to send to him my
      
      Lawyer Artin Sinan, at
      
      7 ½ we returned ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      3' Wedn Ther @5 67
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
 
     
      	Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool weather ~ At 7 ½ am
      
      I called on Mr. Rappapport
      
      I related to him what took
      
      place about my matter,
      
      he awfully opposed to any
      
      arrangements & the offer of 15
      
      Liras; he asked me if I like
      
      that we will go & see the
      
      Waly & speak to him, I told
      
      him to leave it for the present
      
      & asked him to keep the
      
      
      second writ which he has now
      
      & not to send it to my wife
      
      for signature until next
      
      week;~ He asked me to
      
      send him my Passport so
      
      as to send it to Agram &
      
      have it renewed & he will
      
      give me a Certificate for the
      
      time being; but the new
      
      Passport shall not bear
      
      my son Alexander's name
      
      in future as he has not served
      
      the military; until he attains
      
      in the 32d year of his age
      
     
     
      	I left him & called on Artin
      
      Sinan & told him to go &
      
      see the Mufettish Adlyeh,
      
     
     
      	I came on board at 8 ½
      
      Today is the holy day of the
      
      Jews ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went to breakfast & came
      
      back at 1 ½ P.m.:~ We shipped
      
      some more cargo; We have
      
      about 195,000 Okes in the Ship
      
      & Barge;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.m. I went home
      
      
      Shekoury Andria called on
      
      us. ~ Johny called in the evening
      
      & went at 7 ½;~ Light N. Erly
      
      breeze & fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Thursd
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 4 am I came on board,
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 421 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow; (//) [04Oct 1900 - V051_15_S]
     

PassegOkes G.S. Piasters[N/A]
190 1/2193,32230,637 1/4[N/A]
    
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      Mr. Braine Chief mate of the "Khalifah” took Command of the "Mejidieh”
     
 
     
      	Light Southerly breeze & fine
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 Am. proceeded
      
      At 5,,35 touched the shoal
      
      below Babel Sherghi, sent to
      
      sound; at 6,,25 went on;
      
     
     
      	In passing Gherrara above
      
      the Garden I saw Antone
      
      Marine & family; Menusha
      
      Henry's wife & her children &
      
      Yousif Yaghchi his wife
      
      Louisa & mother there in
      
      their Tents ~
      
     
     
      	We have Mons Rouèt the
      
      french Consul in 1st Class
      
      
      and his Dragoman Mr. Shauriz
      
      in 2d Class going to Basreh
      
      to meet the french man of
      
      war the Drôme coming up
      
      also Charley Cowley going
      
      to meet the Khalifah to
      
      join her;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,55 passed Diala,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      We have altogether 155 ½ Passeng.
      
      (Mr. G. Rouèt in 1st Class & his
      
      Dragoman Chaurise in 2d Class)
      
      and Charley Cowley going to
      
      join his place as 2d mate in
      
      the Khalifah;~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,40 P.M. anchored
      
      at Oweyn & sent to sound
      
      found no water only 2 ¼ & 2 ½,
      
      at 4 ½ steamed on to the marked
      
      Channel & grounded, took an
      
      anchor out astern & hove
      
      her round;~ Very light &
      
      calm weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ the S.S. Khalifah
      
      & Barge came up.
      
      
      She touched below & then
      
      she steamed up at 6 and
      
      came just abrest of us
      
      & touched on the West bank;
      
      Her Boat came with Mr. Braine's
      
      Kit; he came on board too
      
      We are heaving her round;
      
      he went back to the Khalifah
      
      to dine also Charley Cowley
      
      went; Mr. Braine came back
      
      & they worked in heaving till
      
      about 10 P.m. & knocked off,
      
      the Khalifah remained for
      
      the night doing nothing,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Braine the Chief mate
      
      of the Khalifah takes charge
      
      of the Mejidieh as Mr. Bottomley
      
      has chosed; because Capt
      
      Hanslow objected to the transfer
      
      from the Khalifah which
      
      by seniority & right he ought
      
      to be appointed to command
      
      the Mejidieh; being the Senior
      
      ship~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Frid
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy all
      
      over; at 6 am sent to sound
      
      
      The Khalifah dropped down
      
      & then steamed up close behind
      
      us & grounded, she took out
      
      an anchor ahead & hove
      
      up; ~ At 7,,50 she got over
      
      and went on steaming passed
      
      us ~
      
     
     
      	We sounded the Channel
      
      & then steamed on to it, and
      
      grounded, took an anchor
      
      out astern on the starboard
      
      Quarter & hove her into the
      
      Channel ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 we left Oweyn
      
      still clouds are haning,
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah had about
      
      221,000 Okes & 215 Passengers
      
      the mother of Abdulkadur
      
      Khdery & 3 persons with her
      
      and a Donkey all free,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.m. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort;
      
     
     
      	Detained below Baghdadieh
      
      15 m. in shoal water;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 P.m. we rounded
      
      & came to at Raddat for the
      
      night ~
      
      
     
     
      	Mr. Braine is very dissatisfied
      
      at the manners that Lynchs
      
      are treating, & that is through
      
      Mr. Taylor who is at Ahwaz,
      
      it appears that the latter is
      
      trying to cut down the pay of
      
      all the people employed on
      
      board of these two steamers
      
      Mejidieh & Khalifah and
      
      ruin this Company's name
      
      he has suggested to Lynch
      
      in London the appointment
      
      of Capt Aidy of the Malamir
      
      at the salary of 20 £ as
      
      this man is drawing now
      
      from that vessel, & would
      
      not give 25 £ to Mr. Braine
      
      being the same pay as Captn
      
      Hanslow is getting; The
      
      pay of Capt Cowley was 40 £
      
      but this shall never be given
      
      any more to any new appointed
      
      captain; as the Captain
      
      has no mess money allowed
      
      to him which is 96 Beshlics
      
      (£ 4.), so his pay cannot
      
      be said to have increased
      
      
      from that of a Chief mate's
      
      pay which is 14 £ & 4 £
      
      for messing; Capt Aidy
      
      does not know the river here
      
      he is not liked by every one,
      
      and does not speak a word
      
      of Arabic & this change I
      
      think will greatly injure
      
      the Company's prestige and
      
      influence in this river; Taylor
      
      is always intriguing with
      
      the affairs of these steamers &
      
      their men~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Satur Ther @ 5.67 Noon 89 4 P.M. 95
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and fine
      
      cool morning~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 A.M. we proceeded
      
      At 6 passed Azizieh;
      
     
     
      	At 10 grounded at Um-
      
      Sneyem near the West bank
      
      took a stern anchor out & hove
      
      off; At 10,,45 got off & proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 11,20 anchored at
      
      Deboony & sent to sound
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. proceeded
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy
      
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      At 4,,50 we anchored below
      
      Mehdi & sent to sound, The
      
      Ressafah they say was here aground
      
      for five days on her way down
      
      & only left the day before,
      
      she had left Baghdad on the 28th
      
     
     
       Pilot returned found 2 3/4 & 3 draaz,
      
      At 5,,20 we weighed & proceeded
      
      and passed over without touching,
      
      [space] Cloudy in some parts, it looks
      
      rainy on the West part;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 we anchored at the
      
      top of Um el Ajaj; Cloudy weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Sund Ther @ 5. 73 Noon 89 4 P.M.
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	N. Erly wind & cloudy,~
      
      At 5,,30 AM. proceeded;
      
      At 9,,15 passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge going up above Coot
      
      reach;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 50 1/2 passengers
      
      & 50 packages~ Sent to Sound
      
      below Coot~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 left Coot~
      
      Took 12 passengers~
      
      
      At 5,,40 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 anchored for the night
      
      fine N.W. breeze, moon 13 days
      
      old;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Mond Ther @ 5. 71 Noon 90 4 P.M. 91
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 5,,15 AM proceeded from
      
      Mendelyat~ At 6,,15 came
      
      to at Seyd Abbass & sent to
      
      sound, found 2 1/2 draaz~
      
     
     
      	At 7 proceeded & passed over
      
      without touching; At 9,,10
      
      anchored above Maghessil
      
      Grove & sounded Boats in the
      
      Channel, at 9,,40 proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 10,,10 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      Again it is getting cloudy
      
      all over;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      At 8,,45 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 32 1/2 passengers & 176
      
      Packages; took 5 tons Coal
      
      we remained for the night
      
      fine moonlight night;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Tuesd Ther @ 5. 70 Noon 84 4 P.M. 92
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & clouds
      
      are spread about;
      
     
     
      	At 5 AM left Amara,
      
      Took 24 Passengers (2 in 1st
      
      Class, Missak Effendi the Turkish
      
      Civil Engineer, & Père Anastas
      
      who had came down in the
      
      Khalifah two rips ago, his
      
      ticket is a 2d class for Basreh
      
      but allowed by Mr. Bottomley
      
      to break his journey at Amara
      
      & occupy a 1st Class)
      
     
     
      	We got detained few minutes
      
      at Aboo Roba & the Elbow,
      
      and 20 minutes at Ghumeyjeh
      
      the water is good here;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. passed Azair;
      
      At 6,,35 landed 5 passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 6,,55
      
      Very calm & clouds are about;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Wedn
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	At 0,,45 AM arrived at Basreh
      
      The French Man of War the
      
      Drome is here, she is far up
      
      opposite Asfar's house, a boat
      
      from her came with her Captain
      
      Martelle & M. Rouet went
      
      
      on board with him; there are
      
      here the English man of was
      
      the Redbreast, & the lighter
      
      Steamers Esther, Dwina etc,
      
      all the Other steamers about
      
      seven of them have left
      
      with dates yesterday & the
      
      day before;~ At daybreak
      
      we steamed up & went
      
      alongside the Blosse
      
      Lynch to take cargo from
      
      her;~ The Turkistan, New Stead,
      
      Oilswald, Mushtary, Tripoli
      
      Henry Bolckow & other two
      
      steamers have all left this
      
      yesterday & the day before;
      
     
     
      	I went at 8 AM over to the
      
      Consulate to Rezooki Sayegh
      
      & also saw Mr. Sheeply
      
      the Consul, he is going away
      
      in a fortnight after the
      
      arrival of Mr. Wratistan
      
      back from his leave of
      
      absence bringing his wife
      
      
      with him; The french Steamer
      
      is not armed as a man
      
      of war, she looks like a
      
      Transport & she has only
      
      two Guns, she had fired a
      
      salute of 21 Guns for the Turkish
      
      flag & was returned by
      
      the Battery at the Ashar
      
      Creek;~ I then went and
      
      called on Alfred Holland
      
      in Lynch's office & Alfred
      
      Cowley who is employed there,
      
      I saw there Mr. Andrews
      
      who was at Shushter as
      
      Lynch's Agent but he has
      
      left & is going to England
      
      in two months more;
      
      I came on board at 9 1/2;
      
     
     
      	Weather cloudy overcast and
      
      warm~
      
     
     
      	Michail Yaghchi came to me,
      
      he has come down in the Khalifah
      
      to pack some dates to export,
      
      but is not doing it, as the
      
      price is too high & it is believed
      
      that the merchants will
      
      
      not make any profit this
      
      year;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. Rezooki came off and
      
      I went with him to their house
      
      saw Rufail Tukyeh her husband
      
      Rezooki & their Children there,
      
      Rufail & Rezooki are still
      
      busy in packing Dates~
      
      Nassoory Andria, Michail
      
      Yaghchi, Mirza Hamza and
      
      Toni Angoorly came there,
      
      The S.S. Drome is just abrest
      
      of Rufail's house; I dined
      
      & at 7 1/2 I came to sleep on
      
      board, not feeling well &
      
      Rufail's place is all in Confusion
      
      the rooms are not furnished
      
      & the children's house & all
      
      their servants are down with
      
      fever & sore eyes; There is a
      
      lot of fever in Basreh
      
      almost every house;~
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Thursd
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
 
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine weather
      
      we are shipping cargo and
      
      putting  cargo in the Barge
      
      
     
     
      	The mail steamer Java
      
      arrived last night at the Quarantine,
      
     
     
      	At 8 AM. I received a
      
      Telegram from my wife dated
      
      the 8' Instt, telling me so
      

      [Arabic] Basreh Svoboda بصرة زڤوبودا ++
      
     [Arabic]  Iskender delayed at Meskeneh because أسكندر تعطَّل بمسكنه سبب ++
      
     [Arabic] of the carriage he travelled yesterday in a mule-litter عربانه سافر امس تختروان ++
      
     [Arabic] Eliza اليزة ++
      
     
     
      	I am wondering why &
      
      what is the cause of his detention
      
      perhaps the carriage broke
      
      down, but from Aleppo to Meskeneh
      
      it is so short only about
      
      18 hours & there are no difficult
      
      road or any stones, rocks or
      
      hills it is a plain desert,
      
      perhaps they did not feel so
      
      comfortable in the carriage;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Kaffir left the quarantine
      
      at 9 1/2 AM she is for Gray Mackenzie,
      
     
     
      	Ms. Braine had gone yesterday
      
      evening to Mr. Chaulk (of Hotz & Co) &
      
      came today at 10 1/2 AM;~
      
     
     
      	We finished shipping cargo at
      
      2 P.M: sent for the mails;
      
     
     
      	Rufail & Rezooki called
      
      
      on me; Also Ali Beg, Rezooki
      
      Angoorly & Nassoory Andria etc,
      
     
     
        Michail Yaghchi is going
      
      up with us to Bughela in
      
      1st Class Cabin~
      
      Weather warm but fine;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 421 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow; (//)  [11 Oct 1900 - V051_16_N]


PassengerOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
23773991 / 12882015,234 1/2 3,,7 / 2,,5
     
    
     
      At 7,,20 P.M. passed the SS Baghdad going down
     
     
      1900 Octor
     

     
      	At 4,,15 P.M. we proceeded;
      
      Père Emmanuel called on
      
      me just  before starting;
      
     
     
      	Weather calm & warm,
      
      At 6 a light N.W. breeze sprung
      
      up~
      
     
     
      	What a fine decipline we
      
      have now on board; Since
      
      Capt Cowley passed away,
      
      every thing is altered; All the
      
      Ship's company have breathed
      
      & taken their liberty to do
      
      what they like~ Michail
      
      Yaghchi with his usual
      
      
      fooleshness & a devil may
      
      care in his singing & drinking
      
      has got a nice assembly on
      
      the quarter deck, with or three
      
      Christians from the deck &
      
      our new 2d mate, Metty
      
      & Blaney the Assitt Engineer
      
      all are sitting together aft,
      
      drinking singing, and
      
      are playing an instrument
      
      & no order or dicipline
      
      is kept; I cannot go aft
      
      to see such a disgusting
      
      scene; & Mr. Branie is
      
      just the man that sympathies
      
      this sort of thing without
      
      saying a word; & I can
      
      say of Capt Hanslow
      
      comes here to take command
      
      he will not stop this sort
      
      of liberty; & by doing so
      
      the name of this Company
      
      will soon have to disappear
      
      for the worst~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 landed a passenger
      
      
      at Gorna & went on at 9,,50
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 AM passed Azair
      
     
    
    
     
      Frid 12 Ther @ 5.64 Noon 91 4 P.M. 92
     
     
      At 4,,15 anchored below
      
      Ghumeyjeh Canal, At 5,,30
      
      proceeded at 6,,45 passed
      
      the Canal of Ghumeyjih &
      
      here begun to go very slow &
      
      stop & back
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. landed 2
      
      Passengers at Kalat Saleh
      
      & took one & went on at 4,,15
      
     
     
      	We have from Basreh
      
      Passengers (1 in 1st Class Michail
      
      Yaghchi going to Bughela
      
      & a Christian Yousif Ferej
      
      in 2d Class to Coot he is the
      
      man employed at Hotz & Co
      
      for Liquorice,) including
      
      3 men for the Comet with
      
      through tickets from Bombay,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 26 passengers
      
      & 1 Bale of through cargo, Shipped
      
      10 Tons of Coal~
      
      
      Weather calm & warm~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Satur
     
     
      	At 1,,30 AM. left Amara,
      
      Weather cloudy in most parts,
      
      Gave tickets to 52 1/2 Passengers
      
      (one in 1st Class Abdulaziz
      
      Khdery)~
      
     
     
      	At 9,, AM passed Ali Sherghi
      
      At 3,,55 P.M. landed one passenger
      
      a Ali Gherbi & took 3
      
      and went on at 4,,5, weather
      
      became fine & clouds cleared
      
      off~ Detained at Aboo Dood
      
      some time in passing through
      
      a narrow Channel on the East
      
      bank; Weather became again
      
      Cloudy; & a light S. Erly breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Sund Ther @ 5. 75
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      Mrs. Melville died on the 6th burnt by Paraffin lamp
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Weather very cloudy all over
      
      a wintry time, Lightning &
      
      thunder on the East, had a
      
      little shower of rain wind
      
      increased from S. East~
      
      At 6 1/2 AM it begun to open
      
      it must have rained some
      
      where else; At 7 clearing up
      
      & getting fine~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 we grounded at
      
      
      Hwey (cutting) the SS. Khalifah
      
      is sighted coming down;
      
      At 7,,30 she came & we sent
      
      our Boat off with letters and
      
      Papers of the Khalifah's people
      
      (thinking that perhaps Captn
      
      Hanslow should be transfered
      
      to us & carried them on instead
      
      of leaving them at Amara)
      
      Henry sent me a few words
      
      saying that he left my
      
      letters at Coot,~ At 7,40
      
      we got off & proceeded;
      
      at Coot too the Khalifah had
      
      a bad weather & about 1/2
      
      hour rain this morning early,
      
     
     
        Clouds again came back &
      
      spreading, thretening to rain,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,25 arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 15 passengers (one of 2d
      
      Class) & 2 Bales of through
      
      cargo;~ I received a letter
      
      from my wife including
      
      a letter from Tom Blockey
      
      
      from England & a letter from
      
      Yousif Metchich from Aleppo
      
      of the 19 Sept he was expecting
      
      Alexander's arrival that same
      
      day; but no letters from
      
      Alexander, my wife says
      
      that she received the telegram
      
      from him from Meskeneh
      
      on the 7th he says that "he
      
      got detained there on account
      
      of the carriage & he starts
      
      tomorrow in a Takh tarawan,
      
      Mrs. Melville the British
      
      Consul has died on
      
      Saturday last, from the
      
      effect of the paraffin lamp
      
      having capsised on her
      
      & burnt her clothes on
      
      the 2d when we were in Baghdad
      
      & she got burnt & shocked,
      
      she is very young yet she
      
      is the daughter of Colonel
      
      Ross formerly Resident
      
      at Bushire & is the Sister
      
      of Mrs. Mockler;
      
      
      My wife says that nothing
      
      has been done yet about
      
      the case of my little house
      
      Mr. Rappaport had not yet
      
      sent the 2d Writ forwarded
      
      to him by the Turkish Authorities,
      
      Henry writes to me to
      
      say that they had left on
      
      Thursday the 11th; they have
      
      116 passengers & about
      
      145,000 Okes;~ We shipped
      
      10 Tons of Coal~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,5 P.M. left Coot;
      
      Took 26 passengers (one in 1st
      
      Class a Turkish Officer Ismail
      
      Beg Kaimakam of the Redif)
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy still
      
      the weather is very unsettled,
      
      & is warm in the Cabin, I
      
      took away my windsel of my
      
      Cabin today~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 landed 2 passengers
      
      at Bughela (Michail Yaghchi
      
      & his servant)~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 passed Memlah
      
      
      Weather cloudy, some lightening
      
      & looks gloomy; Moon is 21
      
      days old~
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Mond Ther @ 5. 68 Noon 80 4 P.M. 86
     
     
      	Light air & cloudy; but at
      
      about 6 AM wind got up
      
      blowing fresh from the N.W.
      
      & drove the clouds to the South
      
      & became cold;
      
     
     
      	At 11,30 passed Azizieh
      
      Detained about 1/2 hour in shoale
      
      water at Raddat;~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 P.M. passed the
      
      Fort of Baghdadieh~
      
     
     
      	Very calm but fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 11,35 touched at Oweyn;
      
      The SS. Mossul & Barge are aground
      
      here; We could not pass &
      
      so anchored for the night,
      
      being cloudy & dark;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Tuesd Ther @ 5. 65 Noon 79 4 P.M.
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1st rise of River
     
     
      	Very light N.W. & cool night,
      
      Clouds cleared off & became
      
      very fine~ At 6 we sounded
      
      & then steamed close along
      
      the bank of Dawar passed
      
      the Mossul which still aground,
      
      & we grounded up above,
      
      Kept steaming for 1 1/4 hour,
      
      but she could not pass over
      
      
     
     
      	Took an anchor ahead and
      
      hove up over 2 1/2 draaz,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 proceeded, left
      
      the Mossul still aground
      
      further down;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,10 passed Bostan;
      
      At 2,,35 passed Ctesiphon,
      
     
     
      	There is a rise of the river of
      
      about 1/2 foot it must be
      
      from the rain which fell up
      
      in these 4 or 5 days~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 passed Diala river,
      
      there are about 11 Tents encamped
      
      here, I suppose Mr. Livingstone
      
      & others are out here~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 we passed through
      
      the Bridge of Gherrara; in
      
      passing Henry & Antone Marine's
      
      Tents I wanted to throw their
      
      letters but it was too dark
      
      although we passed them
      
      very close, but the deckman
      
      failed to throw them~
      
     
     
      	Fine clear night~
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 anchored above
      
      Cherd el Pasha~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Wedns Ther @ 5. 64
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
      At 5 AM sent to sound the
      
      shoal place above us;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 we proceeded,
      
      At 6,,5 landed mails at the
      
      Residency & went to the
      
      Custum House, no steamers
      
      are here; I went home saw
      
      Eliza, she has been working
      
      very hard in putting the house
      
      to right & furnishing the
      
      rooms; I found a telegram
      
      here arrived yesterday, from
      
      Alexander from Deir-el-
      
      Zoor dated the 15th, he says
      
     
    [Arabic] ++ بغداد زفوبودا
      
  [Arabic] ++      صحه جيده سنخبركم سفرنا
      
[Arabic] ++      اسكندر
      

      It appears he is travelling very
      
      slow, I shall have to stay
      
      here about 10 or 12 days simly
      
      awaiting his arrival & loosing
      
      my month's leave in not
      
      having the chance to stay
      
      
      & talk with him & his wife,
      
      I found also a letter from
      
      him from Aleppo dated the
      
      29 (the day he was leaving
      
      Aleppo) he gives us a full
      
      account of his voyage from
      
      Beyrout to Aleppo, they
      
      have suffered much from
      
      bad & dirty places & bad
      
      food & treatment of the
      
      Turks etc~
      
     
     
      	My affair about the house
      
      is not yet settled, the Claim
      
      Emin has sent the secrud
      
      writ some days ago &
      
      today Mr. Rappaport tells
      
      me that he has received
      
      the third one he wrote to
      
      me so, & as I had sent
      
      to him today my Passport
      
      to be sent to Agram to
      
      be changed, he sends me
      
      in its place an other paper
      
      a sort of temporary Passport
      
      or Passe avant; until
      
      
      the new one comes~
      
      I called on sister Eliza &
      
      on the Bishop & came
      
      home; Johny Artin and
      
      Edward Blockey my nephew
      
      called in the evening;
      
     
     
      	We are sleeping in the
      
      room; All people have gone
      
      down from the top of the
      
      house;
      
     
    
    
     
      18' Thursd Ther @ 5. 68
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light Westerly, & fine,
      
      At 8 AM I came on board,
      
      I then gave over to Metty
      
      all the necessary Books &
      
      accounts papers etc to take
      
      to his Cabin & settled the
      
      Balance of Cash & sent
      
      all the money to the Office,
      
      I called on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      he asked me about what has
      
      been done with my case
      
      of the house, & he proposed to
      
      me to take me to the Waly
      
      Namik Pasha & he will
      
      explain & ask him to speak
      
      to the Kadi to urge him
      
      
      on the settlement of the matter,
      
      so we have left it to go on
      
      Saturday to see him~
      
      I went to Mr. Bottomley in the
      
      office, I told him about
      
      my staying here this trip
      
      & I gave all accounts etc
      
      to Metty today; We had
      
      a long talk about every
      
      thing; At 11 1/2 I came
      
      home~ Mr. Malcolm
      
      Baltazar called on me,
      
     
     
        At 3 P.M. I called on Sister
      
      Medula & at 4 came
      
      on board; Metty is working
      
      in my place in his cabin
      
      I have not given to him
      
      my cabin as I cannot
      
      take all my Kit on shore,
      
      Vartan will come on
      
      Saturday to assist Metty
      
      & go down this trip;
      
     
     
        At 5 I went home~
      
     
     
        Fine Weather~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      19' Frid Ther @ 5.78
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine clear
      
      weather  ~
      
     
     
      	Today is my birth day
      
      born in 1840 ~ I went
      
      out to the Bazaar & then
      
      came on board at 10, & went
      
      on shore; I took a warm
      
      Bath, Antone Marine called
      
      also his wife & they left at 4
      
      P.M. to ride out to Gherrara,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      20' Satur Ther @ 5.62
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather; at 8 am I went
      
      on board the Mejidieh ~
      
      Metty told me that Mr.
      
      Bottomley told him it would
      
      be better to receive all the
      
      Balance of Cash from me
      
      & the Cash Book & write
      
      in it; ~ At 9 Mr. Rappaport
      
      came on board to me,
      
      & asked me to accompany
      
      him to the Waly Namik
      
      Pasha about my affair
      
      of the house, I went
      
      
      him to outside the Custum
      
      House where he had his
      
      hired carriage, but as I
      
      had not the Title deed
      
      of the small house with me
      
      I sent his Kawass home
      
      & brought it, while we were
      
      waiting in the carriage
      
      in Suk el Harrage & we
      
      then drove on to the Sarai
      
      We went up to the Waly
      
      he was by himself; he
      
      speaks a little Arabic
      
      sufficient to understand
      
      he was very polite and
      
      amiable (as I knew him
      
      12 years ago when he had
      
      gone down to Amara
      
      as Inspector of the Sennyeh)
      
      we spoke good deel about
      
      Amara etc; then Mr.
      
      Rappaport spoke to him
      
      about the purchase of
      
      
      my little house 10 years
      
      ago, & I showed him the
      
      Title deed, & explained
      
      to him how this man
      
      called Emin is claiming
      
      it as Wakuf, & that
      
      Yacoob (Pasha) Eassayi
      
      is encouraging him to do
      
      so etc etc; he said that
      
      he knew this fellow Yacoob
      
      Eassayi as a bad lot,
      
      he was once a member
      
      in the Mejlis but he
      
      discharged him; he offered
      
      to do all he can & will
      
      speak to the Judge about
      
      the matter, & he wanted
      
      me to write it out the
      
      matter in a sort of Petition
      
      at once & bring it to him
      
      as today there is a Mejlis
      
      & the Kadi will be present
      
      so I left Mr. Rappaport
      
      
      there, & I hastened back
      
      as quick as possible in
      
      search of my Lawyer
      
      Artin Sinan, after much
      
      search I found him &
      
      we went to Yousif Yaghchi
      
      in Asfar's Khan, and
      
      I asked him to get me the
      
      Petition written quick
      
      before noon; but I saw
      
      that this man is hasitating
      
      and was in a fix and
      
      showed abjections etc, at
      
      last he told me plain
      
      that he cannot now act
      
      as my Lawyer on the ground
      
      that he does possess
      
      his Certificate of Lawyership
      
      & this has only been
      
      revealed now, as the Order
      
      has only been given by
      
      
      Authority two days ago,
      
      & therefore I must choose
      
      an other Lawyer to defend
      
      my claim; I was [strikethrough]
      
      puzzled & did not know
      
      what to do, & the time
      
      is passing; at last we
      
      went to Kewark Setyan
      
      (the brother of Kirikor whom we
      
      have on board as Engineer
      
      Apprentice & the other brother
      
      is Kapriel whom we saw
      
      in Paris in 1897) to this
      
      man I explained the matter
      
      & he wrote the Petition out
      
      in the name of my wife
      
      (as the Title deed is in her
      
      name) I went & fetched
      
      her seal also 2 G.S.P. for
      
      stamps & I took it at 11
      
      and hastened back to
      
      the Waly (Mr. Rappaport
      
      had gone) I gave it
      
      
      to him & sat down, he red
      
      it & found it right, he
      
      then wrote on the back
      
      of it to the Tapo Officials
      
      to find out the registration
      
      of the Title deed in their
      
      Books, I then left and
      
      walked away at 11 ¾
      
     
     
      	I called in the Office to
      
      Mr. Bottomley; he told
      
      me that I should make up the balance
      
      in the Cash Book & give the rest of
      
      the money to Metty to continue
      
      entering every thing in the Cash
      
      Book instead of writing it on
      
      a separate paper; and also
      
      to give him my Cabin to
      
      use as an office & not to lock
      
      it up & take the Key, as if
      
      some accident or fire occurrs
      
      the Cabin will be locked,
      
      I told him how can I take
      
      away all my Kit for such
      
      a short time & where to
      
      
      put it, it is not worth getting
      
      all taken to my house, he
      
      would not consent and
      
      told me to have it locked
      
      in the drawers, only to let
      
      Metty use my desk as
      
      an office, I saw that it was
      
      useless to argue with him
      
      he would not consent~
      
      left & came home to breakfast
      
      & at 2 P.M. went on board,
      
      I gave the Balance of money
      
      of about 3,500 G.S.P. to Metty,
      
      I put some of my Kit in
      
      two small cases & locked
      
      & nailed them up & gave
      
      the Key of my Cabin to Metty,
      
      I left at 4 P.M. & came
      
      home so awfully tyred &
      
      Knocked down from the
      
      walk & trouble I had;
      
     
     
      	Light air & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      21' Sund Ther @ 5 62
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      Mejidieh left at 6 am. I stayed behind
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather, at 9 am went to
      
      Church, today is the Holyday
      
      of St Theresa, I called
      
      on the Carmelite fathers
      
      
      also on the french nuns
      
      as the Ma Mère is called
      
      Therese, called also on Eliza
      
      & Adoola my cousins, on
      
      the family of Abduljebbar
      
      the Lawyer, he is leaving shortly
      
      Constple for Baghdad, on
      
      Mina Abboud, Catterina
      
      Yaghchi, Sister Medoola
      
      & Mr. Guilietti's family, he
      
      is absent on a tour to Hilla
      
      Diwanyeh & Basreh, came
      
      home at 12 ~ At 2 P.M.
      
      called on the family of Pahlawan,
      
      on Shekoory Andria &
      
      Sister Eliza, took Artin &
      
      went to call on Farman
      
      Farman the son in law of
      
      the Shah who had come
      
      up with us last year, but
      
      after sitting for ½ hour
      
      awaiting, he did not come
      
      down to us although he
      
      was told that we were
      
      
      there, his man sitting with
      
      us in the courtyard he is
      
      living in the house opposite
      
      Cowleys; Mahomed Pasha
      
      Daghestany was up with
      
      him, so I left & told the
      
      man to give him my Salam,
      
      I called on Mrs Cowley for
      
      ½ hour & left, called on
      
      Mr. Rappaport & found
      
      him busy packing up to
      
      start this evening for
      
      Hilla, Kerbella & Nejef
      
      for 10 days excursion,
      
      he had asked leave from the
      
      ambassador at Constple
      
      & was given to him today,
      
      he told me that he was
      
      not going to send us the
      
      third writ or summon
      
      from the Meskeneh &
      
      will live it until he returns,
      
      & he hopes that the Waly
      
      will do something; he
      
      had called on me this
      
      afternoon but did not
      
      
      find anyone, He told me
      
      that he written to the Waly
      
      for zaptyes is for him & me
      
      should I want one to
      
      accompany us to Fellooja
      
      I have only to ask Sasson
      
      Effendi the Dragoman of
      
      the Waly & he will let me
      
      have it, I left him at 6
      
      P.M. & came home ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah arrived
      
      this morning ~
      
     
     
      	Light air & fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Mond Ther @ 5.64
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	 Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      At 9 am I went to Kerop Setyan
      
      the Lawyer & explained to him
      
      all the matter regarding the
      
      house, he was statisfied &
      
      ready to take the matter in
      
      hand whenever it comes to
      
      be judged in the Mahkemeh;
      
     
     
      	At 11 am I received the
      
      following telegram from
      
      Alexander from Deir dated
      
      
      Yesterday the 21st  which made
      
      me so awfully vexed and
      

      sorry; [Arabic] Baghdad Svoboda بغداد زڤوبودا ++
      
      [Arabic] Patriarch Dinha accompanied us 15 Liras رافقنا الـپطرك دنحا معنا ١٥ ليرة ++
      
      [Arabic] to Mossul our health is good get two trunks لموصل صحتنا جيدة اقبضوا صندوقين ++
      
      [Arabic] the muleteer of the crossing brings to you   Iskender مـچـاري العبار يصلكم     اسكندر ++
      
     
     
      	After 3days stay at Deir
      
      since the 15, he now changed
      
      his mind & accompanies
      
      the Assyrian Patriark
      
      Rahmany & Rezooki Dinha
      
      to Deir & wants me to send
      
      him 15 T Lira, & he has sent
      
      2 of his Boxes with the
      
      muleteer, that is all very
      
      fine for him to travel like
      
      that, & keeps drawing
      
      money & be detained and
      
      my leave of absence for
      
      him will be nearly up
      
      before he arrives, he
      
      drove me mad from
      
      from the sorrow and
      
      
      disappointment he drew
      
      in Aleppo 25 TLiras and
      
      took an advance of 15 £
      
      from Albert Homsey & gave
      
      an Order on me which has
      
      not yet been presented &
      
      now he wants 15 Liras at
      
      Mossul; this is madness,
      
      I am unable to pay it;
      
     
     
      	I called on sister Medula in
      
      the afternoon ~ Artin called
      
      on us in the evening ~
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Tuesd.
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & cloudy all
      
      over ~ At 4 ½ am we were up
      
      we dressed took our Tea and
      
      Eliza & I rode on donkeys &
      
      went out to Gherrah at 6
      
      am to the Tents of Antone
      
      Marine &Yousif Yaghchi &
      
      Menusha, We arrived at
      
      7 ¼, We were the guess of
      
      Antone, where we breakfasted,
      
      I took with me about 15
      
      cartriges to shoot with
      
      
      Antones' gun no. 12 I went
      
      out to the Cultivation near by
      
      & to the Grove above them with
      
      Henrys sons Antone, Louis
      
      & Tom, I found one hare
      
      which I shot & one partridge
      
      also & came back after
      
      an hour ~ In the afternoon
      
      we took tea at Menusha
      
      & at 5 P.M. we rode to town
      
      & got home by 6 P.M.
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad arrived
      
      this morning at 7 am;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy a little
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Wednes Ther @5.65
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & clouds,
      
      at 8 am called on Sister
      
      Eliza, I heard that the
      
      Khalifah had arrived &
      
      passed Gherrara; I went
      
      to the Bazaar, & came
      
      home, Eliahoo Denoos
      
      the Banker brought me
      
      150 T Liras part of my 500
      
      Liras due to me by Nawab
      
      Agha Mahomed according
      
      to his security for the
      
      
      four shops one house and
      
      one Khan mortgaged to
      
      me by Seyd Ali Zawayed
      
      & they released the 4 shops
      
      & house for the 150 Liras &
      
      remains only the Khan
      
      for 350 L. which has been
      
      kept for 4 months longer,
      
      Bishop Aghnatius called
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah left
      
      this morning at 6 am.
      
     
     
      	The SS. Khalifah arrived
      
      at 10,,10 am ; Henry
      
      has landed at Gherrara,
      
      I received his letter at 3 P.M.
      
      the Khalifah had left Basreh
      
      on Friday evening; Mons.
      
      Rouèt the french Consul &
      
      Père Anastase came up
      
      in her, also some Indians etc
      
      in 1st Class, & Alfred Cowley
      
      came up on leave to see his
      
      mother after his poor
      
      
      father's death; ~
      
      Johny called in the evening
      
      till 7 ½ P.M. also Artin;
      
     
     
      	Hanna Khayat the
      
      Mossully Merchants sent
      
      me the Bill for 15 TLiras which
      
      Alexander drew in Aleppo
      
      from Mr. Albert Homsy
      
      & I paid it to him & took
      
      the Bill; ~
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy,
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Thursd Thr @5.65
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      N. Erly breeze & cloudy
      
      all over; It must have
      
      rained outside some where,
      
      [space] It cleared off, but clouds
      
      keep coming; At 9 am
      
      I went to Hanna Khayat
      
      & I obtained from him
      
      a telegraphic order for
      
      15 TLiras on Shukur
      
      Khayat at Mossul to
      
      pay Alexander ~ I
      
      also wired the following
      
      telegram to Razkalla
      
      
      Ghanimah ~
      

      [Arabic] Mossul Razkalla Ghanimah ++
      
      [Arabic] We kindly request you to arrange a crossing for our son Iskender and to speed up نرجوكم تهيوا عبره لولدنا اسكندر تسرعَّوه ++
      
      [Arabic] his travel immediately we transferred for him 15 Liras Shukur السفرحالاً حولنا لهُ ١٥ ليره شكر ++
      
      [Arabic] Khayat, we thank you   Svoboda خياط متشكرين   زڤوبودا ++
      

      I sent both telegrams at 11
      
      am ~ called on sister Medula
      
      also to the office to Mr. Bottomley
      
      to ask him about the
      
      musical instrument for the
      
      Waly coming out; Came
      
      home found my brother
      
      Henry who came to take
      
      breakfast with us, and
      
      at 1 P.M. he went on board
      
      to work, as the Khalifah
      
      leaves on Sunday, ~
      
      I took Eliza & went to the Khan
      
      of G. Asfar to purchase
      
      some Crockery; ~ I then
      
      went at 3 P.M. to the Serai
      
      to Sasson Effendi the
      
      
      Dragoman of the Wali, to
      
      tell him about the musical
      
      instrument to tell the Waly
      
      to wire to Smyrna & enquire
      
      to where the case has been
      
      shipped; came home
      
      called with Eliza on Yousif
      
      Hannosh Tessy near our
      
      house ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. Eliza & I went over
      
      to Sister Eliza & returned at
      
      7 ½ ~ Strong S. Erly wind
      
      is blowing, but the weather
      
      is fine, The river has risen
      
      about ½ foot only ~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Friday Ther @5.68
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Fresh S. Erly wind blowing.
      
     
     
      	Johny my nephew & I have
      
      arranged to go out shooting
      
      to Ledge on Monday for
      
      four or five days; as my
      
      son cannot possibly be here
      
      before the 14 or 15 of next
      
      month ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad left this
      
      morning for Basreh;
      
      
     
     
      	I worked hard in the house
      
      in painting some places &
      
      preparing Kit for shooting,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. Mr. Rouet the
      
      french Vice Consul came to
      
      see me, he came up in the
      
      Khalifah, he had gone
      
      down in the SS. Drome to
      
      Kweit & returned in a native
      
      craft to Fao thence in a
      
      steam Launch to Basreh,
      
     
     
      	Johny came to us, he is
      
      going to take leave to come
      
      out shooting with me to
      
      Ledge;
      
     
     
      	Fresh S. Erly wind &
      
      Cloudy, weather warm
      
     
    
    
     
      27' Satur The@5.68
     
 
     
[A51_252_21: 005]
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & cloudy weather
      
      I called on Kerop Setyan
      
      about my business of the
      
      house; he wrote out a
      
      procuration appointing
      
      him my lawyer to be
      
      
      given in the Mahkemeh
      
      to the Nayeb, whenever
      
      the case comes to be treated,
      
     
     
      	I went on board the
      
      Khalifah, asked Henry
      
      to come & breakfast
      
      with us also his son
      
      Antone has come in from
      
      Gherrara, There is great
      
      deal of Cargo coming to
      
      be shipped, mostly wool,
      
      Galls & dates etc; ~
      
     
     
      	I came home & then went
      
      to Lynch Office to see Artin
      
      & Johny for business.
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. Johny & I went to
      
      the office of the Public Debt,
      
      or the 6 contribution & abtained
      
      each of us a Permit for
      
      shooting, (I had taken Henry's
      
      Permit of 2 years old &
      
      told them that it was a mistake
      
      they had written Henry's name
      
      instead of mine, & so it passed
      
      & they believed it.) I paid
      
      1 Mejidie & 16 R. Piasters
      
      
      for all (12 P. for a stamp)
      
      weather very cloudy and
      
      it is thundering, wind
      
      s. [strikethrough] west; ~ weather
      
      cleared up & became fine
      
      at 7 P.M. ~
      
     
    
    
     
      28' Sund Ther @5.65
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      My stomach ache begun see further ~
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning;~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Khalifah left at
      
      5 am; Henry will get on
      
      board at Gherrara~
      
     
     
      	I wrote a letter to Mr. Rappaport
      
      to be left here until he comes
      
      back from Babylon & Nejef
      
      as I am going out shooting
      
      tomorrow with Johny to Ledge
      
     
     
      	I sent a telegram to Alexander
      
      yesterday noon to Mossul
      
     
     
      	Svoboda
      
      	Delegation Mossul
      
      	Recevèz 15 Livres Shukur
      
      Hatèz dèpart affection
      
       11 mots[bracket]		Svoboda
      
      P. 17 ¼
      
      
     
     
      	At 9 I went to church, I called
      
      on Medoola daughter of my
      
      wife, on Georgis Segman &
      
      sister Eliza, came home
      
      at 11 I found the muleteer
      
      whom Alexander had engaged
      
      at Aleppo, & when he had the
      
      accident of his carriage at
      
      Meskeneh on the 3rd this
      
      blackguard took on his two
      
      Boxes & left him there &
      
      came with his caravan
      
      having arrived here 5 days
      
      ago, he would not deliver
      
      the Boxes unless I pay him
      
      10 Mejidies pretending as
      
      balance of freight on
      
      two mules engaged, I told
      
      him that I have no instruction
      
      from my son & he also has
      
      no letter to say so, he better
      
      bring the Boxes & when
      
      my son comes we shall
      
      then see, & if he likes I
      
      will give him a written
      
      
      paper promising to pay
      
      him if my son say that he
      
      has not paid; but he
      
      wont & I saw that he was
      
      very rough in his way, I
      
      told him that he will see
      
      how I will get them today
      
      he went away; I then
      
      went to our Consulate &
      
      there I found Rozenberg
      
      the young Clerk that Mr.
      
      Rappaport had engaged here,
      
      & I asked him to send to
      
      the Halai Beghi to get zaptyes
      
      to bring me the Boxes, he
      
      went to him himself with
      
      a Kawas; & then came to
      
      my house to say that the
      
      zeptyeh & Kawas have
      
      already gone in search
      
      of the man & they will soon
      
      bring them; an hour
      
      after the Kawas & Zaptyeh
      
      
      came bringing the two
      
      Boxes also the muleteer
      
      himself  Mahomed el Abed
      
      & his associate called
      
      Fleyeh, the Boxes were
      
      delivered without a word,
      
      I gave a receipt for them,
      
      I paid the zaptyeh 38 R.
      
      Piast as present & 18 R. for
      
      the two coolies ~ an
      
      hour after I received a letter
      
      by todays Constple Post
      
      fromYousif Metchich dated
      
      the 10 Instant, enclosing
      
      a letter also from Alexander
      
      from Meskeneh dated the
      
      6t relating to us the accident
      
      & misfortunes they have
      
      had ~
      
     
     
      	I went to Sister Eliza
      
      & saw Johny who is also
      
      preparing to start with
      
      me tomorrow shooting
      
      at Ledje;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Mond
     
     
      Monsr. Altmayer arrived from Mossul
     
     
      Shooting to Ledje with Johny my nephew
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, at 4 am
      
      I was up dressed the donkeys
      
      came, we engaged 6, 4 of them
      
      are only to take us to Ledje
      
      & return @ 45 P. each donkey
      
      & they are to come out on thursday
      
      evening to take us back also
      
      @ 45 P. & the 2 others are to
      
      remain there @ 25 P. per day
      
      from to day until we return
      
      free of food etc ~ 3 donkeys
      
      for Johny & his son, & 3 for
      
      me & 2 servants with us
      
      a Telkefli Elias, & Juma the
      
      Coolie ~ At 6 ½ am I
      
      went over to Johny, & there I
      
      heard that Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer with the two brothers
      
      Sayegh. Père Augustin &
      
      Pere Louis had just arrived
      
      down the Kelek from Mossul
      
      so I run to see them, in
      
      their house for ¼ of an hour,
      
      Monsr Altmayer is suffering
      
      from the rheumatism on
      
      
      his knees & can scarcely walk
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ we left Johny's house
      
      & rode our donkeys, I took
      
      my gun no 12, & about 230
      
      cartridges (160 of them I loaded
      
      myself in the house) ~ We
      
      passed by the Tents of Antone
      
      Marine, Menusha & Yousif
      
      Yaghchi for few minutes,
      
     
     
      	At 10 crossed over the Bridge
      
      of Diala paid the Toll of 12
      
      Piast on the 6 Donkeys; Went
      
      on at 10 ¼, at 12 alighted
      
      on the bank at Gusseiba &
      
      took our cold breakfast ;
      
      At 1 P.M. mounted & went on
      
      At 2 ¼ alighted on the bank
      
      at Bostan for water, the
      
      sun is very hot as the wind is
      
      behind us, weather getting cloudy
      
      went on at 2,,20 ~ We took
      
      the outside road to the left
      
      leading to the beach at
      
      Nahar Sheil & Oweyn, at
      
      4 ½ we came to the bank
      
      just above the Canal of
      
      Sheheil, & found no Arabs
      
      
      at all, but saw a pile of
      
      Liquorice root further up
      
      the river so we turned &
      
      went toward it at Ledje
      
      here we one found one solitary
      
      Arab Tent, being the watchman
      
      & his family called Monsoor,
      
      there are he says only a
      
      few arab Tents about 2 hours
      
      further up, the rest of the
      
      Menasir Arabs with their
      
      Sheikh Kashmoar having
      
      crossed over to the other side
      
      with the Beni Ajil, we had
      
      to stop & encamp here, we
      
      took our dinner & turned in
      
      but we were so knocked up
      
      from riding, that I could
      
      not sleep at all, besides my
      
      stomach is aching me very
      
      badly;
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Tuesd
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Light N.W., we had
      
      few drops of rain last night
      
      at 6 am 4 of our donkeys
      
      started back for Baghdad
      
      
      with 2 Sakkas, & we kept 2
      
      & one sakka; at 7 Johny
      
      with his son Antone (who is
      
      learning to shook with single
      
      barred muzzle loading gun)
      
      and I started to Shoot,
      
      walked in land down to as
      
      far as Sheheil canal and
      
      up, went as far as Khamasa,
      
      I am sorry to see that there
      
      are not so many Partridges
      
      as I anticipated and besides
      
      the great disappoîntment
      
      in finding my cartridges which
      
      I had loaded about 180 are
      
      all bad, the powder being
      
      very inferior & the charge very
      
      small, so that the shot went
      
      off like a small Chinese
      
      cracker with no force or
      
      noise; so I missed 10 shots
      
      & only got 3 birds by the
      
      time I returned to the Tent
      
      at 10 1/4 , & left Johny & son
      
      go toward Khamassa,
      
      he came back at 111/2 with
      
      5 partridges; I was so vexed
      
      
      & very tyred ~ At 1 ½ P.m
      
      I went down walked toward
      
      Shehail Canal with an arab
      
      Barghoot, found very few
      
      birds, I returned with 6 Partridges
      
      & 3 lost besides; I shot with
      
      the English loaded cartridges
      
      of no 8 shots & so many birds
      
      get hit & went away, ~
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Wedne
     
     
      1900 Octor
     
     
      	Very calm & cool weather,
      
      few clouds coming ~ at
      
      7 am Johny & I left & took
      
      the 2 donkeys with two Arabs
      
      & walked down to Aweyn,
      
      & further down to Dawer, we
      
      saw few partridges; but my
      
      cartridges are bad I missed
      
      more than a dozen & only
      
      got 3 birds; We rode for a
      
      short time & then walked
      
      on, We put up a hare & lost
      
      it; At 10 we turned to come
      
      
      back, I am missing awfully,
      
      the cause is the bad cartridges
      
      I have & the shots very small,
      
      By this time as we were crossing
      
      many dry canals at Aweyin
      
      a hare started between Johny
      
      & me coming on to pass us,
      
      Johny fired & shot it within
      
      10 yards or less, & the shots
      
      must have struck the ground
      
      & bounded to an angle and
      
      two shots struck me,
      
      one with an awful force on the
      
      bone just near the tale of my
      
      right ear & it bled, the other
      
      on the right knee; but both
      
      shots passed out, I had great
      
      pain on my temple it only
      
      required 1/8 of an Inch to
      
      get into my eye; I went to
      
      the bank & washed with cold
      
      water, the blood stopped,
      
      At 12 we came to our Tent,
      
      I had 10 partridges & lost
      
      3, Johny had 2 & one Hare
      
      after breakfast I went
      
      
      out & shot one partridge so
      
      as to make it 20 to be sent
      
      to Baghdad; We sent the
      
      Arab Monsoor with 20
      
      mine & 8 of Johny & his Hare
      
      he started at 3 P.m. I wrote
      
      to my wife also Johny did
      
     
     
      	River has been rising since
      
      this morning, about 8 Inches,
      
      Light S. Erly breeze ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,25 P.M. the S. Mejidieh
      
      & Barge passed up close
      
      to our bank;
      
     
    
    
     
      Nover 1st Thursd
     
     
      1900 [strikeout] Novr
     
     
     
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      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy, the
      
      river keeps rising, ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 am. we started to Shoot
      
      took the outside skirt, but found
      
      few or no birds, I had to take
      
      15 cartridges from Johny
      
      but 5 misfired, I shot 3 but
      
      they all were lost, I came
      
      to the Tent, took other cartridges
      
      & went toward Khamassa
      
      to the Arab Tents about 10 of
      
      them only encamped, I
      
      
      started a few round their
      
      Tents & so managed to get
      
      4 & walked down toward
      
      our Tent where I shot an
      
      other one, Johny came back
      
      with four birds, I also shot
      
      an other bird near the Tent,
      
      making all my bag of today
      
      6 ~ At 5 P.m. the S. Mossul
      
      & Barge passed up going
      
      slow; River is still rising
      
      it must have rose about
      
      4 or 5 feet;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ¼ our four Donkeys
      
      came out from Baghdad
      
      with the Arab Monsoor
      
      & a Sakka boy; He brings
      
      me a letter from Eliza from
      
      Gherrara she went out
      
      yesterday; She tells me that
      
      Alexander wired from
      
      Mossul on the 29 which
      
      arrived yesterday thus;
      

      "	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      "Quitterons Jeudi
      
      "		Alexander
      
      "
      

      
      windy night dark cloudy
      
     
     
       Some drops of rain, ~
      
      S. Erly wind & cloudy
      
      all over, an overcast weather
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Frid
     
 
     
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      1900 Novr
     
     
      we packed up and left Ledge
      
      at 7,,10 am, I paid Monsoor
      
      80 P. for his trouble & for going
      
      to Baghdad with the Partridges,
      
      and 1 Rps to each of the two Arabs
      
      Barghoot &Taboo for walking
      
      with us; We look the inside
      
      road along Safi reach, we
      
      put up some partidges on the
      
      way at Safi ~ At 9 passed
      
      Bostan beach, ~ At 10:20 we
      
      alighted at Gusseiba beach
      
      & breakfasted, weather getting
      
      fine ~ At 11 proceeded~
      
      at 0,,40 P.M. crossed over the
      
      Bridge of Diala ~ at 2
      
      I came to the Tents of Antone
      
      Marine, Menusha & Yousif
      
      Yaghchi & took my wife
      
      hired Donkey for her, Johny
      
      & his son had gone ahead
      
      to town ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 4 ¼ arrived in Baghdad,
      
      the 6 partridges that I brought
      
      with me were also sent
      
      to friends so that we had
      
      only 2 left for us; the other 24
      
      were sent to the following
      
      people;
      


Monseigr. Altmayer3
Mr. Rappaport3 & 2 -5
Bishop Aghnatius- 2
Sister Medula- 2
Medoola my step daughter- 2
Mons. Rouet- 2
Catterina Yaghchi- 1
Antoine Guiglietti- 1
To Gherrara Tents16
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      Mr. Rappaport called on us
      
      in the evening, has come back
      
      from his excursion to Meshed,
      
      & Kerbella Kifil & Hilla, the
      
      day before ~ Antoine
      
      Guilietti came to us, he brings
      
      a notice he has just received
      
      from Mossul from Alexander
      
      my son telling him so,
      

     " Parti a present informèz
      
    "  famille sorter Madame
      
   "   Mercredi,  Alexander Svoboda
      

      
      So it shows that they have
      
      left today instead of yesterday,
      
      as the river is rising, they will
      
      probably be here in 6 or 7
      
      days ~ Light N.W. & fine
      
      weather
      
     
    
    
     
      3d Satur Ther @ 5.58
     
     
      Light N.W. breeze and
      
      fine, river rose about 5 feet
      
      in all; ~
      
      I went on board the Mejidieh
      
      saw Metty in my Cabin,
      
      she is leaving on Wednesday
      
      Mr. Braine her Captain has
      
      gone to the Tents of Mr. Cree
      
      & Livingstone at Diala ,
      
      [space] I came home, my stomach
      
      is paining me very much, it
      
      is getting worst  than before,
      
      I took a warm bath~
      
      Weather cloudy & breeze
      
      shifting to S. Est;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 ‘ Sund Therm 5,62
     
     
      Light N.W. breeze, but Cloudy
      
      all over & gloomy; ~
      
      [space] At 9 am we went to Church
      
      I called on, Catterina Yaghchi
      
      
      Sister Medula, Mr. Rouèt
      
      (but was not at home) on
      
      Dr. & Mrs. Macri; also on
      
      Sister Eliza & on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      The Constple Post arrived
      
      today, I received a letter from
      
      Alexander from Mossul
      
      dated the 29th. I am very sorry
      
      to hear from him that his wife
      
      Mary is still suffering from
      
      fever & fatigue, the effect of
      
      that accident in the carriage
      
      at Meskeneh, he has put up
      
      in Mossul in the house of
      
      Naoom Nazo the friend of Alexander,
      
      Jenny (Soeur Elizabette) my
      
      niece also writes to her mother
      
      about seeing Alexander and
      
      his wife & she says that his
      
      wife is a nice person & is
      
      still suffering from fever;
      
      [space] Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      5' Mond Ther @ 5.52
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      Light N.W. breeze and
      
      very fine & cold morning,
      
      We are preparing to go out
      
      to Moaddem tomorrow,
      
      
      to stay in a Garden, obtained
      
      for us through Antoine Guilietti
      
      and meet Alexanders arrival
      
      perhaps on Wednesday;
      
      [space] I wrote letters to Yousif Metchich
      
      & to Rezooki Ghanima at
      
      Mossul in answer to their letters
      
      by post leaving today;
      
      [space] Light N.W. breeze & fine cold
      
      weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Tuesd Ther @ 5.52
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      Light N.W. breeze and
      
      fine cold morning;
      
      At 9 am I called on Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer I showed him the
      
      Certificate of Cardinal Richard
      
      which he gave to Alexander
      
      regarding his wife Mary,
      
      also Pere Henri Bernard's
      
      letter & Monseig Duval of
      
      Beyrout's letter etc ; he
      
      was satisfied of what had
      
      taken place ; I called on
      
      Sister Eliza, she is coming
      
      with us tomorrow to Moaddem
      
      to meet Alexander, we
      
      are going in the Carriage
      
      
      I went on board the
      
      S.S. Mejidieh, she is shipping
      
      lots of Cargo, Dates wool &
      
      other stuff, all the Cabins
      
      are let to 5 Mahomedan
      
      Pilgrims, the Assyrian Priest
      
      Yousif Georgyeh, Hannosh
      
      Lynchs Brothers Clerk's wife &
      
      his sister these are free, so
      
      that Metty shall have to
      
      sleep in my Cabin this trip,
      
      Mr. Brain's pay has been
      
      fixed at 20 £ per month
      
      instead of 25 as it was first
      
      proposed to him officially,
      
      [space] I came home at
      
      11; we are preparing to
      
      go out tomorrow at
      
      about 9 am to Moaddem
      
      [space] I went to the bazaar to get
      
      some things for Alexanders room
      
      Mr. Rappaport called on
      
      me at 3 P.M.;
      
      [space] Weather fine & clear;
      
      my stomach is still paining me
      
      it has got worse since I came
      
      from shooting at Ledge
      
      
     
     
      	Light Easterly breeze & fine
      
      weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Wedn.
     
     
      My son Alexander and his wife arrived to Baghdad
     
     
      The S.S. Mejidieh left at 6 am
      
      I've prepared to go to Moadem
      
      in a carriage, I also engaged
      
      a jolly Boat from our Goffachi
      
      Amran, to come up to Moadem
      
      for 3 Mejidies;
      
      [space] Sister Eliza & Antoine
      
      Guilietti came to us & we
      
      breakfasted & at 11 left
      
      for Moadem in a native
      
      rickety carriage, paid hire
      
      6 Kerans, Arrived at 11:40 to
      
      the Garden of Said Effendi
      
      the Mudir of Post Office &
      
      a friend of Mr. A. Giulietti,
      
      a nice little house on the
      
      river just below the Bridge,
      
      the road was very dusty &
      
      a S. Erly Wind, we took two
      
      servants Juma & Elias,
      
      My wife, Eliza & I occupied
      
      one room, & Antoine
      
      
      the other, we dined & slept,
      
      but I am suffering awfully
      
      from stomach ache;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Thursd
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      Wind having shifted to N. W.
      
      and at about 1 am. it
      
      begun to rain, gloomy &
      
      dark clouds it kept till
      
      6 am & stopped for ½ hour
      
      & again it begun; for the
      
      whole day it rained and
      
      blew fresh N.W. so cold
      
      & chilly it got; we were shut
      
      up in the room, & got wet
      
      from the constant going
      
      out in to look if the Kelek
      
      is appearing;
      
      [space] My stomach pained me
      
      very much all the day;
      
      [space] While we were finishing
      
      dinner at about 7 ½ P.M.
      
      we heard the report of gun
      
      fire 3 times; & we thought
      
      that it must be Alexander
      
      who fired his Gun to attract
      
      our attention & evidently
      
      it was, for few minutes
      
      after people came rushing
      
      from the Bridge to tell us
      
      
      that Alexander had come,
      
      I left quick & 7 Antone Guilietti
      
      & rushed out through the
      
      very muddy streets and
      
      got to the Bridge where the
      
      Kelek had stopped & in the
      
      darkness Alexander sung
      
      out to me "Papa how are
      
      you”; & he came on shore in
      
      the mud & filth we met
      
      & embraced each other
      
      it was very touching for
      
      both of us ; I then went down
      
      & got in the Kelek and
      
      embraced & brought his
      
      wife Mary out & we
      
      brought them to the House
      
      where my wife met
      
      Alexander also with tears
      
      & joy, as well as Sister Eliza
      
      They dined & we remained till
      
      10 or 11 oclock, [illegible] I could
      
      not get a wink of sleep
      
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Frid
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & a fine cold
      
     
     
       morning, but wet, all my
      
      Clothes are wet, we took tea
      
      & left in the Jolly Boat for
      
      Baghdad, I left Juma
      
      & Alexander's cook Stifan
      
      in the Kelek to bring it
      
      down with the Kit, we
      
      left at 9 Sat 10,,40 arrived
      
      in Baghdad & came to our
      
      house in the very muddy
      
      streets ; ~ Alexanders Kit
      
      was brought down in a Goffa
      
      from above the Bridge of Baghdad
      
      some people called also Jhony
      
      & Artin, the only relatives who
      
      called on us as Henry & his
      
      family are still out at Gherrara
      
      in the Tents, also Antone
      
      Marine & Yousif Yaghchi;
      
      Sister Emilia & Alice of
      
      course did not come as they
      
      they have cut us~
      
      Mary is having a slight
      
      fever from the effect of the
      
      carriage accident and
      
      
      they have suffered the fatigue
      
      of the journey~
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Satur
     
     
      Light S. Erly breeze & cloudy
      
      the Assyrian Bishop called
      
      on us; at 3 P.M. I took Alexander
      
      & called on Mr. Rappaport
      
      also on Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      & came home ;~
      
      [space] The weather is very cloudy
      
      & dark;~ Alexander & I
      
      called on Sister Medula
      
      as she is in mourning she
      
      does not come now to see
      
      us ~
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Sund Ther @ 5.57
     
     
      Light N. Erly & fine
      
      at 9 am Alexander Mary
      
      my wife & I went to the
      
      Latin Church, I then took
      
      Alexander & called on the
      
      French fathers, also on Monsr.
      
      Rouet but was not at home,
      
      [space] Great many people called
      
      on us; the French priests
      
      
      Armenian, Syrian, also
      
      my niece Terrooza, Johny
      
      Artin, Père Augustin & his
      
      brother Père Louis, Mrs. &
      
      Miss Giulietti & their son
      
      Antoine, Catterina Yaghchi
      
      & her son Michail etc etc,
      
      all the day~ I gave
      
      to  Mary a present of a
      
      Gold Bracelette made
      
      here  costing 20 £ Turkish,
      
      my wife gave her a diamond
      
      broach  an egrette worth
      
      30 Liras;
      
     
     
      	Light n.w. breeze &  fine
      
      cold weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Mond Ther @ 5,48 Noon 61
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light n.w. & very  fine
      
      cold weather~
      
      [space] I wrote a letter to my niece
      
      Jenny (sœur Henri Elizabette)
      
      to Mossul by todays Post
      
      in  answer to hers received
      
      yesterday~
      
      Many people  again called on
      
      us, mostly ladies~
      
      
      also the Chaldean Priests etc
      
      called ~
      
      at 3 P.M. I took Alexander &
      
      called on Mrs. Cowley, &came
      
      home found Mr. Rappaport
      
      also my cousins Eliza and
      
      Adoola, also Mr. Rouet called
      
      Alexander's wife is recovering
      
      herself & getting better~
      
      Light n.w. & fine Cold weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Tuesd Ther @ 5,44
     
     
      Light n.w. & fine cold
      
      weather~ at 9 am took Alexander
      
      & called on Sister Eliza, I
      
      then went to the Office to see
      
      Mr. Bottomley & came home,
      
      Henrys family as well as Antone
      
      Marine's & Yousif Yaghchi are
      
      coming in to town today from
      
      their encampment at Gherrara,
      
      Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      calledon us at 2 P.M.~
      
      Mr. Rappaport sent to ask
      
      me to pass to him to speak regarding
      
      the affair of the claim of my
      
      little house~ I went at 3 ½
      
      P.M. he told me that he has
      
      
      been to see Sasson Effendi,
      
      & he told him that I should
      
      call on the Waly tomorrow
      
      & ask him from his part
      
      (Rappaport's) what has he
      
      done about the matter, &
      
      to tell Sasson Effendi the
      
      result, & to let him know
      
      what passed between us;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      14' Wednesd, Therm@ 5. 46
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W & fine cold weather,
      
      At 9 AM Alexander & I called
      
      on Rezooki Dinha who had
      
      come with Alexander from Deir,
      
      also on Sister Medula~
      
     
     
      	At 10 1/2 I went to see the Waly
      
      Namik Pasha in the Serai
      
      he told me through Sasson
      
      Effendi, that my matter
      
      shall have to go to the Mehkeme
      
      to be treated as he had also
      
      spoken to the Judge about it,
      
      So I left & I spoke to Sasson
      
      Effendi that I should wish
      
      the matter be treated in
      
      the Bedayet (Tribunal of
      
      the first Instance) he ignores
      
      
      weather I can do so, I
      
      then went to my friend the
      
      Muffetish Adlyeh Hamdi
      
      Beg & spoke to him every thing,
      
      he told me to try and see
      
      if I can do it, & would be
      
      much better for me, and
      
      asked me to send to him
      
      my Lawyer so as to speak
      
      to him; I called on my
      
      Lawyer Kerop Effendi but
      
      was out of his house;
      
     
     
       Mr. Rappaport sent us the
      
      3d writ to be signed by my
      
      wife & sent to him;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I went to Mr. Rappaport
      
      and related to him all what
      
      passed today; he regrets that
      
      he is unable to interfere in a
      
      matter of property bought by
      
      foreigners; but he is ready
      
      to do his best; I then went
      
      to my Lawyer Kerop Effendi
      
      & explained to him all~
      
      He took me to the Mahkemeh
      
      
      to see the Kadi & to have
      
      the procuration registered, we
      
      then went down to the Clerks
      
      to do it, but when they knew
      
      that it was in my wife's name
      
      they said that they wanted
      
      her presence to sign, I said
      
      that she cannot come,
      
      so they sent two Clerks with
      
      us & we came home &
      
      wrote down her procuration
      
      & got two witnesses to
      
      witness her identity; & they
      
      went away & paid them
      
      one T Lira & 10 G. S. Piasters
      
      for a stamp;
      
     
     
      	Alexander took his wife
      
      and went out to call on
      
      Sister Eliza & then for a
      
      walk;
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah & Ressafah
      
      left this morning~
      
     
     
      	Some more visitors called
      
      on us, also Ma Mère Therese
      
      & a nun;~
      
     
     
      	My stomach is paining me
      
      most awfully, yesterday I took
      
      
      a dose of Castor Oil but it done
      
      me no good the pain & gas
      
      in the stomach is most painful,
      
      I am taking now the Sulphur
      
      & Cream of Tartar~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Thursd, Therm@ 5. 59
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine but not
      
      cold;~ Alexander & I called
      
      on the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
      
      & invited him & Khoory Toma
      
      Bahi to breakfast on Saturday
      
      which I am giving to Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer & the two Pères
      
      Augustin & Louis, also Monsr.
      
      Rappaport; Antone Marine
      
      Johny & Artin~ We then took
      
      Mary & called on Sister Medula
      
      she gave her a diamond ring
      
      worth about 2 or 3 Liras, we
      
      left Mary there & called on
      
      the Guilietti (Antoine, his mother
      
      & Sister Sophy), & then took
      
      Mary & came home~
      
     
     
      	Sister Eliza & her daughter
      
      Terrooza & Regina called
      
      my sister gave Mary a pearl
      
      bracelette worth about 4
      
      T Liras~
      
      
      & Regina gave her a ring
      
      of Ruby worth about 15 Beshlics
      
      in the evening, Menusha
      
      & her daughter Hariette & son
      
      Antone came, also Antone
      
      Marine his wife Terrooza,
      
      Rosa & Ellen, also Yousif
      
      Yaghchi & wife Louisa,
      
      Johny & Artin my nephews
      
      called, so there was a very
      
      large evening party they
      
      drunk & sung etc and at
      
      7 3/4 they left~
      
     
     
      	My stomach still pains me
      
      awfully, at night it got worse,
      
      weather cloudy but a
      
      light N.W. air
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Frid, Therm@ 5. 53
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      11 Baghdad left 6 AM.
     
     
      	Light N.W. fine weather,
      
      Eliahoo Dennooss the Jew Banker
      
      our friend also sent us a Tray
      
      of 7 Loaves sugar & a Ruby
      
      ring worth about 4 Liras~
      
     
     
      	I am unable to do anything
      
      or go out from the pain in
      
      my stomach, it came on at
      
      noon & lasted the whole
      
      day & night, I could not
      
      
     
     
      	SS. Baghdad left 6 am.
      
      eat every thing & at night
      
      I took the Sulphur, and
      
      later on I took twice Fruit
      
      salt, it was about 2 in
      
      the morning that I felt a
      
      little better;~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Saturd, Therm@ 5. 50
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      we are busy arranging for
      
      the invitation to breakfast;
      
     
     
      	I feel very weak from the
      
      effect of last nights pain,
      
     
     
      	At 12 AM Monsigr. Aghnatius
      
      & Khoory Toma called, then
      
      Monseigneur Attmayer &
      
      Père Augustin & Père Louis,
      
      also Mr. Rappaport, I
      
      sent for Johny & Artin as
      
      they were late they came
      
      just after we had sat at the
      
      table, Antone Marine wrote
      
      excusing himself, as he
      
      is busy at the Residency,
      
      we had a good Table with
      
      a Turkey & Ham, Boiled
      
      
      fowels & Tongues, Cutletts,
      
      macarooni etc & lots of
      
      Sweetmeats & fruit, wine
      
      Kerkook, Port, Beer &
      
      Champagne; They left
      
      at 3 P.M.;~
      
     
     
      	My pain is not so severe today
      
      it  came on in the evening, I slept
      
      well at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      18' Sund, Therm@ 5. 52
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      The Mejidieh has passed Gherrara
      
      early this morning at about
      
      6 AM ; a Deckman came
      
      out from her~
      
     
     
      	At 9 we went to Church;
      
      Called with Alexander Mary &
      
      my wife on Antone Marine,
      
      his wife gave to Mary a diamond
      
      ring worth about 5 Liras,
      
      I then took Alexander & went
      
      to call on Mina Aboud,
      
      Eliza & Adoola my Cousins,
      
      Shekoory Andria, father Philippus,
      
      Henry's wife, Dr. Macri,
      
      Yacoob Hanosh Tessy; Alexander
      
      also called on Pehlewans,
      
      & Yousif Tessi etc~
      
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mejidieh has arrived
      
      at 10 AM; Meekha our
      
      Tindal & Hamadi came
      
      to us;~
      
     
     
      	My stomach is not paining
      
      so much today~
      
     
     
      	At 5 1/2 P.M. we all went to
      
      Yaghchie's family & spent the
      
      evening, also Antone Marine
      
      his wife & 2 daughters came
      
      there, we left at 8~
      
     
     
        Weather cloudy all over
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Mond, Therm@ 5. 54
     
     
      	Weather cloudy, it has rained
      
      a little at night, N. Erly breeze,
      
     
     
      	At 10 AM I went on board
      
      I took the balance of cash
      
      from Metty, had my cabin
      
      cleaned & arranged my
      
      kit; the ship is discharging
      
      I saw Capt Braine our
      
      new Captain;~ At 12 I
      
      came home;~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I called on Sister
      
      
      Eliza & then on Mr. Rappaport
      
      to ask him for a certificate
      
      of my nationality for the Tapo
      
      on account of the mortgage
      
      I have at Kadumain as it
      
      is the rule, He gave me one
      
      for which I paid him 76 R. Piast
      
      I came home; & at 4 P.M.
      
      took Alexander & called on
      
      Hanna Khayat the Mosully
      
      Merchant & came home,
      
     
     
        My stomach is paining
      
      me again;
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Tuesd
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      at 9 AM I called on Kerop
      
      Setyan my Lawyer, and
      
      he asked me 15 Liras to
      
      finish my business with
      
      the Claim of my little house
      
      by Emin, I settled it with
      
      him for 14 & we exchanged
      
      contracts, I paid him
      
      half in advance (7 Liras)
      
     
     
        I then went on board.
      
      We are shipping cargo;
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 came home; Eliza
      
      Mary & Alexander are
      
      out rendering visits~
      
      Mr. Rappaport called
      
      on me for 1/2 hour;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I went on board, we
      
      shipped a lot of cargo today,
      
     
     
      	The river is getting very low,
      
      At 5 I came home, found
      
      Père Pièrre who came to visit
      
      us~ Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Wednes, Ther@ 5. 48
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold wind
      
      At 8 AM I came on board,
      
      we are shipping a lot of cargo,
      
      & getting deep also lots of
      
      Passengers are coming;
      
     
     
      	At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast &
      
      returned at 1 P.M.; still
      
      shipping cargo, coming as
      
      quick as possible; I worked
      
      very hard until late at night
      
      it was 7 1/2 P.M. when I went
      
      home, It is all the cause of
      
      our new 2d mate Mr. Slack
      
      who is so slow in taking
      
      
      Cargo;~ At 7 1/2 P.M. I
      
      went home very tyred from
      
      the work & writing; we
      
      shipped over 225,000 Okes
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      my stomach does not pain
      
      me so bad as before, I
      
      am using the cream of Tartar
      
      & Sulphur;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Thursd
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W. fine cold
      
      weather; I awoke at 1 AM
      
      & could not sleep, the pain
      
      also came on but slight,
      
     
     
      	At 5 1/4 AM I came on
      
      board~
      
     
     
      	Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      is going with us also Père
      
      Augustin to Rome & France
      
      they came on board at 5,
      
      Some nuns; Mrs. Lubiez came
      
      also to see Monseigneur & the
      
      daughter of Lubiez & the daughter
      
      of Mr. Holdway who are
      
      going to France with him,
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
 
      	S.S. Mejidieh Voy 424 (//)  Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow~ (//) [22 Nov 1900 - V051_17_S]
 


PassengOkes G.S. PiastDraft / Barge
 271 1/2228,37956,664,4,,0 / 2,,6
   
    

     
      Jemila
     
     
     
[A51_291_18:008]
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	At 6,,20 AM got underway
      
      & proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,15 passed Diala
      
      S. Erly breeze very light, & it is
      
      getting cloudy but cold
      
      & chilly~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,20 grounded at
      
      Gusseiba took an anchor
      
      out & hove off, sent to sound,
      
     
     
      	At 11,40 proceeded
      
      At 0,,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Breeze shifted to N.W. with
      
      few clouds; The river is as
      
      low as before~
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 234 1/2
      
      Passengers, (6 in 1st Class,
      
      Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      & Père Augustin Sayegh going
      
      to Marseilles & Rome via
      
      Bombay; Mr. Ovesinko
      
      the Russian chancellier
      

      
      of Baghdad, Major Phillott
      
      of the Indian Army who came
      
      up in the Mejidieh this trip,
      
      the daughter of Mr. Holdway
      
      Jemila, her father was our
      
      old mate & died last year,
      
      she is with the nuns & is
      
      sent to the Convent at Tours
      
      also Jeanne the daughter
      
      of Dr. Lubiez about 10
      
      years old also going to
      
      the Convent with Monseigneur
      
      but she has free passage
      
      from Mr. Bottomley,
      
      and one in 2d Class Selman
      
      ibn H. Dowd;)
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. we met the SS.
      
      Comet at anchor at Jwemisseh
      
      at the property of Mahomed
      
      Pasha Daghestany with
      
      Major Melvill the Resident
      
      encamped here to shoot,
      
      we rounded & came to for
      
      the night just astern
      
      of the Comet to give her
      
      the mails & other parcels
      

      
      her boat came off & took them,
      
      Mr. Duncan Alexander came
      
      off, he says they are shooting
      
      about 25 or 40 partridges
      
      every day; Major Melvill
      
      is shooting over all these places
      
      from Gutnyeh up to Ctesiphon
      
      & shifts his Tents about;
      
   

    
     
      23 Friday, Therm@ 5. 50
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
      at 6,,15 AM proceeded,
      
      at 8,,10 passed Baghdadieh,
      
      At 11,5 passed Azizieh;
      
     
     
      	I have not had the stomach
      
      ache last night, & slept very
      
      well~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Mossul & Barge going
      
      up at Shedeif~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 passed the S.S.
      
      Khalifah & Barge going up
      
      at the bottom of Sheresh;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      		At 5,,50 P.M. passed Memlah
      
      Fine weather, new moon
      
      today~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 we rounded & came
      
      to below Bughela~
      
     
     
      	My stomach ache came on at
      
      6 P.M. but not so strong;
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Saturd, Therm@ 5. 44
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cold
      
      weather~ At 6,,15 AM
      
      proceeded~ At 7,,10 touched
      
      at Mehdi worked off with
      
      the Engines & proceeded at 7,,40,
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 59 passengers
      
      and 143 Packages; I received
      
      a letter from Henry, the
      
      Khalifah has no Bombay
      
      mail it had not arrived,
      
      she has 240,000 Okes & about
      
      120 passengers, Bedry
      
      Bey returning in her in
      
      1 Class;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. left Coot,
      
      Took 16 Passengers (1 in 2d Class
      
      H. Mahd. Hussein)~
      
     
     
      	The Sennyeh are making
      
      a new Bridge in Baghdad
      
      to be put across at the
      
      reach below Coot, they
      
      
      have built a stage on the
      
      banks with bricks;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.M. we rounded
      
      & came to for the night~
      
      Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
      
      we anchored at Um el Aroog;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Sund. Therm@ 6.40
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine very
      
      cold weather,~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM proceeded;
      
      At 7,55 landed 5 Bales at
      
      Sheikh Saad & went on at
      
      8~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,10 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Gherbi; At 4,,55 P.M.
      
      passed Ali Sherghi;
      
     
     
      	My stomach has not pained me
      
      last night nor today, except this
      
      evening very little;
      
     
     
      		At 10,,40 P.M. arrived
      
      at Amara landed 46 Passengers
      
      and 154 Packages~ We remained
      
      here for the night;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cold, weather
      
      cloudy~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Mond Therm@ 6.44
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	At 6,,10 AM left Amara
      
      
     
     
      	Took 24 passengers (2 in 1st
      
      Class Mr. Barney the missionary
      
      of Basreh, occupying the Saloon
      
      & slept on the Table as there are
      
      no Cabins charged him as
      
      2d Class fare G. S. P.  70, as the
      
      Basreh missionaries have a
      
      reduced passage by Lynchs
      
      order charging them 2d fare
      
      & occupying 1st C., and
      
      Abdulaziz Beg son of Kassim
      
      Pasha Zheir sleeping on
      
      the quarter charged him 1st
      
      Class G. S. P.  75)
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 passed Kalat
      
      Saleh;~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,5 P.M. the steamer got
      
      jammed between a laden Boat
      
      & the bank at the bite of
      
      Abooroba, took a rope on shore
      
      & pulled her stern out of the boat,
      
      At 1,,20 proceeded;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,20 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Baghdad & Barge at Ghumeyjeh
      
      bound up;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 passed Azair;
      
      Monseigneur Altmayer came to
      
      me in the cabin, he offered his
      
      services if he can be of any
      
      
      use to me in Europe or Constantple
      
      I requested him if he can speak
      
      in favor of my son Alexander
      
      to get him employed either in
      
      the projected Railway Construction
      
      to Baghdad by the German &
      
      french Company, or in the
      
      service of Public Debt~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,40 went alongside the
      
      bank at Gorna to land
      
      116 packages & 11 passengers
      
      Mr. Guilietti came on board,
      
      he is inspecting the telegraphic
      
      line & is on his way up
      
      to Baghdad overland along
      
      the Tigris river I gave him
      
      his letter & papers, he came
      
      from Basreh this morning
      
      in the "Baghdad''~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 left Gorna;
      
      Fine weather & not so cold
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Mond.
     
     
      Bartsey
     
     
      1900 Nov.
     
     
      Draft in Barge 4,,0   Okes 153,405 Draft 2,,6
     
     
      	At 3 AM. arrived at Basreh
      
      we anchored up alongside
      
      the Blosse Lynch~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
      
     
     
      	There are only the SS. Sidney
      
      Thomas for Kassim Khdery &
      
      the SS. Bartsey for Yousif
      
      Korkis bringing Paraffin
      
      for the Maymany & loading
      
      Barley;~
      
     
     
      	Nessoory Andrea came on
      
      board & took Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer & followers to put
      
      up in his house in Basreh
      
      until the mail Steamer
      
      leaves for Bombay~
      
      We are discharging cargo;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah is here
      
      as well as the Phrat which
      
      has lately come out of
      
      her reparation since some
      
      months;
      
     
     
      	Rufail & Rezooki came
      
      to me; After I breakfasted
      
      I went in to Basreh with
      
      Rufail called on Tookyeh
      
      & then to Nassoory Andrea
      
      to see Monseigneur Altmayer
      
      & Père Augustin, then went
      
      over to Tookyeh & had Tea
      
      & came out at 3 P.M.
      
      
      Came to the ship took my
      
      bed & went up; Roofails
      
      house is now finished, plastered
      
      & painted & looks very nice
      
      & good; we dined & slept
      
      in the rooms, weather is
      
      fine & mild~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah & Barge
      
      left for Baghdad at 5 1/4 AM,
      
     
    
    
     
      28th Wedne
     

     
      	Light N.W. & fine calm
      
      & mild weather~
      
     
     
      	At 8 AM I came on
      
      board, we are shipping cargo
      
      from the Blosse Lynch;
      
     
     
      	The mail steamer Simla
      
      arrived to quarantine this
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	Finished loading at 3 P.M.;
      
      Rufail Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly,
      
      Moolla Hamza, Nassoory Andrea
      
      & others came to me;
      
     
     
      	Weather calm & not cold;
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 424 (//) Basreh to Baghdad, (//) Barge in tow (//) [28 Nov 1900 - V051_18_N]

 

PassegOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
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      [space] At 5,,15 P.M. we got under=
      
      way & proceeded; Very light
      
      N.W. breeze & fine;~
      
     
     
      	At 11,20 landed at Gorna
      
      a missing bale of the down trip,
      
      Took	Passengers and went
      
      on at 11,,25;~
      
     
     
        Fine clear weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Thursd, Therm@ 6. 50
     
     
      1900 Novr
     
     
      	At 4,,40 AM. passed
      
      Azair~ Light N.W. & fine,
      
     
     
      	My stomach is not paining
      
      me, I keep taking the Sulphur
      
      & Cream of Tartar occasionally,
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      tickets we have in all from
      
      Basreh 126 (1 in 1st Class
      
      Artin Eassayi and 1 in 2d
      
      Class Yousif Shamoon Nazo)
      
     
     
      	At 0,,50 P.M. we grounded
      
      at Nafikh, Sounded & I took
      
      out an anchor & hove ahead
      
     
     
      	At 3 proceeded; weather
      
      
      became cloudy all over &
      
      overcast;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.M. landed 5
      
      passengers at K. Saleh &
      
      took one & went on at 4
      
      P.M.;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 24 ½ Passengers
      
      and 42 Bales of through
      
      Cargo; I received a telegram
      
      from my son (as I had told
      
      him to wire to me) it is dated
      
      yesterday, he says,
      

      [Arabic]Amara Svoboda  عمارة زڤوبودا ++
      
       [Arabic]  Emin dropped his claim  Iskender  امين جاز من دعوتهُ   اسكندر ++
      
     
	It means that Emin who is
      
      claiming my little house
      
      has given up his claim,
      
      but why & in what way
      
      I do not know;
      
     
     
      	We took 10 Tons of Coal and
      
      shipped 30 Bags of Rice of
      
      Abdulkadur Khdery ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Friday Ther @ 6. 49
     
     
      	At 1,,30 Am left Amara,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 am passed Ali
      
      Sherghi ~
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 42 ½ Amara
      
      passengers; ~ A sharp cold
      
      wind got up ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 P.M. landed one
      
      passenger at Ali Gherbi &
      
      went on took one passenger;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      my stomach is not paining
      
      me since yesterday;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Ressafah & Barge going
      
      up;
      
     
    
    
     
      Decr 1 Saturd Ther @ 6.48 noon 65
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      Capt Hanslow takes Command of the "Mejidieh”
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      At 7,,35 am arrived at Coot, I
      
      landed 10 passengers, Took
      
      8 Tons of Coal ~
      
     
     
      	At 9.left Coot, Took
      
      16 Passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	I paid the ship's company
      
      their wages for November;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. we met the
      
      
      S.S. Khalifah coming down
      
      at Nefeshyeh (below Um el
      
      Ajaj) she anchored, and
      
      Capt Hanslow sent his
      
      Kit on board to take the
      
      Command of the Mejidieh,
      
      and Captn Braine goes,
      
      to the Khalifah in his
      
      place to command her,
      
     
     
      	My brother Henry has
      
      not come down trip but
      
      Ferej his assistant clerke
      
      writes to me that he is
      
      little unwell with fever
      
      & headache ~
      
     
     
      	Capt Hanslow came on board
      
      & Capt Braine went on board
      
      the Khalifah ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 P.M. we proceeded
      
      also the Khalifah, there
      
      are on board of her the Mufettish
      
      of the Senyeh Mahd Rafik
      
      Effendi going to Amara
      
      & Mr. Vivers the government
      
      
      architect who came up in
      
      the Mejidieh last time to
      
      survey the houses of the
      
      Nawab Ikbalood Dowleh
      
      bought by the English Governt
      
      to be built as the new
      
      Residency as he did some
      
      two years ago; ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 p.m. passed
      
      Memlah, Light N.W. and
      
      fine clear night;
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Sund The @ 6.47 Noon 59
     
     
      [space] Light N.W. & fine cold morning,
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am. passed Azizieh,
      
      The river is very low, and we
      
      have had no rain since
      
      that hard one we got on the
      
      8th Ulto at Moaddem ;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Very calm & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to a very light
      
      S. Erly at 5,,45 as we passed
      
      my shooting encamping place
      
      at Ledje;
      
     
     
      	At about 11 P.m. passed
      
      Ctesiphon ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Mond The @ 6 50
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	At 0,,30 Am. detained at
      
      Gusseiba in finding the
      
      
      Channel; The SS. Mossul
      
      & Barge are at anchor here
      
      bound down, at 1 we went
      
      on ~ At 3 passed
      
      Diala & at 4,,30 passed
      
      through the Bridge of Gherrara
      
      Very light N.W. air and
      
      fine, dampy morning;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 am landed the
      
      mails at the Residensy and
      
      went to the Custum House:
      
      The SS. Baghdad has arrived
      
      this morning at about 2 am,
      
     
     
      	I went home found my wife
      
      Alexander & his wife Mary
      
      all well, the latter is getting
      
      fatter & healthier; ~
      
     
     
      	Abduljebbar Effendi the
      
      Lawyer has arrived from his
      
      tour to Europe & Constple via
      
      Deir since last week;
      
     
     
      	I went to see Henry, he is in
      
      bed suffering from a
      
      strong neuralgia & fever
      
      Dr. Sutton is treating him
      
      he appears to be very funky(?)
      
      
     
     
      	I left & came on board
      
      I then took the ship's money
      
      & went to the office, saw
      
      Mr. Bottomley & at 11 ½ I
      
      came home, We are leaving
      
      on Friday as the Baghdad
      
      is inside discharging,
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. took Alexander
      
      & his wife & called on Sister
      
      Eliza, We returned at
      
      4 ½ P.M.; Shekoory Andrea,
      
      ShekoorySayegh, Antone
      
      Marine also Johny and
      
      Artin called & spent the
      
      evening till 7 ½ P.M.;
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Tuesd Ther @ 6.50
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine ~
      
      At 8 ½ am I called on Kerop
      
      Sethyan my Lawyer about
      
      the house of which Emin
      
      is claiming, he said that
      
      Emin wants to give up his
      
      Claim, but Kerop said that
      
      he will prosecute him &
      
      must finish it by taking
      
      an Ilaam against him
      
      so he asked for time to
      
      
      answer on Wednesday
      
      (tomorrow) etc etc, I then
      
      left & came on board
      
      The Baghdad will finish
      
      in an hour & the Mejidieh
      
      will go in to discharge;
      
      I called to see Henry he is still
      
      very weak & has had no
      
      sleep last night, Dr. Sutton
      
      has given him a dose of [illegible],
      
      & he has a little fever;
      
      I went home we breakfasted
      
      & at 11 ½ took Alexander &
      
      went with Moshi the son of
      
      Eliahoo Denoos in the Tram
      
      car to Kadumain We started
      
      at 12 & arrived there after
      
      40 minutes to the Kadumains
      
      office outside the town where
      
      the office of the Tapo is &
      
      to them I confessed having
      
      received 150 Tliras from
      
      the owners of the property
      
      mortgaged to me by Seyd
      
      Ali Zowayed; they wanted
      
      my seal & as I had not brought
      
      it with me, they would
      
      
      not be satisfied with my
      
      signature, so we had to send
      
      to the bazaar & got a seal
      
      engraved for 2 Piasters, and
      
      so after an hours detention
      
      we left at 1 P.M. & came back
      
      home at 2 ½ ~
      
     
     
      	I took a warm bath and
      
      at 4 P.M. as I was going to
      
      call on Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      he came himself to call on us,
      
      he very pleased of his tour
      
      in Europe in France, London
      
      Belgium, Switzerland Vienna
      
      & Constple etc;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
     
    
    
     
      5' Wedn. Ther @ 6.48
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; at 8 am
      
      called with Alexander on Sister
      
      Medula & we came on
      
      board; We are shipping cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ went to breakfast,
      
      I then called to see Henry he
      
      is better & at 1 ½ came on
      
      board, we are Shipping a lot
      
      of cargo, also the Baghdad,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,45 P.M. the S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge arrived;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. I left the Ship
      
      
      Called on Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      & came home at 6. found
      
      Artin my nephew and his
      
      wife Serpohy, they left at
      
      7 ~ I have a very bad cold
      
      on my head & nose, it is the
      
      cause of the warm bath I
      
      took yesterday ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6' Thurs. Ther @ 6.48
     
     
      Draft of Ship 3,,8
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & little cloudy
      
      at 8 am I called on Antone
      
      Marine & then came on
      
      board ~ The SS. Baghdad
      
      & Barge left at 6 ½ am;
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went home to breakfast
      
      & returned at 1 P.M. ~ we are
      
      shipping a lot of cargo ~
      
     
     
      	We have over 212,700 Okes
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. I left & came
      
      home; Alexander is developping
      
      & printing his Photos which
      
      he took on his way out;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy,
      
      No rain has come down
      
      for nearly a month ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Frid
     
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy
      
      all over ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ am I came on board,
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 425,(//)  Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//) [7 Dec 1900 - V051_19_S]
     


PassgOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
182 1/2216,400;36,045 3/4[N/A]
    
     
      1900 Decr
     
    
     
      	At 6,,25 Am. got underway
      
      & proceeded; weather cloudy
      
      & overcast; ~ In passing
      
      Gherrarah I saw Alexander
      
      on his Bycicle who had
      
      come out to see me ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 passed Diala river,
      
      At 10,,15 anchored to sound
      
      at Zumbaranyeh Island;
      
      weather getting fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,25 proceeded,
      
      At 0,,15 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
      
      weather very calm and
      
      mild ~
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 159 [strikethrough]
      
      Passengers (2 in 1st Class
      
      a Turk Abdulkadur Effendi
      
      new Kaimakam for Shatra
      
      
      on the Hai river & his wife
      
      and 2 Mahomedan women
      
      in 2d Class) ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 we rounded and
      
      Came to at Rwebyeh below
      
      Swera Village; Weather
      
      very cloudy & dark, Light
      
      N.W. breeze ~
      
     
    
    
     
      8th Satur Ther @ 6. 53
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy all
      
      over ~ At 5,,45 am. we
      
      proceeded ~
      
      [space] At 6,,45 passed Baghdadieh,
      
      At 7,,15 grounded at Gutnyeh
      
      took anchors out astern and
      
      hove off, sent to sound;
      
     
     
      	At 9 we left & passed over
      
      the marked channel ~
      
      wind getting up fresh S. Erly,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 passed the SS.
      
      Phrat & Barge going up
      
      at Rmelat, she was undergoing
      
      repairs at Basreh for the
      
      last seven months;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 passed Azizieh,
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 We rounded and
      
      anchored at Sheresh; The
      
      SS. Baghdad is here at anchor
      
      having left Baghdad [strikethrough]
      
      a day before us;~ The
      
      wind has fallen a little from
      
      the S. East, & is very cloudy,
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Sund Ther @ 6. 60
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	It rained at about 1 am for
      
      some time but slightly ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 am we left Sheresh,
      
      the Baghdad also was leaving
      
      behind us ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 passed Memlah,
      
      weather getting fine, but the
      
      wind is S. Erly;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,45 grounded at Mehdi,
      
      took an anchor out astern
      
      & hove off; At 9,15 proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,35 a young Persian
      
      boy about 10 years old fell
      
      overboard from the Barge just
      
      between the ship & Barge forward
      
      & escaped being crushed by
      
      the wheel & passed down,
      
      the deckmen threw the buoy
      
      for him & a deckman jumped
      
      after him, he was just getting
      
      near the buoy when the
      
      deckman caught him
      
      
      &was saved & picked them
      
      both in the Boat and
      
      went on at 10,,45 from
      
      Umel Ajaj ~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,5 P.M arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 114 packages and
      
      20 passengers (2 of the 1st Class
      
      Cabin);	~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,40 the S.S. Baghdad
      
      arrived ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 we left Coot, having
      
      shipped 50 Tins of Ghee at
      
      10 Paras per Oke; and took
      
      10 ½ Passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,25 we came to for
      
      the night below Aboo Nakhal,
      
      Very light breeze & fine
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Mond Ther @ 6. 54
     
     
      	At 1,,45 Am. the S Khalifah
      
      & Barge passed up ~
      
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 we proceeded
      
      At 8 it came on foggy, the whole
      
      sky got covered ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,25 fog got very
      
      thick we anchored ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 fog cleared off
      
      
      We proceeded; but it remained
      
      Cloudy like over all the sky;
      
     
     
      	At 11 it begun to open into
      
      clouds ~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi, weather getting fine
      
     
     
      	Yesterday was the birth day
      
      of the Sultan Abdulhamid
      
      of Turkey (17 Shaban) ~
      
     
     
      	Light air & warm but fine
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Tuesd Ther @ 6.52 Noon 68 4 P.M. 75
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	At 0,,45 Am. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 21 passengers
      
      & 161 Packages; & remained
      
      for the night;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 left Amara, Light
      
      N.W. & fine weather; Took 13
      
      passengers from Amara~ Very
      
      light N.W. & fine mild weather,
      
     
     
      	At 11 anchored at Nafikh
      
      and sounded; After 20 minutes we
      
      proceeded & again anchored after
      
      5 minutes to sound, Boats in
      
      the channel, At 1,,30 P.M. we
      
      proceeded & with difficulty passed
      
      close by the boats in a very
      
      narrow place near the
      
      date trees of Abdulla ibn Ali
      
      
      and went on at 2,,15;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      Fine Weather & very calm &
      
      rather warm; Breeze S. Erly,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,40 we rounded &
      
      came to for the night above
      
      Hmeyan reach; weather
      
      warm & S. Erly breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      12thWedn. Ther @ 6. 60
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy foggy
      
      Gloomy weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 am proceeded,
      
      weather very gloomy, wet and
      
      foggy, cannot see the distance
      
      300 yards~ At about 9 it
      
      begun to clear off ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 landed 9 Passeng
      
      at Gorna& went on at 10,,10,
      
      Clouds clearing off and
      
      breeze modte from S. West,
      
     
     
      	Toward noon wind increased
      
      to a strong S. Erly with heavy
      
      sea on & became cloudy
      
      all over ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. arrived at
      
      Basreh ~
      
      
     
     
      	The mail Str. Pumba is
      
      in quarantine; & there are here
      
      the Gunboat Redbreast
      
      very close to us & the S.S.
      
      Beloochistan of Strick,
      
      which is chartered by Yousif
      
      Korkis loading her with
      
      Barley, he is here & came
      
      on board to me ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. I went up to
      
      Rufail, there are Tukyeh
      
      & her husband Rezooki
      
      & their children they came
      
      out today; I dined an
      
      slept there, but I had a
      
      very restless night, from
      
      the noise of the watchman
      
      singing out; ~ Weather
      
      very cloudy & blowing a
      
      fresh S. Erly ~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Thursd
     
     
      1900 Decr
     

     
      	S. Erly wind & cloudy all
      
      over gloomy weather ~
      
      At 8 am I came on board;
      
      We are discharging cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 the SS. Baghdad
      
      & Barge arrived;
      
      
      It rains very slightly &
      
      it is wet;
      
     
     
      	In the Baloochistan came
      
      out Mr. Broomhead the
      
      Clerk of Blockey, Mr. Kohen
      
      the Jewish school master
      
      of Baghdad, & a Jew Ibrahim
      
      Hyim who had gone to
      
      Paris & Vienna & Berlin
      
      they are going up with us;
      
      It rained for about 2 hours,
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I went to Lynch's
      
      office to see Alfred Holland
      
      the Agent; I also called on
      
      Yousif Korkis in his house
      
      next to Lynch's office but he
      
      was not there; the bank
      
      is very muddy I came
      
      on board at 3 ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 Rezooki came & we went
      
      up to their house where Rufail
      
      & Tukyeh are, also Yousif
      
      Marine came down from
      
      Shaebyeh to see me & to
      
      enquire about my son
      
      Alexander & his wife,
      

      
     
      	The Mossul & Barge
      
      left for Baghdad at 2 PM.
      
     
     
      	Weather keeps cloudy
      
      it rained at night for some
      
      time ~
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Friday
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cloudy,
      
      it is breaking up ~
      
      At 8 am. I came on board;
      
      we are shipping cargo, &
      
      got the Barge alongside
      
      to be towed; We finished
      
      shipping at 2 P.M. ;
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy;
      
      Rezooki Angoorly & Moolla Hamza
      
      came to me only: ~
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 425 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow(//) [14 Dec 1900 - V051_20_N]



PassgOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
16190,775 / 16674510,641 1/43,,9 / 2,,6
    
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
    
[A51_318_06:009]
     

     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. we got under=
      
      weigh & proceeded with Barge,
      
     
     
      	Light cold N.W. wind
      
      & cloudy;
      
     
     
      	We have Mr. Cohen the English
      
      Jew school master of Baghdad
      
      
      with free 1st Class passage
      
      by Mr. Bottomley; also Mr.
      
      Ibrahim Hyim his wife &
      
      little daughter, Mr. Broomhead
      
      the clerk of Blockey Hotz,
      
      and the young son of Artin
      
      Apikyan, Alphonse of
      
      about 16 or 17 years who was
      
      sent to Beyrout to school
      
      but as he is a bad lot and
      
      spoilt boy, the school of the
      
      Jesuits in Beyrout rejected
      
      his acceptance & he was
      
      left to his faith wondering
      
      about, so that his parents
      
      sent to get him returned,
      
      he had no money to pay his
      
      1st C. Cabin, at last Asfar's
      
      people paid me the 14 Mejidies,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 P.M. passed Gorna
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Satur Ther @ 6.52
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      At 4,,10 am. passed Azair
      
      At 4,,55 anchored & at
      
      6 proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. landed 3 Passengers
      
      
      at Kalat Saleh ~
      
     
     
      	Fresh & Cold N.W. wind
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 117
      
      Passengers (5 ½ in 1st Class
      
      Mr. Broomhead Clerk of Blockey
      
      Hotz & Co,  Ibrahim Hyim
      
      his wife & daughter, Mr.
      
      Cohen schoolmaster of the
      
      Jews free, & Alphonse son
      
      of Artin Apikyan, & 2 in
      
      2nd Class Hussein Effendi
      
      the Mustantik & his friend)
      
     
     
      	At 8,,35 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 16 passengers
      
      & 4 Bales of through cargo
      
      Took in 12 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 left Amara,
      
      Fine cold night;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Sund The @ 6. 40
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	Moderate N.W. wind &
      
      fine cold weather;
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am. passed Ali
      
      Sherghi ~
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 26 Amara
      
      passengers; We also shipped
      
      15 Bundles of Hides ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,55 P.M. passed
      
      the S.S. Ressafah and
      
      
      Barge going down
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Gherbi;
      
     
     
      	River looks rising, it
      
      is getting [strikethrough] turbid from
      
      the rain fall ~ Modte
      
      Cold N.W. Wind;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Mond The @6.39 Noon 55 4 P.M. 58
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 am. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 17 passengers
      
      and took in 11 Tons of Coal,
      
      very Cold weather, The SS
      
      Mossul arrived here an hour
      
      before us, she had left Basreh
      
      one day before us ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 am left Coot, I left
      
      all the Khalifah's papers & letters
      
      here, she must have left
      
      Baghdad yesterday ~ The
      
      Mossul has not left Coot
      
      yet ~ Took 18 Passengers,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,55 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Phrat & Barge going
      
      
      down at Umel Ajaji ~
      
      At 4 P.m. passed the S.S.
      
      Khalifah at Mehdi going
      
      down, My brother Henry
      
      is not on board; his servant
      
      sung out to say that he is
      
      better, but that Dr. Sutton
      
      did not allow him to come
      
      down this trip;
      
      Very fine & Cold weather;
      
      it is very calm & clear;
      
      At 6,,40 passed Memlah;
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Tuesd Therm.@ 6. 39
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	Breeze Shifted to S. Erly; Weather
      
      fine & cold; River rising about
      
      3 feet & water very turbid red,
      
     
     
      	At 5,45 am passed
      
      Azizieh ~ S. Erly wind is
      
      freshening up~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,25 passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort;~
      
      at 4 P.M. the weather begun
      
      to change, clouds coming from
      
      the West & North & covering
      
      the whole sky ~ at
      
      
      5 P.M. passed our encamping
      
      place at Ledje when out
      
      shooting with Johny in
      
      Octor 29 till 2 Novr ~
      
      Weather getting very cloudy
      
      and dark, At 7,,45 had to
      
      anchor below Semreh reach
      
      too dark to see, Modte
      
      S. Erly breeze~
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Wednes Ther @ 6. 51
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze, clouds breaking
      
      up a little ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 am proceeded,
      
      at 6 passed Ctesiphon; Wind
      
      increasing from S. Eat and
      
      blowing fresh; ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 passed Diala
      
      At 10,, 40 I landed & walked
      
      in to Baghdad, strong S. Erly wind
      
      & cloudy, I arrived home
      
      at 11,50 ~ found them all home
      
      except Mary Alexander's wife
      
      has had the diarrhea,
      
      & pain in stomach, Dr. Zakhoor
      
      was called & he gave her
      
      Castor Oil & put her
      
      
      on a strong diet, not eating
      
      any meat or bred, she is
      
      better now; I went to
      
      see Henry, he has had a
      
      relase few days ago, and
      
      got bad, with head ache
      
      fever & Dr. Sutton & Dr. Ramsay
      
      came to see him, they think
      
      he has the kidney complaint
      
      & strong influenza and
      
      Neuralogie in the head, he
      
      is however much better
      
      now ;~ I came home
      
      at 4 P.M. it is raining
      
      since noon & the streets
      
      are muddy; Anntone
      
      Marine called & left at 7,
      
      weather very cloudy, dark
      
      & raining drizzly;
      
     
    
    
     
      20' Thursd Th.@ 6. 48
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      Westly breeze very cloudy
      
      gloomy & raining;
      
      at 9 am I called on Sister
      
      Medula & came on board
      
      raining continually
      
      
      The Mejidieh is discharging
      
      Mr. Rappaport our
      
      Austrian Consul has
      
      changed his house, he
      
      left the little one of Naman
      
      Pachachy, & hired the
      
      house of Menahem Daniel
      
      in the Masbagha beach
      
      on the river for 2 years
      
      @ 35 T Liras per year,
      
     
     
      	I went to the Office with
      
      Money, to see Mr. Bottomley,
      
      The coolies knocked off discharging
      
      on account of the strong rain
      
      & all worked suspended,
      
      probably we cannot leave
      
      on Sunday~ at 11 1/2 came
      
      home; weather is rainy all
      
      the day ~ at 2 P.m. went to
      
      see Henry, he is better but he
      
      has the headache, it is a reumatic
      
      attack & Neuralogy in the
      
      head, at 4 I left him and
      
      came on board, but there
      
      
      no work at all, we have
      
      not shipped any thing at all,
      
      I went home, it rained a
      
      little & remained very
      
      cloudy ~
      
     
    
    
     
      21' Frid Th.@ 6.47
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	Light N.W. & very cloudy
      
      gloomy wet weather,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul arrived at
      
      7 am.  At 9 I called on Antone
      
      Marine & came on board,
      
      The streets are very muddy;
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I called on Mr. Rappaport
      
      in his new house of Menahem
      
      Daniel on the river at the
      
      beach near the steamer;
      
      I went home at 12 ½ ~
      
      At 3 P.m. I called on Sister
      
      Eliza, also on Père Louis Sayegh
      
      living in the house of
      
      Monseigneur;& then called
      
      to see Henry he is better
      
      today, but is weak & has
      
      headache; I came home
      
      at 5 P.M.; Johny & Artin
      
      called in the evening. ~
      
     
     
      	I feel so very busy & tyred
      
      
      from the work & the walk about
      
      in these very dirty & muddy
      
      streets, & the short time we
      
      have, we have not yet
      
      shipped any cargo, & must
      
      leave on Sunday morning,
      
      Weather became very
      
      fine & clear~
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Satur Th @ 6 42
     

     
      	Light N.W. & fine; it got
      
      foggy for an hour & cleared
      
      up at 9 a.m. ~ I came on
      
      board at 8 ½, we are discharging
      
      & shipping Cargo; but the
      
      shipment did not begin
      
      till 11 a.m. I went to breakfast
      
      at 10 ½ & came back at 11 3/4,
      
      Very cloudy & the cargo is
      
      pouring on board; The
      
      mates are so slow in taking
      
      it that they had to send clerks
      
      from the office to assist
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me at
      
      3 P.M.; I worked awfully
      
      hard in writing & gave
      
      31 Through Cargo receipts,
      
      The whole shipment of
      
      
      the cargo & the discharge
      
      was done in one day ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 ¼ P.M. I left the
      
      steamer with Alexander &
      
      gone home, I never saw
      
      such hard of work before,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cold night;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Sund.
     
     
      Very light N.W. air and
      
      fine, at 6 am. I came
      
      on board ;
      
     
    
   
   

     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 426 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//) [23 Dec 1900 - V051_21_S]
   

PassgOkes G.S. PiastDraft
156 1/2 201,21737,321 2/4[N/A]
    
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
     
      	At 6,,30 am. we got
      
      underway & proceeded;
      
      River is the same since it rose
      
      when coming up, ~
      
      At 9,,5 passed Diala
      
      gave tickets to the Passengers,
      
      We have altogether 126
      
      (2 in 1st Class a Jew to Basreh
      
      and a Mohamedan Behjet
      
      Effendi to Amara, and
      
      
      2 ½ Mohamedan in 2nd Class)
      
      Weather becoming cloudy
      
      & calm; ~ At 1 P.M. passed the S.S. Baghdad bound up
      
     
     
      	At 4,,5 P.M. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort;
      
     
     
      	Today the Mahomedan
      
      have fasted the Ramadan,
      
      Although the moon is two
      
      days old, & it is seen plain
      
      with the circle around it,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 we anchored at
      
      Raddat, weather dark and
      
      a little cloudy;
      
     
     
      	Captain Hanslow has Shifted
      
      his Cabin from midship on
      
      deck & brought aft right before
      
      the sky light of the Saloon
      
      on account of the noise of the
      
      passengers around it, and
      
      also of the Engine room below
      
      it, ~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Mond Ther @ 6. 49
     
     
      Light S. Erly & cloudy
      
      all over, gloomy weather,
      
      at 6,,30 am left
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 passed Azizieh
      
      
      At 2,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      Weather still cloudy all
      
      over ~ At 4 ½ it became very
      
      dark cloudy, & a light drizzly
      
      rain coming down, it
      
      is cold & chilly ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 we anchored for the
      
      night, dark cloudy & raining
      
      drizzly; light S. Erly breeze;
      
      we anchored at Algayah;
      
     
     
      	At 7 it begun to rain
      
      heavily & became very dark,
      
      Rain kept coming down the
      
      whole night;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Tuesd Th @ 6, 50
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      Christmas day ~ Weather
      
      very cloudy, gloomy and the
      
      rain only ceased till 6 am;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 Am. we proceeded
      
      from Algaya, S. Erly wind
      
     
     
      	At 9 am arrived at Coot
      
      strong S.Erly wind &very
      
      cloudy, Landed 31 Passng.
      
      (but 12 of these I had omitted
      
      entry last trip down) and
      
      135 Packages~ It begun to
      
      
      rain very drizzly for about
      
      an hour~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 we left Coot,
      
      Took 18 ½ Passengers; It rained
      
      again very fine & drizzly ~
      
      at 4 P.M. clouds begun to
      
      open, Breeze shifted to a
      
      Modte N. Wester & getting
      
      fine from the West & N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 4,,20 passed Sheikh Saad
      
      all the banks& desert are
      
      wet from the rain; ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.m. we anchored
      
      at Seyd Abbass, clouds clearing
      
      up & a modte cold N.W. Wind
      
      is blowing;
      
      Capt. Hanslow gave a nice
      
      dinner, with roast Turkey & Ham,
      
      Cake & sweet meats & offered
      
      us Sherry, Beer & whiskey etc;
      
     
     
      	Weather very fine & cold,
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Wedn Ther @ 6. 44, noon 48, 4 PM 54
     
     
      	 At 1,,45 am the S.S.
      
      Khalifah & Barge passed
      
      up~ Modte Cold N.W. wind
      
      and a thick fog came on, we
      
      could not get underway;
      
      
      [space] At 11 the fog having cleared
      
      a little off the river, We proceeded
      
      but is still very thick up
      
      above & bitterly cold;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 P.m. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi, fog turned in to clouds
      
      & are clearing away, but
      
      not altogether, I feel it very
      
      cold & cannot get warm
      
      in my Cabin;
      
     
     
      	At 5,55 passed Ali Sherghi;
      
      [X symbol]	At 11,,30 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 47 passengers (one
      
      of 1st Class) and 176 Packges,
      
      took two tons of coal and
      
      remained for the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Thursd Th.@ 6, 45
     
     
      [X symbol]
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine, few clouds
      
      hanging;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 am left
      
      Amara, getting little foggy
      
      & cloudy; Took 12 Passengers
      
      I got my papers & manifests
      
      left here by the Khalifah, by
      
      Faraj the assistant Clerk;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 passed Kalat Saleh
      
      The SS. Ressafah & Barge passed
      
      up last night at 8,,30 P.m.
      
      
      Detained in sounding & waiting
      
      for Boats in the Way at
      
      Abdulla ibn Ali from
      
      11,,45 till 0,,30 P.M.
      
     
     
      	Detained below the Elbow on
      
      a shoal from 2 till 3 P.M.
      
      got her stern off into deep water
      
      by a rope made fast on the
      
      West bank;
      
     
     
      	Weather cloudy all over
      
      [space] At 4,,10 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      Cloudy all over;
      
      At 6,,5 we rounded and
      
      Came to for the night at
      
      Horeiba, cloudy all over
      
      moon 6 days old, but it is dark,
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Frid  Ther @ 6. 52
     
     
      	Very light or rather calm,
      
      cloudy & overcast weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 am proceeded from
      
      Horeiba;
      
      At 8,,35 landed 3 Passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 8,,40,
      
      Light N.W. & cloudy all over,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,20 P.M we  rounded
      
      & came to  alongside the
      
      
      Blosse Lynch to ship Cargo
      
      out of  her~ There are the
      
      SS. Phrat here also the SS.
      
      "Queensland” for Kassim
      
      Khdery loading her with Grain,
      
      the  SS. Hodeida a Turkish
      
      Boat arrived today from
      
      Constantinople, and in
      
      the Quarantine the Mail
      
      Str. Khandala & the Persian
      
      steamer; the  Khandalla
      
      left at 5 P.M;
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh came to
      
      me & I went with him to
      
      the house, Rufail is in Basreh
      
      &  remained there the night
      
      also; so Rezooki & I dined
      
      alone & slept; Tukyeh had
      
      gone to town before christmas;
      
      Weather cleared up & became
      
      fine with light n.w. breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Satur
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	 Modte n.w. & fine cold
      
      weather, blowing sharp,
      
      At 8 am I came on board
      
      we are discharging cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.m. I hired a Belem
      
      for 2 Krs & went in to  Basreh,
      
      but had to land after
      
      passing the  Wali Moshen
      
      
      Pasha's house at the Police
      
      station & walked in as
      
      there is no water in the
      
      Creek, I called on Tookyeh
      
      but Rufail had left &
      
      gone out before noon,
      
      I went to Angoorlys shop
      
      & returned to Tookyeh
      
      had Tea & left them &
      
      walked out to the Belem
      
      to the Waly's house and
      
      came on board at 3  ¾
      
      P.M.; ~ Sharp cold wind
      
      blowing; At 4 ½ I went
      
      up to Rufail & Rezooki, I
      
      dined with them & slept there,
      
      Light n.w. & fine cold weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Sund
     
     
      1900 Decr
     
     
      	  Modte Cold n.w. wind
      
      at 8 a.m; I  came on board;
      
      we are shipping cargo from
      
      the Blosse~
      
     
     
      	My stomach has again been
      
      troubling me, with some pain,
      
      wind &  very  bitter mouth
      
      since the dinner I took on
      
      Christmas night which was
      
      so heavy, I took the
      
      
      the Sulphur & Cream of
      
      Tartar, last night after dinner
      
      it working my bowels & I
      
      feel bilious yet;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. the SS. Phrat &
      
      Barge left for Baghdad
      
     
     
      	Rufail & Yousif Korkis came
      
      to me; we were going
      
      at 2 P.M. but the ship is not
      
      sufficiently loaded & had
      
      to get some more cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. the little stern
      
      wheel steamer the Shushan
      
      came out of Quarantine
      
      & steamed came alongside
      
      the Blosse Lynch, she is
      
      going to be docked at Maghil
      
      to be repaired, Tom Tartt
      
      the Chief Engineer of the Khalifah
      
      is to superintend the work
      
      he is here left on board
      
      the Blosse Lynch  ~
      
     
     
      	We finished loading at 3 ½
      
      P.M.~
      
     
     
      	Weather fine & Cold;
      
      
     
    
   
   

     SS. Mejidieh Voy 426 (//)  Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow~ (//)[30 Dec 1900 - V051_22_N]
      

PassgOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
108 ½99,886 /  253,79566553,,9 / 2.7
    
     
     
     
      	At 4,,40 P.M. we got under=
      
      way & proceeded, with Barge
      
      in tow ~ Ebb tide;
      
      Weather very Cold & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Phrat & Barge at Sweib
      
      going up ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,25 We passed Gorna
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Mond Ther @ 6.35
     
     
     
      	Light N.W. & very Cold ~
      
      Weather getting foggy ~
      
      At 1,,15 am obliged to
      
      anchor, it came on very thick
      
      fog; it is bitterly cold;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 proceeded while
      
      still foggy, only the bank
      
      can be seen; we were just
      
      below Zechyeh  Date Grove
      
     
     
      	At 11 fog begun to open and
      
      the sun shined ~
      
      
      We have in all 85 ½ Passengers
      
      from Basreh (one in 1st Class
      
      Rezooki Beshoory, & 2 in
      
      2nd Class a Jewess & her son)
      
     
     
      	At 0,,40 P.m. passed Azair
      
      At 5,55 P.M. we anchored
      
      at Abdulla ibn Ali; Weather
      
      fine & moonlight night;
      
      still Cold; Breeze from S. Est,
      
     
    
    
     
      Jany 1901 Tuesd Ther @ 6.47
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	At 8,30 the SS. Phrat came
      
      up & passed us and went on;
      
     
     
      	Light S. Erly and Cloudy
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 Am, we proceeded
      
      At 7,,15 stopped and awaited
      
      for the SS. Mossul & Barge
      
      coming down, At 7,,30 she
      
      passed & we went on ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 landed 3 passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & went on
      
      at 8,,45; N. Erly Wind
      
      At 10 ½ it begun to rain drizzly,
      
      it became gloomy ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. rain ceased & it
      
      is opening a bit;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 P.m. arrived at
      
      
      Amara landed 15 Passengers
      
      and 33 Packges (29 Bales of
      
      through Cargo; ~ Northerly
      
      Cold breeze & cloudy all over;
      
      We took 10 Tons of Coal;
      
      It has rained here to today &
      
      the place is very Muddy;
      
      The Reis el Senyeh, Mahomed
      
      Rafik Beg (who is now appointed
      
      in Baghdad since 4 months
      
      & had come down in the Khalifah
      
      last month is going up with
      
      us in 1st C. Cabin; ~ Ghadban
      
      the Sheikh of Beni Laam
      
      came on board with Abdul Kadur
      
      Khdery, he is now reinstated
      
      & as well as his uncle Shobib
      
      & has paid to the government
      
      his old debts ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 P.M. left Amara,
      
      still cloudy & a northerly
      
      Cold wind is blowing;
      
     
     
      	My stomach is not right at all
      
      it is paining me a little & is very
      
      weak, mouth bitter and
      
      
      bowels not working regular
      
      there is wind & nausea with
      
      headache ~
      
     
     
      	Weather became very fine
      
      & a modte N.W. wind, Moon
      
      11 days old ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.m. passed the SS.
      
      Baghdad & Barge going down,
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Wednes Th @ 6.40
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cold weather
      
      At 1,,15 am passed Ali Sherghi;
      
     
     
      	My stomach is troubling me
      
      at night ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 am landed 3 Passeng
      
      at Ali Gherbi & went on;
      
      Fine Cold weather ~
      
      The second range of the Lohristan
      
      Hills are covered with snow;
      
      We took 12 Passengers from
      
      Amara (1 in 1st Class, the Reis
      
      Sennyeh Mahd Rafik Beg);
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship's Company
      
      their wages for December;
      
      Capt. Hanslow's pay being
      
      25 £ Stg the same as in the
      
      Khalifah ~
      
     
     
      	At 12 passed the SS. Phrat
      
      & Barge going up, she had left
      
      Amara 6 hours before us
      
      
      At 2,,35 P.m. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad ~ Fine Clear weather;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 11 passengers, Took
      
      in 10 Tons of coal; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Thursd Ther @ 6.42
     
     
      	At 1,,30 Am. we left
      
      Coot;~ At 3 it became
      
      foggy, we anchored, it got
      
      very thick ~ We took 11
      
      passengers from Coot;
      
     
     
      	At 9 fog cleared off a
      
      little we proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.m. passed the
      
      SS. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down, at Umel Ajaj, my
      
      brother Henry still not
      
      on board;
      
      Weather getting cloudy
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 P.m. passed
      
      Memlah; weather cloudy,
      
      but the moon is 12 days old,
      
      River has fallen 3 feet;
      
      Fine night breeze S. Erly,
      
      
     
     
      	My stomach is still troubling
      
      me, although I am taking
      
      the Sulphur & Cream of Tartar,
      
      I could not sleep, again the
      
      Bell kept me awake till
      
      12 Oclock, then I dosed off &
      
      slept for 4 hours;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Frid Th @ 6.44
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze, but
      
      fine clear weather;
      
     
     
      	At 5 Am passed Azizieh,
      
      River is low; ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,25 passed Baghdadieh;
      
      weather getting cloudy, with a
      
      light Erly breeze; It is full
      
      Moon today, but the Mahomedans
      
      begun the Ramadam fasting
      
      a day later; At 5 ½ P.m. we
      
      passed Khemasseh reach;
      
     
     
      	At 6,55 passed Bostan;
      
      At about 11 passed Ctesiphon
      
      weather cloudy ~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Satur
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & cloudy,
      
      At 2,20 am passed Diala
      
      At 4 passed through the
      
      Bridge of Gherrara ~
      
     
     
      	Cloudy & S. Erly breeze
      
      
      At 7,5 am landed the mails
      
      at the Residency, & steamed
      
      up to the Custom House; The
      
      SS. Ressafah is here leaving
      
      on Monday  ~ I went home
      
      saw my wife Alexander & his
      
      wife, but was very sorry to see
      
      them in an awful state of
      
      Vexation between Alexander &
      
      his wife on the one part &
      
      my wife on the other, each
      
      party complaining against
      
      the other behaviour & treatment,
      
      Alexander it appears had
      
      exceeded his limit as far as
      
      his duty towards his parents
      
      & had acted on an independent
      
      manner & got his wife to
      
      do the same against his mother
      
      forgetting himself & his passed
      
      deeds, but I soon arranged
      
      the matter & got them to
      
      reconcile & so every thing
      
      was settled ~
      
     
     
      	My brother Henry is still
      
      here but he is well now,
      
      
      I went to see him he is
      
      only complaining of headache
      
      but otherwise is well &
      
      perhaps won't go down
      
      even next trip;
      
     
     
      	I went to the Office to Mr.
      
      Bottomley & I asked him again
      
      for the passage of my wife,
      
      son & his wife to Basreh
      
      he gave it willingly; I
      
      then came home, Eliza is
      
      preparing for the voyage to
      
      Basreh; ~
      
      I took a warm bath but
      
      caught cold after it;~
      
      Artin, Johny, Terrooza their
      
      sister & Artin's sister called
      
      on us in the evening, ~
      
      Light air & fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      6' Sund. Th @ 6.46
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light Erly & fine ~ at
      
      9 am we all went to Church
      
      I then took Alexander & called
      
      on Père Pièrre, Antone Marine,
      
      sister Medula, Mr. Rouet,
      
      brother Henry, & came home
      
      at 12 ~ at 3 P.m. took
      
      
      Eliza, Alexander & Marie
      
      & we called on Mrs. Cowley
      
      I then left them & took
      
      Alexander & called on
      
      Mr. Richarz but he had
      
      gone out driving; we
      
      came back called on
      
      Edward Blockey, he was
      
      out too; so we returned to
      
      Mrs. Cowley's took my wife
      
      & Marie, Alexander rode
      
      out on his Bycicle with
      
      Johny & we called on Mr. &
      
      Mrs. Bottomley but they
      
      were out to the desert, We
      
      then called on Sister Eliza
      
      until 5 ½ P.m. when Alexander
      
      came from cycling, & we
      
      came home; Near our
      
      house we met Mr. & Mrs.
      
      Bottomley who had been
      
      to my house & left their
      
      card; we made them
      
      return with us & they
      
      spent the time with us
      
      
      till 7 P.M.;~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat arrived
      
      last night at 10 P.M. ~
      
      The River is getting lower;
      
     
     
      	I called today at 11 ½
      
      on Mr. Rappaport; He has
      
      received my Passport renewed
      
      for one year from Agram;
      
      & he give it to me & I had to
      
      sign a receipt for it; he
      
      communicated to me yesterday
      
      officially & informing me
      
      that the Deposition I had
      
      made out on the 26 August
      
      last regarding my son's marriage
      
      & the cause I allowed him
      
      to do so & wanting him back,
      
      & that he is not fit for
      
      Military service etc, has
      
      not been accepted unless
      
      he accomplish his military
      
      service, & the Minister of
      
      the Hungarian Territorial
      
      Defence rejects it & sends
      
      back the Baptismal
      
      Certificate of Alexander,
      
      but they have written to
      
      
      Mr. Rappaport at the same
      
      time that a certificate
      
      would be required from a
      
      Doctor who should examine
      
      Alexander thoroughly and
      
      be sent to them; so Mr.
      
      Rappaport asked Dr. Ramsay
      
      the Residency Surgeon to
      
      examine him, and yesterday
      
      Alexander went to Mr.
      
      Rappaport & then Dr. Ramsay
      
      came & examined him
      
      all over & stripped him
      
      he found that his left eye
      
      is affected & cannot see by
      
      it, & therefore is not fit
      
      for any armed service &
      
      gave a Certificate accordingly
      
      which Mr. Rappaport hopes
      
      that this time it be favorable
      
      for Alexander, I had to
      
      pay the fees for Dr. Ramsay
      
      of Rupees 16 ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      7' Mond Ther @ 6. 44
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather; at 9 am I called
      
      on my Lawyer Kerop Sethian
      
      to see what has been done
      
      about my claim of the little
      
      house which Emin pretends
      
      to be Wakuf, he said that
      
      he does not want to carry
      
      out his accusation & so cannot
      
      be forced to do so; and being
      
      Ramadan, no business can
      
      be done~ I came on
      
      board; We are shipping
      
      cargo~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Ressafah left
      
      at 11 am with Barge in
      
      tow ;~ I went home at 11 1/2 &
      
      came back at 1 P.M. We shipped
      
      a lot of through Cargo~
      
      at 4 ½ P.m. I went home,
      
      found there Eliza Erame my
      
      Cousin, Mr. Richarz called
      
      on us also in the evening;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Tuesd
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. &fine~ at 8 Am
      
      I called to see Henry, he is
      
      well except some headache
      
      I came on board, We
      
      
      are shipping cargo ~
      
      Mr. Rappaport called on me
      
      on board; he asked me to speak
      
      to Francis to get him two
      
      Portuguese servants from
      
      Bombay ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went home; Mr.
      
      Rappaport called to see my
      
      wife & Alexander as they are
      
      going with me to Basreh;
      
      I came on board at 1 P.m.
      
      worked very hard of we shipped
      
      a lot of cargo ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.m I went home,
      
      found there Kass Phillippus the
      
      Armenian, Johny & Artin &
      
      Johny Pahlawan etc;
      
     
     
      	I got an Indian Watchman
      
      this evening to remain in the
      
      house, & are keeping the female
      
      servant Zecki, & other Tilkeflies
      
     
     
       from my small house;
      
     
     
                   Weather cloudy  a little
      
      but it is not cold at all
      
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Wedn
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
   
     
      	We turned out early at 3
      
      am & begun to close & secure
      
      every place~
      
     
     
      	At 5 Am Eliza, Alexander
      
      & his wife Mary, the little
      
      servant girl Serry, & our
      
      servant Hanna came all
      
      with me to the Mejidieh
      
      to go down to Basreh for
      
      the marriage of my wife's
      
      son Rezooki with Mina
      
      the daughter of Nassoory
      
      Andrea, also there
      
      is Catterina Yaghchi the
      
      Grand mother of Mina
      
      going down with us free
      
      by Lynch; ~ Eliza & Catterina
      
      occupy the big double Cabin,
      
      & Alexander & his wife the other
      
      opposite one; & there is only
      
      one 1st Class an English
      
      traveller coming from London
      
      by Diarbekir in a Kelek
      
      a Mr. R. Kirkpatrick he belongs
      
      
      to the Natural Museum
      
      in the south Kensington Museum,
      
     
    
   
   
   
     SS. Mejidieh Voy 427 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow; (//) [9 Jan 1901 - V051_23_S]
  

PassgrOkes G.S. PiastersDraft
77213,300,,31,151,,3,,7;
    
     
    
     
      	At 6,,30 am. we got underway
      
      & proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 passed Diala,
      
      Cold N.W. wind; The river
      
      has got as low as before ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,, 15 anchored at
      
      Zumbaranyeh to sound;
      
     
     
      	At 11,5 we proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 12 passed Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 65
      
      Passengers paid (2 in 1st Class
      
      Mr. Kirkpatrick of the South
      
      Kensington museum,
      
      Abdulaziz Zheir, son of
      
      Abdulkadur Zheir; also
      
      Eliza my wife  Alexander
      
      & his wife & Catterina
      
      
      Yaghchi in 1st Class free &
      
      3 servants)2 also 2nd  Class
      
      Mahomedans) We have
      
      5 Blacksmith going down
      
      free for the Shushan in
      
      Dock at Basreh;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.m. We anchored for
      
      the night above Baghdadieh
      
      Fine clear & cold weather;
      
     
     
      	My wife, Alexander & Mary are
      
      messing by themselves after our
      
      meals, we brought all provisions
      
      & table service from home,
      
      but Catterina Yaghchi would
      
      not mess with them, & she takes
      
      her meals in the cabin by
      
      herself, made for her by the
      
      ship's cook;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Thursd Th @ 6, 34
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	N.W. breeze & fine cold weather,
      
      At 6,,30 am proceeded~
      
      At 6,,55  passed Baghdadieh;
      
      Very cold wind; we had frost
      
      on deck & the water frose forward,
      
     
     
      	Detained 10 minutes above
      
      Azizieh in shoal water;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,50  passed Azizieh
      
      
      [space] Weather becoming cloudy
      
      all over
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 P.M. passed
      
      Memlah;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 we came to at
      
      Mehdi, cloudy all over & light
      
      N.W. breeze & cold; Weather
      
      got fine at 8 P.M.;
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Frid, Th@6.33 Noon 50 4 P.M. 54
     
     
      	Fine very cold weather &
      
      light N.W. wind, frosty
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 proceeded;
      
      Very sharp & cold weather,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad & Barge passed
      
      up at 0,,30 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 9,, the SS. Kalifah &
      
      Barge passed up;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 18 passengers and 100
      
      packages; It is very cold
      
      & sharp N.W. wind;
      
      We received our newspapers &
      
      manifests~ Michael
      
      Yaghchi is here having come
      
      down in the Ressafah  two
      
      days ago, he came to
      
      
      see his mother Catterina,
      
     
     
        At 11 1/2 we weighed and
      
      steamed up to the wool
      
      Press of Eassayi to ship 200
      
      Bales of Liquorice of a Jew
      
      Moshi Yamin;
      
     
     
      	Alexander, Mary, Metty & I took
      
      a walk out in the desert around
      
      the wool Press;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. left Coot, after
      
      shipping 200 Bales Liquorice
      
      Took one passenger;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 came to for the night,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather; It
      
      is very cold, I had to put double
      
      coverings in my bed;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Saturd, Th@6,,32 Noon 50 4 P.M. 57
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine very cold
      
      water froze & the banks are
      
      covered with white frost;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 AM proceeded,
      
      At 0,,50 P.M. passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      Breeze shifted to S. West &
      
      it is not so cold now;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
      
      Mossul & Barge going up,
      
      Light N.W. breeze & is
      
      getting cold;
      
     
     
      	At 5,35 passed Ali Sherghi
      
      
     
     
      			 Noon 51
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 13 Passengers
      
      & 104 packages~ Took in
      
      6 Tons of Coal & remained
      
      here or the night, very cold
      
      weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Sund, Ther @6,32
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM. left Amara
      
      Light N.W. & very cold freezing,
      
      fine weather & dry~
      
     
     
      	Took 10 Passengers from
      
      Amara (1 in 1st Class the
      
      Moomeyez of Basreh Toufik
      
      Effendi, who took the Cabin
      
      of Abdulaziz son of AbdulKadur
      
      Zheir & this one went up on
      
      Deck of his own accord, but
      
      the Moomeyez had to pay for
      
      1st Class fare G. S. P. 75);~
      
     
     
      	Detained one hour at Nafikh
      
      Boats aground & shoal water,
      
      Channels narrow;
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. passed Azair
      
      Fine clear & cold weather~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,55 passed Gorna,
      
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Mond, Th@ 6.40
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	At 1,,30 AM. it became foggy
      
      & we anchored below Maghil,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 proceeded~
      
      At 6,,30 arrived at Basreh;
      
      frosty but not so cold;
      
     
     
      	There is the Turkish Str Hodeida
      
      here, she is taking Troops to
      
      Katif & left at 7 AM;
      
     
     
      	There are the SS. Muristan
      
      of Strick & Co for Asfars, and
      
      the SS. Anirr for Muir & Co.
      
      in quarantine; no mail steamer
      
      she is due tomorrow~
      
     
     
      	Rufail Rezooki, & Rezooki
      
      Angoorly, also Nessoory
      
      Andrea came down to
      
      us; Nessoory took Catterina
      
      Yaghchi & her servant to
      
      Basreh; & the rest took
      
      my wife, Alexander & his
      
      wife to the house of Rufail,
      
      where Tookyeh is also
      
      there awaiting them~
      
     
     
      	We are discharging cargo,
      
     
     
      	There are many passengers
      
      wanting the Cabins; I have
      
      let them all the 1st and 2d Class
      
      
      mostly Jews of Baghdad they
      
      came back from Europe;
      
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & is getting
      
      cloudy all over; the cold
      
      is also milder;~
      
     
     
      	At 12 I went up to Rufail's
      
      house where I saw Tookyeh &
      
      her children, my wife Alexander
      
      & his wife, Rufail & Rezooki
      
      also Rezooki Angoorly came
      
      in the evening, Yousif Marine
      
      also was there, he went
      
      to Shaebyeh to his house at
      
      3 P.M.;~ Weather is very
      
      Cloudy & blowing a strong
      
      S. Erly wind with few drops
      
      of rain;~ Alexander & his wife
      
      have one room, Tukyeh & her
      
      family an other, & Rufail slept
      
      with his brother Rezooki;
      
      Eliza & I slept in Rufail's
      
      room,~
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Tuesd
     
 
     
      	Weather cleared up & became
      
      fine with a light Easterly
      
      breeze~
      
     
     
      		At 9 AM I came on
      
      
      board; we are shipping
      
      cargo;~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Gledhow came up
      
      from Fao where she had gone
      
      to take cargo for the Queensland;
      
     
     
      	Alexander my son came
      
      to me on board;~ Ali Beg
      
      also Rezooki Angoorly came
      
      to me~ We finished at
      
      3 P.M.~ The mail steamer
      
      has not arrived as she is
      
      due today & no news of
      
      her from Bushire; but
      
      we have last weeks mail;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 427 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow; (//) [15 Jan 1901 - V051_24_N]
    

PassengerOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
112 1/2105475 / 153,5308,110,, 3,,10 / 2,,5,
    
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
     
      	At 4,,40 P.M. we got under=
      
      way & proceeded~ Fine weather
      
      & light W.N. Westerly breeze;
      
     
     
      	We have 5 in 1st Class they
      
      are an English traveller Mr. Fleming
      
      Crooks came via Bombay; Mr.
      
      Ezra son of Menahem Daniel
      
      who had gone down with us
      
      
      in March last year to see
      
      Europe, also a young Jew
      
      of Smyrna called Behar
      
      coming as school master
      
      for the Jews, an other young
      
      boy Syon son of Michail
      
      the Broker of Blockey Hotz & Co,
      
      this fellow had gone down
      
      in Octor 1897 to Paris to
      
      school & now coming as a
      
      french teacher to be sent to
      
      Hamadan for the Jewish
      
      school; Also a young Jewess
      
      girl Miss Dwek she is
      
      from Damascus, had also
      
      gone to Paris to study for 4
      
      years & been sent as a Jewess
      
      school mistress for Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. landed a
      
      passenger at Gorna & took
      
      two & went on~
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Wedn, Th@ 6.45
     
     
      At 10 1/2 P.M. passed the SS. Phrat & Barge going down;
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & cloudy
      
      all over~
      
     
     
      	At 6 AM passed Azair,
      
      weather overcast~
      
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      tickets; We have in all 82,
      
      (5 in 1st Class as I mentioned
      
      them above, & 2 Turkish
      
      women in 2d Class family of
      
      Hussein Effendi the Mustantek,
      
     
     
      	At 0,,35 P.M. landed 4 Passeng
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took one,
      
     
     
      	Weather still cloudy & a S. Erly
      
      breeze;
      
     
     
      		At 7,,25 P.M. arrived
      
      at Amara, landed 11 passengers
      
      and 12 Bales of through cargo,
      
      Took in 15 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	There is still no Motserrif
      
      appointed for Amara, but they
      
      say that the one of Nasryeh
      
      is coming here as Motserrif;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,10 we left Amara,
      
      Cloudy weather & S. Erly breeze*
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Thursd, Th@ 6.50
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	S. Ely breeze & very cloudy;
      
      It rained a little & became very
      
      dark; At 3 AM anchored
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 proceeded, very cloudy
      
      & gloomy~ Took
      
      
      14 1/2 passengers from Amara,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      At 4,,30 P.M. landed one
      
      passenger & took one and
      
      went on;~ Cloudy weather
      
      it is fine on the West & North;
      
      At 5 it cleared up & the clouds
      
      disappearing toward the South,
      
      it became fine at 6 P.M.;
      
      But the breeze kept from the
      
      south very light;~ We
      
      went on al the night without
      
      stopping;
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Frid, Th@ 6.42
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy like a
      
      fog hanging; but is clearing up.
      
     
     
      	The New Bridge which
      
      was constructed in Baghdad
      
      of 40 Boats more than a month
      
      ago & floated down to be
      
      put across below Coot, it
      
      is now complete & fitted with
      
      woolen railings etc, this
      
      is made by the Sennyeh,
      
      sent there is no traffic at all
      
      with the other side, except
      
      
      the property of the Sennyeh
      
      which is unlimited as in
      
      every where else; and most
      
      likely the Sultan Abdulhamid
      
      may claim the whole of
      
      Irak Arabia as his property;
      
     
     
      	At 9 AM arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 5 passengers & 7 Bales
      
      of through cargo; shipped 10
      
      Tons of Coal & 7 packages Cargo,
      
     
     
      	The river rose about one
      
      foot since yesterday~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 left Coot;
      
      Took 12 Passengers;
      
     
     
      	Weather became fine and a
      
      N.W. breeze~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 we came to at Mehdi
      
      a Boat aground in the Channel,
      
      weather is fine but dark;
      
      Sent the Pilot to sound & came
      
      back but we remained at anchor
      
      for the night; (By losing one day
      
      we may gain a 15 days stay in
      
      Baghdad, as the Ramadan Holyday
      
      falls on Monday or Tuesday; otherwise
      
      if we had arrived on Sunday
      
      morning they would probably make
      
      us leave on Tuesday)~
      
      
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & fine weather,
      
      At 6,,30 AM left Mehdi
      
      & went on alright;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Satur, Th@ 6.40
     
     
      	At 8,,50 passed Memlah;
      
      At 1,,30 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge going down
      
      at the bottom of Um Sneyem
      
      she passed through a channel
      
      along the East bank on
      
      our Starboard side; My
      
      brother Henry is not on board
      
      he was much better but
      
      D'. Sutton advised him to remain
      
      this trip too behind;
      
     
     
      	The river is rising a little today too,
      
      Weather very fine, breeze is
      
      S. West;
      
     
     
      		At 7,,50 P.M. passed
      
      Azizieh~ Fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Sund, Th@ 6.41
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      
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      	At 0,,45 AM passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fine cold N.W. breeze~
      
      At 8 passed Ledje
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 passed the SS.
      
      Baghdad & Barge going down
      
      at Safi reach;
      
      
     
     
      	At 9,,55 stopped at Safy
      
      Beach, for M. Crooks the traveller
      
      wishing to see the Arch of Ctesiphon
      
      he wished me to accompany
      
      him there came also with
      
      us the other Jews 1st Class, Ezra
      
      Menahem Daniel, Syon son
      
      of Yacoob Michail. Behar
      
      the young school master, Miss
      
      Dwek the Jewess school mistress,
      
      also Mr. Reynolds our Chief
      
      mate Mr. Slack the Second
      
      mate, Mr. Glanville the 3d
      
      Engineer & Metty; We
      
      walked across I took
      
      my Gun with me, but there
      
      not a sparrow to be
      
      seen in our way, we saw
      
      the Arch & went to the Tomb
      
      of Selman; I heard here
      
      that the Mudir Saleh
      
      Effendi Jemil my old friend
      
      died about 12 days ago
      
      at his house here, I am
      
      very sorry for it, he was a
      
      nice man & knew my father
      
      well, they say that he swelled
      
      up probably he had the dropsy
      
      for he was stout fat &
      
      
      a big man, he had been suffering
      
      for the last year, & he
      
      was asthmatic, the last
      
      time he went down with us
      
      from Baghdad to Azizieh
      
      in Septr last to get his salary
      
      from the Kaimakam Naman
      
      Beg; He was buried on
      
      a Solitary mound situated
      
      between his house on the
      
      river & the Tomb of Selman
      
      but to the left side as it was
      
      by his express wish ~ We
      
      walked about along the
      
      river as far down as Hudeitha
      
      Tomb to await the Mejidieh,
      
      she arrived up at 1,, 25 P.m.
      
      we embarked & went on;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.m. passed Diala,
      
      Clouds are hanging about
      
      over but wind is N. West &
      
      cold;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 passed through the
      
      Bridge of Gherrara; It is cloudy
      
      but opening from the N. West;
      
     
     
      	Weather cleared up & became
      
      very fine ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 P.m. landed the mail
      
      at the Residency & steamed to
      
      the Custum House; I went
      
      home; found only the watchman
      
      & Zeki our female servant in
      
      the house; ~
      
     
     
      	Lynch's Agents here have got
      
      the Barge already loaded
      
      with cargo for us on account
      
      of the Ramadan Holy day
      
      the day after;~
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Mond. Th.@ 6.40
     
 
   
[A51_365_23:011]
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      [illegible]
     
     
      Meekha was not discharged but checked half of his pay Viz Besh. 55 ~
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy cold
      
      weather ~ I called to see
      
      Henry, he is well now,
      
      & will go down in the Khalifah
      
      next trip; his daughter
      
      Louisa got confined the night
      
      before at midnight of
      
      a son & her mother Menusha
      
      is with her at Yaghchis,
      
     
     
      	Nessoory son of Eassayi
      
      got married with the
      
      daughter of Nessoory son of
      
      Fathalla Aboud last
      
      Sunday ~ At 9 ½ I came
      
      on board, I hear that they
      
      want us to leave on
      
      
      Thursday; & tomorrow is
      
      the Ramadan Holy day;
      
      The Mossul is inside discharging
      
      & loading; she will leave
      
      after the Holy days ~
      
     
     
      	There has been an awful
      
      affair happened regarding the
      
      smuggle of goods, Paraffin
      
      Cases etc by the crew of both
      
      Steamers Khalifah & Mejidieh
      
      & their Barges, Some people
      
      like Mahd Said Shahbender
      
      & Mr. Cohen the Jewish School
      
      Master who have leased the
      
      Paraffin store house from the
      
      municipality, have brought
      
      this to the notice of Mr.
      
      Bottomley with a list of
      
      the names of all the people
      
      who have been carrying it
      
      on, & last trip the Khalifah
      
      was searched from Gherrara,
      
      Mr. Bottomley went there
      
      himself & came in her
      
      & he placed about 10 Indian
      
      watchmen guarding
      
      
      the discharge of the ship &
      
      Barge; he found some things
      
      as 38 Bags shots & 5 Bund
      
      Drugs with the mates servant
      
      Garufet & was discharged
      
      as he had heard that there
      
      has been carried over 1500
      
      Tins of Paraffin for the
      
      last 2 months by both
      
      vessels, but it is not true,
      
      and today too, the same
      
      thing was done in the
      
      Mejidieh but to no result,
      
     
     
      	Capt Hanslow came
      
      on board & told me that
      
      Meekha our Tindal is
      
      to be discharged & paid up
      
      to today ~ Our departure
      
      he said is postponed till
      
      Sunday next;
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ I went to the
      
      office saw Mr. Bottomley,
      
      we spoke about different
      
      things, & he confidentially
      
      showed me an official
      
      
      letter from Mr. Taylor at
      
      Ahwaz signing as Lynch
      
      Brothers, telling him that
      
      Mr. Peary as been appointed
      
      as Agent in his place
      
      in Baghdad & he is to proceed
      
      down to Basreh as Agent
      
      & relieve Alfred Holland;
      
      I am awfully sorry to hear
      
      such news, it is all from
      
      Taylor who has been working
      
      against Mr. Bottomley &
      
      in spite of him it is all
      
      his doings what a shame
      
      & disgrace to this company;
      
     
     
      	I went to breakfast at
      
      Henry & came on board at
      
      1 P.m. We are shipping
      
      cargo; ~
      
     
     
      	It begun to rain drizzly since
      
      2 P.m. ;
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.m. I went home,
      
      we have shipped some through
      
      cargo; & the Custum House
      
      will be closed until Saturday
      
      
      I got my dinner from the
      
      Hotel kept by Stifan
      
      Awannessian, brought to
      
      me by the Coolie Juma,
      
      weather cloudy & very cold,
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Tuesd. Th. @ 6.34
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine very cold
      
      & frosty morning; at
      
      8 ½ am I called on Sister
      
      Medula but was not at
      
      home, I called on Henry
      
      & then came on board;
      
     
     
      	Today is the Ramadan
      
      Holy day; ~ At 10 I called
      
      on Mr. Rappaport, he intends
      
      going down to Basreh next
      
      trip; I also called on Menahem
      
      Daniel next door to Mr. Rappaport;
      
      to congratulate him on the arrival
      
      of his son Ezra who came up
      
      with us this trip from his tour
      
      in Europe; I saw only his other
      
      son Huzkeil the lame; I came
      
      home took my break fast from
      
      the Hotel but I found that
      
      they are charging me one Mejidie
      
      a day for two meals so
      
      I discontinued & sent them one
      
      Mejidie for last nights dinner
      
      & today's break fast ~
      
      
      at noon I went to Sister Eliza
      
      & then took Johny & Artin
      
      & called for the Holy day on
      
      Ahmed Wassif Effendi the
      
      President of Tribunal of first
      
      instance (Bedaya) we also
      
      called on the Mufettish Adlyeh
      
      Hamdy Beg but was not at
      
      home left our cards, on the
      
      Reis Sennyeh Mahd; Rafik
      
      Beg also not at home left our
      
      cards, on Mahomed Pasha
      
      Daghestani he was not at
      
      home but his nephew (son of
      
      his sister Monsoor Beg a
      
      young military officer is receiving
      
      visits, he speak French pretty
      
      well, We came back at
      
      2 ½ ~ I went to Henry and
      
      then we went to see Louisa
      
      his daughter having been
      
      confined of a son on the 21st
      
      I gave two Rupees for the midwife,
      
      we also called on Abduljebbar
      
      Effendi but was not there so
      
      we came back to Henry's
      
      house, I dined with him also
      
      
      Johny & Artin did & we left
      
      at 8 ½ P.m. Very cold
      
      weather bitterly & fine clear,
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Wedn The @6.32
     
 
      Aged 82 years
     
     
      Queen Victoria of England died 22d” at 6,,30 P.M.
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      very cold weather I am
      
      shivering from it; At 8 am
      
      I called on sister Medula
      
      she has celebrated the anniversary
      
      of poor Grzeski her husband
      
      last week; ~ I called on
      
      Henry & we went to Antone
      
      Marine till 10 am, I came
      
      home & at 12 called on Sister
      
      Eliza & breakfasted with them
      
      & came home at 2 P.m.
      
      The weather keeps bitterly
      
      cold; I took a warm bath
      
      with the stove lit, but I
      
      felt it very cold indeed,
      
      I remained at home and
      
      took my dinner cooked
      
      by our servant Zekki,
      
     
     
      	Fine cold night; ~
      
     
     
      	News came this afternoon
      
      by telegraph of the death of
      
      Queen Victoria of England
      
      she was born on 24 May
      
      1819 ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Thursd Th@ 6.31
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine bitterly
      
      cold, I am suffering very
      
      much from it; At 8 ½
      
      called on Henry also on
      
      Shekoory Sayegh and
      
      came on board at 9 ½
      
      The Custum House has allowed
      
      us to discharge cargo today
      
      At 10 ½ I left; called on
      
      Shamoony Gorkis, also on
      
      Polus Serkis & Mily his brother's
      
      widow, also on Catterina Widow
      
      of Rezooki Serkis, & on Pahlawan
      
      at 2 P.m. I called on Mr. Rappaport
      
      to break fast with him by invitation
      
      while there my brother Henry
      
      came to visit him, we left
      
      at 3 1/4, & called on the Eassayi
      
      for the congratulation of
      
      their son Nessoory's marriage
      
      with the daughter of Nessoory
      
      F. Abood; we then left &
      
      came to my house & then
      
      Henry left & I went to dine
      
      with Antone Marine, it
      
      is still bitterly cold,
      
      
      I caught a very bad cold,
      
      sneezing & the water running
      
      down; I left at 8 ½ &
      
      came home very cold &
      
      shivering; My cold got so
      
      bad all the night that I
      
      could not sleep at all,
      
     
     
      	The Prince of Whales has
      
      been proclaimed King of
      
      England today as King
      
      Edward the 7th ~
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Frid Th@6. 31
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine still
      
      very cold & my cold in the head
      
      is bad still; At 8 ½ am I
      
      passed to Henry's & then
      
      came on board, The River
      
      is still rising altogether
      
      about 2 feet, at 10 ½ I
      
      took money & went to
      
      Mr. Bottomley in the office
      
      & took some pounds Sterling
      
      for wages; came home at
      
      11 ½ & at 12 went over to Sister
      
      Medoola & break fasted with
      
      her, Henry came there & Dr
      
      Zakhoor; I left at 1 ½ & came
      
      home, Henry came to
      
      me al 3 P.m. & we went
      
      
      to call on Asfar, sat with
      
      Tooza widow of Georgi Asfar
      
      & her two daughters & also
      
      went to see Hannosh Asfar
      
      in his room, he is getting very
      
      infirm but looks healthy he
      
      is over 83 years; We then
      
      called on Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      the Lawyer; left at 5 ½ I
      
      came home found Artin my
      
      nephew also Johny came
      
      & passed the evening till 7,
      
     
     
      	My cold is very bad & I am
      
      suffering much, Took Punch
      
      & hot water for my feet, it is
      
      very cold still;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Satur Th@6.38
     
     
      	Light N.W. & Cloudy all
      
      over like a thick fog; at
      
      8 am I called on Henry for ¼ hour
      
      & came on board; We are shipping
      
      cargo as well as the Mossul,
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went home & breakfasted
      
      & came back at 12 ~
      
     
     
      	Weather very cloudy and
      
      overcast gloomy & cold,
      
     
     
      	We shipped little Local
      
      cargo & finished at 3 P.m,
      
      
      We have 153718 Okes all nearly
      
      through as Simsim, galls
      
      & wool etc; ; At 4 ½ I left the
      
      ship & went home; Very
      
      Cloudy gloomy weather,
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine called to see
      
      me for ½ hour; I dined at
      
      home;
      
     
     
      	At about 10 it begun to rain
      
      & wind shifted to S. Easterly
      
      it kept it on all the night,
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Sund
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze Very Cloudy
      
      dark and raining all the
      
      night; At 5 ¾ Hamadi
      
      came & I left the house,
      
      I got the wife of Shamoon,
      
      Henry's servant to sleep
      
      with her two children & remain
      
      in the house with the servant
      
      female Zeky & the Indian
      
      Watchman at the door;
      
      the streets very watery and
      
      muddy, rain continues
      
      drizzly; Gloomy overcast,
      
      am glad the cold weather
      
      is gone through this rain
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow; (//) [27 Jan 1901 - V051_25_S]
     

PassngrOkes G.S. PiastersDraft / Barge
158179,55026,563 ¾ 3,,8 / 2,,0
    
    
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy gloomy
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 am we proceeded
      
      the SS. Mossul also leaving
      
      soon after us
      
     
     
      	At 7 passed the S.S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge going up near the Kher,
      
      raining & very wet;
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Diala river,
      
      Rain ceased at 7 but is still
      
      very cloudy;
      
     
     
      	At 9,10 passed the S.S. Phrat
      
      & Barge bound up ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Fresh S. Erly wind blowing,
      
     
     
      	I finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets we have altogether
      
      (5 occupying 1st Class, they
      
      are the Ma Mère Thérese of
      
      Baghdad & the  Mère Marie Anastase
      
      of Mossul with a nun with
      
      her the daughter of Paul
      
      Sœur Exuperia
      
      
      a Greek apothecary in Basreh
      
      going to see her father & will
      
      return back to be sent to
      
      the Convent at Van also 3
      
      young girls of 3, 5 & 8 years
      
      with the Ma Mère going to
      
      see their father Ibrahim ibn
      
      Elooh, all three counted as
      
      3 ½ persons & charging them,
      
      2d Class fare but occupying
      
      1st Class; as per Mr. Bottomley's
      
      order; we have also Mr.
      
      Artin Eassayi going to Basreh
      
      taking with him his young
      
      nephew Yousif to be sent to
      
      school in London (the son
      
      of Yacoob) and 3 Persian
      
      pilgrims in 2nd Class)
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. passed the village
      
      of Swera; weather clearing
      
      up & getting fine since 2 P.m.
      
     
     
      	At 5, 20 P.m. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort; It became
      
      again cloudy all over, Moon
      
      7 days old ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,30 P.m. We anchored at
      
      Rmelat for the night; cloudy
      
      all over & a light S. Erly breeze
      
      
      Moderate N.W. wind cold
      
      and cloudy all over
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Mond Th @ 6.46 Noon 47 4 P.M 50
     
     
      	At 6,15 am left Rmelat
      
      At 7,,40 passed Azizieh;
      
      It became very cold, the
      
      N.W. wind blowing sharp and
      
      it is still cloudy like fog
      
      hanging on;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,40 P.m. passed
      
      Memlah; still very cloudy
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.m. rounded and
      
      Came to for the night at Aboo –
      
      Dakar, very Cloudy all over
      
      & light cold N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 8,20 the S.S. Khalifah
      
      & Barge passed up;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Tuesd Th @ 6.44
     
     
      	Light N.W. but cloudy all
      
      over & gloomy overcast weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,15 am we proceeded
      
      At 7, arrived at Coot, landed
      
      14 passengers & 46 packages
      
      I received my papers & letter
      
      from Alexander by the
      
      Khalifah left here, he tells
      
      me that his wife Mary is
      
      
      unwell, she has the fever, the
      
      doctor came twice to see her
      
      & gave her Caster Oil & quinine,
      
      he sends me some photographs
      
      he took of Basreh & on the
      
      way down from Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	At 8 we finished and hove up
      
      & went to the opposite side to
      
      Eassayi's Wool Press, to ship
      
      some Bales of Liquorice;
      
     
     
      	At 9,30 left Coot having shipped
      
      175 Bales Liquorice, Took 6
      
      passengers for Amara;
      
     
     
      	The Bridge below Coot is
      
      not put across yet they require
      
      the chains & anchors yet;
      
     
     
      	At 2,35 P.m. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad; clouds opening up and
      
      we are getting a little sun;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 we rounded and came
      
      to for the night a reach above
      
      Maghessil, It became cloudy
      
      again, Breeze N. Wester  ~
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Wedn Th. @ 6.42
     
     
      1901 Jany
     
     
      	Light N.w. and cloudy all
      
      over gloomy overcast cold weather
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 Am. proceeded
      
      at 6,,30 passed Ali Gherbi;
      
      at 8 ½ it begun to get foggy
      
      & very cold wind blowing;
      
      
      At noon it begun to clear up
      
      & it became fine with Sunshine;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.m. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 13 passengers
      
      and 18 packages; ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 left Amara
      
      Took 11 Passengers;  (4 for
      
      Kalat Saleh Sheikh Osman
      
      son of Yesser) ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 anchored for the
      
      night above Aboo Sedra; Fine
      
      clear weather & light N.W. breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Thursd Th@ 6.38 Noon 49
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 Am. proceeded
      
      from above Aboo Sedra;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 landed 4 passengers
      
      above Kalat Saleh (Osman
      
      son of Yesser & followers)~
      
      We went on alright as the
      
      river is high;
      
     
     
      	At 0,20 P.m passed Azair,
      
      At 1 P.m. passed the SS. Baghdad
      
      & Barge going up;
      
     
     
      	At 3,55 passed Gorna
      
      At 9,15 arrived at Basreh
      
      
      Calm & rather foggy & cold
      
      night there are 3 steamers
      
      here, the gunboat Sphinx Paddle
      
      Steamer, the City of Belfast "For
      
      Kassim Khdery, & the Persian
      
      Str; Nasery ~
      
      Nobody came from Rufail's
      
      house I waited till 10 P.m. &
      
      then turned to sleep;
      
     
    
    
     
      Feby 1 Frid
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & Very thick fog
      
      & dampy ~ Landed the Passengers,
      
      Alexander came down to
      
      me at 8 am. he says that his
      
      wife Marie is still unwell
      
      in bed she has had the fever
      
      but is better now; the doctor
      
      of the municipality is attending
      
      her he is a native of Mossul,
      
      for there are no English doctors
      
      now in Basreh; ~ Fog cleared
      
      off at 9 ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Parry of Lynch Brothers
      
      at Ahwaz came on board
      
      him and his wife are going up
      
      with us to take the Agency
      
      of Stephen Lynch in Baghdad
      
      in place of Mr. Bottomley
      
      who is to come to Basreh
      
      as Agent & relieve Alfred
      
      
      Holland by order of Mr.
      
      Taylor who is at Ahwaz &
      
      the Karoon river;
      
     
     
      	Alexander & I went up at
      
      10 ½ to Rufails house, saw
      
      my wife Eliza & Marie she
      
      is in bed but only weak
      
      my wife is very busy for the
      
      wedding of Rezooki her
      
      son which is to take place
      
      on Sunday (day after tomorrow)
      
      & lots of Trays of sweetmeats
      
      are coming from Basreh;
      
      The Jehaz (or Kit of the Bride)
      
      came out yesterday in Belems
      
      about 13 full of people &
      
      the band & drums;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul came down
      
      at 2 ½ P.m. ~
      
     
     
      	Tukyeh is in Basreh because
      
      she is to be confined in a
      
      few days more & my wife
      
      is alone doing all the work
      
      unassisted by any one ;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Afghanistan, Newstead
      
      & mail Str Khandalla are
      
      in quarantine ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Satur
     

      Mr. F.W. Parry going to take Agency of S. Lynch & co. in Baghdad from Mr. F. Botomley
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cold, very
      
      foggy it came on at 4 am
      
      at 8 I came on board; Fog
      
      cleared off at 9 ~
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me at
      
      2 P.m. he brought me some
      
      eatings from my wife etc.;
      
     
     
      	We finished at 3 P.m. &
      
      got the mail ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Parry sent
      
      their Kit a good deal of it about
      
      20 or 30 cases & furniture etc.
      
      & a Piano; ~ We have
      
      Mis Martin the missionary
      
      of Baghdad, also two other
      
      Misses Kelsey & Stephen
      
      young missionaries newly
      
      arrived; and the Inspector
      
      of Post Offices Mr. Hansen
      
      & Mr. & Mrs. Parry, all these
      
      6 are in the four cabins Aft,
      
     
     
      	Weather fine & Mild~
      
      it is not so cold as before
      
      flood tide made up at
      
      1 ½ P.m. ; We got the laden
      
      Barge alongside;
      
      Alexander & Rezook left at 4 P.m
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 428 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow; (//) [2 Feb 1901 - V051_26_N]
     

PassgsOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
174 ½111,163 / 176,06010,941,,3,,11 /  2,,6
    
    
     
      	At 4:30 P.m. we proceeded
      
      fine clear weather;~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Sund. Th. @ 6.47, noon 60, 4 p.m. 65
     

     
      	Light N.W. & fine ~ At 1,,40
      
      a.m. passed Gorna ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,30 anchored, it became
      
      little foggy but cleared off at
      
      6,,15 & we proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	Finished with the Passengers'
      
      tickets ~ We have in all 117,
      
      (6 in 1st C. Mr. & Mrs. Parry; & servant
      
      free, the missionary ladies
      
      Misses Martin, Kelsey and
      
      Stephen paying 2 class fare
      
      as is the rule for missionaries
      
      & occupying 1st and the
      
      Inspector of Posts Mr. Hansen
      
      and Abdulkadur Khdery
      
      to Amara free in the 2d Class)
      
     
     
      	At 8,45 passed Azair
      
      weather not cold at all;
      
      
      River is rising ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. landed 2 Passeng
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took 2,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 P.m. arrived
      
      at Amara landed 23 Passengers
      
      & 7 Bales of through cargo,
      
      Took 15 Tons of Coal; I
      
      heard that the Khalifah has
      
      not left Baghdad today, so
      
      I am taking the letters on
      
      to Coot;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Mond Th@ 6.46
     
     
      	At 1,15 am. left Amara,
      
      Light N.W. & cold weather,
      
      Gave tickets to 33 ½ Amara
      
      passengers (2 Jews of Basreh
      
      passengers in 2nd Class cabin)
      
     
     
      	At 9,40 am passed Ali
      
      Sherghi;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Gherbi, the S.S. Ressafah
      
      & Barge alongside here
      
      bound down just arrived;
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Tuesd Th@ 6.37
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. wind & fine
      
      cold weather;~
      
     
     
      	At 10,5 am arrived at Coot
      
      landed 13 ½ passengers, Took in
      
      10 Tons of coal ~ I left
      
      
      the Khalifah's letters here also
      
      wrote to Henry who is coming
      
      down this trip after his illness
      
      since nearly two months, I
      
      also wrote to Alexander at
      
      Basreh ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,30 left Coot, took
      
      22 Passengers ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 passed the SS.
      
      Phrat & Barge going down
      
      above Coot ~
      
      River is falling again to its low
      
      state ~ Fine clear weather &
      
      calm;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 P.m. passed
      
      Memlah ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Wedn Th @6.38, noon 57, 4 Pm 62
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and fine
      
      Cold weather;
      
     
     
      	At 8 am passed Humenyeh;
      
     
     
      	At 10 passed Azizieh;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,20 P.m. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort;~
      
     
     
      	The river is falling ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,25 passed the S.S. Khalifah
      
      & Barge going down at Rwebieh
      
      reach;
      
     
     
      	Fine clear weather, moon 17
      
      days old; it is not cold
      
      
      The thermometer in my cabin at
      
      sunset is 67˚;~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Thursd Th. @ 6.42
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      At 4,15 am passed Ctesiphon;
      
      At 7,55 passed Diala River;
      
     
     
      	At 9,50 landed a Deckman
      
      at Gherrara with Lynch's letters,
      
      I did not go because I shall
      
      not be able to get my breakfast
      
      ready to be cooked as my
      
      wife & son are in Basreh;
      
     
     
      	The river keeps falling since
      
      we left Baghdad;~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley came down in
      
      the Goffa to Cherd el Pasha to meet
      
      us & to see Mr. & Mrs. Parry,
      
      At 1,15 P.m. landed the mails
      
      at the Residency & steamed
      
      to the Custom House, Dr. Sutton,
      
      Dr. Sturrock & 2 other ladies
      
      missionaries came off to
      
      meet the Misses Missionaries
      
      also Mr. Livingstone came
      
      off he took Mr. & Mrs. Parry
      
      down to put up in his house
      
      for the present;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Baghdad arrived this morning
      
      at 6 & she is discharging ~
      
      I went home; found the house
      
      alright, the Indian Watchman
      
      
      Is here also Zeki our woman Servt,
      
      & the wife of Shamoon Henry's servnt
      
      is also here~
      
     
     
      	I called on Menusha Henry's wife
      
      & came home; Johny Artin &
      
      Antone Marine called on
      
      me, till 7 P.m. I heard we are
      
      leaving on Wednesday next,
      
      I took my dinner at home,
      
      Fine cold weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Frid Th@ 6, 41
     
     
      	 Light n.w. & fine cold Wr.
      
      at 8 am. called on Medula Sister
      
      but was not at home, I came
      
      on board;
      
     
     
      	In paying the Ship's Company
      
      their wages the day before yesterday
      
      the Deckmen & Firemen refused
      
      to take their pay because Mr.
      
      Bottomley had given Order
      
      to fine each man 3 Mejidies &
      
      Meekha the Tindal half of his
      
      pay for having been accomplices
      
      in the robbery of so many Cases
      
      of Paraffin oil from Basreh
      
      for the last 2 or 3 months
      
      & the Khalifah too is the same,
      
     
     
      	At 10 I went on shore called
      
      on Mr. Rappaport, he is going
      
      
      down with us this trip to Basreh
      
      I left & called on Sister Eliza
      
      & her sons etc she has been
      
      unwell for the last 10 days has
      
      caught cold etc;
      
     
     
      	I came home at 11 and
      
      breakfasted at home; I took
      
      a Warm Bath; at 4 P.m.
      
      I called on Sister Medula there
      
      were Menusha, Regina my
      
      niece & her husband Duncan
      
      Alexander clerk of the Comet,
      
      & Nassoory Eassayi~  I
      
      came home at 5 ½. Light nw,
      
      & fine cold weather,  I
      
      dined at home ~
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Satur Th@ 6, 42
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cold
      
      weather, called at 8 am on
      
      Antone Marine & at 9 came
      
      on board; The Baghdad is
      
      inside loading;~
      
     
     
      	Our Deckmen & Firemen Consented
      
      to have 3 Mejidies checked of their
      
      pay each man & so I paid
      
      them & also Mikha cut half
      
      of his pay Viz 55 Beshlics and
      
      then I went to the office &
      
      took the 79 Mejidies & 50 Piaster
      
      & gave it to Mr. Bottomley,
      
      Mr. Parry the new Agent is
      
      also there, & he is taking
      
      
      over the charge of the Agency
      
      Mr. Bottomley & his wife will
      
      go down to Basreh in the
      
      Khalifah next time to be
      
      the Agent of Lynch Brothers;
      
     
     
      	I came home at 11 ½; I
      
      took my breakfast~
      
     
     
      	I called on Eliza Erame at
      
      2 P.m.; ~ at 5 I went over
      
      to Antone Marine & dined
      
      with them left at 9 & came
      
      home; Fine Weather & rather
      
      mild~
      
     
     
      	Lots of murders and
      
      robbery are taking place, since
      
      last Ramadan month about
      
      30 murders took place & mostly
      
      in the quarter where spirit are
      
      selling, the Government is
      
      doing nothing, although the
      
      French Consul Mr. Rouet &
      
      Mr. Rappaport complained
      
      to the Waly;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Sund Ther @ 6, 46
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather
      
      at 8 am I called on the French
      
      fathers & on the Bishop Aghnatius,
      
      & at 9 heard mass in our
      
      Church ~
      
      
     
     
      	I called on Mina Aboud,
      
      Shekoury Andria, Sister Medula
      
      Menusha, Naoom Loca,
      
      Nassoory Fathalla Aboud,
      
      Regina my niece (Mrs. Duncan
      
      Alexander) & then on Sister
      
      Eliza I stayed & dined with
      
      them & left at 8 ½ & came
      
      home;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad left
      
      this morning for Basreh,
      
      She loaded grain; they have
      
      commenced to export wheat,
      
      & we shall have also;
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Mond Th@ 6, 48 noon 71
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine mild
      
      Weather; at 8 am I came
      
      on board; We have finished
      
      discharging yesterday;
      
     
     
      	At 11 I left & went home, I
      
      then went to Sister Medoola
      
      & breakfasted with her & left
      
      at 12 ½; At 1 P.m. I came
      
      on board found the SS. Mossul
      
      arrived at 11 ½ am;
      
     
     
      	Weather is getting warm &
      
      the sun is hot;
      
     
     
      	I sent a telegram to Rufail Sayegh
      
      today at 10 am telling him
      
      

      so, Sayegh Basreh
      
      	Leaving Wednesday, please
      
      have house, cook ready
      
      for Rappaport hope all well
      
      love ~                             Svoboda
      
     
     
            GSP.22 ¼
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.m. I left the Ship and
      
      went to call on the Mufettish
      
      Adlyeh Hamdi Beg, he was
      
      not at home, I sat waiting
      
      half an hour he did not come
      
      so I left & came home;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ I called on Menusha
      
      to dine with her, We sent for
      
      Sister Medula too, she came
      
      and dined with us,& we left
      
      at 8 ½ ~ Weather is getting
      
      bad a breeze from N. Est &
      
      changing to S. Est, it is rather
      
      getting warm~
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Tuesd Th @ 6, 48
     

     
      	S. Erly breeze & fine Weather,
      
      At 8 am I came on board
      
      we are shipping cargo, wool,
      
      Gum, Gallnuts, etc ;
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home & breakfasted
      
      & came back at 12 ¼ ~
      
      
     
     
      	We shipped a lot of cargo, we
      
      have 274,000 Okes; ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.m. I finished and
      
      went on shore; I called on
      
      Medoola (my wife's daughter
      
      the wife of Yacoob Tessy) for
      
      ½ hour & came home, I
      
      took my dinner & nobody came
      
      to me ~
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze but fine mild
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Wedn Th @ 6, 52
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze & some clouds,
      
      at 5 Am I came on board
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 429 (//) Baghdad to Basreh, Barge (//) in tow (//) [13 Feb 1901 - V051_27_S]
  

PassgOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
171 1/2176,26529,459,,[N/A]
    
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
     
      	At 5,, 55 Am. Got underway,
      
      Erly breeze & clouds over the north
      
      & west parts; River keeps low,
      
      no rise since a fortnight;
      
     
     
      	At 8,, 30 passed Diala river,
      
      At 10,,15 passed Ctesiphon
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport is going down
      
      with us to Basreh for a few
      
      days he has his Kawass only
      
      and his Arabic teacher
      
      
      Mulla Mahmoud; he took
      
      Return tickets from me;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 P.M. passed Baghadieh
      
      Fort;~ Weather cloudy &
      
      S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	We have in all 152 Passengs
      
      (3 in 1st Class, Mr. Rappaport,
      
      Mr. Hanson the Inspector of
      
      Post Offices, & a Turk Ahmed
      
      Effendi; & 2 in 2d Class Persians
      
      Abdulla Khan & an other)
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. we anchored at
      
      Rmelat, little cloudy and a
      
      light S. Westerly breeze~ It is
      
      rather warm
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Thursd, Th@6.58 Noon 68 4 P.M. 75
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & clouds are still
      
      scattered~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 AM proceeded
      
      At 7,,15 passed Azizieh~
      
      At 1,,30 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      The weather has been warm during
      
      the day, clouds cleared off & a light
      
      Easterly breeze prevailed~ I feel
      
      so warm with the thick wool clothing
      
      an extraordinary weather for this
      
      time of the season~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 we rounded & came to
      
      for the night at Aboo Dakar (one
      
      reach above Coot) Fine clear
      
      weather & light Erly breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Frid, Th@6.50
     

      Rezooki Sayegh married on 3 Feby with Mina Nassoory Andrea
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 5,,40 AM the S.S. Khalifah &
      
      Barge passed up, I am sorry I
      
      could not give Henry's letter &
      
      one from Memusha which I brought
      
      down with me, not expecting her
      
      to be so quick in passing us
      
      above Coot~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 we proceeded from
      
      Abu Dukar~ At 6,,30 we
      
      arrived at Coot, landed 59 Packages
      
      & 31 1/2 Passengers and one free the
      
      Blacksmith of SLynch & co Naoomy
      
      Amon sent here to make a Sud
      
      of brushwood opposite our Coal
      
      Depôt~ I received Henry's
      
      letter & my paper & a letter from
      
      Alexander from Basreh telling
      
      me that all are well; but Mary
      
      his wife had the fever & she is
      
      weak, neither her nor Alexander
      
      could go in to Basreh on
      
      Sunday the 3d Instant for the
      
      wedding of Rezooki his step
      
      brother which took place
      
      
      at Basreh on the night of Sunday
      
      because Mary was unwell;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 AM the SS. Ressafah
      
      & Barge came up, I sent Henry's
      
      letter up with her to be given
      
      to him~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 AM left Coot, took
      
      3 passengers;
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah had 291,124
      
      Okes both Ship & Barge and
      
      about 100 passengers, many
      
      1st Class passengers, an English
      
      Judge from Constantinople
      
      Sir Edward O'Mally, also
      
      one traveller Sir Edgar Collin
      
      Boehem, a German Archeologue
      
      Mr. Weissbach going to join
      
      the German excavators at Babylon
      
      a French merchant Mr. Brasseur,
      
      the 3 nuns & ma mère whom
      
      we took down last trip and
      
      Catterina Yaghehi, her servant
      
      & her grand daughter free~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,35 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi; Weather little cloudy
      
      hazy & a modte N.W. wind;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 we rounded and
      
      came to for the night at Flefleh
      
      
      Light N.W. & fine clear weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Saturd, Th@6.50 Noon 64 4 P.M. 75
     
     
      		Light N.W. breeze, with some
      
      clouds~
      
     
     
      		At 5,,45 AM proceeded
      
      from Flefleh~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      At 1,,20 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 119 Packages & 22 1/2
      
      Passengers~ Weather warm
      
      & fine;
      
     
     
      		At 2,,55 left Amara
      
      Took 15 1/2 Passengers~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 we anchored about
      
      two reaches above Kalat Saleh,
      
      Weather hazy & a light N.W. breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Sund, Th@6.48
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cold
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      		At 5,,30 AM. proceeded,
      
      At 6,,15 passed Kalat Saleh;
      
      Detained few minutes in the sharp
      
      turns~
      
     
     
      		At 10,,10 passed Azair,
      
      At 10,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat &
      
      Barge bound up;
      
     
     
      		At 1,,30 P.M. anchored and
      
      went alongside at Gorna &
      
      landed 126 Packges (116 Baskets
      
      fruit) & 4 passengers;
      
      
     
     
      	At 2,,10 P.M. left Gorna;
      
      Weather warm very unusual,
      
     
     
      	The noise of Frogs have appeared
      
      on the banks of the Shat el Arab,
      
      it is the sign of spring setting;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 arrived at Basreh
      
      dark weather; Rufail's house
      
      lit blue light & a rocket
      
      for me~
      
     
     
      	The British Bushire Residency
      
      steamer Lawrence is here,
      
      also the Turkish transport
      
      Str Hodeida which had taken
      
      Troops to Katif she is taking
      
      Pilgrims to Jedda; There
      
      is only the Persian Str Mozaffar
      
      in quarantine~
      
     
     
      	At 8 I went up to Rufail's
      
      house, I saw my wife Eliza
      
      son Alexander & his wife
      
      Mary who is still in bed
      
      apparently unwell & having
      
      had the fever, the Doctor
      
      of the Lawrence has been
      
      treating her, she is well
      
      but she won't move from
      
      
      her bed outside; I saw
      
      Rufail, & Rezooki & his bride
      
      Mina daughter of Nassoory
      
      Andrea they are well
      
      & enjoying~ We went to
      
      sleep at 11 but I could not
      
      sleep a wink all the night,
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Mond
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      at 8 AM, Rezooki, Alexander
      
      & I came on board, Rezooki
      
      came to take Mr. Rappaport
      
      to the house of Maymany
      
      (formerly of Darby Andrews)
      
      on the river which I had
      
      asked Rufail & Rezooki last
      
      trip to get for him & it is
      
      furnished from Rufail's house,
      
      also they got him a cook
      
      Fatoohy Gommazie to furnish
      
      all the food necessary
      
      @ 3 Mejidies per day all
      
      including; Mr. Rappaport
      
      went with Rezooki to his
      
      new house~
      
     
     
      	We are discharging cargo,
      
      At 10 Alexander & I went
      
      up to Rufail's house~
      
      
      on the way we called on Mr.
      
      Rappaport in Darby's house
      
      Rufail was there also had
      
      gone to visit him; he has three
      
      rooms with what furniture
      
      & table service Rufail has
      
      sent him, etc~ At 11 we came
      
      to the house; breakfasted
      
      with them;~ Mr. Rappaport
      
      came to pay us a visit,
      
      I got Alexander to bring
      
      his lazy wife out, she did
      
      & she is well & remained
      
      with us all the day & dined
      
      at the table too; Nassoory
      
      Andrea came to see his
      
      daughter Mina, then came
      
      Michail Yaghehi, also
      
      Yousif Marine these two
      
      remained for the night
      
      dined & slept;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Tuesd
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 8 AM I came board,
      
      Alexander & his wife are to
      
      come on board with their
      
      kit to go up with us this
      
      
      time to Baghdad, my wife
      
      will remain behind until
      
      Tooky her daughter gets
      
      confined in a few days;
      
     
     
      	The weather is getting warm
      
      the sun is hot~
      
     
     
      	At 2 1/2 P.M. Alexander & his
      
      wife came also my wife
      
      Yousif Marine, Rufail and
      
      Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly,
      
      Ali Beg, Michail Yaghchi
      
      Père Emmanuel etc also
      
      Yousif Korkis & others;
      
      I put Alexander & his wife
      
      in the large double berth
      
      Cabin, our servant Hanna
      
      also going with them to
      
      Baghdad;~ We finished
      
      at 4 P.M. got the mails
      
      of last week; & there is no
      
      news of today's due mail
      
      not even from Bushire,
      
     
     
      	At 4 all our friends & my
      
      wife left us~
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     SS. Mejidieh Voy 429 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//) Barge in tow.(//) [19 Feb 1901 - V051_28_S]
    

PassgOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft/ Barge
153 1/2105,511,, / 151,5249431 1/4 3,,9, / 2,,6
    
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. we proceeded
      
      flood tide running up~
      
      Yousif Marine came up with
      
      us as far as his house at Shaebyeh
      
      my son Alexander & his
      
      wife are going back with
      
      me & the servant Hanna,
      
      we have only one Persian
      
      in a 1st Class Cabin~
      
      Alexander & Marie are messing by
      
      themselves on our table after our
      
      meals, we got all the provisions for
      
      them;~
      
     
     
      	Weather warm & calm but
      
      fine;~ At 12 passed Gorna
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Wedn, Th@6.58
     
     
      	Light air or calm, misty~
      
      At 6,,15 AM passed Azair,
      
      It is getting warm~
      
     
     
      	We have in all 123 1/2 Passengers
      
      (3 in 1st Class a Persian Russian
      
      
      Subject Meshed Ibrahim,
      
      & Alexander my son & his
      
      wife, & 1 in 2d Class Rezooki
      
      the son of Dowd Messeyeh
      
      coming from Bombay school)
      
     
     
      		At 0,,45 P.M. landed
      
      3 passengers at Kalat Saleh
      
      & went on at 0,,50~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 while rounding a
      
      bend at Drewish to allow
      
      2 sailing boats coming down to
      
      pass, the steamer went too close
      
      to the East bank & damaged
      
      & bent the wheel segment &
      
      arms, so we had to stop and
      
      repair it;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,20 proceeded; Light
      
      N.W. breeze & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 18 1/2 passengers
      
      & 10 Bales through cargo;
      
      Took in 10 Tons of coal;
      
      Abdulkadur Khdery gave us a
      
      bag of Rice & some milk for
      
      Alexander & his wife~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Thursd, Th@6.51
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	At 10 we left Amara
      
      S. Erly wind with some clouds
      
     
     
      		At 11 AM passed the SS.
      
      
      Mossul & Barge going down;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Gherbi;
      
     
     
      		At 6,,35 passed Sheikh
      
      Saad~ Light S. Erly breeze
      
      & fine weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Frid, Th@6.57
     
     
      	S. Erly & cloudy freshening up
      
      At 3,,20 AM. arrived at Coot
      
      landed 8 1/2 passengers, and
      
      took in 10 Tons of Coal, I
      
      awoke at midnight & could not
      
      sleep since~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 left Coot, S. Erly
      
      wind blowing & cloudy weather,
      
     
     
        No rain has fallen since
      
      last month, everything begun
      
      to get dry, & feel the want
      
      of rain from Basreh to Baghdad
      
      & people are dreading its
      
      consequence~
      
      Took 12 Passengers from Coot,
      
      The river has risen about 6 Inches,
      
      weather cloudy overcast;
      
     
     
      	Stopped for the Khalifah coming
      
      down below Bughela reach
      
      from 2,,20 to 2,,40 when
      
      
      she passed down; The wife
      
      of Yousif Korkis on board with her
      
      children going to join him
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      cloudy all over;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Satur, Th@6.59
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy~
      
      At 1,,15 AM. anchored below
      
      Azizieh on Zuyet el Zere, it being
      
      Cloudy & dark;
      
     
     
      		At 5,,15 proceeded
      
      At 6,,20 passed Azizieh
      
      Clouds clearing up, & very light
      
      Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      		At 10,,35 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; River is rising a little;
      
      At 7,,20 P.M. passed Bostan,
      
      At 11,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Sund
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & cloudy;
      
      At 1,,45 AM passed Diala
      
      River~ At 3 passed through
      
      the Bridge of Gherrarah;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 landed the mails
      
      at the Residency & went up
      
      to the Custum house, The SS.
      
      Ressafah is inside loading
      
      & the Phrat arrived
      
      
      the day before is discharging;
      
     
     
      	Alexander Mary & I went
      
      home; the old watchman
      
      left& there is another in his
      
      place; We dressed & went to
      
      Church at 9 am. We then
      
      called on sister Medula &
      
      then they went home & I went
      
      to see Menusha & came
      
      home found some visitors
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.m. I went to see sister
      
      Eliza, & our servant came
      
      to fetch me for some visitors
      
      had called I went at 4 and
      
      found sister Medula, Menusha,
      
      Abduljebbar Effendi, and
      
      my sister Emilia & Alice
      
      these two latters they came
      
      to see Alexander & his wife
      
      & return them the visit, as they
      
      do not call on me or my wife
      
      since last year, they soon
      
      left after I came;~
      
     
     
      	The Murder is still going
      
      on since the Ramadan
      
      Holy day nearly 50 murders
      
      took place all among
      
      
      the Mahomedan & soldiers
      
      & people of bad character,
      
      the Government have not
      
      taken the slightest steps to
      
      punish & stop it ~
      
     
     
      	Light N Erly air & fine,
      
      here too no rain has fallen
      
      for more than a month,
      
      & prices are going up;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Mond Th. 6.52
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & fine
      
      mild weather ~ at 8 am
      
      I called on Kerop Cetyan my
      
      lawyer about my little house,
      
      & he says that it is not
      
      yet settled; I came on board
      
      the Mejidieh went alongside
      
      the Custum House to discharge
      
      The Ressafah left this
      
      morning at 6 am;
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ I called to see Mr. Rosenberg
      
      the Jew clerk of Mr. Rappaport
      
      in the Consulate & then I went
      
      to the Office saw Mr. Parry
      
      & Mr. Bottomley the former has
      
      taken charge of the Agency
      
      from Mr. Bottomley & this
      
      man is going down this time
      
      
      with us with his wife & children
      
      to take the Basreh Agency
      
      There are many other cabin
      
      European passengers, & all
      
      the Cabins are taken, Two
      
      American travellars who came
      
      from Tehran, also came to
      
      ask Cabin passage, but as
      
      there are none left, they took
      
      the 2d Class cabin, there are
      
      the Bottomleys in two cabins
      
      Mr. Ovsink the Russian Chancellier
      
      & Mr. Wolmsley the Engineer
      
      of the Comet, are going;
      
      I came on board with the
      
      two Americans & showed
      
      them the 2d Class Cabin they
      
      were quite satisfied ~ I
      
      came home & breakfasted
      
      with Alexander & Marie;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. called on Antone
      
      Marine & then came home
      
      with him, Johny & Artin also
      
      came until 7 ½ P.m. ;
      
      S. Erly breeze & fine ~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Tuesd Th @ 6, 55
     
     
      	S. Erly breez & cloudy ~
      
      At 8 am called on Menusha
      
      & then came on board; I
      
      sent money to the Office
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to breakfast &
      
      at 1 ½ P.m. returned on board,
      
      we are shipping mostly Grains
      
      & wool; ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.m. I went home, took
      
      Alexander & Marie & went to
      
      call on Mr. & Mrs. Bottomley as
      
      they are leaving with us for
      
      Basreh, Antone Marine
      
      joined us from the Residency
      
      also to call, but they were not
      
      at home we left our cards
      
      & came back we went in
      
      the garden of Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer & also went up
      
      to visit Père Louis (Sayegh)
      
      as he is leaving for Mossul
      
      next thursday, with Mère
      
      Marie Anasthas & Soeur
      
      Exupérea ~ We left and
      
      Antone [strikethrough] Marine went
      
      home, We called on Sister
      
      Eliza to dine with them by
      
      invitation; At 9 we came
      
      home; Fresh S. Erly wind
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Wedn
     
     
      1901 Feby
     
    
     
      S. Erly wind & cloudy, at 8
      
      am I came on board
      
      
      We are Shipping Cargo also
      
      the Phrat is; At 11 ½ I went
      
      home to breakfast & returned
      
      at 12 ½ ~ Good deal of
      
      Cargo is Coming mostly
      
      Grain for Bombay, like Mash,
      
      Edra & wheat; what a
      
      number of passengers wanting
      
      1st Class Cabins all are
      
      taken, & now a German from
      
      Babylon came & wants one
      
      he is willing to go on deck
      
      but to mess at the table,
      
      the two sons of Eassayi
      
      Yacoob & Rezooki they also
      
      want cabins & they insist
      
      in giving them a place
      
      wherever may be ~
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me
      
      & remained & we finished at
      
      5 ½ & went home, We
      
      have over 190,000 Okes
      
      Cargo ~
      
     
     
      	Weather cloudy all over
      
      & S. Erly Wind ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Thursd
     

     
      	S. Erly breeze & cloudy weather
      
     
     
      	At 5 am I came on board,
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 430 (//) Baghdad to Basreh(//) Barge in tow (//) [28 Feb 1901 - V051_29_S]
   

PassgOkes G.S. Piasters[N/A]
130203,63931,311,,[N/A]
    
     
      1901 Feby
     
     
     
      	At 5,,50 am proceeded;
      
      Very cloudy all over & S. Erly breeze
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 passed Diala
      
      River;
      
     
     
      	At 10 passed Ctesiphon;
      
      Finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets, We have in all 117 ½
      
      (Mr. & Mrs. Bottomley & 2 young
      
      girls in two large double cabins
      
      free to Basreh, & 2 servants,
      
      having been superceded by Mr.
      
      Fred W. Parry from Ahwaz by
      
      instructions from Mr. Taylor
      
      there; also Mr. Ovesinko the
      
      Russian Chancellier going to
      
      meet a Russian merchant
      
      steamer having left Odessa
      
      on 14 Instant; Sir Edgar
      
      Boehm an English traveller
      
      who had come up in the Khalifah
      
      
      last Voyage, Mr. Wolmsley
      
      the chief Engineer of the Comet
      
      being unwell & is ordered to
      
      go to Bombay; also two
      
      American travellers coming
      
      from Persia they are two
      
      brothers, Mr. William P. Cresson
      
      & Emlen Vans Cresson, these
      
      had to take a 2nd Class Cabin,
      
      also a German member of
      
      the excavation at Babylon
      
      Dr. Rohrbach going to Persia
      
      & Yacoob Eassayi both
      
      these have no cabins but
      
      are on the after deck & paying
      
      the fare of a 2nd Class Viz
      
      112 ½ G.S.P. each, all these passengers
      
      9 of them are messing with
      
      us at the captains table,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,35 P.m. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort, still cloudy
      
      all over & it does not rain,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 P.m. we rounded and
      
      anchored at Sened ~ Cloudy
      
      all over & a light S. Erly breeze
      
      
     
    
    
     
      Mch 1stFrid
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      Light S. Erly & Cloudy all over
      
      At 5,,45 am proceeded from
      
      Sened ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 passed Azizieh ;
      
      At 9,,45 passed the S.S. Baghdad
      
      & Barge going up, S. Erly wind
      
      blowing fresh;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,15 P.m. passed Memlah
      
      Cloudy all over & no rain,
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship's Company
      
      their wages for Feby;
      
     
     
      	Weather very cloudy & thretening
      
      & it does not rain ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.m. passed the SS.
      
      Mossul & Barge going up at
      
      Um el Boomi, she is full of
      
      passengers mostly Arab
      
      pilgrims going for the Moharrem
      
      mourning & Holyday;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 we rounded & came
      
      to for the night below Um el Bumey,
      
      S. Erly & very cloudy weather;
      
      A strong squall came on to blow
      
      with dust & became dark;
      
      At 8 it begun to rain a little
      
      with a strong wind;
      
      
      rain ceased after few minutes,
      
      it is very cloudy & dark;
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Satur
     
 
      Rain
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
    
[A51_416_19:012]
     
     
      	Weather very thretening &
      
      Cloudy, at 4 am it begun to rain
      
      thunder & lightning; I am
      
      glad of it, for it is wanted
      
      very badly; but it knocked
      
      off at 5;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 am we proceeded
      
      At 6,,30 arrived at Coot, &
      
      the SS. Khalifah too just at
      
      the same time came up too;
      
      We landed 16 ½ passengers
      
      and 85 packages;~ I received
      
      Henry's letter also one from
      
      my wife she says that as Tookyeh
      
      her daughter has not been
      
      confined yet, it is not probable
      
      that she will come up with me
      
      this time; The Khalifah
      
      is full of passengers, she has
      
      402 ½ from Basreh & 38 from
      
      Amara, & none in the Cabins,
      
      she has nearly 250,000 Okes,
      
      all the passengers of the Khalifah
      
      are Arab Hassawies & Bahranys
      
      
      going to the pilgrimage;
      
      Mr. Bottomley & I went out
      
      to see the coal Depot also
      
      on board the Khalifah, I saw
      
      Henry for few minutes but
      
      it is raining & I got very wet
      
      & had to come back;
      
      The breeze shifted to N.W.
      
      with thick clouds covering
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 the Khalifah
      
      left Coot & steamed up;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,35 we left Coot, took
      
      5 passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 we grounded below
      
      Coot village she does not move
      
      & had to take an anchor out
      
      astern & hove her off; At 9,,15
      
      got off & proceeded ~
      
     
     
      	Weather clearing up & getting
      
      fine with a cold N.W. wind
      
     
     
      	At 2.15 P.m. passed Sheikh Saad;
      
      Strong N.W. & clouds passing over
      
      It became cold as the wind is blowing
      
      sharp & the banks are wet from
      
      the rain ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 P.m. landed 4 Passeng
      
      at Ali Gherbi (Khdeir son of Haji
      
      Ismail, his mother & father & servant)
      
      at 6 went on, Modte cold
      
      N.W. wind blowing ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 we rounded & anchored
      
      for the night, Light N.W. breeze
      
      and very fine weather, moon
      
      12 days old;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Sund The 6.50
     
     
      New Motseriff for Amara
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
      
      At 5,,30 am. proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,5 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      At 2,,25 P.m. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 15 passengers and 150
      
      packages,
      
     
     
      	The new Motserrif of Amara
      
      Hassan Husny Pasha arrived
      
      here from Nasryeh (where he
      
      was Motserrif) about 7 days
      
      ago, he is a Koord ~ They have
      
      had some rain here too yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 P.m. we left
      
      Amara, took 8 Passengers
      
     
     
      	Ibrahim Effendi the agent of
      
      the Sennyeh here sent to inform
      
      me that he received a telegram
      
      from Mossul that the river has
      
      risen there 3 metres (9 ½ feet)
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 P.m. we rounded &
      
      came to for the night below
      
      Drewish mounds, Cloudy a little
      
      but moonlight night ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Mond The6. 55
     
     
      [illegible]
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy weather,
      
      At 5,,30 Am. proceeded ~
      
      At 6,,45 passed Kalat Saleh;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 passed Azair,
      
      The Dome of the Tomb is not finished
      
      yet, it was pulled down last
      
      year, and are building it afresh
      
      since about 3 months the
      
      masons are going on very slowly
      
      in the work ;~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,35 P.m. passed Gorna
      
      Modte N.W. & cloudy mostly;
      
      Flood tide making up at
      
      about 4, we are going very
      
      slow;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 P.m. arrived
      
      at Basreh; There are here only
      
      the Persian steamer Hoseine,
      
      & the Cargo steamers Dweina,
      
      Esther & Lotus; & in the quarantine
      
      the SS. [strikethrough] Pemba ~
      
     
     
      	Rufail's Belem came for me &
      
      I went up at 9 P.m. saw my wife
      
      there, there is the wife of Sheikh
      
      Khazal Gool Fedan from
      
      Mahomerah with about ten
      
      servants she wants to go
      
      up with us, & Rezooki
      
      
      Angoorly there, he brought
      
      them to stay at Rufail's,
      
      they gave her a room; I
      
      also saw there Yousif Marine,
      
      but I felt so disgusted at
      
      this, & having lost my sleep,
      
      that when I turned in at 11
      
      I could not sleep the whole
      
      night not a minute and
      
      the flees were troublesome
      
      Takoohi my wife's daughter
      
      (wife of Rezooki Angoorly has
      
      been confined of a son on
      
      Thursday last, my wife was
      
      in Basreh, but she is not
      
      going back with me this trip,
      
      this is the third son that
      
      Takoohi has had;
      
     
    
    
     
      Tues 5
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      I feel so weak from want
      
      of sleep & out of humour not
      
      having had occasion to speak
      
      to my wife; At 7 am I
      
      came on board ~ we
      
      are discharging cargo;
      
     
     
      	The SS.Phrat arrived at 4
      
      am. this morning~
      
      
      There are lots of pilgrims going
      
      with us, I have already let
      
      all the Cabins, there are Mr.
      
      Rappaport returning with
      
      us; the Hejieh Gool Fedan;
      
      Abdulrahman Deggagh
      
      these 3 in 3 1st Class, and the
      
      fourth large Cabin I have
      
      let to 4 Mahomedans
      
      Seyd Nassir & 3 men with
      
      him, & the 2nd Class also to
      
      four men ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went to visit Mr. Rappaport
      
      in the Meymany's house;
      
      & then went up to Rufail's
      
      house, some Mahomedan ladies
      
      came to call, the wife of Ahmed
      
      Bey son of Kassem Pasha Zheir
      
      who is at Constple she is the daughter
      
      of the Feddagh etc etc,
      
      [space] Yousif Marine came also Rezooki
      
      Angoorly they dined & slept here,
      
      Yousif Korkis & his wife called
      
      to spend the evening ~
      
     
    
    
     
      Wedn 6
     
     
      1901 Mch
     

     
      	Light air & fine weather,
      
      at 7 ½ am I came on board
      
      found the ship crowded
      
      with Arab pilgrims up &
      
      down the decks & no room
      
      
      is left & are still coming
      
      I have been giving tickets
      
      all the day, & got so tyred,
      
      Yousif & Roofail & Rezooki
      
      came to me; also Rezooki
      
      Angoorly, Nessoory Andrea
      
      & others;~
      
      The Mail  steamer is in
      
      Bushire but we are not going
      
      to wait for her; ~
      
      We finished at noon the
      
      loading; ~ at 4 P.m. we
      
      received the mails, we have
      
      one mail of last week;
      
     
    
   
   
    
     SS. Mejidieh Voy 430 (//) Basreh to Baghdad (//)Barge in tow; (//)[6 Mar 1901 - V051_30_N]


PassgesOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
629 ½81,550 / 162,59537511 4,,0 / 2.6
    
   
     
      	At 4,30 P.m. got underway
      
      & proceeded; We are full
      
      of passengers, even in the
      
      Barge, except on the Quarter
      
      Deck ~ The Government
      
      have sent with us Zaptyes
      
      Guard, they say that the
      
      
      road to Amara is not safe
      
      because Kathem son of
      
      Seyhood is giving some
      
      disturbance, & has plundered
      
      a Boat, in spite of his father
      
      who would not give him
      
      a piece of ground to farm,
      
     
     
      	Weather is cloudy, and
      
      a light S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 11,50 P.m. passed Gorna,
      
      S. Erly breeze & cloudy;
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Thursd Th@6. 62, noon 75, 4 P.m. 80
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      High rise of
     
     
      the river
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & cloudy weather,
      
      At 6,,40 Am. passed Azair,
      
      Gave tickets to the rest of
      
      passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.m. landed 9 ½
      
      passengers at Kalat Saleh
      
      & went on at 2,,5 ~
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 533 ½
      
      Passengers (7 in the 1st class cabins,
      
      Mr. Rappaport returning with us,
      
      Abdulrahman son of Kassim
      
      Debbagh, Gool Fedan wife of
      
      Sheikh Khazal of Mohamerah,
      
      and 4 Mahomedans of Basreh
      
      Seyd Nasser & 3 females with
      
      him in one cabin, and
      
      
      four Arabs in the 2nd Class Cabin)
      
      besides there is an American
      
      Missionary Mr. H. J. Wiersum
      
      staying on the Quarter deck
      
      & messing with us going to Coot
      
      charged him double deck (90
      
      GSP.) Also two women the
      
      family of Sheikh Sleman
      
      of Mahomerah relation of
      
      Sheikh Jaber they have
      
      paid 1st Class fare & are
      
      on the After Saloon Deck
      
      all by Capt Hanslows Order,
      
      there are 5 with through tickets
      
      from Bushire including,
      
      We have 8 Zaptyes to Amara
      
      as Guard, supposed the
      
      road to be disturbed by
      
      Kathem son of Seyhood,
      
     
     
      	Met the rise of the river
      
      below Abdulla ibn Ali, it is
      
      rising fast, & it has reached
      
      up to the top of the bank;
      
      Weather cleared up but it
      
      is hazy & S. Erly Wind
      
      River keeps rising it is overflowing
      
      the banks at Drewish mounds;
      
      it is very warm & calm;
      
      Weather fine & clear at 6 P.m.
      
      
      At 7 passed Aboo Sedra, the
      
      river is high & current strong,
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 22 ½ passengers &
      
      24 Bales through cargo;
      
      I got up to see Abdulkadur
      
      Khdery about some silver
      
      studs & frame for Photos;
      
      I left the Khalifah's letters
      
      here, he told me that she
      
      leaves tomorrow morning;
      
     
     
      	Wind having shifted to N.W.
      
      since this evening ~ We
      
      took 15 Tons of Coal;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Frid
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	At 1,,50 am. we left
      
      Amara, the river is very
      
      high & turbid, it has reached
      
      to the top & flooded some
      
      parts;
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 71 = Amara
      
      passengers (7 for Coot) there are
      
      about 100 passengers in the Barge
      
      around & amongst the Cargo;
      
      we have also besides 3 passengers
      
      from Basreh free (2 Pilots of the
      
      Comet &1 a relative of the Kowas
      
      Ashur  of the Residency & one
      
      from Amara free  by Captain a
      
      relative of our Baghdad Gofachies
      
      
      At 3,,35 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      ship going very slow, Strong
      
      wind & very high rise of the
      
      river & current strong;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 we came to at
      
      Skheryeh for the night, Capt
      
      Hanslow not wishing to go
      
      on as the current is strong,
      
      Modte & cold N.W. Wind,
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Saturd Th @ 6.52
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Weather;
      
      At 5,10 Am. proceeded from
      
      Skheryeh; the river is still very
      
      high no sign of its falling;
      
     
     
      	At 0,15 P.m. landed 3
      
      passengers at Ali Gherbi
      
      (below the Village) went on
      
      at 0,,20 ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,30 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Baghdad & Barge Going
      
      down; ~ At 9 passed Sheikh
      
      Saad; River is falling much,
      
     
     
       Weather fine & cold;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Sund Th@ 6.50
     
     
      
[A51_425_21:013]
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cold morning,
      
      at 6,10 am stopped at Djeleh
      
      reach to let the SS. Khalifah
      
      coming down to passed
      
      
      At 6,35 she passed down,
      
      I saw Henry on board; she has
      
      very few passengers, she is
      
      flying a Turkish flag on the
      
      mast head, for some Turkish
      
      official ~ River has fallen
      
      about 4 feet;
      
     
     
      	At 8,40 am arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 13 passengers,
      
      Took in 10 Tons of Coal, I
      
      received a letter from Henry,
      
      he says they left on Friday
      
      morning, the river had risen
      
      about 10 feet in Baghdad
      
      but fell about 6 feet, so
      
      that it has not done much
      
      good & the rise has not reached
      
      up so as to irrigate the
      
      canals; There is the New
      
      Motserrif for Nasryeh
      
      Ihsan Pasha, & Hamdy
      
      Beg the Mufetish Adlyeh
      
      our friend going to Amara,
      
      she has 104 passengers,
      
     
     
      	We took 10 Tons of Coal,
      
      and at 10 left Coot,
      
     
     
      	Took 25 Passengers only
      
      
      stopped at 11 to pick up a passenger
      
      who had remained at Coot,
      
      Capt. Hanslow took one Lira
      
      for his detention & I entered
      
      it in the Passengers List as
      
      charge for picking a stray
      
      passenger;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Mond Th@ 6.51
     
     
      Light N.W. & getting cloudy,
      
      River has fallen about 6 feet,
      
      in these parts it required about
      
      4 feet more rise to reach the
      
      top of the banks;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 in passing Azizieh
      
      some Zaptyes sung out to us
      
      to stop as there is a telegram
      
      for us, we thought of something
      
      serious, when the Goffa came
      
      off, it was a telegram from Coot
      
      to the Kaimakam of Azizieh
      
      to enquire from us if we
      
      have any Tins of Oil or paint
      
      sent up with us from Amara
      
      for the bridge below Coot,
      
      We have none, & so we
      
      Went on at 10,,40 ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. passed the
      
      
      SS. Mossul & Barge going down
      
      just on the Fort of Baghdadieh
      
      which we passed at 4,,12~
      
      Weather still cloudy all over,
      
      At 6,45 passed the village of
      
      Swera; cloudy all over;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport spends the day
      
      out with his rifle in firing on
      
      birds Pelicans etc, he tells
      
      me that he hopes when he gets
      
      to Baghdad to find the answer
      
      of my son Alexander's report
      
      to the Government of his incapacity
      
      of serving the military service
      
      by the Certificate which Dr.
      
      Ramsay the English Residency
      
      gave of his inability of sight
      
      of his left eye, & if favorable
      
      Mr. Rappaport will apply for
      
      a passport for him;~
      
     
     
      	weather little cloudy~
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Tuesd. Th@6.55
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	Light  S. Erly. & cloudy weather
      
      At 3,,50 am passed Bostan;
      
      At 8. passed Ctesiphon;
      
      At 0,,10 P.M. passed Diala
      
      river; The river is rising a
      
      little, steamer going very slow,
      
     
     
      	At 2,30 I landed at
      
      
      Gherrara & walked to Baghdad
      
      found it hot, no wind &
      
      the sun is hot; arrived home
      
      at about 3,,50, found Alexander
      
      & his wife well, & the house
      
      in Order, It has rained here
      
      on friday & Saturday the 1st
      
      Instt; Johny my nephew
      
      called on us, I hear we
      
      are leaving on friday
      
      only two days here, there are
      
      no steamers here;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.m. the Mejidieh
      
      arrived;
      
      Light n. Erly breeze ~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Wednes
     
     
      	Light Erly & cloudy a little;
      
      I called to see Menusha &
      
      Medula but both were
      
      at Church, I came on board
      
      we are discharging Cargo;
      
      At 10 I sent money 44300
      
      GSP. to the office & left to call
      
      on Menusha & Medula & then
      
      came home & breakfasted
      
     
     
      	at 1 P.m. Alexander Mary &
      
      I went to call on Sister Eliza
      
      
      I went to call on Mr. & Mrs.
      
      Barry next door to Sisters house
      
      but they were asleep;~ we
      
      left at 2 ½ P.M. & I called on
      
      the Office,& saw Mr. Parry &
      
      then came on board; There
      
      is very little cargo coming,
      
      it is all left for tomorrow;
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ I went home then took
      
      Alexander & Mary & called on
      
      Antone Marine until 7 ¼ P.m.
      
      & came home ~ Weather
      
      warm but fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Thursd
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      Light air & fine rather warm
      
      at 7 ½ am called on Abduljebbar
      
      Effendi & then came on board,
      
      we are shipping cargo;
      
      River falling, it is getting
      
      low, Breeze N. East;
      
      There is a lot of cargo to ship, but
      
      our two mates are still asleep
      
      & it is 9 o'clock;
      
     
     
      	Metty is unwell he has had
      
      a pain & swelling of throat
      
      & teeth etc & has been to the
      
      Doctor & does not intend
      
      to go down with us, this time,
      
      
      he asked Capt Hanslow, & this
      
      spoke to Mr. Parry, & he
      
      sent us Vartan who was
      
      assisting also the mates in
      
      taking cargo~
      
     
     
      	I went to breakfast at 11 ½
      
      and returned at 12 ½ and
      
      worked very hard in writing
      
      in the cargo which came
      
      very considerably, I was so
      
      tyred from the work, Alexander
      
      came to me, & at 5 ½ P.m
      
      we left the ship & went
      
      home ~ Weather warm
      
      & S. Erly breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Frid
     
    
     
      	Light S. Erly & fine;
      
      at 4 ½ Am I came on board
      
      I sent to Alexander 9 T Liras
      
      with our watchman, for
      
      getting out illustrated
      
      Postal Cards of Baghdad
      
      12000 for 200 frcs;, to be
      
      sold here;
      
     
     
      	River falling,
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 431 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//)  [15 Mar 1901 - V051_31_S]
 

PassngOkes G.S. Piasters[N/A]
109 1/2226,562 ,, 30,550 ,,[N/A]
    
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
     
      	At 5.30 Am. proceeded; Very
      
      light air & fine ~
      
     
     
       	The SS. Ressafah & Barge arrived
      
      this morning at 3 ½ a.m.
      
      she has also lots of Arab
      
      Pilgrims about 450~
      
     
     
       	At 7.30 passed Diala river
      
      At 9 passed Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
       	We have in all 94 Passengrs,
      
      ( 5 in 1st Class, a new Defterdar
      
      for Basreh from Constple,
      
      Shonky Beg, his wife & daughter,
      
      the wife of Artin Eassayi,
      
      & a french merchant traveller
      
      Monsr. Brasseur who came
      
      up in the Khalifah last time &
      
      sells Photographs or graphaphones and 2
      
      Jewesses in the 2nd class)
      
     
     
       	At 1,, 40 P.m. landed
      
      4 passengers at Swera,
      
      (Apkar the son of Artin Apikyan
      
      & 3 with him Christians going
      
      for Liquorice Affair) went
      
      
      on at 1,,45,
      
     
     
      	At 2,, 55 P.m. passed the
      
      Fort of Baghdadieh;
      
     
     
       	At 3,,40 passed the SS. Phrat
      
      & Barge going up she is also full
      
      of Arab pilgrims~
      
     
     
       	At 5 ,, 10 passed Azizieh,
      
      warm weather, very light n.w.
      
      air & fine;
      
     
     
       	At 6,, 45 we anchored at
      
      Zeljeh; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Saturd Ther 6, 61
     
     
       	 Light S. Erly breeze & fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,, 15 am. proceeded  ~
      
      Breeze increasing, & some clouds
      
      are hanging about ~
      
     
     
       	At 9,,20 passed Nemlah
      
      At 2,,35 P.m. arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 30 ½ passengers and
      
      44 packages ; ~ I left a
      
      letter here for Henry ~ Mr.
      
      Rigo the Inspector of Public Debts
      
      came on board, he comes from
      
      Nassyeh by Hai, he told
      
      us that news came here by
      
      telegraph from Amara that
      
      the Khalifah has had an
      
      accident on her way up
      
      
      on Thursday between Basreh
      
      & Gorna, & was obliged to throw
      
      some cargo overboard, what
      
      could be the cause no one
      
      knows; At 3 ½ we finished
      
      loading cargo & then weighed
      
      & crossed to the opposite side
      
      to Eassayis Press to Ship
      
      300 Bales of Liquorice for
      
      Marseilles & 10 GSP. per Bale
      
     
     
      	Weather became thretening with
      
      black clouds & thunder on
      
      East & south & showers of
      
      rain appear falling in the
      
      distance, with fresh wind
      
      from the West to South East;
      
     
     
       	At 5.30 P.m left Coot after
      
      shipping 200 Bales of Liquorice;
      
      Weather very Cloudy, Took 7
      
      passengers ~
      
     
     
       	At 6,,10 Came to an Anchor
      
      at Mahomed Abod Hassan, it
      
      is getting dark with lightning,
      
      The Bridge is not put Across
      
      yet;~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Sund Th@ 6, 63
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
       	S. Erly wind & clearing up
      
      getting fine ~
      
     
     
       	At 5,,15 Am. proceeded,
      
     
     
        At 9,35 passed Sheikh Saad
      
      
      strong S. Erly wind & getting
      
      cloudy;
      
     
     
       	At 9,,50 passed the SS.
      
      Baghdad & Barge going up at
      
      Aboo Dood, she has also
      
      pilgrims Agabs;
      
     
     
       	At 1,,25 P.m. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi;
      
     
     
       	At 3,,45 passed the S.S.
      
      Khalifah & Barge going up
      
      below Rweshdieh[?], she had a
      
      Turkish flag flying on the mast
      
      head, for some Turks;
      
     
     
       	At 5,,35 P.m. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      35 Mohayleh[?] are alongside here
      
      laden with Grain on their way
      
      down; weather very thretening
      
      on the West it is very cloudy
      
      black with heavy rain falling
      
      in the distance with lightning
      
      & thunder;
      
     
     
       	At 6 we rounded & came
      
      to for the night; clouds are covering
      
      the sky with lightning and
      
      thunders ~ Weather became
      
      squally with strong wind & some
      
      rain just after we dropped anchor
      
      at 6,,20 a heavy rain came down
      
      
      with thunder & lightning & strong
      
      wind from north; At 8 it was
      
      over & cleared up;
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Mond Th@ 6 62
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	At 5,,15 A.m. we proceeded
      
      Light N Erly breeze & cloudy all
      
      over;
      
     
     
       	At 9,,50 Am. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 16 ½ passengers
      
     
     
       and 90 Packages; I received
      
      Henry letter & one from my
      
      wife, Henry tells me that
      
      they left Basreh on Wednesday
      
      at 5 P.m. with 326 ½ passengers
      
      all Arab pilgrims, the Motserrif
      
      of Nasryieh Ihsan Pasha
      
      who had come down in the
      
      Khalifah also, & some Native
      
      Cabin passengers; & at
      
      10 P.m. as the Khalifah was
      
      steaming up it was dark
      
      & raining, before she got to
      
      Sweib river (below Gorna)
      
      as a sailing Boat was
      
      coming down, & to avoid
      
      a Collision Charley Cowley
      
      who was on watch put the
      
      ship too close to the West
      
      bank & the Barge struck
      
      the bank & opened
      
      
      two large holes on her bow
      
      & the water coming in, so
      
      that the cargo got wet
      
      & they begun to discharge
      
      it on the bank, it was flood
      
      tide & the Barge had stuck
      
      & when it ebbed they could
      
      not haul her off, next
      
      morning they sent to wire
      
      from Gorna to Basreh
      
      to send an empty Barge
      
      in tow of the steam Launch
      
      the Barge had about 2 feet
      
      of water in her Holds & they
      
      stopped it by putting Old
      
      curtains & mud, and
      
      they were waiting for the
      
      Barge from Basreh which
      
      did not come until Friday
      
      at 8 am the Khalifah
      
      steamed down to meet her
      
      & she met the steam Launch
      
      in tow of the Barge which
      
      she took in tow & came
      
      up & put the Cargo into
      
      her, & they left at 9 ½
      
      
      P.M. The Khalifah & the Barge
      
      had 264830 Okes of cargo,
      
     
     
      	Ibrahim Effendi the head of
      
      the Sennyeh came on board to
      
      see the Defterdar of Basreh,
      
      also Hamdi Beg the Mufetish
      
      Adlyeh (who came down in
      
      the Khalifah) he is going down
      
      by the Ressafah to Basreh
      
     
     
      	I crossed over to the garden
      
      & house of Abdulkadur Khdery
      
      opposite the town to see
      
      him about the Ornaments
      
      I am making by the Subba
      
      for M. Parry, also M. Brasseur
      
      the seller of Graphaphones
      
      came with me, as he has
      
      sold him one & getting out
      
      others for him;
      
     
     
      	At 11 we left Amara
      
      took 8 1/2 passengers, cloudy
      
      all over light S. Ely breeze
      
      & warm;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 P.M. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh; It became dark cloudy
      
      with thunder & a shower of
      
      rain falling;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 the ship's side
      
      starboard rubbed against the
      
      
      bank in rounding, at Abdulla
      
      ibn Ali & damage few arms
      
      in the wheel, we came to
      
      for repairs; all the arms &
      
      segments are bent it is all through
      
      these boats sailing up & to avoid
      
      a collision the ship is obliged to
      
      give way & go near the bank;
      
     
     
        Weather is cloudy & a S. Ely
      
      breeze;~ Engineers worked at
      
      night in the wheel;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Tuesd, Th@. 6.65
     
     
      1901 March
     
     
      	Light S. Ely & very cloudy
      
      all over thick clouds~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 AM. we proceeded
      
      from Abdulla ibn Ali;
      
     
     
        A fresh N.W. wind set in
      
      with dark clouds;~ At 8 it
      
      begun to rain with gloomy weather,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 passed Azair;
      
      we have the light Zaptyes from
      
      Amara which the Khalifah
      
      brought up, although there is
      
      nothing on the river and no
      
      disturbance of any kind
      
     
     
        Rain knocked off at 8 1/2; At
      
      10 1/4 again it became very gloomy
      
      & begun to rain;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 passed Gorna,
      
      
      weather clearing up and
      
      getting very fine;
      
     
     
      	Today being the Holy
      
      day of St. Joseph (my patron)
      
     
     
        At 2 1/2 P.M. it became very
      
      cloudy again & a very hard
      
      rain came down so thick that
      
      it became foggy, and at at 2,,55
      
      it ceased;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,55 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Mossul & Barge going up
      
      at Kteban; she was not so
      
      crowded with passengers,
      
      mostly Persians;
      
     
     
      	At 5 arrived in Basreh
      
      there is only the SS. Turkistan
      
      up here; & only the Malamir
      
      in quarantine from Mohamerah,
      
      lots of rain has fallen here
      
      too; ~ At 6 I went up to
      
      Rufail & saw there my wife,
      
      also Rezooki Angoorly, his wife
      
      Tookyeh has not come out
      
      she is indisposed at Basreh
      
      with a diarrhea; my wife
      
      is going up with me this
      
      time~ We dined & I slept
      
      there~ Weather got fine
      
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Wedn.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      at 4 1/2 AM I came onboard,
      
      Many Jews wanting cabins,
      
      also Alfred Holland is
      
      going up with us, as M.
      
      Bottomley has taken charge
      
      of the Basreh Agency now;
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. my wife & Mina
      
      wife of Rezooki came down
      
      in a Belem alongside & I
      
      went with them we called
      
      on Yousif Korkis & his wife
      
      in the house next to Lynch
      
      Brothers, & then came also
      
      Rezooki Sayegh, we then
      
      at 4 called on M. & Mrs.
      
      Bottomley for 1/2 hour & then
      
      left, I came on board & they
      
      went up to the house~
      
     
     
        At 4 1/2 P.M. the S.S. Comet
      
      came down from Baghdad
      
      with Majer Melville the
      
      Consul bringing his child
      
      a nurse to go to England
      
      & himself will return to
      
      
      Baghdad~
      
     
     
      	At 4 1/4 P.M. the SS.
      
      Kurdistan came up &
      
      anchored down in the
      
      quarantine, all the steamers
      
      that come from Europe in
      
      future are only to make
      
      5 days quarantine, except
      
      those from India is still
      
      Mantained to 10 days;
      
     
     
        At 5 P.M. I went up to
      
      Rufail's; Tom Dexter & Duncan
      
      Alexander of the Comet called
      
      & spent the evening; the Comet
      
      came down in 4 days having
      
      left on Sunday morning;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Thursd
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
  
     
      	Light Westerly wind, with
      
      some clouds; Eliza & Mina
      
      went in to Basreh to see
      
      Tookyeh, as Eliza is going up
      
      with me, I came on board
      
      at 4 A.M; We are shipping
      
      cargo;
      
     
     
      		The Turkistan left this
      
      morning at 4 AM;
      
     
     
      		At 8 AM the mail Str,
      
      Assyria arrived in quarantine,
      
      weather getting cloudy all over
      
     
     
        We heard that a case of Plague
      
      has taken place on board the
      
      
      steamer Assyria on the way from
      
      Bombay & the man died at
      
      Muscat;~
      
     
     
      	Eliza sent for her kit on board,
      
      I reserved a cabin for her;
      
      Lots of people came on board
      
      Ali Beg the Muder of Laho,
      
      Nessoory Andria & his wife,
      
      Henry Marine; Rezooki Angoorly,
      
      Roofail & Rezooki, Michail
      
      Yaghchi & many others;
      
     
     
        We finished loading & are
      
      awaiting for the Barge to be
      
      loaded~ M. Bottomley came
      
      & Alfred Holland who is going
      
      up with us;~ Also Yousif
      
      Korkis, Kassim Khdery
      
      many others;~ At 5 1/2 P.M.
      
      we got the Barge alongside,
      
      & made her fast; We received
      
      the mail, we have two mails
      
      to take up~
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidish Voy 431,(//) Basreh to Baghdad,(//) Barge in tow;(//) [21 Mar 1901 - V051_32_N]
 

PassegOkes / Barge G.S.P. LocalDraft / Barge
315 1/2109,424/ Okes 162420 (30 tons coal for Baghdad)19,947 1/2 4,,4 / 2,,2
    
    
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. we got underway &
      
      proceeded; weather hazy but
      
      a light N.W. breeze prevails;
      
      My wife & Alfred Holland are
      
      messing at the table only;
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy all
      
      over;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Frid, Th@ 6.65
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	At 1,,45 AM. we anchored
      
      below Sweib river~ Cloudy
      
      weather~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 proceeded still
      
      cloudy & hazy weather, very light
      
      Ely breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.M. passed
      
      Azair;~ Weather warm
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passenger's
      
      tickets, we have in all 229
      
      (5 in 1st class, Hanz Keil Meneshi
      
      of Calcutta Shawl Khakham
      
      Hanz Keil from Baghdad &
      
      Sasson Murad Clerk of
      
      Mahomed Said Shahbender
      
      
      this latter has a free return
      
      2 class passage by Lynch
      
      from Baghdad so both in
      
      the large cabin; Also Alfred
      
      Holland & 3 servants
      
      returning to Baghdad since
      
      last year he has been acting
      
      for Lynch Brothers, and
      
      my wife Eliza & her little
      
      girl servant Serry, these
      
      6 latter persons are not
      
      counted; and we have
      
      2 Jewesses of Haroon
      
      Kharmush in 2e class
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. landed 4 passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took 2;
      
      weather getting fine~
      
      moon two days old~
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Satur, Th@ 6.62 Noon 76 4 P.M. 84
     
     
      	At 1 AM arrived at Amara
      
      landed 16 passengers and
      
      the 8 Zaptyes, & 45 packages
      
      of through cargo, we took
      
      10 tons of coal~ I left
      
      the letters for the Khalifah
      
      here, we do not know
      
      
      when she is leaving;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 left Amara
      
      S. Ely wind & getting hazy,
      
     
     
      	gave tickets to 52 Amara
      
      passengers~ No rise of the
      
      river it is the same as when
      
      we came down;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi, S. Ely wind & cloudy;
      
     
     
        We went on all the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Sund, Th@6.68 Noon 77
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
        	S. Ely light breeze & hazy
      
      warm weather~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 AM arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 9 passengers,
      
      took in 10 tons of coal, I
      
      left a letter for Henry~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 left Coot~
      
      Took 26 1/2 passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Phrat & Barge going down on
      
      the top of Algaya reach;
      
     
     
      	In passing Bughela a Goffa came
      
      off deliberately to the ship; with
      
      three men, one clung on board
      
      one fell into the river & swam
      
      to the bank passing between the
      
      barge & the ship, & the third
      
      remained in the Goffa which
      
      
      passed down, so got the passengers
      
      on board, detained 10 minutes
      
      above Bughela village in
      
      shoal water~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. wind & fine
      
      at 8,,35 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      Fine weather & pleasant;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Mond, Th@6.62
     
     
      	Light S. Ely & fine weather,
      
      the river is as low as before,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM stopped at
      
      Azizieh & picked on board
      
      4 Turkish officials, a meer
      
      Halai Waly Beg & two Inspectors
      
      who had come from Constantinople
      
      to inspect the Walies of the
      
      provinces  & the government
      
      & been on tour to Hilla etc
      
      & came overland here to go
      
      up to Baghdad, they came
      
      off in a Goffa with their kit,
      
      we put them up on the Saloon
      
      Deck as we have no cabins
      
      but wanted to be in the Saloon
      
      & were told that this cannot
      
      be accommodated, so they
      
      went up & changed their
      
      double deck passage of
      
      
      Coot [illegible] 4 Mejidies each
      
      they had a telegram from
      
      the Agent of Lynch, M. Parry
      
      to Capt Hanslow telling him
      
      to stop & take them on board,
      
     
     
      	We went on at 4,,45;
      
      weather getting cloudy, hazy,
      
      & wind strong from S.E;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,20 P.M. passed Baghdadyeh
      
      Fort;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Ressafah & Barge going
      
      down at [illegible] (Dawar
      
      reach)~ Weather cloudy &
      
      fresh S. Ely wind~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 we anchored at
      
      Semreh reach, being cloudy &
      
      dark;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Tuesd, Th@6.60
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
    
[A51_448_15: 014]
     
     
     
[A51_448_27:015]
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
     
        At 4,,30 AM. proceeded~
      
     
     
        At 6,,10 passed Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
      	At 8,5 passed the S.S. Khalifah
      
      & Barge going down at Zembaranyeh
      
      she has very few passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,40 passed Diala
      
      river;
      
     
     
      	At 11,35 landed a Deckman
      
      with the letters at Gherrarah
      
      I wrote to Alexander also,
      
     
     
        Six jews of our 1st class'
      
      
      also landed, they had a
      
      carriage waiting for M.
      
      [illegible] of Calcutta
      
      we went on at 11,,40;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 P.M. landed the
      
      mails at the Residency,
      
      Alexander my son came
      
      off to us in the Goffa, we
      
      went up to the Custom House
      
      & there are the Mossul
      
      arrived yesterday noon &
      
      the Baghdad~ We went
      
      home; saw Marie they are
      
      all well~
      
     
     
      	I heard of the death of Mary
      
      the only daughter of M. Malcolm
      
      Batthazar the [illegible]
      
      [illegible] of the Russian Consulate,
      
      she was 23 years old & has
      
      had a typhoyd fever & was
      
      badly attended by the native
      
      or Turkish doctors like [illegible]
      
      who gave his too much [illegible],
      
      she died yesterday & was
      
      buried in the Armenian [illegible]
      
      Church; Also Georgis [illegible]
      
      the cabin boy of the SS. Khalifah
      
      who had been paralyzed
      
      
      for the last 4 months died
      
      few days ago, ~  some friends
      
      called on us, also Antone
      
      Marine etc ~ My sisters Eliza
      
      & her children & sister Medula
      
      are all out in the garden of
      
      Moshi Bahas near Asfar's
      
      garden, we saw them as we
      
      passed, for a change of air,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Wedn
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine clear
      
      weather ~ at 7 ½ Am called
      
      on Menusha & then came
      
      on board, we are discharging
      
      & will leave on Sunday;
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ am I left & called on
      
      Mr. Rappaport, he is suffering
      
      much from the number of
      
      Date marks he has had about
      
      11 of them especially on his
      
      foot which prevents him
      
      from walking;~ I also went
      
      to the Office to Mr. Parry &
      
      took 42 £ stg to pay wages
      
      & came home at 11 ¼,
      
     
     
      	At 2 ¾ P.m. I took Alexander
      
      Marie & myself & went
      
      
      in a Goffa to Cherd el Pasha
      
      to the gardens of Moshi Bahar
      
      to see my sisters Eliza and
      
      Medooly & the daughters of
      
      sister Eliza encamped
      
      there we arrived at 3 ½ We
      
      had a walk in the garden and
      
      had tea, there are very little
      
      Orange blossoms this year
      
      & so very scarce, ~ at 5 ¼
      
      we left them & walked to
      
      town along the river bank
      
      & got home by 6 ¼ ~
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Thursd Th@ 6.59
     
     
      1901 Mch
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool morning at 7 ½ am
      
      I called on Antone Marine
      
      & then came on board,
      
      we are shipping cargo ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad & Barge left
      
      this morning at 5 ½ am;
      
      I went home to breakfast at
      
      11 am & returned at 1 P.m,
      
      shipped a lot of cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 5 I went home, found there
      
      Menusha & Shamoony[?] widow
      
      of Korkis Tessy & her daughter
      
      I went to call on Mrs. Cowley
      
      
      her son Georgy has the typhoid
      
      fever since a fortnight, but he
      
      is getting better; Her Young
      
      son Duglas about 8 years
      
      old is going to be sent to
      
      England with us this trip
      
      in Company with Mr. & Mrs.
      
      Livingstone, as his sister Dazy
      
      is still there she had gone with
      
      her father four years ago,
      
      Mrs. Cowley tells me that
      
      the Lynchs in London have given
      
      her a pension for five years
      
      at 70 £stg per year on account
      
      of poor Capt Cowley's death
      
      & his long service, that is very
      
      good of them;
      
     
     
      	I also called on Mr. Malcon
      
      Balthazar to condole him
      
      on the death of his only daughter
      
      Mary, he is very afflicted;
      
      Yousef Yaghchi was with me,
      
      I then left & came home
      
      at 6 found Antone Marine
      
      his wife & two daughters
      
      Rosa & Ellen, they left
      
      at 8 P.m.;
      
     
     
      	Fine Clear Weather;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Th @ 6.61
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~ at 7 ½ am I
      
      took Alexander & went
      
      to Mr. Folletts little house
      
      next to Capt Clement's and
      
      heard his Graphophone
      
      play it is a fine one &
      
      quite a different system,
      
     
     
      	At 8 ½ we came on board
      
      & I paid the ship's Company
      
      their wages for this month,
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home & then
      
      took Alexander calling on Mons.
      
      Ronet the French Vice Consul
      
      but he was out we left our Cards
      
      & we went to Menusha for
      
      few minutes & came home,
      
      We all took a warm bath,
      
      Eliza, myself, Alexander & Mary,
      
      Mr. Girdieth called in the
      
      evening
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, I
      
      am upset with my stomach
      
      is again paining me, & feel
      
      sick with no appetite at
      
      all, I have taken no dinner
      
      I am billious  ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Saturd Th @ 6.62
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & Erly breeze,
      
      at 7 ½ am, I came on board,
      
      we are shipping cargo;
      
     
     
      	The river is low still, there are
      
      about 50 bricks from the surface
      
      of the river to the top of the Custom
      
      House as about 20 feet a
      
      very extraordinary year for
      
      the rise of the river ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home to breakfast
      
      & came on board at 12 ½ ,
      
      Tomorrow is the Moharrem
      
      Holy day; We finished shipping
      
      cargo at 4 P.m. ~ Alexander
      
      came to me & we left the ship
      
      at 4 ½, I have a bad stomach
      
      ache & feel very billious;
      
      Weather warm & fine clear;
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Sund
     
     
      1901 March
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine ~
      
      at 4 ½ am I came on board
      
      Today is the Mohomedam Holy day
      
      of Moharrem fasting 4 days;
      
      we have few passengers but
      
      the Cabins are all taken;
      
      
     
    
   
   
    
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 432 (//) Baghdad to Basreh (//) Barge in tow (//) [31 Mar 1901 - V051_33_S]
     

PassgOkes G.S. Piast[N/A]
50249,84229,160[N/A]
    
    
     
      1901 April
     
     
    
      At 5,,30 am, got underway
      
      & proceeded; I saw sister Eliza
      
      & all her children & sister Medoola
      
      at the Garden of Moshi Bahar,
      
      in Tents inside the Garden;
      
      Very light N.W. breeze & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 passed Gherrarah,
      
      there is no bridge up across
      
      since two voyages, it having
      
      been destroyed & about 8 Boats
      
      sunk since that late rise
      
      of the river ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 passed Diala
      
      river;
      
     
     
      	At 8 ½ we grounded at
      
      Zumbaranyeh, Mahmood our
      
      Pilot is away, gone to Kerbella
      
      for the Holy day, Capt Hanslow
      
      has given him permission,
      
      Took anchors out ahead and
      
      turned her up & then steamed
      
      up & rounded & passed down
      
      at 10,,10 am;
      
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 50
      
      passengers (4 in 1st Class
      
      they are Mr. & Mrs. Livingston
      
      & two young children a girl
      
      of about 6 year & a boy about
      
      1 year, they are leaving Baghdad
      
      for England I believe for
      
      good, they sold all their Kit
      
      by auction;~ also Sherif
      
      Debbagh the mosulli merchant
      
      and Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      the Lawyer going to Coot &
      
      to the Hai etc, & he is messing
      
      with us; and a Turkish Officer
      
      in 2nd class cabin to Basreh;)
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 passed Ctesiphon
      
      At 3 P.M. in crossing over at
      
      the bottom of Dawar reach to
      
      Thaletyeh, the ship struck the
      
      shoal very hard, & the Barge carried
      
      the rope & broke the bit & got
      
      adrift; made her fast and
      
      at 3,,35 Went on;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. landed 4 ½ Passeng
      
      above Swera Village (Aziz
      
      Beg a surgeon & 3 ½ with him)
      
      Went on at 4,10;
      
      At 5,,40 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort ~ Light N.w. & fine
      
      
      At 7,,10 we rounded & came to
      
      at Rmelat for the night ~
      
      Fine clear weather & not cold
      
      at all, Moon, 11 days old;
      
     
    
    
     
      1 Mond, Th @ 5.63, noon 84, 4 P.m. 90
     
     
      Bridge at Coot
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, It is
      
      getting little cloudy;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 Am proceeded
      
      At 6,,10 passed Azizieh,
      
      At 9 ½ am we touched the shoal
      
      at Musneyem, backed & went
      
      on at 9,,40 ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,20 P.M. passed Nemlah
      
      a few minutes after we struck
      
      a shoal close to Nemlah
      
      bank; detained 20 minutes;
      
      Weather warm & unpleasant
      
      S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.m. Arrived at Coot
      
      landing 11 Passengers (Abduljebbar
      
      Effendi in 1st Class) and 30
      
      Packages; I left a letter here
      
      for Henry, also one to my wife
      
      & to Alexander to be taken up,
      
     
     
      	The New Bridge which the
      
      Sennyeh have made just
      
      below Coot, has been put
      
      
      across a few days ago, It
      
      is quite useless in a deserted
      
      place, only for the sake of
      
      charging tolls on Boats and
      
      steamers ~ Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      dined with us & slept on board
      
      to go on shore tomorrow Morning,
      
     
     
      	I have a bad cold on my body
      
      & limbs & feel so feverish
      
      at Midnight I awoke with a
      
      shiver & hot skin, I covered
      
      myself with the thick Lahaf &
      
      swetted, which made me
      
      better although it is warm
      
      in the cabin;
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Tuesd Th @ 5.64, noon 86, 4 P.m 93
     
     
      1901 April
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & sultry Cloudy
      
      weather ~ At 5 am left
      
      Coot; at 5,,20 passed through
      
      the Bridge opened for us
      
     
     
      	Took 5 Passengers from Coot
      
     
     
      	At 10 am passed Sheikh Saad
      
     
     
      	At 1,30 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi; warm sultry day,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,20 P.m. passed the
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge going up,
      
     
     
      	At 5,50 passed Ali Sherghi
      
      Cloudy weather;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 rounded & Anchored
      
      
      I again feel feverish with pain
      
      all over me; & a dry bitter mouth,
      
     
     
      	Calm Weather warm & a
      
      little cloudy ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Wedn Th @ 5.69, noon 83, 4 P.m. 95
     
     
      	Very Calm & warm Weather,
      
      I took a dose of Castor Oil
      
      early this morning;
      
     
     
      	At 5 A.m. we proceeded,
      
      N. Erly light breeze ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,5 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 9 passengers & 146
      
      Packages (100 orange plants)
      
     
     
      	I received Henry's letter,
      
      the Khalifah had left on Sunday
      
      evening she had 172 ½ Passengers
      
      & 269109 Okes; one German
      
      Clerk for Berk Puttmann
      
      called Mr. Freuzel in 1st Class
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 we left Amara,
      
      took 5 Passengers;
      
      I feel still unwell & feverish
      
      it came on about an hour
      
      ago, with hot breath & pain
      
      on the Knees; there are about
      
      7 people down with fever on
      
      board since 3 days Ago,
      
      
      Mr. Reynolds, his servant Rufa
      
      Mikha Tuidal, a Deckman
      
      & Monsour the Cabin Boy,
      
     
     
      	The fever came on to me at
      
      9 Am & made me feel so miserable
      
      that my head & feet & knees
      
      weak & painful, the Castor
      
      Oil worked me 5 times with
      
      Bile & is still not sufficient
      
     
     
       	At 2,,15 P.m. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh, I have still the fever
      
      at 6 P.m. I swetted a little, [illegible]
      
      feet very weak all over my
      
      body;
      
     
     
      	At 5,55 P.m. passed
      
      Azair, just sunset landed
      
      one Jew passenger & went
      
      on, at 6 ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,20 rounded & came to for
      
      the night above Hmeyan;
      
      I had nothing for dinner except
      
      some broth & a piece of boiled
      
      chicken, I cannot eat any
      
      thing not feeling inclined to
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Thursd
     
     
      1901 April
     
     
      George Colwey died on 1st April
     
     
      1901 April
     
     
      	Very Calm sultry & warm
      
      Weather ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 Am.  we proceeded
      
      I swetted last night much, &
      
      I had the fever too ~
      
      
      At 8 am passed Gorna,
      
      Very light S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.m. arrived
      
      at Basreh; there are the SS.
      
      Goolistan & Avristan here,
      
      & the SS. Afrikander & the Mail
      
      boat Simla in Quarantine;
      
     
     
      	On arrival here, Capt. Hanslow
      
      received a telegram from Baghdad
      
      informing him of the sad
      
      death of George Cowley, on
      
      the 1st Instt, from the typhoid
      
      fever, I am very sorry for his
      
      loss & for his Mother, I had
      
      called on her before we left
      
      & she told me that he was
      
      getting better; it is a very sad
      
      loss, he was a nice boy, &
      
      he is the same age as Alexander
      
      he was employed as Clerk in
      
      Mr Livingstone's office ~
      
     
     
      	There is a Russian Mercantile[??]
      
      steamer just arrived today in
      
      Quarantine from Odessa
      
      called the Korniloff
      
      
      is the first Russian steamer
      
      that ever came up the gulf
      
      it appears that Russia wants
      
      to start a line of steamers to
      
      this part but their aim is
      
      the Ports in the Persian Gulf
      
      as they are having consuls appointed
      
      in Bushire, Bender Abbass &
      
      a Consul General in Bombay,
      
      they say in Basreh also there
      
      will be a Vice Consul, & the
      
      Consul of Baghdad will have
      
      to be a Consulate General;
      
     
     
      		The S.S. Avrestan is leaving
      
      this evening & Mr. & Mrs. Livingstone
      
      are going down in her to London
      
     
     
      		I went to Rufail at 4 P.M.
      
      saw him & Rezooki, his wife
      
      Mina is in Basreh as tomorrow
      
      in Good friday ~ I still do not
      
      feel well, am very weak,
      
      & the nose running with water
      
      & sneezing continually No
      
      taste in the mouth & feel
      
      very hot inside, Rezooki
      
      went to Basreh to his wife
      
      & so only Rufail & me
      
      
      remained ~ I slept in the
      
      room with windows open,
      
      but it is very warm with S.Erly
      
      breeze & cloudy~
      
     
     
       	At 4 P.M. the S Avristan
      
      left~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Frid
     
     
      	Light n,w. & warm, but the
      
      n.w. breeze spring up has cooled
      
      a little the Atmosphere ~
      
      At 7 am I came on board
      
     
     
      	This is Good friday; we are
      
      discharging cargo;
      
     
     
      	Duglas the son of Cowley also
      
      went with the Livingstones
      
      last night in the Avristan
      
     
     
       	At 10 Rufail came to me
      
      & we went in to Basreh, called
      
      on Tukyeh, I saw her newly
      
      born son about a month ago
      
      & is called Philip; We then
      
      called on Nassoory Andrea
      
      for ½ hour, on Père Emmanuel
      
      in the church, & on Ali Beg
      
      to see his brother Hamdy
      
      Beg the Muffettish Adlyeh but
      
      
      they were out ~ We went to
      
      Angoorly's shop & then
      
      came to Takooyi took tea
      
      & Yousif Korkis came we left
      
      together in his Belem & I
      
      came on board & then went
      
      up to Rufail at 5 ~
      
      The SS. Phrat  left at 1 P.m.
      
      The Mail steamer Simla also
      
      left at 5 P.M.; my cold is
      
      still continuing nothing but
      
      water running down my nose,
      
      I am suffering awfully from
      
      it continually since yesterday,
      
     
     
      	In the evening Rezooki
      
      & his wife Mina came out
      
      from Basreh ~ Weather
      
      very Calm & sultry warm
      
      most disagreable~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Satur
     
     
      1901 April
     
     
       	Very calm Sultry cloudy and
      
      disagreable Weather ~
      
     
     
       	At 7 Am. I came on board
      
      We are shipping cargo ~
      
     
     
       	Dr. Ahmed of the Quarantine
      
      came over to Capt. Hanslow
      
      to propose to him to remain
      
      until tomorrow, as there
      
      
      are 25 Sepoys for the Residency
      
      & the French Vice Consul
      
      Mr. Dorvile for Mossul and
      
      many other passengers; he
      
      said he was going to see
      
      Mr. Wratistaw & tell him
      
      so ~
      
     
     
       	Capt. Paramore of the
      
      SS. Goolistan (who was formerly
      
      our mate here) and Captain
      
      Norton of the Shushan
      
      breakfasted with us;
      
     
     
      	We received the order to
      
      remain & await until tomorrow
      
      so as to take the sepoys &
      
      the Vice Connsel etc~
      
     
     
      	We finished cargo at 4
      
      P.M. & remained doing nothing
      
      all the available passengers
      
      are on board;
      
     
     
      	Rufail sent me his letter etc,
      
      & they are all going in to
      
      town this evening to remain
      
      for tomorrow being
      
      Easter Sunday;
      
     
     
       	At 6 P.M. Rufail sent me
      
      a Belem asking me to come
      
      
      to him as he is not gone in
      
      to Basreh; So I went up
      
      to him found there Rezooki
      
      Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
      
      the writer of Sheikh Khazal
      
      they went away & we remained
      
      only Rufail & myself,
      
      Rezooki & his wife Mina
      
      had gone in to Basreh;
      
      Rufail is going in tomorrow,
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & Cloudy,
      
      It blew all the night ;
      
      ~
      
      See Diary No. 52
      
      
     
    
   
   
     
    April 1900[N/A]
    1000G. Asfar
      1000R. Sayegh
    500Nawab Agha Mahomed
    500Cash at home;
    3000[N/A]


	Jany 1901[N/A]
	1000G. Asfar    
	1000Rufail Sayegh
	350Nawab Agha Mahomed
	650at home     
	 3000[N/A]

    
     
      
     
     
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