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     Diary 52: April 1901 - January 1902
    
    
     Joseph Mathia Svoboda
    
    
     
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     Continued from Diary No. 51~
     
    
    
     
    
    
     
      7 Th @ 5.73 Noon 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Easter Sunday ~ Strong
      
      Southerly breeze, & Cloudy all
      
      over, & warm, At 7 am
      
      I came to the Mejidieh from
      
      Rufail’s house
      
     
     
      	The sepoys of the Residency
      
      & the french Vice Consul
      
      for Mossul Mr. Dorvile
      
      & other Persian passengers
      
      have come from the quarantine
      
      on board; ~
      
     
     
      	At 10 I called on Mr. & Mrs.
      
      Bottomley, as I heard that
      
      Mrs. Bottomley & her two little
      
      girls are going to England
      
      in the Goolistan next week
      
      or 10 days; so I called to
      
      see them; there was Capt
      
      Hanslow too, also Mr. Darby
      
      Mr. Ovesinko, & Capt Paramore
      
      called; Mr. Bottomley tells
      
      me that he wont stay here
      
      even long & will have
      
      to leave, he is not at
      
      
      all Statisfied at the way
      
      that Lynch have treated him
      
     
     
      	I came on board at 11 ½
      
      I saw Mr. Charle Dorvile
      
      the french Vice Consul, he
      
      is an old man of about
      
      55 or 60, he was at Jedda
      
      for four years as Vice Consul,
      
      he had left Paris four
      
      months ago & came to
      
      Constantinople & thence
      
      by Bombay;
      
     
    
   

 
	 S.S. Mejidieh Voy 432 [7 APRIL 1901 --- V052_01_N]
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     	Basreh to Baghdad
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         Barge in Tow
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237151,984/114,23520,396 1/44,,/2,6

    
     
     
      	At 1,,15 P.M. Got underway
      
      & proceeded; Southerly
      
      wind & Cloudy all over
      
      blowing strong & dusty overcast
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	I finished with the Passengers
      
      tickets; The Weather is very
      
      disagreable warm & the
      
      dust becoming thick ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. it became very
      
      thick, & a hard shower of
      
      rain begun to come down
      
      with lightning & thunder,
      
      the wind shifted to N. West,
      
      & cooled the atmosphere; We
      
      had furled the Awnings an
      
      hour ago, & so all the passengers
      
      got wet & had to come down
      
      below; ~ The rain ceased after
      
      10 minutes & the wind again
      
      Went round to East & S. East;
      
     
     
      	At 7 we were obliged to
      
      anchor it became very dark
      
      with thunder & lightning &
      
      then an other heavy shower
      
      came down till 7 1/4 ; again
      
      at 8 it rained for ½ hour
      
      & remained cloudy & dark
      
     
     
      	At 11 we proceeded after
      
      the moon rose ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 passed Gorna,
      
     
    
    
     
      Mond 8 Th@ 5.72 Noon 80 P.M.
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & Cloudy all
      
      over warm ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,45 AM. passed
      
      Azair ~ warm & dampy
      
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 184 ½
      
      Passengers; (3 in 1st Class
      
      Mr. Dorvile the french Vice
      
      Consul, Haji Seyd Reza
      
      from Burmah a traveller & Rezooki Bashoory
      
      and one in 2ndClass Emilia the
      
      sister of Mr. Yacoob Abdulla
      
      Malcom) & 27 Sepoys through,
      
     
     
      	At 11,,50 landed one
      
      Passenger at Kalat Saleh,
      
      Very sultry & cloudy day;
      
     
     
      	At 0.50 P.M. Grounded,
      
      above El Metchryeh Cannal
      
      & had to take out an
      
      anchor & hove off; At 1,,30
      
      P.M. proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 6 1/2   Passeng
      
      & 300 coils of Hoop Iron
      
      for the Woolen Press of SLynch
      
      Weather very cloudy all over,
      
      We took in 6 Tons of Coal
      
      & shipped 23 Packges @ 12 Paras
      
      for Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	Abdulkadur Khdery came
      
      to me & the Sabian goldsmith
      
      Zahroon; & we settled & paid
      
      the latter 4 T Liras for
      
      
      the Silver Photo frame 75 Metcal
      
      & the Studs & links for Mr. Parry
      
      @ 2 ¼ Krs the Metcal, the
      
      Lira goes here at 47 ½ Kerans;
      
     
     
      	We hauled out at 10 ½ P.M.
      
      & remained waiting for the
      
      moon rise, it being very cloudy,
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. we proceeded,
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Tuesd / Th@ 5. 66
     
     
      	N. Erly wind & cloudy, the
      
      wind is increasing in force &
      
      has got quite cold,
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 44 ½ Amara
      
      passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 8.30 AM. passed Ali
      
      Sherghi; Clouds clearing up &
      
      a N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Mossul & Barge going down
      
      I saw Abduljebbar the lawyer
      
      in her going to Basreh from
      
      Coot ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 passed Ali
      
      Gherbi
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Wedn / Th @ 5. 64
     
     
      	Modte S. Erly Wind & fine
      
      Cool weather ~
      
     
     
      	Passed the Bridge below
      
      
      Coot which was opened
      
      something has gone adrift ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 am arrived at Coot
      
      landed 5 passengers, & 200
      
      coils of Hoop Iron for Lynch’s
      
      Press, also 16 Bund Gunny Bags &
      
      for Khderys~ Took in 6 Tons
      
      of Coal; It has rained here
      
      heavily for about an hour
      
      last night ~ I left a letter
      
      here for Henry;
      
     
     
      	At 9 We left Coot, Took
      
      8 Passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,35 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down at the top of Um el Boomy
      
      reach; Strong N.W. Wind
      
      blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 P.M. passed
      
      Memlah & at 7,,20 anchored
      
      it being very cloudy and
      
      dark cloudy with Erly
      
      breeze ~ It begun to rain
      
      at 8 & kept it on all the night
      
      it rains for about two hours
      
      steadily, no wind it became
      
      calm  & rain coming down
      
      
      at interval; The Captain did
      
      not spread the awning & all
      
      the passengers had to come
      
      down; a very curious idea
      
      when the weather is calm & we
      
      are at anchor, not to put the
      
      awnings ~
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Thursd Th. 5 62 Noon 75 4 P.m. 76
     
     
      	At 3,,40 am we proceed
      
      from above Memlah, the
      
      rain having ceased & clouds
      
      scattering about ~ A
      
      light cold N.W. breeze and
      
      is getting very fine;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,55 P.M. passed
      
      Azizieh; Fine weather &
      
      Modte N.W. Wind;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort ~ Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	I turned in to Sleep at 9 & after ½
      
      hour awoke & could not Sleep
      
      at all; I felt the flees awfully ,
      
      & the cold in my head troubled
      
      me; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Frid Th @ 5 56 noon 74
     
     
      	Very fine & Cold weather,
      
      Light N.W. breeze; I never slept
      
      last night until this morning
      
      when I felt sleepy, but was
      
      too late, I got up at Semreh
      
      
      reach, I feel so weak & Giddy
      
      from want of sleep;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Phrat is in sight ahead
      
      somewhere at Gusseiba, we
      
      shall not be able to pass her,
      
     
     
      	River is rising, & being turbid,
      
      At 8,,40 AM, passed
      
      Ctesiphon; we are catching
      
      up the Phrat fast, when
      
      we were at Jaffer, she was
      
      rounding Diala reach at
      
      11 2/4 AM, it is the rising of
      
      the river which checked her
      
      speed;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,40 P.M. passed
      
      Diala river, we can see the Phrat
      
      now plain ahead of us at
      
      Rustumyeh, she is going very slow
      
      Before getting to Gherrara while
      
      we were at Dadawyeh, she had
      
      gained on us & she was at
      
      the garden of Gherrara ~ There
      
      is no Bridge across since
      
      it got damaged by the late rise
      
      about 1 ½ month ago;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,40 P.M. I landed at
      
      Gherrarah, also Rezeooki Beshoory
      
      & Metty landed & we walked
      
      in to Baghdad, arrived at
      
      4,,50; found Eliza unwell
      
      
      she has had cold & fever etc
      
      also Alexander in bed having
      
      caught cold; & is funky &
      
      afraid because there are some
      
      typhoid fever in Baghdad
      
      & Georgy Cowley died from
      
      it but as I am told by my
      
      wife who has been to see Mrs.
      
      Cowley, that Georgy had got
      
      very well & has had a relax;
      
      which he gave cause to
      
      having gone out in the desert
      
      & played so many Games &
      
      races etc, & this caused a
      
      grave derangements in the
      
      intestines & caused vomiting;
      
     
     
      	The Mejidieh arrived at 7 ½
      
      P.M. & she passed the Phrat
      
      at Kerradah, the latter arrived
      
      at about 9 P.M.; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Satur Th @ 5. 61
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      at 7 ½ am I called on Kerop
      
      Setyan  my Lawyer about
      
      the small house, he says that
      
      Emin wishes to have a settlement
      
      by paying him something,
      
      & if I allow him he will
      
      finish it with him that way
      
      
      & take an Ilam etc etc  ~
      
     
     
      	I came on board, we are
      
      alongside discharging Cargo;
      
     
     
      	They say we are leaving on Tuesday,
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ I went to call on Menusha
      
      Henry’s wife & then went home,
      
      at 10 ½ I went to the office to
      
      see Mr. Parry & gave him the account
      
      for the value of the silver frame
      
      & links made by the Subba
      
      Silversmith Zahroon at Amara
      
      which came to
      
      4 Liras & 2 Kerans; I saw
      
      Alfred Holland in the Office,
      
      also Johnny Artin etc; I
      
      Came home at 11 am. I
      
      feel much headache & weakness,
      
      we breakfasted at 12
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. in spite of my
      
      headache & giddiness, I went
      
      to take a warm water bath,
      
      We have taken away the stove
      
      & replaced the big Samawar
      
      instead, it got hot & the
      
      water in it also very hot,
      
      as the weather is very mild
      
      & warm; while I was washing
      
      I felt my head going round
      
      
      as if I was drunk; however
      
      I know that I still had the heache
      
      & cold in my head since I
      
      went down last week, but
      
      it seems that the warm
      
      water made it worse, I
      
      kept washing, but then I
      
      felt that I was getting worse
      
      & unable to continue, the
      
      doors of the bathroom being
      
      both secured inside, I tryed
      
      to rise up & open the door
      
      leading to our sleeping room
      
      but my head got so giddy
      
      & I was so week that I fell
      
      down flat on the dirty water
      
      which had now run down
      
      through the pipe because
      
      it had got chocked, I
      
      then sung out for the servant
      
      Zekki which did not
      
      answer, I then sung out
      
      for my wife Eliza about
      
      three or four times; then
      
      I ceased & lost conciousness
      
      lying flat on the ground,
      
     
     
      	I only felt some body
      
      
      trying to lift me up & that was
      
      all, I cannot recollect or
      
      feel how I was brought out
      
      to bed; I became conscious
      
      then in bed when I saw
      
      before me my wife, Alexander
      
      his wife Mary, Dowd Ghazala,
      
      also Antone Marine,
      
      & Eliza was putting my flannel
      
      & shirt on me, & they were
      
      giving me Ether sulphuric
      
      to drink & smell, & water
      
      thrown on my face,~
      
      It appears that our servant
      
      sung out to my wife that I
      
      was calling her, & Dowd
      
      Ghazalla has been with her
      
      talking, & they rushed on
      
      to see what is the matter
      
      & finding the door locked
      
      they went to the other one
      
      & with a knife lifted the
      
      hook & found me sensless
      
      on the ground & with difficulty
      
      thus lifted me up & with
      
      Alexander’s assistance they
      
      
      brought me to bed,  I
      
      then came to my sense & found
      
      relieved, & I was so astonished
      
      at what happened to me,
      
      without a serious cause for
      
      it, unless it is the cold in my
      
      head & the walk to town
      
      from Gherrara yesterday
      
      did it worse; as soon as
      
      I was put in bed I saw that
      
      Dr. Ramsay of the of the Residency
      
      surgeon was sent for by
      
      Antone Marine, he soon
      
      came , & I explained all to
      
      him & how I was unwell
      
      in the down trip & had fever
      
      & cold & was bilious etc,
      
      he sounded me, & then
      
      said that it was nothing
      
      he will send me a dose of
      
      Coslomel to take at bed time
      
      & must keep a strict diet
      
      taking nothing but Soup
      
      & milk, etc ~ How the news
      
      spred about the town is astonishing,
      
      all sent to ask about my state
      
      my sister Emilia, Mrs. Cowley
      
      
      Menusha, many other Christian
      
      people; even my sisters Eliza
      
      & Medula being out encamped
      
      in the Garden of Bahar
      
      sent at night to enquire;
      
      Antone came in the evening
      
      I took soup only, & some milk
      
      with sodawater~ at night
      
      before turning in I took the
      
      dose of Calomel~ I felt Sick
      
      at midnight & then my
      
      Bowels began to work;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Sund
     
     
      	My bowels kept working
      
      all the night & this morning
      
      too; I feel very weak, &  a
      
      bad headache, applied vinigar
      
      & cold water on my front,
      
      lots of people called to see
      
      me, also Mr. Rappaport, he
      
      advised me not to go down
      
      this trip & he said he will
      
      left D. Ramsy not to let me
      
      go; I had the fever all the
      
      night until this morning;
      
      Hannosh Dr. Ramsy & man
      
      came to see me & report
      
      to the doctor, He sent
      
      
      to tell me to continue,
      
      my diet as before, and
      
      the doctor will come to
      
      see me tomorrow at 10 AM,
      
      Menusha & Louisa came
      
      to see me, but none of my
      
      sisters, they only send to
      
      enquire how was I.
      
      Johny & Antone Marine called
      
      I felt better after the bowels
      
      had worked till this afternoon,
      
      I took my soup in the evening,
      
      & slept~ The room is not
      
      so warm~
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Mond
     
     
      	Light NW; & fine; at 7 ½
      
      AM I dressed but feel very
      
      weak & can hardly stand,
      
      I took Alexander with me
      
      & went on board, I sent
      
      the money to the office, and
      
      put all the rest of small
      
      money in the big Iron safe,
      
      also gathered my small
      
      articles & kit & put them
      
      in a Trunk & locked it, &
      
      so prepared that
      
      
      should in case Dr. Ramsy
      
      prevents me from going
      
      down this trip, I gave to Metty
      
      the key of my cabin & we
      
      came home after ½ hour,
      
      & I laid down; some more
      
      people called; the Bishop &
      
      Kass Toma Bahi, Antone Marine
      
      & Shekoory Sayegh;~ at 10 ½
      
      Dr. Ramsey came he saw
      
      me & felt my pulse & found
      
      Im well he allowed me to
      
      eat what I wish; & told
      
      me that I must not go down
      
      this trip & must take a
      
      rest; & that he is going to
      
      tell Mr. Parry the Agent So,
      
      he left, we paid him @ ½ TLira
      
      for each visit~
      
      I sent Alexander @ 3 P.M. to
      
      Lynch ‘s office to tell Mr. Parry
      
      that the Doctor had prevented
      
      me form going he took Johny
      
      & they told him, he said that
      
      D Ramsy had told him so,
      
      & he informed Capt Hanslow
      
      that I was not going,
      
      
      I had soup & some roast meat
      
      & potatoes for dinner~
      
      Metty came to see me & also
      
      to know if I was not going,
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Tuesd
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & Erly breeze
      
      & warm; The S.S. Baghdad
      
      arrived last night; I
      
      feel still the cold on my head
      
      my teeth are all aching me
      
      & my throat, I can swallow
      
      but with pain, it must have
      
      been a very severe attack
      
      of cold I got during those
      
      hot nights last trip in
      
      going down; ~ Some people
      
      called;~ my throat
      
      & all the gums of my teeth are
      
      paining me & red as blisters
      
      I cannot swallow;~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Wedn.
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze with some
      
      Clouds; I took a dose of fruit
      
      Salt, as my bowels are not
      
      working since Sunday after
      
      the medicine I had taken;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Mejidieh left
      
      at about 5 AM; ~
      
      
     
     
      	I still feel weak, & the pain
      
      on my teeth & throat continues,
      
     
     
      	Johny & Artin & his wife
      
      Serpohi called on me; Also
      
      Antone Marine & Mr. Rappaport
      
      called to see me; at 5
      
      P.M.  a strong squall came
      
      on with thick dust & the wind
      
      shifted to N.W. & then after
      
      an hour it cleared up; Shekoory
      
      Sayegh called;
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Thursd Th @ 5.70 Noon 90 4 P.M. 84
     
     
      	Light S. Erly, warm & fine,
      
      I feel still weak & my head
      
      aching; with giddiness & a
      
      sore throat & the gums of my
      
      teeth~  The Chaldean Priests
      
      called on us~ Also Père
      
      Augustin who arrived from
      
      Rome on thursday last,
      
      having left monseigneur
      
      Altmayer to go to Paris &
      
      thence to Alsace to see his
      
      parents; he came via
      
      Brindisi to Alexandria
      
      
      & to Jerusalem, Beyrout
      
      & Damascus & thence on
      
      a camel’s back by Post
      
      in eleven days to Baghdad
      
      but he suffered the Journey
      
      terribly for want of water
      
      food & sleep~ my cousin
      
      Adoola called on us~
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy
      
      by 3 P.M. & breeze S. Wester,
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Frid Ther @ 5.67
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      The S.S. Phrat left this morning
      
      forBasreh~ Alexander &
      
      Mary went at 6 AM down
      
      in a Goffa to my Sisters Eliza
      
      & Medoola at Moshi Bahar’s
      
      Garden to spend the day,
      
      [space] Some Clouds are coming up
      
      from the East & South;
      
     
     
      	Catherina Yaghechi came to call
      
      to see how I am;~ also
      
      Père Jean the Acting Superior
      
      in Père  Pièrre's absence~
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Khalifah has passed
      
      Gherrara at 5 PM. Henry
      
      sent me a letter, he heard of
      
      
      My indisposition from the
      
      Mejidieh they stopped with her
      
      the day before; He has also
      
      landed at Gherrarah &
      
      called on me on his way for
      
      few minutes; he has left my
      
      letter & papers at Coot;
      
      Alexander & Mary came back
      
      from the Garden at 6 ½ P.M.
      
     
     
      	Light air & cloudy, but is clearing up;
      
     
    
    
     
      20' Satur
     
     
      	Light variable air and
      
      warm~ Henry called on
      
      me at 6 1/2 The Khalifah had
      
      about 254 passengers and
      
      29,000 Okes~ Antone Marine
      
      Johny my nephew also called
      
      at 8 AM~
      
     
     
      	Weather very unsettled,, cloudy
      
      warm & air from S. Est, & N. Est
      
      At 3 ½ some slight shower fell;
      
     
     
      	Henry called on us for an hour,
      
      In the evening it rained- very
      
      slightly & remained Cloudy,
      
     
    
    
     
      21' Sund
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & fine weather,
      
      I feel well & little stronger,
      
      at 8 AM we went to church
      
      
      I met Henry there & Antone
      
      Marine we then left and
      
      called on Antone, also on
      
      Henry, & on Yaghchis;
      
     
     
      	My wife, Alexander & Marie
      
      went to the Pahlawans our
      
      opposite neighbour, for the
      
      betrothal of their daughter
      
      mina with Michail son
      
      of Beshara a Clerk in
      
      Blockey Hotzs’ office by
      
      invitation, I excused myself
      
      from going, they returned
      
      at 10 ½ AM;~  Warm
      
      S. Erly breeze; & clouds;
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. Henry & his children
      
      came to us & had tea; then Antone
      
      came & then at 4 Henry Antone
      
      & I left & Antone went to call
      
      on Alice; & we went to see
      
      Mrs. Cowley, to condole her on the
      
      death of her son George on the
      
      1st Instt; I saw Charley her
      
      eldest son there too, there is
      
      now only him employed in the
      
      Khalifah as chief mate &
      
      the little son Victor
      
      
      we also called on Père Augustin
      
      (Elias Sayegh) but was not at
      
      home; so I came home~
      
     
     
      	Mons. Rouet the french Vice
      
      Consul called on us; also
      
      Yacoob Oossy & Shekoory Sayegh,
      
     
     
      	This evening an awful Scene
      
      & a quarrel took place between
      
      my son & his wife on the one
      
      side, & my wife & myself,
      
      It appears that Marie has
      
      an awful hatered against
      
      my wife since 3 or 4 months,
      
      she is very contancrous and
      
      stuborn girl; it shows her
      
      meanness as far as family
      
      connextion is concerned,
      
      the cause of it this evening
      
      was, that my wife told me
      
      that it was not convenient
      
      for Marie to sew in her gown
      
      today being Sunday, &
      
      I told her this smilingly,
      
      she answered to me that
      
      this is from my wife that
      
      told me, & why then
      
      
      did, she wash clothes on
      
      Christmas even with an
      
      angry tone, & Alexander
      
      joined her, & both begun
      
      to talk impertinently, this
      
      made me enraged,& I
      
      talked strongly to them that
      
      this sort of misbahaviour
      
      cannot be tolerated; &
      
      she must hold her tongue,
      
      they both expressed their
      
      utmost sorrow for having
      
      come out here from Paris
      
      & had they known it so,
      
      they would not have come
      
      out; I told Alexander that
      
      he is at liberty to leave
      
      tomorrow if he likes, I have
      
      no impediment whatever,
      
      In fact this lasted an hour
      
      & made me so weak and
      
      disgusted, that none of us
      
      took any dinner; I felt
      
      so touched at what happened
      
      & so astonished at both
      
      
      Alexander & Marie's behaviour
      
      toward us, in a most daring
      
      & disrespectful way, she
      
      making expressions to my
      
      wife of being a lyer and
      
      other unbecoming words;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Mond Th@ 5.67
     
     
      Light variable air & cloudy,
      
      I was writing a strong letter
      
      to Alexander warning him
      
      of what he has caused last
      
      night, but my wife prevented
      
      me & so she & I sent for
      
      Antone Marine & explained to
      
      him all; he called Alexander
      
      & spoke to him & advised
      
      him to obey his father & mother
      
      & to reprimand his wife to
      
      keep the piece etc; but I
      
      was firm & would not accept
      
      all these promises unless
      
      I see Marie coming to her
      
      senses; & then I left the
      
      house, Antone squared it
      
      with Alexander & his mother
      
      & then Alexander brought
      
      
      his wife to kiss his mother etc,
      
     
     
      	I called on Henry on board
      
      the Khalifah & then we
      
      went to call on Mr. Rappaport
      
      but he was not at home,
      
      we went to Henry's home where
      
      I stayed & breakfasted;
      
      Came home at 1 P.M;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad left this
      
      morning she took troops
      
      down to Basreh, about 150
      
      men & war materials & the
      
      General of Cavallery Mahomed
      
      Pasha Daghestani; Since
      
      the last battle which took
      
      place a month ago, between
      
      Abdulaziz son of Mahomed
      
      ibn Rashid the Sheikh
      
      of Shammar el Jebel and
      
      Mubarek ibn Sobah Sheikh
      
      of Kweit, & the sheikhs of
      
      Montefik Sadoon & Abdulla
      
      sons of Monsoon Pasha of
      
      the Sadoon family & other
      
      Tribes in which the Sheikh
      
      of Shemar el Jebel vanquished
      
      and killed all these
      
      
      latter Sheikhs & about 3000
      
      of their followers & clans,
      
      at a distance of about 14
      
      days in land S. west of
      
      Basreh, this war has caused
      
      great political complication
      
      between the English and
      
      Turkish Government, the
      
      former is taking the part
      
      of Mubarek el Sobah on
      
      account of their aim to
      
      possess Kweit, & the latter
      
      is with the son of Rashid
      
      having formed new tyes
      
      of friendship & exchanged
      
      presents etc, I hear that
      
      three English men of war
      
      are already at Kweit;
      
     
     
      	The Commander in Chief
      
      of the Turkish Troops also has
      
      left for Basreh in the SS.
      
      Phrat on the 19th about this
      
      affair, & also regarding the
      
      bribe which Mohsen Pasha
      
      Wali of Basreh had taken
      
      
      from Mubarek ibn Sobah
      
      T.Liras 5000; to be in his favor,
      
      I shall give better report
      
      on this affair further,
      
      when I will gather more
      
      information, I am afraid
      
      this affair will cause serious
      
      complication in the Persian
      
      Gulf~
      
     
     
      	Henry called on us. he
      
      says there was no cargo Shipped
      
      today in the Khalifah~
      
     
     
      	A heavy Shower of rain
      
      fell this afternoon for ½
      
      hour;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Tuesd Th@ 5.64
     
     
      	Light S. W. & fine
      
      at 8 am I went on board the
      
      Khalifah to see Henry &
      
      then went to Kerop Sethyan
      
      in his Office in Khan of
      
      Defterdar with Shekoory
      
      Sayegh about my affair
      
      of the little house with Emin,
      
      who has consented to take
      
      15 T Liras from me &finish
      
      it altogether;
      
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.m. Alexander, Marie and
      
      I went over to see Henry and
      
      his family, as he leaves tomorrow,
      
      The Khalifah is taking
      
      some Jews to Azair, also
      
      the Mejidieh had taken some,
      
     
     
      	At 8 we came home, fine
      
      Cool weather & light n.w. breeze,
      
     
    
    
     
      24’Wedn Th@ 5.60 Noon 85
     
     
      	Light northerly breeze &
      
      little cloudy;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Khalifah left at
      
      5 am; Kass Toma Bahi called
      
      on us~
      
     
     
      	My wife Eliza went to call on
      
      Mrs Cowley~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. I went to father
      
      Phillippus Maghak in the Armenian
      
      Church & confessed to him
      
      up in his room; It is over 5
      
      years I think since I had done
      
      so; I came back at 4 1/2 ;
      
     
     
      	Weather fine & cool, light n. Erly
      
      breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Th@ 5.68 Thursd
     
     
      	Light n. Erly, & fine weather,
      
      The S.S Mossul arrived this
      
      morning at about 3 Am.
      
      
     
     
      	Artin my nephew came to
      
      see us he is inviting me from
      
      the part of my two sisters
      
      Eliza & Medoola to go out to
      
      them in the Garden of Moshi
      
      Bahar to spend few days,
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to n. wester,
      
      at 4 p.m. I went again to Father
      
      Phillippus & Confessed & he
      
      gave me the absolution so
      
      as I can take the communion
      
      tomorrow morning in
      
      our Latin Church;
      
     
     
      	Alfred Holland called on
      
      us before sunset, he came to
      
      see me after my sickness,
      
      also Shekoory Sayegh;
      
     
     
      	At 6 a.m. my wife, Alexander
      
      & Marie & I called on Antone
      
      Marine till 8 P.m.,
      
     
     
      	I have a bad Cholic and
      
      diarrhea I think from eating
      
      much mulberry,~
      
     
     
      	I did not sleep at all tonight,
      
      my bowels are working
      
      with great pain~
      
      at midnight I begun to
      
      go to the stool Often
      
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Frid Th@ 5.68
     
     
      	At 4 ½ Am I went to the Latin
      
      Church & took the Holy
      
      Communion, Administered
      
      by Père Marie Joseph the old
      
      man; at 5 I came home,
      
      my bowels worked 7 times
      
      since midnight, & I had
      
      the fever too; I felt very
      
      weak;
      
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & fine; my
      
      bowels worked from midnight
      
      till 5 P.m. 22 times, I took
      
      nothing but soup; I took
      
      a dose of Castor Oil  at 1 P.m.
      
      to stop it but to no effect
      
      it worked on bile & continues
      
      the diarrhea, I have the
      
      fever it comes & goes, and
      
      cannot lift my head up,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport called on us
      
      I came out & sat with him,
      
      he insists that I should
      
      call a Doctor;
      
     
     
      	Weather cloudy warm &
      
      S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	I sent to Menusha & got
      
      
      Some Chlorodine to take, I took
      
      about 10 drops, it ceased for
      
      3 hours & begun again at
      
      midnight, It is coming out
      
      red, it is mixed with blood &
      
      matter or bile. ~
      
     
     
      	Mahomed the Hamal of Henry
      
      came to me in the evening, he
      
      says that he heard, there is going
      
      to be a Quarantine on the SS.
      
      Mejidieh when she comes up
      
      tomorrow at Gherrara, as
      
      they say there has been two
      
      cases of Plague found at
      
      Basreh, & the order came
      
      from Constple that after the
      
      20thInstt; all vessels that leave
      
      Basreh are subject to 10 days
      
      quarantine until further
      
      Orders;~
      
     
    
    
     
      27Satur
     
     
      	Light S. Erly. & hazy weather,
      
      my bowels are still working
      
      me, up till noon it had worked
      
      over 35 times altogether,
      
      I have much pain on the
      
      groin, below the navel in
      
      the intestines, like so much
      
      wind~ I sent Alexander
      
      
      to Lynch's office & to Antone
      
      Marine to ascertain about
      
      the Mejidieh's Quarantine at
      
      Gherrara; he came back & said
      
      that it was true & the quarantine
      
      people went out to Gherrara
      
      to prepare the place, it is not
      
      certain for how long & what
      
      is the extent of the disease
      
      in Basreh; Johny called on
      
      us also & reported the same
      
      thing, also Antone Marine
      
      called;~
      
     
     
      	We sent for Hannosh the
      
      Assistant Attendant of Dr.
      
      Ramsey, & reported to him
      
      about my dysentry & the
      
      blood etc I am passing,
      
      & if he thinks it is necessary
      
      to Dr. Ramsey, he said it
      
      does not require him, It is
      
      a dysentry which will have
      
      to keep strict diet taking
      
      nothing but milk & soda
      
      water, & some sage with
      
      milk & he will send me
      
      4 papers of powder to be
      
      taken once every 4 hours
      
      
     
     
      	I took one at 5 ½ P.m. & it stopped
      
      the diarrhea for 3 hours, I took
      
      a paper at 9½, I took only
      
      little sage & milk, my bowels
      
      worked twice but the evaquation
      
      was not blood; it was more
      
      natural; I am taking milk
      
      & soda water;
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Sund Th@ 5.76 Noon 100
     
     
      	Light n. Erly & hazy warm
      
      weather; I slept last night a
      
      little, but had the fever every
      
      now & then; as the Intestines
      
      are inflamed so the fever
      
      comes naturally; my bowels
      
      worked 4 times today from
      
      5 am till 2 P.m. I took
      
      the last powder at 2 P.M.
      
      my bowels worked very thick
      
      bile yellow; & I felt relieved,
      
     
     
      	The Mejidieh arrived at
      
      Gherrara last night at about
      
      9 P.m & stopped there; I
      
      have no news from her;
      
     
     
      	Weather very sultry cloudy
      
      & warm;
      
     
     
      	We sent for Hannosh Dr. Ramsey's
      
      man, he prescribed me two
      
      
      more powders for stopping the
      
      Dysentry & told me he will
      
      call tomorrow morning to
      
      see how I am getting & if I
      
      require Dr. Ramsey;~
      
     
     
      	Yacoob son Mikha our Tindal
      
      came to me he was at Gherrara
      
      to the Mejidieh & brought me
      
      my papers & letters from
      
      Henry, Rufail & Rezooki etc,
      
      There is no accurate news
      
      if plague has really taken
      
      place at Basreh, when the
      
      Mejidieh had left Basreh
      
      there was no news at all,
      
     
     
      	Adoola my cousin is here
      
      with us since yesterday &
      
      she is sleeping with us tonight
      
      too~
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Mond
     
     
      	Light northerly air & is again
      
      getting cloudy; I am so very
      
      weak today that I cannot
      
      get up; my bowels worked
      
      me twice at midnight &
      
      at 2 P.m. also bile, I
      
      
      took the powder this morning,
      
     
     
      	Hannosh came at 9 ½
      
      am. I explained all to him, & he
      
      said that should we wish
      
      to get Dr. Ramsey, he will go
      
      & ask him to come; ~ My Sister
      
      Emilia called to see me also
      
      Menusha, Louisa & others,
      
      Dr. Ramsey came he prescibed
      
      the same powder which Hannosh
      
      is giving me, to be taken
      
      one every four hours, if my
      
      bowels continue working,
      
      but if not to stop taking it,
      
      & to put Linseed poultesses on
      
      my belly on the pain of the
      
      intestines; & not take anything
      
      but, milk with arrow root,
      
      or milk with sage, or milk
      
      with rice; I can drink water,
      
      as much as I like; We paid
      
      him his fees of ½ T. Liras &
      
      1 Mejid. to Hannosh, Thus
      
      it came to 1 ½ Liras to him &
      
      2 Mejidi to Hannosh~
      
      I feel so awfully weak. That
      
      I can do nothing but
      
      
      lay down ~ at noon a telegram
      
      came from Henry from
      
      Basreh dated today,
      
    
      
      Svoboda, Baghdad
      
      Ten days Quarantine Garmat
      
      Ali, all well,   Svoboda
      
     
     
      	We have no news at all here
      
      about the cases of plague at
      
      Basreh; ~ Some more visitors
      
      called,the Bishop also Regina
      
      my niece (Mrs. Duncan Alexander)
      
      Eliza daughter of Reesha Andria &
      
      her sister Catterina Widow of Rezooki
      
      Serkis;~ My bowels are not
      
      working but the pain in the
      
      Intestines Continues yet ~
      
      Weather cloudy, sultry & warm
      
      Breeze from N.Est~
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Tuesd
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & fine weather,
      
      my bowels worked very little at
      
      midnight the same as before
      
      It seems that I am full of
      
      Bile~
      
     
     
      	Alexander Went to
      
      Gherrara early on his Bycicle
      
      he came at 9 Am; having
      
      been to the Mejidieh she is
      
      
      at Anchor below the Bridge
      
      & near the shore, there and
      
      only 2 or 3 Guards; In the
      
      Boat which came off there
      
      were Abduljebbar the Lawyer
      
      Yacoob Eassayi & his sister
      
      in law, the wife of Artin Eassayi,
      
      Michel Yaghchi, & Toni
      
      Angurly who are passengers
      
      from Basreh, their relations
      
      had also gone out to see them
      
      from the bank; ~
      
     
     
      	Hannosh came to see me,
      
      he advised me to take now an
      
      other powder, so as to ensure
      
      my bowels from working,
      
      I did take; But I feel so
      
      very weak, that I am so Giddy
      
      & cannot stand or walk,
      
     
     
      	The wife of Kirikor Koorookchi
      
      (daughter of Bolus Hanna Bash)
      
      died today at about 10 ½
      
      Am from heart disease she
      
      has been suffering for a long
      
      time, her daughter the wife
      
      of Artin Eassayi being on
      
      board the Mejidieh in
      
      
      Quarantine at Gherrara -
      
      she is on her way back from
      
      Basreh as her husband
      
      Artin has left for London,
      
      to try & fine a job for him
      
      there;
      
     
     
      	Shekoory Sayegh, Eliahoo
      
      Dennoos; Catterina mother of
      
      Shekoory Sayegh & his wife
      
      Terrooza & Antone Marine
      
      called on us ~
      
     
     
      	My bowels have not worked
      
      today since midnight, &
      
      am taking nothing but milk
      
      & soda water ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport passed to see
      
      me at 6 ¼ P.m. he did not come
      
      up, & he says that the three
      
      persons attacked by plague in
      
      Basreh have died;
      
     
     
      	Light n. Erly breeze. & fine moon
      
      light 12 days old;
      
     
     
      	I took some Rice & milk only
      
      but have no appetite~
      
     
     
      	We are still sleeping in the
      
      room;
      
      
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze, with
      
      some clouds coming on; I
      
      slept well but feel very weak
      
      still, as I eat nothing but milk
      
      & some rice with it cooked
      
      together;
      
     
     
      	Haji Ahmed Effendi
      
      Maghazachi, the mudir of
      
      Kifil came to see me, I have
      
      not seen him for the last 4
      
      or 5 years, he came on leave
      
      of one month, & been to see
      
      Mr. Rappaport whom he
      
      knows at Kifil;
      
     
     
      	I took few spoons of milk & Sage,
      
      but with difficulty as I get so
      
      sick of it & of the milk~
      
      At noon my bowels worked, it
      
      had not worked since yesterday
      
      noon; but this time it was
      
      regular rather mild, but very
      
      dark green & with very offensive
      
      smell; I however felt relieved
      
     
     
      	Johny called also sister
      
      [strikethrough] Emilia came in
      
      the afternoon; we sent for
      
      Hannosh & explained to
      
      him, & I told him that
      
      
      the none eating is making me
      
      so weak; he said that now
      
      I can take some soup or
      
      the yoke of an egg beatten with
      
      milk & a small piece of
      
      bread & so on ; ~ I feel
      
      better than any day;
      
      Hannosh also told me that I
      
      can take tomorrow some
      
      boiled fish ~
      
     
     
      	I took my rice soup & toasted
      
      bread with great relish this
      
      evening; Light n.w. &
      
      fine Weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      2d Thursd Th@ 5. 69
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine clear
      
      weather ~ At about 4 ½ am
      
      the SS. Mossul & barge left
      
     
     
      	My bowels worked regular this
      
      morning after taking milk
      
      & beaten egg;  but very offensive
      
      I feel better than before	~
      
     
     
      	The Abricots have appeared
      
      since 5 or 6 days but they
      
      are not so good yet ;
      
     
     
      	My wife being very anxious
      
      to know the news of the Plague
      
      in Basreh on account of
      
      
      her children; so we wired
      
      to Rufail so yesterday~
      
     
     
      	Sayegh Basreh
      
      Anxious inform state
      
      Sickness. Svoboda,
      
     
     
      	I took my [strikethrough] breakfast of Rice,
      
      soup & some boiled [strikethrough] Fish,
      
      but soon after it worked my
      
      bowels Very offensive and
      
      billious  very yellow and
      
      burning, it is relieving me
      
      though ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Yousif Asfar called to
      
      see me; he says that the three
      
      cases of plague at Basreh
      
      ended fatally; (2 are men
      
      of Asfars place; & one in the
      
      Turkish Hospital on the
      
      opposite side~
      
     
     
      	H. Ahmed Effendi the Mudir
      
      of Kiffil called again on me,
      
     
     
      	at 3 P.m. we received
      
      the following Answer
      
      of yesterday’s telegram
      
      
      to  Rufail dated today,
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      Sickness mild altogether
      
      five cases, all healthy love
      
      	  Sayegh;
      
     
     
      	Eliza Erame also Shekoory
      
      Sayegh called on us;
      
      my bowels worked four times
      
      today & all bile I felt relieved
      
      I took for dinner Soup and
      
      a piece of boiled fish ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Frida Th@ 5. 70 Noon 97 4 P.m. 94
     
     
      	Light N.w. & fine cool
      
      morning; Dr. & Mrs. Macri
      
      called on us ~ I feel much
      
      better & my bowels worked
      
      this morning as usual;
      
     
     
      	Very warm & breeze is
      
      shifting to S. Est & N. Est,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat arrived to
      
      Gherrara this morning out about
      
      2 am. & is detained there to
      
      make 10 days Quarantine;
      
     
     
      	It is too warm to sleep in
      
      
      the room, although it is getting
      
      a little cool after midnight,
      
      some people are gone up on
      
      the top of the houses;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Satur Th@ 5. 74
     
     
      	Light westly & fine;
      
      We are Shifting down in
      
      the Court Yard to sit &
      
      putting the Serdabs to
      
      right ;~
      
     
     
          The Mejidieh will be out of
      
      Quarantine on Tuesday evening,
      
      from Gherrara ~
      
     
     
           Weather Sultry & warm,
      
      people are going on top of the
      
      house~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Sund Th@ 5. 76
     
     
      	Light n.w. & cloudy all
      
      over dull weather, I
      
      feel much stronger & my
      
      bowels are Costive ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 Am we all went to
      
      Church; I then took Alexander
      
      & called to visit Deir Narsis
      
      Degdan the Armenian Priest
      
      whom I saw several times at
      
      Deir el Zoor on my way to
      
      Aleppo & back in 1891 & 1897
      
      he arrived here about four
      
      
      days ago from Mardin by
      
      Kelek from Mossul for
      
      the Armenian Church to
      
      stay with Father Philippus
      
      Maghak ; We also called
      
      on Mons Rouet by was not
      
      at home, called on Menusha
      
      where Marie had gone &
      
      We came home, we then
      
      called on Yacoob Oossy to
      
      condole him on the death of
      
      his daughter about 8 days
      
      Ago from a long disease she
      
      was about 13 days old,
      
      Called also on the Pahlewan’s
      
      family for the Congratulation
      
      of the daughter Mina’s
      
      betrothal a fortnight ago;
      
     
     
      	Shekoory Sayegh, Father Philippus
      
      & Deir Narsis & Antone Marine
      
      called on us~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. I went & called
      
      on Dr. Sturrock for the Congrat=
      
      ulation of his marriage about
      
      two months ago. I then Called
      
      on Mr. & Mrs. Parry our
      
      
      Agent, Mr. Mongil was there,
      
      they were very affable to
      
      me & enquired how I was getting
      
      on ~ I then called on
      
      Sister Emilia at Alice’s
      
      there Alexander & Marie joined
      
      & we left at 7 & came home,
      
     
     
      	Very nice & cool weather,
      
      a N.W. Wind but cloudy;
      
      found very nice & cool sleeping
      
      in the room all the night,
      
      with doors & Windows open;
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Mond Th@ 5. 67
     
     
      	Modte n.w. & cloudy cool
      
      Morning ;
      
     
     
      	Sister Medula & Terrooza my
      
      niece came in this morning from
      
      the garden & they called on
      
      us, they will all come in for
      
      good next week ; ~
      
     
     
              I sent Alexander on his
      
      Bycicle to Gherrara to the
      
      Mejidieh to see if Metty has
      
      paid the Ships wages for
      
      April etc~
      
     
     
            At 4 P.M. I called on
      
      
      Mr. Rappaport, & I spoke to
      
      him about my affair of the
      
      little house & what my Lawyer
      
      Kerop Sethyan is doing & wants
      
      me to pay for every other
      
      expences, when he promised
      
      by writing that he will clear
      
      & finish the matter for the
      
      14 Liras he is taking etc etc
      
     
     
      	Adoola & [strikethrough];
      
      Antone Marine called
      
      on us ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool Weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Tuesd Th@ 5. 65
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & Weather getting
      
      cloudy, It was quite cold last
      
      night in the room ~
      
     
     
      	at 8 am I went to call on
      
      Asfar as being the anniversary
      
      of the death of Safyeh Asfar
      
      sister of Hannosh Asfar,
      
      many people were there; I left at 9
      
      with Alexander & called on
      
      Menusha & then came home;
      
      Sister Medula came to breakfast
      
      with us; & went home at 1 ½ P.M.
      
      
     
     
      	I went with Shekoory Sayegh
      
      to Kerop Sethyan my Lawyer,
      
      who has agreed to pay any
      
      expences there may be for the
      
      appointing a [strikethrough] procurater
      
      from the part of Emin’s
      
      member of families to settle
      
      & annul the wakuf of the
      
      little house; & I deposited
      
      with Shekoory Sayegh 15
      
      Liras to be paid to Emin
      
      after getting all the necessary
      
      papers & Ilaam etc;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. sister Medula
      
      came to us to take Alexander
      
      & Marie out with her to the
      
      Garden until tomorrow
      
      evening, they took tea &
      
      left at 5 P.M. to go down
      
      in the Goffa with Artin etc;
      
     
     
      	Eliza went to Asfar & at
      
      6 I went to Antone where
      
      Eliza had gone & we came
      
      home at 7 P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; I do not
      
      feel well & got the indigestion
      
      in the stomach on account
      
      
      of having eaten many different
      
      kind of food. Yesterday & today
      
      I have flatulency & pain in the
      
      intestines; I took only some Soup
      
      & corn flour with milk ~
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ P.M. the S. S.
      
      Mejidieh came up from her
      
      Quarantine at Gherrara;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Wedn Th@ 5. 65 Noon 78 4 Pm 80
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather;
      
      I have the diarrhea, bowels
      
      worked three times with much
      
      wind & felt relieved ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 am I went on board
      
      The Mejidieh; I saw Metty I
      
      did not take over charge until
      
      he finishes the wages of the Ship’s
      
      people & the cash account, I
      
      will take over the business this
      
      afternoon, as we leave on
      
      friday, at 9 ½ I came home
      
      [strikethrough], the ship is discharging,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Reynolds our Chief mate
      
      has gone to England by the
      
      SS. Tabaristan, he left the
      
      ship at Basreh this last
      
      trip viz on the 22nd Ultimo
      
      
      and so we have only one
      
      officer Mr. Slack the 2d
      
      now acting as 1st & he is
      
      always drunk & does not
      
      look after his duty, there is
      
      no dicipline on board &
      
      no one cares for the work,
      
     
     
      	Johny & Artin came over
      
      to us & breakfasted; they left
      
      at 1 ½ P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ I went on board ~
      
      took over charge from Metty,
      
      he is only taking Cargo,
      
      the mate Mr. Slack is drunk
      
      in his cabin & cannot work,
      
      there is no body on board,
      
      Capt Hanslow has not come
      
      on board today & so every
      
      thing is loose; I worked
      
      in giving shipping receipts
      
      & at 5 ¼ P.M. left & came
      
      home;
      
     
     
      	Fine Weather & very
      
      unusually cool ~
      
     
     
      	Alexander & Marie came
      
      back on donkeys from my
      
      
      Sister at the Garden of Moshi
      
      Bahar ~
      
     
     
      	Very cool weather & fine
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Thursd Th@ 5.62
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine very cool
      
      weather ~ at 7 am I came
      
      on board, & sent my bed & kit
      
      also on board; ~ we are
      
      shipping cargo & passengers;
      
     
     
      	at 9 am a verbal message
      
      came from the office saying
      
      not to take any Cargo or Passengers
      
      for Coot & Amara; It appears
      
      that there was a case of
      
      Plague yesterday in Baghdad
      
      a woman died & it is not
      
      yet verified by the quarantine,
      
     
     
      	Capt Hanslow came on board
      
      & showed me the letter written
      
      by the Agent Mr. Parry to the
      
      same above affect ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I came back from
      
      breakfast & got the news &
      
      also a letter from the Agent
      
      sent on by Capt Hanslow
      
      to say that the quarantine
      
      authorities have got instructions
      
      from Constantinople that
      
      we are to make 5 day
      
      quarantine on our way
      
      
      down at Gherrara & then
      
      proceed on & call at Coot &
      
      Amara & go down to Garmat
      
      Ali, owing to Alleged outbreak
      
      of Plague here;
      
     
     
      	There has only been one case
      
      supposed to be Bubonic plague
      
      of a Koordish woman found
      
      with this attack & died yesterday,
      
      the body was sent to Kerbella,
      
      but the quarantine intercepted
      
      it at Musseyeb & was burried
      
      there; Quarantine being put
      
      on outside around the town
      
      on different stations so as not
      
      to let people leave the town,
      
      & have to make 5 days quarantine
      
      at these stations before proceeding
      
      further ~
      
     
     
      	We finished cargo at 4 P.M.
      
      We are full of passengers, they
      
      are mostly Persians & Other
      
      Arab pilgrims; ~
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me, & at
      
      6 P.M. we left the Ship ~
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine called on us
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Friday
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & little
      
      cloudy; ~ At 4 Am. I came
      
      on board;  My servant Haji
      
      Hamadi has remained in
      
      Baghdad for this trip on leave
      
      he is unwell, has some back
      
      & wanted to remain behind,
      
      he was allowed to do so by
      
      Mr. Parry the Agent; So I
      
      took H. Mahomed my old
      
      servant the brother of Faraj
      
      the coolie ~
      
     
    
    

  
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434 [10 MAY 1901 --- V052_02_S]
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    Baghdad to Basreh
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     Barge in Tow
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      	At 4,,45 A.M. we proceeded
      
      Light N.W. & little cloudy, but
      
      is clearing up ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 passed through
      
      the Bridge of Gherrara and
      
      then rounded & anchored
      
      just below it, & astern of
      
      the SS. Phrat which has
      
      been here since the 3rd Instt
      
      she has good many passengers
      
      & has to make 10 day’s
      
      
      Quarantine, where as Baghdad
      
      is declared contaminated
      
      this is very strange way of
      
      the quarantine regulation,
      
      it seems we are making
      
      Quarantine both ways,
      
      we are to remain 5 days here,
      
      we are anchored close to the
      
      East bank about 50 yards
      
      off the Garden of Abbass ibn
      
      Hassan Bagga ~
      
     
     
      	In overhauling the passenger’s
      
      tickets today, there was a Persian
      
      who had no money, & we sent
      
      him in the Boat to be landed
      
      but the quarantine people would
      
      not allow him, there are
      
      about five Zaptyes & a Turkish
      
      supposed to be a doctor & 2
      
      or 3 Guardians on the banks,
      
      what a stupid business
      
      they are carrying on, as the
      
      town of Baghdad is supposed
      
      by them to be infected they
      
      have no right to Object
      
      landing anything, ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & cloudy
      
      I slept in my cabin & found it
      
      nice & cool ;
      
      
     
     
      	Very light air and clouds ~
      
      They have got some more Zaptyes
      
      With their horses & pitched a
      
      Tent on the bank opposite us,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Satur Th 5 – 72 Noon 85 4 P.m. 86
     
     
      	At 7 Am Alexander came out
      
      riding Henry’s mare, & spoke
      
      to me from the bank, he says
      
      that there is no cases of plague
      
      at all in Baghdad, all are well
      
      he went away after 15 minutes,
      
      It has got warm a little during
      
      the day ~
      
     
     
      	People brought some
      
      provisions for our passengers,
      
      & the quarantine Guards here
      
      want to allow it to come
      
      on board, but Capt Hanslow
      
      wont have it, saying that
      
      he had orders not to have any
      
      communication; They then
      
      brought a permit from Baghdad
      
      sanitary office still we wont
      
      allow it to be fetched ~
      
     
     
      	A strong squall got up at
      
      4 P.M. & blew with Westerly
      
      Wind, some thunder & a
      
      shower of rain for few Minutes,
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 371 ½ Passengers
      
      (Besides Vartan in cabin &
      
      
      a Blacksmith & 6 workmen for
      
      Coot Wool Press, & Jejo Moorad
      
      & 9 workmen for the Amara
      
      Press all free, Jejo in a 2nd
      
      Class Cabin also) We have
      
      5 in 1st Class, an Indian Nawab
      
      Safdar Jung & an other with him,
      
      a Jew of Calcutta Mr. E. A. Menasseh
      
      the Wife of the Persian Consul
      
      of Basreh, & Selman H. Dowd
      
      to Coot; all our Passengers
      
      are Persians & Arab pilgrims
      
      returning ~
      
     
     
      	I feel much better now except
      
      my mouth is so bitter sometimes that
      
      I feel again billious; I have good
      
      appetite, but am not indulging in
      
      everything that is heavy & indigestible,
      
      I take my glass of whisky & soda
      
      every evening; my bowels are
      
      costive & weak regular ~
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Sund Th@ 5.72 Noon 82 4 P.m. 84
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & fine weather,
      
      This morning a letter came from
      
      Mr. Parry the Agent to Capt Hanslow
      
      to allow the provision to come
      
      on board for the passengers, but
      
      the two Tilkefly Guardians
      
      We have on board object to
      
      letting it come saying that
      
      they have orders from the
      
      
     
     
      	Inspector not to let anything
      
      come on board; Why did not
      
      Mr. Parry obtain order to do so
      
      from the Inspector, in fact
      
      all our passengers are well
      
      provided with provision for
      
      they have been warned so in
      
      Baghdad to carry 10 days provision
      
      before we left, it is only one
      
      man Selman H. Dowd a
      
      1st C passenger for Coot that
      
      the provision came for~
      
     
     
      	Yesterday 10 mounted zaptyes &
      
      an Officer with 2 Tents came
      
      stationed themselves on the bank
      
      opposite us;
      
     
     
      	Weather became cloudy all
      
      over & dull this afternoon &
      
      breeze shifted to N West;
      
      It began to thunder for a long time
      
      & by 4 ½ P.M. a very strong &
      
      thick shower of rain poured
      
      down for 10 minutes, Weather
      
      overcast  & Gloomy, breeze
      
      shifting around; Again it
      
      came pouring down heavily
      
      for an other ¼ of an hour; The
      
      awnings were furled & the Captain
      
      wont spread it, so the passengers
      
      get well socked & they got
      
      
      up a quarrel with the Captain for
      
      want of the awnings, but was
      
      not given to them; ~
      
     
     
      	The Inspector of Quarantine
      
      Dr. Cavaliaris wrote to Captain
      
      Hanslow from Baghdad to allow
      
      our Boat to take off provisions
      
      for the passengers at least 4
      
      times in the day, so our Boat
      
      is going backward & forward,
      
     
     
      	At 11 P.M. the Phrat left
      
      this place & proceeded to Baghdad
      
      after making 10 days quarantine;
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Mond Th@ 5. 70
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      but dampy from Yesterday’s rain,
      
     
     
      	I wrote a long letter to Blockey
      
      at Cheshnut in Answer to
      
      his two letter I received, it is
      
      dated the 16 for the Damascus
      
      post & enclosed it in a letter to
      
     
     
      	Alexander who will probably
      
      Come out this morning;
      
      Alexander did not come out, so I
      
      sent the letter to him with a Jew boy
      
      Huzkeil Ezra the brother in law of
      
      Mr. E. A. Menasseh our 1st Class passenger
      
      of Calcutta ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Parry writes to Capt Hanslow
      
      this afternoon telling him to see that
      
      all the passengers are provided
      
      with pratique otherwise they will
      
      not be allowed to land either
      
      at Coot, Amara or Basreh~
      
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. Alexander came
      
      out to me riding on a Donkey
      
      I went to the bank in our Launch
      
      & had a talk with him, He
      
      says that the Beledyeh Turkish
      
      Doctor, Nezam ed Dîn has been
      
      arrested & is under investigation
      
      for having declared the case of
      
      Plague of the Kurdish Woman
      
      falsly, whereas she has had
      
      A syfilitic desease & had been
      
      treating her for the last 20 days
      
     
     
      	Alexander says that his mother
      
      Marie & himself as well as
      
      Antone Marine & family
      
      Yaghchis, & Menusha & family
      
      are going out tomorrow to
      
      spend the day at Kadumain
      
      at the Nawab Agha Mahomed,
      
      Garden; Him & Shekoory
      
      Sayegh have found an office
      
      for them on the Khan Barazallis
      
      @ 18 Mejidies per year for
      
      their trade in company;
      
      They have made agreements
      
      & are to trade together with
      
      a Capital of 600 TLiras
      
      
      I paid 400 & Shekoory 200,
      
      the profit or loss is to be
      
      devided in half ~ Alexander
      
      went away after ¼ hour;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, but rather
      
      warm;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Tuesd Th@ 5. 72
     
     
      	Light N.W. & clouds are
      
      hanging about ~ At 6 AM
      
      Johny my nephew came out to
      
      me on the Bycicle; I dressed and
      
      Came out to talk with him from
      
      the ship; He says Khalifah passed
      
      Amara on Sunday afternoon;
      
      he went away at 6 ½;
      
     
     
      	Our boat keeps constantly going
      
      to the shore & back with passengers
      
      buying provisions & seeing friends etc,
      
      I sent a letter to Alexander with
      
      Johny ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 ¼ P.M. two Goffas shored
      
      off from the quarantine station
      
      with the Turkish Doctor & the Clerk
      
      Raffooly Rasmachy etc & came
      
      alongside, they wont come on
      
      board but asked me to point
      
      out to them the rich passengers
      
      from the poor, I told him, I
      
      cannot tell them as I do not
      
      know who is rich & who is poor,
      
      they asked me the names
      
      of the 1st class passengers,
      
      I gave it to them they are
      
      
      five & they gave them pratique
      
      papers & charged each 37 ½
      
      G.S. Piasters taking the Mejidie
      
      at 20 GSP., they also charged
      
      Vartan & Jejo Moorad the
      
      clerks of S Lynch & Co going
      
      for the wool Press also @ 37 ½
      
      P. & then all the rest were given
      
      free pratique, it is very
      
      unjust & have no right to charge
      
      because they did not land
      
      & no shelter or assistance were
      
      given to them; They gave about
      
      250 pratiques until 6 ¾ P.M.
      
      & they went away to dine &
      
      return, they are growling because
      
      no one wants to pay and
      
      are thretening them that they
      
      will wire to Basreh not to
      
      let them land; ~ At 8 P.M.
      
      they again came back to give the
      
      rest pratiques, they managed to
      
      get about 3 or 4 passengers to
      
      pay & rest were let go, they
      
      gave a Written paper for the
      
      Mejidieh’s pratique stating
      
      that since there has been some
      
      cases of plague in the Town
      
      
      of Baghdad; & therefore the traffic
      
      by river has been contaminated
      
      the SS. Mejidieh after undergoing
      
      5 days Quarantine at Gherrara
      
      has been allowed to proceed
      
      & so on~ They finished at about
      
      10 P.M. & went away;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Wedn Th@ 5. 73 Noon 86 4 PM. 90
     
     
      	Light S. Erly & little cloudy,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 AM. we left Gherrara
      
      At 5,,20 passed Diala
      
     
     
      	At 6,,55 passed Ctesiphon;
      
      At 1,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      At 1,,50 met the SS. Khalifah
      
      coming up, she whistled for
      
      us we stopped & she sent us
      
      our letters & papers of three
      
      mails she has brought, I
      
      sent a letter to Henry, we
      
      Went on at 1,,55; Cloudy
      
      all over & S. Erly Wind;
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah has left Garmat
      
      Ali on Saturday evening after
      
      Completing her 10 days Quarantine
      
      there has been about 5 or 6 cases
      
      of Plague at Basreh (2 of Asfars
      
      arab servants one in the Turkish
      
      Hospital & 2 in town; The
      
      Khalifah took 50 passengers
      
      
      from Basreh (quarantine Station
      
      of Garmat Ali) and brought
      
      274 Turkish Soldiers to Amara
      
      with Mahomed Pasha Daghestany
      
      himself also counted as Deck
      
      & given a 1st Class cabin charging
      
      them the usual passage of
      
      26 ¼ G.SP. each, also 3 Horses
      
      with them @ 1 TLira each –
      
      she has also 3 1st Class
      
      passengers a frenchman of
      
      the excavation mission at
      
      Shushter Monsr. D’herim, and
      
      an English traveller Mr. Barls
      
      & a Persian Sheikh el Mulk
      
      coming from Persia; she had
      
      altogether with the Soldiers landed
      
      at Amara 427 ½ passengers
      
      and 256,456 Okes; The Malamin
      
      came up to Basreh & Mr. Taylor
      
      came up in her & is returning
      
      again to Ahwaz; The Post
      
      Master of Basreh died suddenly
      
      from taphoid fever~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh,
      
      Weather cloudy & overcast,
      
      light S. Erly breeze & Warm,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 passed the S.S.
      
      
      Baghdad & Barge going up at
      
      Zeljeh~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 P.M. We anchored
      
      at Deboony, S. Erly Wind and
      
      cloudy all over; ~ It is warm
      
      in Cabin~
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Thursd Th@ 5. 79
     
     
      	S.Erly Wind & hazy Weather
      
      At 4,,40 AM. we left Deboony;
      
      Wind increasing~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 AM passed Memlah,
      
      At 7,,10 landed a Group of money
      
      at Bughela & went on at
      
      7,,20~
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.M. arrived
      
      at Coot; before going alongside
      
      they sung out to us not to
      
      come, but to send the Ship’s
      
      clean Bill of health, Aziz Effendi
      
      Youz Bashi of the Zaptyes &
      
      some 5 Zaptyes with their rifles
      
      were on duty among the crowd,
      
      Went it off, he read it & sent
      
      to the Kaimakam also &
      
      was returned & were allowed
      
      to get alongside,
      
     
     
      	We landed 28 ½ Passengers
      
      (1 of 1st Class Selman H. Dowd
      
      also Vartan & 7 men for the
      
      
      Wool Press) and 102 Packges,
      
     
     
      	There were about 45 Sailing
      
      Boats laden with grain which
      
      had got out of the high river,
      
      Sunk alongside at Coot during
      
      a squall about 20 days ago
      
      and only about 30 were got
      
      up & saved but lost all the
      
      grain & there are now about
      
      a Dozen still sunk, with only
      
      the masts standing above water,
      
      this loss of grain into the river
      
      has attracted an immense
      
      quantity of fish mostly all
      
      of Shabboots & are selling at
      
      one Reji Piaster per one large
      
      fish~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. We left Cot
      
      took 21 ½ Passengers;~
      
     
     
      	The Bridge below Coot, is out
      
      open for want of anchors
      
      which they have not got yet,
      
     
     
      	Weather keeps very cloudy & overcast
      
      & warm & calm;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 We rounded & came
      
      to for the night; as soon as we
      
      dropped anchor a Strong wind
      
      blew from the West & N. West
      
      with dust & a little rain
      
      
      & kept blowing fresh with
      
      cloudy weather; Thunder and
      
      Lightning kept on till 11 P.M.;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Friday Th@ 5. 77 Noon 87 4 P.M. 92
     
     
      	At 3 ½ am. a noise was heard
      
      in the Barge by passengers (the
      
      steamer & Barge being very close
      
      to the West bank, the Barge
      
      touching the bank) and found
      
      that some Arab thieves had got
      
      in the Barge, they had carried
      
      away two Bags of Dogs Shit
      
      (180 Bags of this article being shipped
      
      by Berk Puttmann & co) and
      
      also had got a Bale of Wool
      
      to the bank but it being too
      
      heavy to be carried away,
      
      they had cut it but still
      
      could not get anything out
      
      of it being pressed bale;
      
      the alarm was given by the
      
      passengers & they run away
      
      & they had the Courage in firing
      
      two shots at us from the
      
      bushes; No attempt was
      
      made by the Captain to send
      
      people to their encampment
      
      to recover the two Bags & not
      
      even report them to the
      
      Mudir of Sheikh Saad
      
      
      for we are only two reaches
      
      above this Village~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 A.M. we got
      
      underway; Very light [strikethrough] N. Erly
      
      breeze, cloudy sultry & warm,
      
      At 5,,20 passed Sheikh Saad,
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
      
      At 1,,20 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      Wind shifted to N.W. and
      
      is getting fine, the haze disappeared,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, We sent the clean Bill
      
      of health to the shore, but no
      
      one showed any strictness,
      
      the Belem of Ibrahim Effendi
      
      mudir of the Senyeh boarded
      
      us already; A Turkish Doctor
      
      came off in our Launch he
      
      asked me if we have any
      
      sickness & went amongst
      
      the passengers & ship went
      
      alongside & the rush begun
      
      to fill the ship; our Bill of
      
      health was brought back
      
      to us viséd on back~
      
      We landed 37 ½ Passengers
      
      besides Jejo Moorad in 2nd Cabin
      
      & 9 workmen Mussullies
      
      
      for the Wool Press, & 32
      
      Packages; But the Blacksmith
      
      Rezooki Georgis & some men
      
      had already come down in
      
      the Khalifah & had 155 Bales
      
      of Wool pressed, which we
      
      Shipped~
      
     
     
      	I received the following telegram
      
      of todays date, which I had
      
      told Alexander to send, if there
      
      are no cases of plague
      
    
    
      Svoboda    Amara
      
      None well love
      
      Alexander
      
    
    
      I sent him also the following
      
    
    
      Alexander Svoboda
      
      			  Baghdad
      
      Perfect health, inform Rappaport
      
      Cook arrived quarantine
      
              Svoboda
      
     
     
      	Here they say all that further
      
      cases of plague took place since
      
      those first ones;~
      
     
     
      	Abdulkadur Khdery, has
      
      a large dinner given in his new
      
      house on the opposite side to
      
      Mahd Pasha Daghestany, also
      
      all the Officers with him, the
      
      Motserrif of Amara & all
      
      
      other functionaries of Amara
      
      Ibrahim Effendi of Senyeh &
      
      his staff altogether about 80
      
      persons took part at this dinner,
      
     
     
      	We finished at 8 ½ & hauled
      
      out & remained for the night,
      
      N.W. breeze sent warm in
      
      my cabin & troubled by the
      
      mosquitoes;
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Satur
     
     
      	Light N.W. & some clouds
      
      but clearing up;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 Am left Amara,
      
      Took 18 passengers (2 women
      
      family of Mahomed Nafissa
      
      Mejdi in 1st Class Cabin)
      
     
     
      	Wind increasing from N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 12 passed Azair, there
      
      have not been any pilgrims
      
      for Azair this year, the Khalifah
      
      had taken down 26 ½ &
      
      the Mejidieh 10 ½ last trip,
      
      & then the Quarantine and
      
      rumour of plague put a stop
      
      to their Visiting the Tomb,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. Wind & fine,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,25 P.M. we landed
      
      the 4 Zaptyeh Guard who came
      
      from Amara above Gorna
      
      
      at the top of the date trees, as the
      
      Khalifah they say had taken them
      
      from Gorna, although Captain
      
      Hanslow objected landing them
      
      by order not to stop anywhere
      
      else, but after much persuasion
      
      he accepted to land them,
      
      At 3,,40 passed Gorna
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 passed the S.S.
      
      Mossul & Barge at Kteban
      
      bound up she has many
      
      passengers~
      
     
     
      	At 8 We rounded & anchored
      
      below Kteban, not willing to
      
      go down to Garmat Ali on
      
      account of the Island & shoal
      
      place~ Light N.W. & fine,
      
      but the wind is on the Port
      
      side, My cabin is very warm;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Sund Th@ 5. 76
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. Wind & fine~
      
      At 4,,30 AM proceeded from
      
      below Kteban;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 rounded & Anchored
      
      at the Quarantine Station just
      
      above the Creek of Garmat Ali
      
      opposite the Huts or Lazarette
      
      constructed for travellers,
      
      there are about 200 Boats
      
      
      alongside extending up all
      
      along the bank & about
      
      45 in the Creek; No one
      
      Came to us or any news;
      
     
     
      	There is a Turkish Doctor here
      
      inside his Hut, called Ferid
      
      Effendi of the Military, he never
      
      showed himself out, I have
      
      a parcel of clothes for him
      
      & sung out to a Guardian
      
      whom I know to come & take
      
      it he came off in a Belem
      
      & I told him that we want
      
      to land the passengers, and
      
      where to land them, he
      
      Went & told the Doctor, &
      
      he allowed the ship to go
      
      alongside at the Huts
      
      just where we are & so we
      
      did & landed all our
      
      Basreh passengers to the
      
      Number of 345~ There are
      
      only about 20 Belems here the
      
      price is very high they ask to Basreh
      
      at 5 Rupees each & so on;
      
      Yousef Marine sent from
      
      Shaebyeh his Belem for
      
      his letter etc, I also sent
      
      Rufail’s packet of letters to
      
      
      him to be sent down to Rufail,
      
     
     
      	At about 10 ½ the Steam
      
      Launch Asp of Lynch Brothers
      
      came up, Mr. Bottomley
      
      came in her & also Dr. Ahmed
      
      the Quarantine Sanitary
      
      Officers  & Hannosh Lynch’s
      
      Clerk, We gave them the
      
      Mail Bags & other parcels,
      
      letters & Kit the Cargo
      
      is coming up for us in
      
      a Barge to Ship on board
      
      also Coal 50 Tons; They
      
      say that cases of Plague
      
      are few about two per
      
      week; some Jews been attaked
      
      & died & an Armenian
      
      boy since five days but
      
      is dangerous; two Banian
      
      or Hindoo of G. Mackenzie
      
      died from it & were burnt
      
      at Maghil according to
      
      their religion; The steam
      
      Launch brought extra
      
      Crew & took our loaded
      
      Barge in tow down to
      
      Basreh & left at 12 am
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. Yousif Marine
      
      
      Rufail & Rezooki Angoorly
      
      came up to see me, I gave
      
      Rufail his Kit; They are all
      
      Well, Rufail says that up
      
      till now there have been
      
      17 cases Mortal of plague,
      
      but there must have been
      
      much more which has been
      
      Kept secretly; it is among
      
      Arabs & some Jews; They
      
      Went away at 5, & by this
      
      time the St. Launch Asp
      
      came up, Mr. Bottomley came
      
      Mr. Darby & an other they
      
      came alongside & had
      
      their whisky & Soda~
      
      Mr. & Mrs. Langridge also
      
      came up in a Belem from
      
      their Quarantine at Basreh
      
      they came out in the B. I. steamer
      
      Via Bombay they are going up
      
      with us, Mr. Langridge is to
      
      act as agent for Sassoon
      
      in Mr. Livingstone’s place,
      
      Mr. Bottomley told me to
      
      charge them 3 Rps per
      
      day during the time that
      
      the ship is detained
      
      
      here until she leaves; Mr.
      
      F. T. Langridge was here
      
      before two years I think &
      
      I know him; At 6 ¼ the
      
      Asp went down to Basreh,
      
     
     
      	Wind fell down & is getting
      
      warm in my cabin, as the Wind
      
      is more on the port side~
      
      Plenty Mosquitoes about;
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Mond Th@ 5. 76
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & cloudy a little
      
      on East; The small Barge
      
      came up Yesterday evening;
      
      she grounded just below the mouth
      
      of the Creek of Garmat Ali as the
      
      flood tide fell & had to send
      
      a Meheyleh of Asfar to lighten
      
      her a little she got alright;
      
     
     
      	We discharged cargo into the
      
      Meheyles of Asfar~
      
     
     
      	People coming up from Basreh
      
      tell me that there are few
      
      cases of Plague, three Arabs
      
      got it yesterday behind
      
      Lynch Brothers house in the
      
      Huts, among the Jews too,
      
      but none among the Christians
      
      There is a great deadlock
      
      in the trade & all traffic
      
      is stopped, Great fear is
      
      entertained during the
      
      
      Coming date Season; Should
      
      it be rejected in England
      
      it will be a great calamity
      
      to the date merchants,
      
     
     
      	There are very nearly 200
      
      sailing Boats now here
      
      bound up & making 10
      
      days Quarantine, and
      
      are compelled to pay 17 ½
      
      Mejidies each irrespective
      
      to their dimentions or
      
      tonnage as Quarantine
      
      dues;~ Meheylas & Belems
      
      came alongside of the
      
      steamer, & they take & give
      
      freely & touch the steamer,
      
      It is impossible with the
      
      Turks & their misrule to Keep
      
      a good & strict Quarantine
      
     
     
      	The SS. Shushan which
      
      came out of dock two days ago
      
      steamed up to here at 5
      
      P.M. & anchored, her officers
      
      & Workmen came up to us
      
      in Belems, Mr. Barlow
      
      is gone up to the Karoon
      
      & thence to Ispahan to
      
      
      Construct Bridges & roads
      
      which Taylor is making
      
      for a caravan route;
      
     
     
      	The Barge Came up alongside
      
      & we begun taking from
      
      her cargo being tumbled
      
      in by the coolies she brought
      
      up with her & our men
      
      receiving it; We got the
      
      coal Boat alongside of us
      
      & took in 50 Tons working till
      
      about 10 P.M. ~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Tues Th@ 5.80 noon 87 4 P.M. 93
     
     
      	Very light n.w. breeze & cloudy,
      
      It was very warm last night
      
      in the cabin I could not
      
      sleep & the mosquitoes were
      
      very troublesome; Light
      
      n.w. Breeze.~ we are shipping
      
      cargo from the Barge~
      
      It has been warm throughout
      
      the day, hazy dusty weather,
      
      we kept shipping cargo from
      
      the Barge; Some Jews came
      
      & shipped money, & took also,
      
      Nassoory Toma Khayat &
      
      his wife came up to see their
      
      son Neshat a young beg
      
      employed in this quarantine
      
      as Clerk, he tells me that
      
      
      are no cases of plague at
      
      Basreh, but the captain of
      
      the Dwina came up & says
      
      three Beloochies of Lynch’s
      
      watchmen got attaked &
      
      one a woman died, the
      
      armenian boy is getting on
      
      well~
      
     
     
      	Very warm in my cabin
      
      at sunset the thermor. was
      
      93, cloudy on the west with
      
      a light n.w. breeze, I am
      
      obliged to sleep out on the
      
      quarter deck tonight;
      
      It became vey calm at night,
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Wedn Th@ 5.80
     
     
      	Very calm & Sultry Weather
      
      heavy dew fell last night,
      
      but I slept well on the
      
      quarter deck; very muggy
      
      morning & dead calm;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ Am our Big towing
      
      Barge came up being towed
      
      by the steam Launch Asp,
      
      with the flood tide running
      
      up; & with a verbal
      
      message that at 3 ½
      
      
      P.m. the Launch will come
      
      up with the mail & letters
      
      and we can leave at 4
      
     
     
      	We got the passengers from the
      
      quarantine ground in our
      
      large Boat, they are mostly
      
      Indians & Persians with a lot
      
      of baggage; The weather is very
      
      warm sultry & a very light
      
      n.w. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 11 the Stm Launch came
      
      up with a letter from Mr. Bottomley
      
      saying that Mr. Wratistaw
      
      the Consul wants us to remain
      
      until tomorrow (I suppose
      
      to await for the mail)
      
      we have the passengers on
      
      board from the quarantine,
      
     
     
      	Rufail’s Belem came & he sends
      
      me what I had asked him to
      
      get me 2 cases Paraffin, 6
      
      Bottles soda water & one Oke
      
      Butter;~ At 5 ½ P.M. the
      
      Stm Launch came up, Mr.
      
      Bottomley came she brings
      
      us last weeks Mail Bags
      
      & other Letters & says we
      
      shall have to wait till
      
      tomorrow to take the
      
      
      mail which will arrive
      
      this evening or tomorrow,
      
      three persons died from
      
      Plague behind Lynch's house
      
      wives of their servants etc,
      
      A new mate arrived for
      
      us & will finish his 5
      
      days quarantine tomorrow
      
      (as there are only 5 days now
      
      for the direct steamers coming
      
      from Europe)~ They went
      
      away at 6 ½ ~
      
      Breeze fell & became calm
      
      & warm; The Khalifah
      
      probably will be here
      
      tomorrow, she coming
      
      right through as the 5
      
      days quarantine at Gherara
      
      is taken off;
      
     
     
      	Very light n.w. air & fine, I slept
      
      on the Quarter Deck;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Thursd Th@ 5.79 noon 95 4 P.m 97
     
     
      Light n.w. air & fine~
      
     
     
      	What a fine quarantine they
      
      have this year, I see the people
      
      that come up to make their
      
      10 days quarantine are
      
      quartered together with the
      
      
      others who have nearly finished
      
      their days, even if they have
      
      made their 7th 8th or 9th day
      
      the fresh batch are put
      
      with them in the same Huts
      
      & same ground;~ People
      
      coming up from Basreh in
      
      Belems bringing all sorts of
      
      things & give them to us on
      
      board, we do the same in
      
      fact the quarantine only
      
      exists by name; & by show,
      
      There is only one Bakkal
      
      (or seller of vegetables & provisions
      
      here) no other one is allowed
      
      by the Turkish Doctor (if he is
      
      fit to be called a Doctor, for he
      
      never showes himself out of the
      
      Hut & does not possess any
      
      medicines whatever) he
      
      forced this Bakkal to give
      
      him 10 Liras so as the latter
      
      can have the monopoly to
      
      himself & is selling at a
      
      fabulous price his vegetables
      
      & other things~
      
     
     
      	Weather became very Sultry
      
      & cloudy all over, there is wind
      
      but it is warm the Thermr. in
      
      my cabin at noon is 95º~
      
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.M. the Stm Launch
      
      Asp came up, bringing us the
      
      mail of today, Mr. Bottomley
      
      came up in her; he says that
      
      the Khalifah passed Amara
      
      this morning ~ I left all
      
      the papers & letters of the
      
      Khalifah with Mr. Bottomley
      
      also Henry’s letter etc;
      
     
    
   
   
   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434 [23 MAY 1901 --- V052_03_N]
     (//)
     Garmat Ali to Baghdad
    (//)
     Barge in Tow
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
91 1/2112,913/154,2704665 1/43,,10/2,,6

    
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. proceeded ~
      
      Weather very dusty & cloudy
      
      warm ~ Mr. & Mrs. Langridge
      
      are only 1st Class since
      
      Sunday on board;
      
     
     
      	At 7.40 passed the SS Khalifah
      
      going down al Naher Omar,
      
      weather still hazy dusty &
      
      calm warm~
      
     
     
      	At 11 passed Gorna, I feel
      
      it very warm on the quarter deck
      
      weather sultry & hazy ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Frid Th@ 5 81, Noon 97 4 P.M 98
     
     
      	At 2,,5 am. anchored;
      
      weather cloudy, it blew fresh
      
      N.W. & got cooler ~
      
     
     
      	At 4.30 proceeded, very
      
      cloudy all over Gloomy and
      
      Light N. W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 7.20 passed Azair;
      
      weather cleared up & getting
      
      fine, Modte; N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	We have only 48 Passenge
      
      from the quarantine station
      
      & Mr. & Mrs. Langridge who
      
      came via Bombay & made
      
      their 10 days quarantine at
      
      Basreh;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,20 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 26 Bales of through cargo
      
      & took in 10 Tons of Coal;
      
      The SS. Phrat has just come
      
      down here on her way to Basreh,
      
      Fresh N.W. wind & fine;
      
      The Phrat has stopped five,
      
      days at Gherrara or her way
      
      down so as to touch at Coot
      
      & Amara but the Khalifah
      
      came right through without
      
      
      Stopping at Gherrarah, & so did
      
      not touch at Coot or Amara,
      
      I hear there is nothing in Baghdad
      
      no cases of plague at all,
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 left Amara,
      
      fine cool weather I spelt in
      
      my cabin ~
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Satur Th 5. 79
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning
      
      gave tickets to 17 Amara
      
      passengers (5 for Coot) ;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      There is a little rise in the river
      
      observable since yesterday,
      
      the Phrat also reported at Amara
      
      that it had risen about 2
      
      feet while they were at Gherrarah,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi; Modte n.w. wind &
      
      fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Sund The 5. 75
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning, it was quite cool in
      
      my cabin last night~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 am passed the
      
      SS. Baghdad & Barge passed
      
      down;
      
     
     
      	The Bridge below Coot is still
      
      Open they have no Anchors &
      
      chains yet to hold it;
      
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 AM. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 5 passengers &
      
      2 Bales through Congo;
      
     
     
      	The 5 days quarantine is taken
      
      off at Gherrara & steamers will
      
      come & touch also at every
      
      station, as the Baghdad came
      
      without stopping at Gherrara
      
      & called at Coot etc.; Yacoob
      
      son of Naoom Serkis came
      
      down in her, he tells me that
      
      there is nothing in Baghdad
      
      & no cases of Plague;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,25 left Coot, Took
      
      24 ½ Passengers, Menahem
      
      son of Saleh Daniel in
      
      1st Class with us he was at
      
      Nasryeh since last month,
      
     
     
      	The river is still rising, we met
      
      the rise below Amara about
      
      ½ foot, & now it seems that
      
      it must have risen about
      
      3 ½ feet, what is the cause,
      
      I presume some rain rain
      
      must have fallen above
      
      Baghdad, or can it possibly
      
      be the melten of Snow at
      
      this time of the month;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 P.M. passed Memlah
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Mond Th@ 5. 74 Noon 91 4 P.M. 95
     
     
      	At 6,,35 AM. passed Azizieh
      
      River has fallen about one foot
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort, very calm & warm
      
      sultry weather &cloudy
      
      a little~
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship’s company
      
      their wages for this month,
      
      as we shall have to leave
      
      on the 31 I am sure, so I shall
      
      have no time in Baghadad
      
      to pay them ;
      
     
     
      	At 6,30 P.M. passed Khennasseh,
      
      very calm &warm weather,
      
      clouds still are hanging about,
      
      Thermr. 92 in my cabin ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,, passed Ctesiphon
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Tuesd Th @ 5. 74
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & little cloudy,
      
      At 2,,10 am passed Diala
      
      At 4 anchored at the quarantine
      
      station just below the Bridge
      
      of Gherrara, the Turkish Doctor
      
      came, saw our clean Bill
      
      of health & the passengers
      
      & certified on the back of
      
      
      our Clean Bill & went
      
      away, we weighed and
      
      proceeded at 4,,25; at 5
      
      landed a Deckman at Gherrara,
      
      with Lynch’s letters, I sent mine
      
      & wrote to Alexander;
      
     
     
      	At 8 landed the mails at the
      
      Residency & went up to the
      
      Custum House; The SS. Mossul
      
      is here; she is leaving on Friday,
      
      I went home saw my wife
      
      Alexander & Mary all well,
      
      They are now below in the
      
      courtyard & serdab, and
      
      are sleeping on top of the
      
      house;  ~ Mr. Rappaport
      
      called on us, he asked us to
      
      have dinner with him tomorrow
      
      at 7 ½ all four of us ~
      
      Shekoory Sayegh called, he says
      
      that all is settled about my
      
      little house;& the Alam will be
      
      made out as soon as I pay
      
      its expences etc which comes
      
      to 317 ½ GSP. so as to be registered
      
      & stamped etc etc; It will
      
      come to about 35 TLiras
      
      
      all the expences;
      
      Sister Eliza also Antone Marine
      
      called on us this afternoon,
      
      Johny & Artin called in the
      
      evening also;
      
     
     
      	Weather  warm & light n.w.
      
      air, we slept on top of the house,
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Wedn Th 5. 78
     
     
      	Light n.w. air & little cloudy,
      
      at 7 Am called on Menusha
      
      but was not at home, I
      
      called on Sister Medula, who
      
      came in from the garden
      
      with all sister Eliza’s family
      
      the day before ~ I then
      
      came on board the Mejidieh
      
      she has been discharging
      
      since yesterday & we are
      
      leaving the day after;
      
     
     
      	At 10 I went to the Office to Mr.
      
      Barry for 58 £ Stg etc; I then
      
      called on Sister Emilia & Alice
      
      & came home at 11, I went
      
      with Alexander to see the
      
      room they have hired in Khan
      
      of Berezelli the small one
      
      for 6 months @ 18 Mejidies
      
      per year for himself &
      
      
      Shekoory Sayegh to Open
      
      business, they are getting out
      
      some 4000 Kilos of Loaf Sugar,
      
      Leather, cloth etc; I advanced
      
      Alexander 50 TLiras & 150
      
      others shall give him tomorrow,
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I came on board
      
      We are shipping cargo, We
      
      have finished discharging;
      
      Very hot weather;
      
      wind shifted to S. west & became
      
      cloudy, & a few drops of rain
      
      fell;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. I went home,
      
      we dressed & at 7 ½, my wife
      
      Alexander Marie & myself went
      
      over to Mr. Rappaport to dinner
      
      as he invited us, there were
      
      no body else, we sat in the
      
      Veranda, & dined at 8 in the room,
      
      with a Punkah, it was not
      
      warm, the breeze being from
      
      the S. East; At 9 ½ we left
      
      & came home; ~ Wind got
      
      up & blew during the night;
      
      with clouds;
      
     
    
    
     
      30’ Thursd
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cloudy,
      
      at 7 am I called on Menusha
      
      for ½ hour & then came
      
      on board; the Mossul
      
      
      and Mejidieh are both loading
      
      to leave tomorrow ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 went to breakfast & returned
      
      at 1 P.m. very hot weather, &
      
      very light S. Erly breeze; ~ It got
      
      very warm & weather so unsettled
      
      with clouds & heat ~ Alexander
      
      came to me & we went home
      
      at 5 ¼ P.M. ;
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ while we were just
      
      getting asleep on the top of the
      
      house a great squall came
      
      on & strong wind shifted to
      
      n.w. with dust, lightning &
      
      thunder, it tore up the Curtains
      
      & we all precipitated down
      
      below; it rained for ½ hour
      
      & the wind fell a little, but
      
      we could not sleep well,
      
      I slept in the room it was very
      
      warm~
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Frid. Th 5. 84 Noon 95 4 P.m 100
     
     
      	Modte n.w. & cloudy all
      
      over & warm ~ At 4 Am
      
      I came on board; ~
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 435 [31 MAY 1901 --- V052_04_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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     Barge in Tow
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
181202,44127,950 1/2N/A

    
     
     
      	At 4.30 AM. we got underway,
      
      The SS. Mossul also soon followed
      
      us; Weather very cloudy;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 had to turn and
      
      anchor above the Bridge at
      
      Gherrara, the Mossul also
      
      did, the same after us, the
      
      Bridge is not open & we
      
      cannot make out the causes,
      
     
     
      	At 7.20 the Bridge opened
      
      & we passed, they said that the
      
      Chain had dragged the Boats in
      
      last night’s squall etc. ;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 passed Diala,
      
      At 9,,40 passed Ctesiphon,
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 P.M. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort ; Light n.w,
      
      & very warm weather ;
      
     
     
      	We have 167 ½ Passengers (1
      
      only in 1st Class an Indian
      
      called Yousif Ali) these including
      
      14 Arab Wool pickers to Coot
      
      free belonging to Abdulghani
      
      
      Khdery, by a ticket from from
      
      the Agent of SLynch & Co. ~
      
     
     
      	At 6.5 P.M. passed Azizieh
      
      weather still hot it is 100º degrees in my
      
      Cabin ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.M. we rounded &
      
      came to at Towil reach; very
      
      calm weather but fine,
      
      I slept on the quarter deck;
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ the Mossul passed down
      
      Fine cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      1st Satur Th @ 5. 75 Noon 98 4 P.M. 103
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 AM. we proceeded
      
      from Towil ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 met the S.S. Khalifah
      
      coming down, she stopped
      
      & sent her Boat off with
      
      the new 2nd Mate for us,
      
      called Mr. MacLure , I
      
      received Henry’s letters, they have
      
      left Garmat Ali on Tuesday
      
      evening & had to wait for the
      
      mail & take it; They have
      
      two french passengers in
      
      1st Class travelling in the
      
      East, one is called Monsr.
      
      
      Gervais Courtellmont Chargé
      
      de Mission du Ministère des
      
      Colonies, & the other Mr. Gaston
      
      Bardat chargé de Mission
      
      du Ministère de l’Instruction
      
      Publique, They will also return
      
      & go to Persia & then to Mossul
      
      Diarbekir Aleppo Damascus
      
      & Beyrout; the Khalifah
      
      left Basreh with only about
      
      28 ½ passengers, she has
      
      289,645 Okes of Cargo in Steamer
      
      & Barge, she had altogether
      
      about 100 Passengers ~
      
     
     
      	At 8 am passed Memlah
      
      Strong N.W. Wind set in blowing
      
      I think it may be the Bareh
      
      that has sat in;
      
     
     
      	The S. Mossul had also anchored
      
      at Um Sneyem & she is ahead
      
      of us we are getting nearer to
      
      her; ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,25 P.M. we arrived
      
      at Coot, the Mossul also just
      
      about 200 Yards before us she
      
      was; We landed 61 Passeng.
      
      (14 workmen of Abdulghani
      
      free) and 85 Packages
      
     
     
      	Lynch’s Press cannot work
      
      
      here, the Eassayi's Press is working
      
      against it & cheaper, they are
      
      changing 14 R. Piasters less on
      
      each Bale than Lynch’s, &
      
      their Press is worked by Steam
      
      & Presses one foot less per
      
      Bale; So the merchants are
      
      nearly all gone over to Eassayi’s,
      
      The charge for pressing a Bale
      
      of Wool, all included gunny
      
      bags, bands etc is 5 ½ Beshlics
      
      & the Eassayis are charging
      
      a little less than 5 or 14 Piast
      
      less than Lynch’s; At Amara
      
     
     
       Lynch’s charges 7 Beshlics
      
      & all the Wool is pressed
      
      by their Press, the Eassayis
      
      have a Hydrolic Press but
      
      is out of order; Here at
      
      Coot their Press is worked
      
      by Steam & can press 100
      
      Bales per day & smaller
      
      in Size, besides they have
      
      a large stowing place
      
      & rooms for thousands
      
      of Bales, They have a Native
      
      Engineer from Baghdad
      
      
      & gets 10 Liras per month,
      
      besides he gets 9 Piasters on
      
      each Bale pressed & he
      
      provides everything workmen
      
      fuel oil etc etc; The fuel
      
      I expect & as I am told
      
      gets it for nothing or
      
      for very little, as he burns
      
      the Liquorice which is brought
      
      down in Boats to him to
      
      be pressed & is piled up around
      
      the Press house ~
      
      We have been detoured here
      
      over 1 ½ hour waiting for the
      
      Custum House coolies
      
      to come & discharge our
      
      Cargo, as they were first
      
      taken to discharge the Mossul,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. we left
      
      Coot, Took 10 Passengers,
      
      Strong hot wind from N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 We rounded & came
      
      to, light N.W. & fine moon
      
      14 days old, ~
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ P.M. the Mossul passed
      
      on her way down ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ the S.S. Phrat passed
      
      on her way up; Mahomed Pasha
      
      Daghestany & his troops 274 men
      
      from Amara returning in her
      
     
    
    
     
      2nd Sund Th @ 5. 77 Noon 109 5 P.M. 110
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cool morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 AM. proceeded
      
      At 5,,15 is passed Sheikh Saad;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 we passed Ali Gherbi
      
      the smoke of the Mossul is
      
      ahead of us about ½ hour
      
      distant; Very light N.W. breeze,
      
      It became very hot & calm until
      
      noon the breeze sprung up but very
      
      hot;
      
     
     
      	At 5 ¼ P.m. passed the S.S.
      
      Baghdad & Barge going up above
      
      the Gardens of Amara;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 arrived at Amara
      
      about 5 minutes after the Mossul
      
      did, landed 41 passengers
      
      and 104 Packages ~ We begun
      
      to ship 351 Bales of Pressed Wool
      
      from Lynch Press ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 the Mossul left ~
      
      Very calm & hot weather; I had
      
      to wait until the Wool is shipped
      
      so to send a telegram to SLynch
      
      in Baghdad & until the
      
      
      ship hauls off the bank to
      
      get my bed out it was 9 ¼
      
      when we finished, very warm
      
      & calm weather, I could not
      
      sleep at all ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Mond Th @ 5. 76 Noon 101 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze or Calm,
      
      At 4 AM left Amara, took
      
      3 ½ passengers; It became
      
      very calm & warm;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 passed Kalat Saleh
      
      Very light Erly breeze & it is very
      
      warm & oppressive Thermor. went
      
      up at 8 am to 91º ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 passed Azair
      
      At 3 P.M. passed Gorna, Southerly
      
      breeze & very hot weather;
      
      It became dead calm & the heat
      
      was something awful, I could
      
      not resist one minute in the
      
      Cabin, it is like a furnace,
      
      the Thermor. is 105 at 6 ½ P.M.;
      
     
     
      	At 8 we rounded between the
      
      two Islands & steamed up to the
      
      Quarantine Station & anchored
      
      Astern of the Mossul, the heat
      
      the bad marshy smell & suffocation
      
      is enough to kill anyone;
      
      I was obliged to shift my bed
      
      
      up on the top of the house but
      
      still the heat & calm weather
      
      is unbearable ; & the clock in
      
      the Captain’s cabin striking kept me
      
      awake; the stench coming from
      
      the shore, the Meheylas & Belems
      
      scattered around us & their noise,
      
      I came down at 10 ½ to sleep on
      
      the quarter deck but no sleep
      
      could I get from the dampy heat
      
      & was constantly fanning
      
      myself ~ At about 12 P.M.
      
      a light S. Westly breeze sprung
      
      up & came so cool, I got dried
      
      & refreshed, it drove away the
      
      dampness ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Tuesd Th @ 5. 82 Noon 94 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light Westerly air & cool
      
      morning; but it became warm
      
      as soon as the sun rose ~
      
      Many Belems are here taking
      
      the Mossul’s passengers and
      
      ours; ~ The Mossul had arrived
      
      yesterday at Sunset ~
      
      There many passengers here in
      
      Quarantine, Said Pasha the
      
      Motserrif of Hassa, the Monsully
      
      (my old friend) Tawfik Pasha
      
      the Commandant of the Troops
      
      at Basreh & other Turks;
      
      The Assyrian Priest Kass
      
      
      Yousif Georgyeh is here & going up
      
      with us ~
      
     
     
      	The Steam Launch “Asp” came up
      
      at 6 ¼ to take down our loaded
      
      Barge & exchanged her crew,
      
      she brought our papers of last
      
      weeks mail; I sent Rufails
      
      & other people’s letters down
      
      with her gave it to Yousif her
      
      Engineer ~
      
     
     
      	Light Westly, but as I had put
      
      up my windsel in Baghdad
      
      it is of no use, whatever Since
      
      the Captain’s Cabin just on
      
      the very required direction of the
      
      wind (Portside) shuts entirely
      
      the wind so it is useless being
      
      put up;
      
     
     
      	There are about 120 Boats
      
      here in quarantine along the bank
      
      extending to as far as Garmat
      
      Majed;
      
     
     
      	People say that there
      
      are no cases of Plague at Basreh
      
      since some days;
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. Wind is blowing
      
      since 9 AM but none comes to my
      
      Cabin, the wind is on the Port Side;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. the Stm Launch
      
      came up towing a Barge full
      
      
      of Cargo for us to Ship Mr.
      
      Bottomley also came in her
      
      to have a talk & take some whisky
      
      & soda, we shall have the
      
      mail this time, as we are
      
      working so slow & Capt Hanslow
      
      does not wish to leave before
      
      Friday ~ The Stm. Launch went
      
      away at 5 P.M.;
      
     
     
      	The wind fell down before Sunset
      
      & became very warm & close, I
      
      am swelling all clothes in water,
      
      Thermr. 102º in my Cabin at 6 ½ PM.
      
     
     
      	A S. Westly breeze got up at 8 P.M.
      
      & became a little cooler, I slept
      
      well on the Quarter Deck; at 10 P.M.
      
      Rufail sent his Belem for the
      
      letters of Angoorly & writes to me
      
      that he was coming this evening
      
      but met his Uncle Yousif going
      
      down to his place & having
      
      the diarrhea so he returned
      
      with him~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Wendne Th @ 5. 83
     
     
      	Light S.W. breeze & fine,
      
      The sun is very hot ~ we got the
      
      Barge alongside to ship its cargo,
      
     
     
      	Toma Shasha came up at 8 ½
      
      am to see his brother in law Metty
      
      & take his Kit from him
      
      
      I gave him a letter to Rufail &
      
      the sweetmeats & 2 Bottles Sirop
      
      that my wife is sending to Rufail
      
      & Tookyeh to take to them;
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to N.W. since
      
      7 AM & is cool; bu the heat
      
      of the desert is getting worse,
      
      The wind kept up all through the
      
      day but it got dusty so thick
      
      that the opposite side could
      
      scarcely be seen ~
      
     
     
      	I observed today that many
      
      people from Basreh & persons
      
      belonging to these high officials
      
      in quarantine have free
      
      access, they come & land &
      
      mix with them & then return
      
      to their Belems & go to Basreh,
      
      Some women the harem of
      
      Turkish officials were here
      
      about 10 of them since yesterday
      
      they went down in two Belems
      
      to Basreh, The Agent of the
      
      Turkish  Steamers Hassan
      
      Effendi & his staff are living
      
      here they go down to Basreh
      
      & came back & then go about
      
      among the Huts & pay
      
      
      visits to the official Turks,
      
      as the Defterdar , Said Pasha
      
      & Towfik Pasha, The people
      
      of the Mossul also land
      
      & go about the Huts & mix
      
      with the people, this is one
      
      of the worst quarantine
      
      that I have ever seen, no
      
      strictness or discipline is kept,
      
      only the employers exercise
      
      their absurd authority on the
      
      poor people; It cannot be
      
      called a quarantine; but
      
      only it is used as a pretext
      
      to extort money from the
      
      native Boats, so numerous
      
      as they are traficing up, &
      
      down the river & charging
      
      then at 1 ½ Mejidie each,
      
     
     
      	We have coaled the ship
      
      this afternoon taking 50 Tons
      
      from a Meheyla ~ They finished
      
      it at 9 P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind but is not so
      
      refreshing & cool, I could not
      
      sleep well ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Thursd Th @ 5. 84
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, but not so
      
      cool; we are shipping cargo
      
      very slow work, There are 20
      
      Coolies in Barge but they are
      
      merely playing ~ our two
      
      mates are both ignorant & lazy,
      
      we have never had before such
      
      bad officers, Mr. Slack has only
      
      been here about 10 months
      
      & in always drinking & the other
      
      Mr. Mac Lure is a Young stupid
      
      man, & they have no one over
      
      them to put them to right, the
      
      Captain lets them do what they
      
      like, & does not care a bit about
      
      the interest of the company or
      
      has any ability for discipline;
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ Rufail & Rezooki Angoorly
      
      came up in a Steam Launch
      
      of Angoorly, we were at breakfast,
      
      & they went on shore among
      
      the Huts to visit some friends,
      
      the Defterdar etc they came off
      
      to me at 10 ½ Rufail & Rezooki,
      
      They say that for the last 10
      
      days there has been no cases
      
      of Plague in Basreh; The mail
      
      Str. arrived yesterday ~
      
     
     
      	Rufail tells me that the
      
      Affair of Mubarek ibn Sobah
      
      
      Sheikh of Kweit & Sheikh
      
      Abdulaziz ibn Rashid of
      
      Shammar el Jebel, has taken
      
      a different phase, as the
      
      wali of Basreh Mohsen
      
      Pasha was ordered down to
      
      Kweit to see Mobarek & try
      
      to persuade him to be under
      
      the Turkish protection with
      
      all sorts of promises, but he
      
      did not succeed he was told
      
      plainly by Mobarek that should
      
      he requires any assistance
      
      or protection it must be under=
      
      stood by the Turkish Government
      
      that he will seek that of the
      
      English, & so Mohsen Pasha
      
      returned without having done
      
      any thing; The Mushir Pasha
      
      is here & will return next
      
      week to Baghdad; There
      
      are still 2 English men
      
      of war in Kweit watching
      
      events & Ibn Rashid is
      
      far in land about 7 days
      
      journey, ~
      
      
     
     
      	Rufail & Rezooki went away
      
      at 11 ½;
      
     
     
      	Weather became dusty the
      
      wind blowing strong N.W.
      
      this must be the Bareh
      
      wind which sets in about
      
      8th Instt when the Constellation
      
      of the Pleiades appears on the
      
      East ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 ½ P.m a letter came
      
      to Capt Hanslow from Mr. Bottomley
      
      telling him that at 4 P.M. the
      
      Stm. Launch will come up to
      
      us with the mail & our Barge
      
      in tow & must proceed up
      
      as soon as possible;  we
      
      were going to leave tomorrow
      
      just for no other purpose
      
      but so as to get up on
      
      Wednesday afternoon so
      
      as to be able to leave back
      
      on friday as Hanslow wished,
      
     
     
      	Some passengers are going
      
      on board the Mossul too from
      
      the quarantine & we saw a
      
      Belem with 2 Turkish women
      
      & their Baggage coming from
      
      Basreh & going straight
      
      to the Mossul & been put
      
      on board, they were the
      
      
      people of Said Pasha (now in
      
      quarantine as I am told)
      
      Some passengers are getting
      
      ready on the bank to go up
      
      with us ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.M., the Stm. Launch
      
      came up towing our loaded
      
      Barge, only the Clerk of the
      
      Basreh Trading Copy Mr.
      
      came up to take their specie,
      
      & also Rezooki Sayegh
      
      came up to see me, he says
      
      since the 26 there have been
      
      no plague in Basreh ~
      
      They went away at 5, they
      
      also brought the mails
      
      & the S. Launch will return
      
      with Mr. Bottomley;
      
      We are getting some passengers
      
      from the quarantine, the Mossul
      
      went alongside to take also
      
      her passengers perhaps over 100.
      
      She will have, Kass Yousif
      
      Georgyeh came also, Although
      
      he was only gone 9 days,
      
      & he wants me to put him in
      
      1st Class & charge 2nd fare
      
      because our 2 class was
      
      
      taken by Jews, I told him that
      
      I cannot do it without an
      
      order from the Agent Metty
      
      tryed & spoke to Capt' Hanslow
      
      to let him, but he referred
      
      him to the Agent;~
      
     
     
      	A Bellem came up with Nassoory
      
      Andria, Yousif Ghorgis & Yousif
      
      son of Abdulahad Dellal, Nessoory
      
      gave me a letter for his brother
      
      in law Yousif Yaghchi Capt
      
      Hanslow gave them whisky &
      
     
     
       Soda to drink; Metty spoke
      
      to Nessoory to ask Mr. Bottomley
      
      to let Kass Yousif Georgieh
      
      have a 1st Class & pay as 2d,,-
      
      At 7 P.M. the Stm Launch Asp
      
      came up with Mr. Bottomley
      
      in her he brought Lynch's letters
      
      & drunk his whisky & soda,,
      
      Nessoory Andrea asked him
      
      the favor of letting the Priest
      
      take the 1st Class cabin &
      
      pay as 2d fare, & so Bottomley
      
      told Capt Hanslow to let
      
      him do so; So Metty got
      
      his wishes accomplished
      
      
      I then gave him a 1st C. Cabin,
      
      the Khalifah has left Baghdad
      
      today; The Steam Launch
      
      left at 7 ½ ; & we remained
      
      to take our dinner before
      
      we start, although we have
      
      been ready for the last 1 ½
      
      hour;~ I got the clean Bill
      
      of Health, but they could
      
      not put the exact number
      
      of passengers, not knowing
      
      how many came, but they
      
      are not more than 50 persons;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434 [07 APRIL 1901 --- V052_05_N]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
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     Barge in Tow
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      	At 8 P.M. we got underway
      
      & proceeded; Light N.W. wind
      
      & fine~ wind got up during the
      
      night~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Frid, Therm @ 85 Noon 104 4 P.M. 102
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 4,, 30 A M passed Gorna,
      
      We in all 46 ½ passengers from
      
      
      the quarantine of Garmat Ali
      
      (3 in 2nd Class Kass Yousif Georgyeh
      
      paying 2nd fare 150 G.S.P. & occupying
      
      a 1st Class as per Mr. Bottomley’s
      
      Order last night; & the wife of
      
      Aboodi Gorgi & his servant are
      
      free having a Retn. Ticket from
      
      Baghdad Agent who had come
      
      in the Khalifah in April)
      
     
     
      	At 11,,5 passed Azair, wind
      
      blowing fresh & rather hot;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh~ Light N.W. air & fine
      
      I slept in the Cabin but it was
      
      very warm as the breeze is on
      
      the other side~
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Satur Ther @ 5.82 Noon 101 4 P.M. 103
     
     
      	At 0,, 45 AM arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 2 Passengers
      
      & 28 Packages of through cargo,
      
      took 10 Tons of Coal, I left
      
      the letters for the Khalifah here
      
     
     
      	At 3,, 15 A M left Amara,
      
      Modte N.W. wind got up,
      
      there are some clouds hanging,
      
      Took 22 Passengers (15 for Coot)
      
     
     
      	At 0,, 30 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Sherghi & at 0,, 45 passed
      
      the SS. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down~
      
      
      wind begun to fall a little,
      
      There are still some clouds on
      
      the East & South; River is
      
      falling  fast, & this strong
      
      wind will soon evaporate it;
      
     
     
      	At 8,, 10 passed Ali Gherbi
      
      Modte N.W. wind & cool,
      
      I slept on the Quarter Deck, there
      
      are also Metty & the Priest Yousif
      
      Georgyeh~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning very pleasant;
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Sund Ther @ 5.78 Noon 95 4 P.M.  98
     
     
      	At 11.45 AM arrived at Coot
      
      landed 5 passengers; I
      
      received a letter from Henry
      
      he says that they arrived on
      
      Sunday midnight & left
      
      on Thursday with about
      
      90000 Okes & 60 passengers
      
      all well in Baghdad~
      
     
     
      	We shipped 61 Tons Coal
      
      At 1,,20 P.M. left Coot
      
      took 42 1/2 passengers,
      
      Light N.W. & very cool weather
      
      It is very cool sleeping on the
      
      quarter deck;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,5 P.M. passed
      
      Memlah~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Mond  Ther @ 5.77 Noon 96 4 P.M. 98
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & very
      
      cool weather;  River keeps falling
      
      & sand banks appearing;
      
     
     
      	At 11 AM. passed Azizieh;
      
      It became calm & warm, very
      
      little breeze from N. West;
      
     
     
      	At 3, 30 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Phrat & Barge going down
      
      below Baghdadieh Fort;
      
     
     
      	At 3, 50 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Light N. Westerly breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Tuesd The 5. 72
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 4,, 10 A.M. passed
      
      Ctesiphon~
      
     
     
      	At 7,, 30 passed Diala,
      
      At 8 touched a shoal at Rustumyeh
      
      & grounded; It was calm
      
      but a light breeze sprung up;
      
      the steering block broke in backing
      
      astern, anchored, repaired it &
      
      left at 8, 20~
      
     
     
      	At 9,, 40 stopped below the
      
      Bridge for the quarantine Doctor
      
      who came & inspected the
      
      passengers & endorsed our
      
      Clean Bill of Health & went
      
      away, we sent a Deckman
      
      
      with letters, I sent mine to
      
      Alexander also~
      
     
     
      	At 10 we proceeded through
      
      the Bridge & went on;
      
     
     
      	Clouds are spreading on the
      
      North & West & East very strange
      
      to have them this time;
      
     
     
      	At 1. 35 P.M. landed mails
      
      at the Residency & went up to
      
      the Custum House, the S.S. Baghdad
      
      is here inside~ I went home
      
      found that my wife Eliza has
      
      gone to Awashik with Antone
      
      her brother & his wife Terroza
      
      to see his garden there, as
      
      also there is a piece of ground
      
      of Rufail & his brother there
      
      so I found Alexander and
      
      his wife Mary only at home
      
      & the servants;~ my sisters
      
      Eliza, Emilia Alice, & Terrooza
      
      my niece (sister Eliza’s daughter)
      
      called on us; I found letters
      
      here from Jaboory Asfar
      
      from London, & from Blockey
      
      my wife will come back
      
      on next Monday, we are
      
      
      leaving on friday~
      
     
     
      	I got an awful pain on my
      
      back that I cannot move
      
      or get up or walk, the same
      
      as I had about 2 years ago,
      
      it is troubling me awfully,
      
      Johny & Shekoory  Sayegh
      
      called in the evening~
      
     
     
      	I heard that Mons De Sarzec
      
      formerly  french consul
      
      here died in france; they
      
      say also Colonel Loch, the
      
      former British Consul left
      
      Indian dangerously ill to
      
      England & perhaps dead,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, but
      
      got Cloudy at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Wedn The @ 5. 76
     
     
      	Erly breeze & cloudy with
      
      some lightning at 3 AM. but
      
      got fine after sunrise, I
      
      suffering awfully from
      
      the pain in my lower back
      
      I cannot move or walk,
      
      at 6 AM called on Menusha
      
      Henry’s wife & then came
      
      on board at 4; the Mejidieh
      
      
      went alongside & begun
      
      to discharge her cargo as
      
      we must leave on friday
      
      this is dreadful work
      
     
     
      	I sent money to the office and
      
      at 10 went to call on Mr. Rappaport
      
      there came also Capt Hanslow,
      
      I came home at 11, the pain
      
      on my back or the lambago
      
      is killing me, I am rubbing
      
      it with oils spirits etc but
      
      still it is the same,
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. came on board
      
      The Baghdad is loading &
      
      leaving tomorrow~  At 5
      
      I went to Alexanders office in
      
      the Khan of Brezelly saw Chekoory
      
      Sayegh there, they have shipped
      
      20 Bales of sheep skins to Trieste
      
      in the Phrat through by the
      
      SS. Newstead of Kassim Khdery,
      
      & received 20 cases sugar
      
      from Trieste, Alexander has received
      
      many Samples from Europe;
      
      We came home had tea &
      
      then took Marie & went to
      
      call on Sister Eliza but I
      
      went to my sister Emilia &
      
      
      Alice, saw then Mrs. Perry
      
      I then came to Sister Eliza
      
      where Emilia & Alice also
      
      came we spent the evening
      
      on the top of the house, & left
      
      at 9;~ Light N.W. air
      
      & fine, a strong wind got up
      
      at night:
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Thursd The @ 5. 77
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; my
      
      lumbago pain is just the
      
      same, I am suffering very
      
      much from it; cannot have
      
      a rest, at 6 ½ AM. I went
      
      to see the daughters of Antone
      
      Marine Rosa & Ellen & the
      
      children, there is no news
      
      sent from their father & mother
      
      & my wife from Awashik,
      
     
     
      	At 7 I came on board,
      
      The SS. Baghdad left at about
      
      4 ½ this morning~ we
      
      are shipping & discharging
      
     
     
      	Quarantine has been taken
      
      off from Garmat Ali, as there has
      
      been no official reports of any
      
      cases of Plague since the
      
      24 Ulto, Lynch wrote to us
      
      
      today to say so but only the
      
      steamers will be subject to
      
      the inspection of a doctor on
      
      arrival at Gherrara;
      
     
     
      	At 11 went home to breakfast
      
      I could scarcely walk from
      
      the severe pain of my back, I
      
      took some friction from the ships
      
      medicine chest, as camphor
      
      & Ammonia […..ment? ] and
      
      rubbed  over but found very little
      
      benefit~ at 2 P.M. I came
      
      on board; lots of cargo is
      
      coming;~
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me in the
      
      afternoon, but I am mad from
      
      the pain on the back, it is a
      
      thing I have never seen in my life,
      
     
     
      	I received from Mr. T. D.
      
      Cree, the Agent of Blockey here
      
      the 20 £ Stg which Blockey sent
      
      me for the sale of the Tablets
      
      of Eliahoo Dennoss to the
      
      British Museum (Mr. Budge)
      
      & I gave it to Alexander to give
      
      it to Eliahoo Denoos~
      
     
     
      	At 6 ½ P.M. we went home
      
      
     
     
      	At 7 the SS. Mossul & Barge
      
      arrived from Garmat Ali,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Frid
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
      at 4 AM I came on board
      
      my pain on the back is just
      
      as bad & painful a before,
      
     
    
   

   
     Baghdad to Basreh [14 APRIL 1901 --- V052_06_S]
     (//)
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 436
    (//)  
    & Barge in tow,
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
105217,26027,137N/A

    
     
     
      	At 4. 20 AM proceeded
      
      Very light N.W. air & fine;
      
      River getting very low, we touched
      
      at Rustomyeh; At 6,, 55 passed
      
      Diala river~
      
     
     
      	At 8,, 20 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      I finished the passengers tickets,
      
      we have  altogether  95 ½ ( 3 in
      
      1st Class a Mahomadan traveller
      
      from Tunis H. Mahomed; & two french
      
      travellers who had come up in
      
      the Khalifah they are voyaging on
      
      a Government mission one is called
      
      Mons Jules Gervais & the other
      
      Mons Gaston Bordat, they are
      
      
      going down to Muscat & then
      
      coming to Bushire, Shiraz
      
      Ipahan Tehran & returning
      
      to Mossul Dyarbekir  Aleppo
      
      Damascus, Beyrouth etc
      
     
     
      	At 2,, 45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort, modte N. W. wind
      
      I am putting linseed poultecess
      
      on my back & I feel much
      
      relieved from the pain;  But
      
      it came back again, & I rubbed
      
      it with the spirits of camphor
      
      & ammonia & other stuff still
      
      it is the same~
      
     
     
      	At 5,, 15 P.M passed
      
      Azizieh;
      
     
     
      	At 8, 20 anchored for the
      
      night; at Um Sneyem, Fine cool
      
      weather, I rubbed my back with
      
      the spirits, I feel a little relieved
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Satur The @ 5 76 Noon 105 4 P.M 106
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning,
      
      I slept well last night, but this
      
      morning while shaving & washing
      
      the pain came on awful it
      
      must be from the cold;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 AM we proceeded,
      
      At 7,, 10 Passed Memlah;
      
     
     
      	At 0,, 25 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 19 passengers
      
      
      & 39 packages;  Fresh N.W.
      
      wind blowing;~ we are Shipping
      
      284 Bales of wool from Lynch’s
      
      Press;~ They say here that the
      
      Khalifah passed Amara last
      
      night at 9 P.M. without the
      
      Barge in tow;
      
     
     
      	At 2, 25 P.M. we left Coot
      
      no passengers came from Coot;
      
      The pain keeps most awfully
      
      I cannot stand up or sit down
      
      I am like a mad; and the frictions
      
      do not do me good; This time
      
      it came on much stronger than
      
      when I got it once in August
      
      1899, it had lasted from the
      
      10th to the 18th& went away
      
      gradually, but was not so severe
      
      Today is the worst day I feel,
      
      perhaps it got cold this morning
      
      & last night sleeping on the
      
      quarter Deck;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ P.M. passed Sheikh Saad,
      
      Modte N.W. wind blowing; I
      
      feel the pain worse than ever, I
      
      could scarcely go to the table to
      
      dinner & could not get up, I
      
      rubbed my back with all sorts
      
      of thing. Cajaput, Camphor [illegible]
      
      
      Ammonia [illegible] etc, but it
      
      did not do me good; I am
      
      sleeping in my Cabin;
      
     
     
      	At 7,, 45 anchored at Aboo
      
      Dood, light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      I slept in the cabin, it is not warm,
      
      I rubbed my back with the usual
      
      friction & slept pretty well;
      
     
     
      	At 10,, 10 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
      
      & Barge passed up;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Sund The @ 5.74 Noon 96 4 P.M 100
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 4 AM. proceeded;
      
      My pain came on worse than
      
      ever, it is mostly on my right
      
      hip I could not stand or wash
      
      with great difficulty, I am
      
      so weak & nearly fainting from
      
      the pain~ we took 2 Passeng
      
      came from Sheikh Saad;
      
     
     
      	At 7,, 30 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      Strong wind got up blowing
      
      all the day; I am lying in
      
      bed unable to go out or walk
      
      the pain is still the same
      
      but more on my right hip
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,, 15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 16 ½ Passeng
      
      & 87 Packages; we begun to
      
      ship 242 Bales of Pressed Wool
      
      I feel the pain most awful I
      
      am so done up that when I
      
      go out I am obliged to return
      
      to my cabin for I cannot
      
      stand long; I received Henry’s
      
      letters & papers here, the Khalifah
      
      had 176 passengers from
      
      Basreh, Mr.Ovesinkof the Russian
      
      Chancellier returning, and
      
      Nejib Beg the chief Clerk of the
      
      Lynch in Baghdad & 2 females
      
      with him in 1st Class; and
      
      about 271260 Okes cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 7,, 35 P.M. we left Amara
      
      light N.W. & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	At 9 we anchored; I slept
      
      in the cabin, my pain is little
      
      easier I can lay & get up without
      
      much pain~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Mond The. @ 5.76
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning, at 4 AM proceeded
      
     
     
      	My pain came on again
      
      very severe as soon as I rose
      
      from my bed, it gets worse
      
      
      in the morning always, and
      
      to make it still worse, as
      
      I cannot stoop down to wash
      
      in my big basin on the low
      
      stool, I lifted it up & put
      
      it on the wash stand & being
      
      very heavy, I felt the pain
      
      most awful such as I never
      
      felt & I strained myself, I
      
      could not stand or wash,
      
      & even go out, I got the Boy
      
      Monsoor to rub my back with
      
      all the frictions, but I felt
      
      no better & am suffering
      
      awfully, it is only when I
      
      lye in bed that I feel easy
      
      & no pain;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 passed Azair
      
      At 2,,10 P.M. Went alongside at
      
      Gorna & landed 83 Packges
      
      & 6 passengers,~ Modte N.W.
      
      wind, but I keeping in my
      
      cabin cannot walk out at
      
      all;~ At 2,45 left Gorna
      
     
     
      	I have put a mustard poultess on
      
      my back for ¼ hour, it burned
      
      me & I felt little better, but
      
      only for ½ hour & the pain comes
      
      in walking or standing up,
      
      
     
     
      	It became very warm & calm
      
      at sunset, Thermr. 100 in my cabin,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
      
      Phrat bound up at Anchor
      
      she has come to grief, her boiler
      
      burst~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 arrived at
      
      Basreh, very calm & warm;
      
      Rufail sent me the Belem but
      
      I could not go from the pain
      
      I am suffering; I slept on the Quartr
      
      deck, but could not sleep well,
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Tuesd
     
     
      	Very light N.W. air; I got
      
      up at 4 am again with the
      
      pain worse than ever, I
      
      could with difficulty wash a
      
      little & put my clothes;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ Rezooki Sayegh came
      
      to me, I went with him to the
      
      Doctor just opposite us, a
      
      new doctor came out from
      
      Bombay for English community,
      
      is Called Dr. Scroggie, he
      
      examined me & I told him
      
      also the story he rubbed
      
      my back with Iodine which
      
      burned me much, &
      
      gave me a bottle of medicine
      
      to take an ounce every
      
      
      four hours, he asked about my
      
      diet & drink etc, he told me
      
      not to eat any solid food
      
      but rice milk etc; his fees
      
      are Rps 6, I came on board
      
      & laid up in bed, the pain
      
      is very bad when I get up,
      
     
     
      	Rufail came at 9 to me
      
      & insisted that I should go
      
      on shore to his place; he
      
      came back at 12 & I with difficulty
      
      got into his Bellem & went to his
      
      house, where there are Tookyeh,
      
      Rezooki & his wife Mina &
      
      Toni Angoorlie’s wife Margherita
      
      They made a flour dough poultess
      
      & rubbed my back with olive
      
      oil, I felt a little relief, but
      
      could not stand or walk
      
      about; this was repeated
      
      3 times until bed time, I
      
      also took the Medicine of
      
      Dr. R.W. Scroggie every 4 hours,
      
      but to no use, the internal medicine
      
      has no effect on the pain
      
      I slept in the big room with
      
      windows opened, there is a modte
      
      N.W. breeze, the rest all
      
      
      Sleep on the top of the house,
      
      it pained during the night
      
      a little;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Wedn Th 5 80 Noon 100
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
     
     
      	I feel the pain just as before,
      
      there is no change for the better,
      
      I dressed with difficulty; I
      
      could not stoop to wash the
      
      servant had to hold me the
      
      Basin up; at 6 ½ am I came
      
      on board with Rufail & Rezooki
      
      Angoorly & they went in to Basreh
      
      I found a telegram from
      
      Alexander or my wife, of
      
      yesterdays date
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Basreh
      
      Anxious hear health
      
          Svoboda,
      
     
     
      	I replyed immediately;
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      	Sorry the same
      
          Svoboda
      
     
     
      	We are shipping cargo~
      
      having discharged yesterday,
      
     
     
      	Teophil Tonietti came to me
      
      with a paper from Alexander my
      
      son it being a promissory note
      
      for 5 £ Stg which he had borrowed
      
      from his brother August at
      
      
      Cairo When he was there, and
      
      Alexander promising to send it
      
      to him from Beyrout when he
      
      got there but never did, I
      
      know nothing about it, & he
      
      never told me of it, I promised
      
      to pay it to him next time,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Bardistan for Asfar
      
      & Co came up from the quarantine
      
      at 9 ½, she is let to Yousif
      
      Korkis here;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Glanville our 2d Engineer
      
      is to be left here to go on board
      
      the Malamir & I have paid
      
      him here 10 £ for the whole
      
      month as per Mr. Bottomley’s
      
      order~ since 10 Am. I
      
      begun to feel a little easier
      
      I can get up & walk a little
      
      the pain is inclined more
      
      to my right leg;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,3p P.M. the [strikethrough] Persian St. King Arthur
      
      arrived in quarantine~
      
     
     
      	Ezra Daniel & his wife the Viennese
      
      of the family of Newmann whom
      
      we saw in Vienna in 1897 &
      
      called on her father’s house
      
      
      came & took a 1 Class Cabin
      
      to go up with us; she tells me
      
      that her youngest Sister whom
      
      used to go out with us in Vienna
      
      died four months ago on child
      
      birth her first child~
      
     
     
      	The mail Boat having passed
      
      Fao at 1 P.M. & perhaps will
      
      pass the night at Mohamerah
      
      & we are to await,~ Many
      
      people came to me, Rezooki Roofail
      
      Rezooki Angoorly, Nassoory Andrea,
      
      It is very hot in cabin 103°&
      
      calm, I am swetting awfully,
      
      but I feel a little better,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley & Mr. Darby are
      
      here up with capt Hanslow, &
      
      they also dined with us; Mr.
      
      Query the Inspector of [strikethrough] Public & Debt is
      
      going to Amara with us. he
      
      also dined together;
      
     
     
      	I had to sleep on the quarter deck
      
      but it was too warm &
      
      calm;
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Thursd.
     
     
      	Very light N.W. Air & Sultry,
      
     
     
      	I have the pain again the
      
      same as before; there is very
      
      little difference, I could
      
      
      Stoop a little & wash my
      
      face, but the pain is very
      
      shooting, I was better yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am the Mail Steamer
      
      “Chanda” arrived in quarantine,
      
      We got our mails;~ Dr. Ahmed
      
      of the quarantine breakfasted
      
      with us;~
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 436 [20 JUNE 1901 --- V052_07_N]
     (//)
     Basreh to Baghdad
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
164 1/2110,706/139,50510,463 1/44,,0

    
     
     
      	At 10,55 am. We proceeded,
      
      Modte N.W. wind~
      
     
     
      	The pain on my back is still
      
      killing me; while I lay down
      
      it goes altogether & I feel much
      
      relieved;~ I had to copy the
      
      cargo & sat up for 2 hours &
      
      it pained me much, I could
      
      not walk; Very hot in my
      
      cabin Ther @ 6 P.M. is 101°
      
     
     
      	We have 94 ½ passengers
      
      in all (3 in 1st Class Ezra
      
      Daniel the apothecary and
      
      
      his Wife & Mr. F. Querry in the
      
      [strikethrough] Public Debt to Amara, & 2 in 2d
      
      Class Moolla Mahmood
      
      Clerk of Kassim Khdery &
      
      his wife)~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,40 P.M. passed Gorna,
      
      Very Calm Weather;~
      
     
     
      	I am suffering awfully from
      
      my back; I could not get up
      
      from the table after dinner,
      
      all the frictions have done
      
      no good whatever;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Frid Th 5,, 84
     
     
      	At 1,,30 Am. passed Azair,
      
      At 2,,10 anchored near Ghumeyjeh
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 proceeded; Modte
      
      N.W. & fine weather, but not so cool,
      
     
     
      	I felt better when I got out of
      
      bed, but while washing, the
      
      pain came on very bad, it must
      
      be a Vain which gets twisted
      
      about that causes the pain,
      
      & it remained so unable to
      
      turn or stand upright;
      
     
     
      	At 9 we came to the Shoal
      
      place at Nafihk & could not pass
      
      sounded & found 2 ¾ draaz &
      
      We kept steaming over the
      
      shoal close along the West bank
      
      
      but she can’t go ahead,
      
     
     
      	Took an anchor out ahead &
      
      hove her up along the W. bank
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 proceeded~
      
      Strong N.W. wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. landed 3 Passeng
      
      at Kalat Saleh & went on,
      
     
     
      	I feel myself a little better,
      
      the pain does not come on
      
      so acute; I am rubbing my
      
      spine with the Cajaput oil,
      
      & have put on my Truss since
      
      9 am; I can cough now without
      
      feeling that lancing pain
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
      
      wind falling;
      
     
     
      	I feel much better now than
      
      I was this morning; I suppose
      
      the pain is taking its own
      
      course~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 PM arrived at Amara
      
      landed 11 passengers (Mr. Querry of
      
      the Public Debt in 1st Class) and
      
      32 Bales of through Cargo;
      
     
     
      	I sent a telegram to my wife
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Baghdad
      
      	Much relieved, love
      
            Svoboda
      
    
      
      
      I feel much easier today, & I
      
      can walk out but I cannot
      
      stoop down, the pain is more
      
      going down to my right hip,
      
      we took 10 Tons of coal, &
      
      about 11 packages cargo, I
      
      left the Khalifah’s letters here
      
      as she has left this morning
      
     
     
      	I slept in my cabin, but could
      
      not sleep from the heat & mosquitoes
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 P.M. left Amara,
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Satur Th 5. 78 Noon 101 4 P.M. 108
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine weather,
      
      I had no pain on getting up,
      
      while washing & stooping down
      
      it came on mostly on the right
      
      leg;~
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 38 Amara
      
      passengers; Mr. Querry the
      
      Inspector of Public Debt, is going
      
      with us to Baghdad having
      
      finished his work in 2 hours time,
      
      & had to pay passage afresh
      
      Viz GSP. 262 ½ for 1st C. Cabin
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 passed Ali
      
      Sherghi; weather getting very
      
      hot & light hot air
      
     
     
      	At 2,,10 P.M. passed
      
      
      the SS. Mossul & Barge going
      
      down~ Ahmed Beg son of
      
      Mahomed Beg Rubey on board
      
      he was at Constple. asking for
      
      a job & has been appointed
      
      a Moawen or Assistant to
      
      the Valy of Basreh;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,3p P.M. passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      very hot wind;
      
     
     
      	I feel little easier I can walk
      
      about, but without straining
      
      myself, the pain now mostly is
      
      down my right leg, it must be
      
      a Vein that has got irritated
      
      or contracted~
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ passed Sheikh Saad,
      
      I slept out on the quarter deck,
      
      nice & cool weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Sund Th 5, 79 Noon 109 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	At 0,,10 AM. we passed the
      
      SS. Khalifah at anchor bound
      
      down~ Light N.W. breeze &
      
      fine~
      
     
     
      	The pain is on my right hip,
      
      but I feel a little easier, I took
      
      care in not stooping quickly
      
      but could with difficulty put
      
      
      on my trowser & [strikethrough] socks
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 arrived at Coot;
      
      landed 14 passengers & one
      
      Bale through cargo; received
      
      Henry’s letter also one from
      
      my wife, she & Antone came
      
      back from Amashek on
      
      last Monday, she is in a great
      
      way about my pain on the
      
      spine, she has received my
      
      telegram from Basreh; There
      
      were only about 60 passeng
      
      in the Khalifah, Toni Angoorly
      
      in 1st C. to Basreh & Michail
      
      Yaghchi in 1 C. to Bughela
      
      she shipped 265 Bales of Wool
      
      from here~ We took in Coal,
      
      5 Tons~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 left Coot, but
      
      had to wait for Ezra Daniel who
      
      had gone on shore, & we steamed
      
      up above Coot until he came
      
      in a Goffa between the islands
      
      & We Went on at 7,,45;
      
     
     
      	Took 32 Passengers from
      
      Coot;
      
     
     
      	It became Very hot, the
      
      Wind is modte N.W. but hot;
      
     
     
      	At 5,30 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      
     
     
      	My pain continues strong on the
      
      spine & right hip, I rubbed it with
      
      the camphor & Ammonia, also
      
      the other friction I had before
      
      but to no use; I felt the pain
      
      in bed at night;
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool morning
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Mond Th 5, 77 Noon 108 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	At 5 AM. passed Azizieh,
      
      The Phrat passed up last night
      
      at about 9 P.M. from Azizieh,
      
     
     
      	My pain was calmed down
      
      but on washing & dressing it
      
      pintched me again; I used
      
      the friction;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 Am. passed
      
      Baghdadieh, the Dijlehs wreck
      
      is just Visible only two or three
      
      ribs of the Paddle Box about
      
      6 Inches out of the water;
      
      Wind getting again hot;
      
     
     
      	We saw the smoke of the
      
      SS. Phrat ahead of us she is at
      
      Ledje & we are at Jubail (Dawer
      
      reach) Very hot & calm the
      
      Thermr. is 109 in my cabin~
      
     
     
      	I feel a little better today
      
      the pain is not so acute
      
      
      I can walk & move a little
      
      easier, I could wash my face
      
      by stooping down a little this
      
      evening~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
      
      Weather cooling down~
      
     
     
      	We are catching the Phrat fast, she
      
      is ahead of us getting to Semreh reach
      
      & we are above Bostan~
      
     
     
      	At 9 P.M. came to a Shoal at
      
      Jurf el Batta, the Phrat has also
      
      stopped there, We steamed up along
      
      the East bank & past her
      
      but it was blocked up ahead,
      
      We sent to sound, & Pilot
      
      returned, saying there was no water
      
      only 2 ½ & 2 ¾ draaz, but the
      
      Phrat is behind us & we cannot
      
      drop back; the Captain made
      
      up his mind to remain till the
      
      morning, but the Phrat got
      
      underway & passed through the
      
      Channel & went on at 10,,20,
      
      So we also dropped down
      
      at 11 & steamed on to the Channel
      
      & grounded, got anchors out
      
      ahead & hove her up and
      
      steaming too~
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Tuesd Th 5. 82
     
     
      	At 1,,30 AM we got clear
      
      after heaving up by Anchors
      
      
      taken out three times, and
      
      we went on; I could not
      
      sleep on the quarter deck from
      
      the number of Sandflies, heat
      
      & the noise of the Crew,
      
      So I went into my cabin at
      
      Midnight, but still I could
      
      not sleep from the heat and
      
      Sandflies; Very Calm Weather,
      
      At 2,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      We touched at Gusseiba &
      
      other places several times,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine but it
      
      looks sultry & great heat is
      
      coming~ I can see the
      
      smoke of the Phrat at Dedewyeh,
      
     
     
      	Capt Hanslow tells me that he
      
      detained the ship last night on purpose
      
      to let the Phrat go ahead of
      
      us & get to Baghdad first~ It
      
      is really getting too bad this
      
      sort of work, the Agent in Baghdad
      
      by instructions from London
      
      & also from Taylor I believe
      
      are not to let us stop in Baghdad
      
      as much as they can, & not
      
      more than two days, just
      
      to discharge & load & be off
      
      
      This work is Killing, every person
      
      on board of both Steamers
      
      are disgusted & growling,
      
     
     
      	At 7,10 passed Diala
      
      river, the Phrat is near
      
      Gherrara;
      
     
     
      	At 9.50 We anchored just
      
      below the Bridge of Gherrarah
      
      for the Turkish Doctor of quarantine
      
      who came & inspected the
      
      passengers & went away,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,10 we proceeded,
      
      The Phrat must have arrived
      
      at about 1 P.m. by her smoke
      
      we see it ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,40 P.m. landed the
      
      mails at the Residency and
      
      went to the Custum House , the
      
      Phrat is only here just arrived
      
      I went home; Saw Eliza &
      
      Alexander (who had come to meet
      
      me at the beach) & Mary,
      
      Eliza came back from Awashik
      
      since Monday; ~ I got some
      
      Turpentine & Olive Oil & rubbed
      
      my back, I feel better now
      
      but the pain is still; I can
      
      work better,
      
     
     
      	Johny & Artin called on us
      
      
      Also Antone Marine & Shekoory
      
      Sayegh; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Wednes
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine ~ Sister
      
      Emilia called at 6 1/2 am to
      
      enquire about me ~ at
      
      8 am I came on board,
      
     
     
      	My back is paining me
      
      again but not so much I
      
      had it rubbed with that
      
      black moomyeh & Ghee;
      
     
     
      	The Phrat is discharging,
      
      no exact news of our departure
      
      but most probably it will
      
      be on Sunday ;~ Capt Hanslow
      
      came & said it is to be on Sunday,
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home, found
      
      Sister Medula, Père Jean &
      
      Jemileh the Moussulite widow
      
      of Rezooki Shamas Antone;
      
     
     
      	I made the friction & rubbed
      
      my back, the pain is getting
      
      less especially from noon
      
      the next morning; ~
      
     
     
      	There is a rumour among
      
      the Christian people & my
      
      relatives too, that Sister
      
      
      Medoola wants to get married
      
      for the third time, & now
      
      with a young boy, Rezooki
      
      son of Risha Hanna Andria
      
      with a squint eye, he is
      
      about 36 or 37, & she is 58,
      
      he is marrying her for the sake
      
      of her money & the fine house
      
      she has; but I cannot make
      
      out why she wants to marry,
      
      probably because she is
      
      alone & lonely in the house
      
      & wants to have a companion
      
      but as it appears & she had
      
      always said before, that
      
      she will repent, we shall
      
      die if there is any truth in
      
      the rumour;
      
     
     
      	I called on Menusha at 4
      
      P.m. she has also heard of
      
      Medoolas marriage but
      
      till now Medoola has not
      
      told any body of our parents,
      
     
     
      	My pain is little better
      
      I am rubbing it ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      1901 June 27 Thursd Ther @ 5.78
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine ~  my
      
      back pains me as usually
      
      every morning; I got the
      
      American plaster from
      
      Ezra Daniel the apothecary
      
      & stuck it on my back;
      
     
     
      	At 7 am I came on board,
      
      the Mejidieh is discharging
      
      & loading;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 the S.S. Baghdad
      
      & Barge arrived from Basreh;
      
     
     
      	I gave Alexander an other
      
      50 TLiras for his trade making
      
      250 up till now;
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ I went on Shore,
      
      called on Sister Medoola,
      
      she opened the matter of her
      
      marriage to me; & said that
      
      I must have heard it from
      
      outside, I said I did & every
      
      body is talking of it, she
      
      asked my opinion & what
      
      I think about it, I said
      
      you ought to know better,
      
      you are old enough & can
      
      do what you like,
      
      
      She said that the boy Rezooki
      
      Risha Andrea & his parents
      
      are insisting much & would
      
      have it, I said you know
      
      better; now it is clear
      
      that the case is true & she
      
      does wish to have this young
      
      person, I said to her that
      
      you must know that he
      
      is not marrying you out of
      
      affection or love, but solely
      
      for the sake of your money
      
      & house, & she confessed
      
      that; so I left her & came
      
      home ~
      
     
     
      	The pain is continuing on my
      
      back & I can walk with difficulty
      
      but feel better than before
      
      two or three along ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.m. I came on board
      
      we are shipping cargo;
      
     
     
      	At 6 went home, Mr. Rappaport
      
      had just called on us & left,
      
     
     
      	At 6 ½ we all went to
      
      call on Alice & sister Emilia, I
      
      passed to see sister Eliza a little
      
      & Terrooza, Johny Artin &
      
      
      his wife Serpohy came over
      
      to Alice's & we spent the
      
      evening on top of the house,
      
      all of them are talking &
      
      disapproving sister Medoola's
      
      stupidity of getting married,
      
     
     
      	At 8 ½ we came home,
      
      Light n.w. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	My back is paining me
      
      it is the walk & going
      
      up & down the terrace ~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Frid  Ther @ 5.80
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine but
      
      not cool ~ At 7 am I came
      
      on board, Alexander came
      
      with me; I paid the wages
      
      of the Crew & Officers for
      
      this month ; At 10 ½ I went
      
      home found Mr. Guilietti there,
      
     
     
      	I took a warm bath & had a
      
      good scrub with hot water & Soap
      
      is my spine I left relieved a
      
      little; but it came on to
      
      me afterward but not so severe,
      
      Antone Guilietti called on us
      
      in the evening;
      
      
     
     
      	Tomorrow is the birth day of
      
      the Prophet Mahomed; there
      
      are illuminations on the minarets
      
      & Public edifices ~
      
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      2, Satur Ther @ 5.79 Noon 105 4 P.m. 108
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	My pain on the Spine continues
      
      I applied the frictions: but I
      
      can walk better;
      
     
     
      	At 7 am called on Sister
      
      Eliza & then came on board
      
      at 8 ; ~
      
     
     
      	Today is a Holiday of St.
      
      Peter & Paul ~
      
     
     
      	We are shipping cargo, the Phrat
      
      also is leaving tomorrow with
      
      us; The river is falling very
      
      rapidly, it is below the lowest
      
      steps of the Custum House,
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went & called on
      
      Menusha for the Holyday of
      
      my brother Henry, as he is christened
      
      Peter ~ Went home to
      
      breakfast & came on board
      
      at 2 P.m. ~ very hot,
      
      
      At 4 ½ P.m. we finished loading
      
      & hauled out ~  Mr. Rappaport
      
      called on me for ½ hour
      
      Alexander came to me and
      
      at 6 P.m. We left, called on
      
      our way at Henry's house &
      
      took Eliza & Mary, there
      
      were many people all my
      
      relatives ~
      
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine, but not
      
      to cool ~
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Sund Ther @ 5.85 Noon 109 4 P.m. 112
     
     
      	Light n.w. air & fine
      
      at 4 am. I come on board
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 437 [30 JUNE 1901 --- V052_08_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 4,,15 am. we proceeded,
      
      The SS. Phrat also left soon
      
      behind us; Detained 20 minutes
      
      at Cherd el Pasha in a Shoal;
      
     
     
      	Captain Hanslow has had
      
      a son born to him this morning
      
      at 1 am; this is the second child
      
      
      the first one had died last year
      
      a daughter about 6 month old;
      
     
     
      	My pain is getting better
      
      I can walk & work easier;
      
     
     
      	At 7 passed Diala ~
      
      The medical inspection at Gherrrah
      
      on Steamers arriving from
      
      Basreh on account of the late
      
      outbreak of Plague there, has
      
      been taken off & abolished;
      
     
     
      	Weather calm & is getting
      
      warm; Breez N. Easterly
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 passed Ctesiphon,
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      tickets, we have altogether 203 ½
      
      (one in 1st  Class, the young Abdul=
      
      Jebbar son of Abdulrezack
      
      Khedery to Basreh with a
      
      free Return ticket & a Jewess
      
      the wife of Yousef Hyim to Amara
      
      in 2nd  Class)
      
     
     
      	At 3,,35 P.m we passed
      
      Baghdadieh ~ weather very
      
      warm, a light n.w. breeze is
      
      blowing aft & we cant feel
      
      it ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 P.m. passed
      
      Azizieh ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 anchored at Shedeif
      
      
      for the night ~ Calm weather,
      
      It got cooler a little later on ;
      
     
     
      	Cold weather & fine ~
      
     
    
    
     
      1st Mond Ther @ 5.80 Noon 111 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	At 4.15 Am. proceeded, the
      
      Phrat is behind us about
      
      half hour, she must have anchored
      
      also ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 passed the S.S. Khalifah
      
      going up at Deboony ~
      
     
     
      	The pain on my spine is getting
      
      less now, I feel much easier
      
      though the pain is still on the
      
      spine, but I can move & work
      
      better;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,20 passed Memlah,
      
      At 8,,50 we stopped at Bughela
      
      & picked on board from a Goffa
      
      Michail Yaghchi
      
      going to Basreh he took a
      
      1st Class  Cabin , he has lost
      
      a pile of Liquorice about 50
      
      Taghars being burnt down
      
      by Arabs, we went on at 9;
      
     
     
      	Very calm & warm weather,
      
      Took an other passenger too
      
      for Coot;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,25 passed the SS.
      
      Mossul & Barge going up at
      
      
      Aboo Hmar she was  deep with
      
      passengers & cargo ;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,55 P.m arrived at Coot
      
      landed 27 passengers and 41
      
      Packages ~ There are 238 Bales
      
      of wool here to be shipped,
      
     
     
      	I received a short letter from
      
      Henry, he says that he has left
      
      the letters etc at Amara,
      
      There were in the Khalifah all
      
      her cabin passengers free,
      
      Two women of Haji Monsoor,
      
      Amelda daughter of Nassoory
      
      Andria & the mother of Kass
      
      Yousif Georgyeh in 1st Class,
      
      the wife of Hannosh Clerk of
      
      Lynch Broth & 2 servants in
      
      1st Class; AbdulKadur Khdery
      
      & his wife from Amara
      
      & 3 servants in 1st Class, and
      
      a female servant with Amelda
      
      all these were free ~
      
     
     
      	Light Westerly breeze and
      
      very warm impossible to
      
      stay in the Cabin;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.m. we left Coot
      
      the Phrat is just arriving to
      
      Coot by this time; We took
      
      14 Passengers & the 238 Bales.
      
      
      of wool~
      
     
     
      	Weather very hazy & loaded with
      
      heat, calm & very suffocating,
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.m. came to for the night
      
      below Sheikh Saad; Very light
      
      southerly breeze; it shifted to a light
      
      n.w. at about midnight;
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Tuesd Ther @ 5.82 Noon 105 4 P.m. 105
     
     
      	Very light n.w. & fine, but warm
      
     
     
      	At 4 A.m. we proceeded ~
      
      at 4,,50 passed S. Saad; It
      
      became very calm;
      
     
     
      	The pain on my spine is better,
      
      I do not feel it so much, it is
      
      passing away but very gradual,
      
     
     
      	At 6,30 we anchored at Seyd
      
      Abbass & sounded, At 7 proceeded,
      
      Very light N. Erly breeze ~
      
     
     
      	I am taking for the last 3 days
      
      a dose of Eatton's Syrup composed
      
      of Quinine, Iron & Strycinine,
      
      & I think it does me good,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      Breeze Shifted to n. wester,
      
      The wind blowing today strong
      
      but cool, & it became cool &
      
      pleasant in the afternoon;
      
     
     
      	At 7,25 P.m. arrived at
      
      
      Amara landed 40 Passenger
      
      & 32 Packages ~ There are 327
      
      Bales of wool here to Ship;
      
     
     
      	I received Henry's letter & Papers
      
      left here; the Khalifah had about
      
      90 passengers and 267,700 Okes
      
     
     
      	I had to sleep in my Cabin as
      
      the breeze is very cool tonight
      
      but not in my Cabin, it is very
      
      hot inside , we finished at 10
      
      P.m. & remained at Amara;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Wedn Ther @ 5.75 Noon 98 4 P.m.
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cool
      
      night~
      
     
     
      	At 2 a.m. left Amara,
      
      At 6 passed Kalat Saleh;
      
      Took 13 passengers from Amara
      
     
     
      	My pain on my spine is decreasing
      
      there is little pain left & I feel it
      
      when I sit long; by can move &
      
      work easyer ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 anchored at Nafikh &
      
      sent to sound; found the place
      
      getting bad, only 2 ½ & 2 2/4 draaz
      
      close along side the west bank,
      
      steamed on to it, & took ropes
      
      on shore to work her close
      
      alongside the bank; There is
      
      a Boat aground in the Channel
      
      just ahead of us, we sent the
      
      Barge down forward, and
      
      
      worked the ship down with anchors
      
      & ropes ~ Modte n.w. breeze
      
     
     
      	At 11,10 got over and then
      
      proceeded; The smoke of the
      
      Phrat is visible at Kalat Saleh,
      
      It is getting hot;
      
     
     
      	At 2,35 P.m.  passed
      
      Azair, it is very hot, the sun
      
      is so hot & the wind light
      
      wind shifted to S. Erly modurate
      
      & hot;
      
     
     
      	A female passengers of
      
      Muscat having been brought ill
      
      on board in Baghdad coming from
      
      Kerballa has just died;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 P.m. passed Gorna,
      
      Light S. Easterly breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 12 arrived at Basreh,
      
      Very warm & dampy; air shifted
      
      to n.w.; There are no Steamers
      
      here except the mail Steamer
      
      in quarantine the Assyria ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Thursd
     
     
      	Light n.w.& fine; we landed
      
      the passengers; & also cargo ;
      
      There is the Persian Steamer Nadri
      
      have having a cargo of Jawy planks
      
      for the Maymany~
      
      Rezooki Angoorly came to me, also
      
      Rezooki & Roofail Sayegh
      
      
      The Phrat arrived at 5 ½ am;
      
     
     
      	The pain on my spine does not
      
      go away altogether; it exists, but I
      
      can move about & work but I
      
      cannot stand long; it makes
      
      me feel tyred;
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went up with Rufail
      
      to his home, saw Tookyeh there
      
      & her 3 children, Rezooki's wife
      
      Mina is gone to Basreh to her
      
      mother this morning; We
      
      spent the day, there is a strong
      
      n.w wind blowing & not so
      
      hot; Rezooki went in to
      
      Basreh to join his wife Mina
      
      & pass the night there;
      
      Yousif Marine came from Shaebyeh
      
      he dined & slept with us on
      
      the top of the house, nice cool
      
      weather; a modte n.w. breeze
      
      blowing all the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Frid
     
     
      	Modte n.w. & fine cool
      
      morning; It was very cool
      
      last night; At 7 am. I
      
      came on board; We are
      
      shipping cargo, & will leave
      
      this tomorrow until they
      
      will load the Barge for us,
      
      we shall leave home to go up
      
      to Maghil & coal Ship
      
      
      there in future always to be
      
      so until further orders, as the
      
      Khalifah had done so too, it
      
      is on account of the coal
      
      which has always been sent
      
      down in Boats & found it
      
      comes out short, it is getting
      
      stolen on the way by the Boatmen
      
      themselves & sold in Basreh,
      
      But I found out also today
      
      that at Maghil even the
      
      coal stores is robbed by
      
      Maghil Arabs, amongst them
      
      one called Taher brother of
      
      Haji Mohsen, he steels Belems
      
      ful & sells it to Yamen the
      
      Keeper of the Steam Press &
      
      Ice at the mouth of the creek;
      
      Lynch Brothers have an agent
      
      there Hannah ibn Shamsy
      
      who is just as bad & been steeling
      
      & frauding Lynch since six
      
      years & become wealthy
      
      & bound a date ground at
      
      Maghil, & Mr. Taylor knew
      
      all about him but he overlooked
      
      all he did, because he served
      
      him as agent to his property
      
      
      on the opposite side which he
      
      has sold for 1400 Liras about
      
      two months ago ~
      
     
     
      	Weather getting dusty & hazy
      
      from the N.W. wind blowing
      
      also hot ~
      
     
     
      	My pain today is the same, it
      
      was little more painful in
      
      the morning but is better in
      
      the afternoon; I am still using
      
      the friction of Terpentine & olive
      
      Oil, also Cajaput etc ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. I crossed over to
      
      Lynch Brother’s office,& see Mr.
      
      Bottomley & gave him some
      
      marks of cases of goods coming
      
      out for Alexander & Shekoory
      
      Sayegh & requested him if he
      
      can ship them as soon as they
      
      arrive, he was quite willing
      
      & told the Clerk Hannosh
      
      about them; there is one case
      
      arrived today with the cargo
      
      of the SS. Assyria & am going
      
      to get it ~ I then went
      
      up to Rufail’s house, saw
      
      there Tookyeh, Rezooki & his
      
      Wife Mina, Rezooki Angoorly
      
      came & Mirza Hamza
      
      the agent here of Sheikh
      
      
      Khazal of Mahomerah, he
      
      sat till 8 P.M. & drunk arak
      
      &went away ~
      
     
     
      	Very Calm mostly warm
      
      weather; we dined on top of the
      
      house & slept;
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Satur Th @ 5. 82 Noon 112 4 P.M.
     
     
      Very Calm or light S. Westly
      
      warm & Sultry ~ at 6 ½ am
      
      I came down to the Steamer
      
      with Rufail who is going in
      
      to Basreh to get my money
      
      the interest of my 1000 TLiras
      
      placed with him for an
      
      other year @ 7 ½% = 75 Liras
      
      it will be done on the 6 of
      
      Rabi Thany (or 21st of this
      
      month, I have his house
      
      mortgaged to me by the Tapo
      
      since three Years ~ I sent a
      
      telegram to Alexander with
      
      Rufail to be wired from Basreh
      
      as tomorrow is his birthday
      
      I said
      
     
     
      	Alexander Svoboda
      
      Happy Birthday love
      
     
     
      		Svoboda
      
      he will be finishing his 23d
      
      year~
      
      
      We have lit fires to go up
      
      to Maghil & coal Ship;
      
     
     
      	We got the Basreh mails &
      
      Lynch’s letter at 10 ½ ;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 437 [6 JULY 1901 --- V052_09_N]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 10,,45 Am. We got under=
      
      way & proceeded to Maghil,
      
     
     
      	Very warm & light Westly
      
      Breeze;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Newlyn arrived in
      
      quarantine at 10 am for Gray
      
      Mackenzie~
      
     
     
      	At 11. 20 arrived at Maghil &
      
      went alongside to coal; The
      
      heat is great, with a light S. Erly
      
      breeze, ~ Rufail came up in
      
      his Belem with 4 men to go up
      
      to Gorna with us towing his Belem
      
      Capt Hanslow gave him a
      
      free passage; We took 45
      
      tons coal~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. we left
      
      Maghil, it became very hot
      
      & calm; very suffocating
      
      
      Rufail dined with us;
      
     
     
      	At 9 P.M. passed Gorna,
      
      Rufail & his men cast off their
      
      Belem & went away ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 we passed the SS.
      
      Baghdad & Barge bound down,
      
     
     
      	The breeze shifted to a
      
      light N. W. ~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Sund Th @ 5. 81 Noon 104 4 P.M. 106
     
     
      	Very light Erly breeze and
      
      not pleasant ~
      
     
     
      	At 2 am passed Azair,
      
      At 3.5 we anchored ~
      
     
     
      	At 4 [strikethrough] proceeded
      
      At 10 landed 2 passengers at
      
      K. Saleh & took 3 for Amara,
      
      Light S. Erly & warm sultry,
      
     
     
      	We have 98 ½ Passengers
      
      from Basreh (1 in 2 C. Cabin
      
      a Young Jew Eliahoo Levy)
      
     
     
      	My spine is better, the great
      
      pain is gone, but am feeling
      
      still like a strain or pain as
      
      if I had been tyring myself
      
      from a great walk ~
      
      At 1,, 40 P.M. passed Aboo =
      
      Sedra ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 P.m. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 35 ½ Passengers
      
      & 6 Bales; Took in 10 Tons of
      
      Coal, weather became dead
      
      Calm & warm sultry;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.M. left Amara,
      
      I left the Khalifah’s letters here,
      
      she has left on friday;
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to N.W. but very
      
      light scarcely felt;
      
     
     
      	[strikethrough]
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Mond Th @ 5. 79 Noon 109 4 P.m. 114
     
     
      	At 0,,40 A.M. passed the SS.
      
      Khalifah & Barge at anchor
      
      bound down ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      Light S. Erly & sultry hot weather,
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 28 ½ Amara
      
      passengers ~ Light S. Erly &
      
      warm ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,25 AM. passed Ali Gherbi
      
      At 0,,15 P.M. grounded at Seyd
      
      Abbass, had to take anchors
      
      ahead & heave off ~ At 1,,15
      
      proceeded; Very hot weather
      
      light N. Wester;
      
     
     
      	Yesterday was the first day
      
      
      of the Saam heat setting in
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad, very hot wind from
      
      N.W. but light & weather Sultry;
      
      wind got up later on but blowing
      
      hot; I had to sleep in my cabin
      
      as we shall get to Coot about
      
      midnight but the cabin was
      
      still hot & the bed too ~
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Thursd Th @ 5.80 Noon 103 4 P.m.
     
     
      	At 1 Am arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 9 passengers & 5 Bales
      
      took in 10 tons of coal;
      
      I received a letter from Henry
      
      also one from Alexander,
      
      They inform me of the marriage
      
      of Sister Medoola with the
      
      young son of Reesha Hanna
      
      Andrea, Rezooki on Monday
      
      last the 1st Instt; at 8 P.M.
      
      the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
      
      Noory & two Priests went to
      
      her house & contracted the
      
      marriage ceremony secretly,
      
      no one of our relatives has been
      
      to see her; She has caused
      
      a great talk & scandal in
      
      town; This is the third husband
      
      
      she has had, she is 58 years
      
      (born on 5 July 1843) and
      
      her husband is about 38 or
      
      39 years old; he has married
      
      her solely for the sake of her
      
      house & her money about
      
      1,000 Liras perhaps in cash
      
      & Jewellery ~ At 3 we left Coot
      
     
     
      	The “Khalifah” had little Cargo
      
      about 100,000 Okes, & some 72 ½
      
      passengers; she took 196 Bales of
      
      wool from Coot Press;
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 42 ½ Passengers
      
      from Coot ~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind blowing,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,5 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      It is not so hot today; there is a
      
      Modte; N.W. breeze all throughout
      
      the day;
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. we stopped at
      
      Azizieh to pick on board an Arab
      
      passenger came off in a Goffa,
      
      the Pilot stopped for him, the captain
      
      being asleep, & we were detained
      
      10 minutes in backing etc &
      
      then went on ~
      
     
     
      	Very cool night, it got so quite
      
      cold that I had to fetch my
      
      thick Lahaf to cover myself
      
      
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & cool
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Wedne Th @ 5. 75 Noon 96 4 P.m. 102
     
     
      At 4,,30 AM. passed
      
      Baghdadieh Fort, the Dijleh’s
      
      wreck is more visible out of
      
      the water;
      
     
     
      	Detained 15 minutes in shoal water
      
      at Thabtyeh (lower Dowar reach)
      
     
     
      	At 1,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
      
      Modte N.W. breeze & not so hot,
      
     
     
      	My spine is getting better I feel
      
      the pain very slightly, & it does
      
      not prevent me from moving about
      
      or walk or stoop as before;
      
     
     
      	Detained 10 minutes in shoal
      
      water at Joorf el Batta;
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Detained 10 minutes at Gusseiba,
      
      Light N.W. & fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 passed the SS Mossul
      
      & Barge bound down & aground
      
      at Zembaranyeh hard & fast
      
      close to the East bank and
      
      heaving on, we passed outside
      
      of her without touching, she
      
      must have left this morning;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 we touched a shoal
      
      close to the Island of Zembaranyeh
      
      sent the Pilot to sound
      
      
      Pilot returned at 7 ½ & said there
      
      was no water everywhere there
      
      are 2 & 2 ¼ draaz, unless the
      
      Mossul gets off so that we
      
      can drop & take her channel,
      
      The captain ordered to bank
      
      fire & remain till the morrow,
      
      Weather calm, but not so warm,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Thursd Th @ 5. 81 Noon 100 4 P.M. 105
     
     
      	Light N.W & fine ~ The SS.
      
      Mossul is still aground below
      
      us & heaving into deep water,
      
      we sent to sound, there is no
      
      better place but the Mossul’s,
      
      we are close alongside the Island
      
      of Zumbaranyeh, some passengers
      
      landed to walk to town, but they
      
      returned, having found water
      
      at the upper part between the island
      
      & the main land; The Mossul
      
      got into deep water at 6 AM,
      
      we have lighted the ship putting
      
      few packages in the Barge ~
      
     
     
      	The Mossul left at 7 ~ we
      
      also dropped down to her channel,
      
      & steamed on to it, we stuck &
      
      took anchors out ahead & hove
      
      on & got over to the East bank
      
      close alongside the bank;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,55 we proceeded
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 AM passed Diala
      
      At 1,,15 P.M. landed a Deckman
      
      at Gherrara, I sent letters to
      
      Alexander, Fresh N.W. & dusty
      
      weather & hot wind;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 landed the mails at
      
      The Residency & steamed to the
      
      Custum House, no steamers
      
      are here; I went home found
      
      my wife, Alexander & Marie, but
      
      Alexander has been unwell. He
      
      has had little fever; I suppose
      
      it is from hot weather & cool
      
      nights, or because him & Marie
      
      have gone to Kadumain in
      
      the Tramway & returned by
      
      Moadem in a Carriage the
      
      other day; ~
      
     
     
      	I heard the particulars of
      
      Sister Medoolas marriage
      
      on the 1st of this month with
      
      Rezooki Andrea as I related
      
      before, no one of my sisters
      
      or relatives has been to her
      
      yet; ~  Johny, Antone Marine
      
      & Shekoory Sayegh called
      
      on us ~
      
      
     
     
      	I have a bad cold since this
      
      morning my nose & sneeze
      
      awfully;
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. it increased
      
      at night, I could not sleep
      
      well at all;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Frid Th @ 5. 80 Noon 102 4 P.m 106
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning; at 7 AM I called
      
      on Menusha & then I came
      
      on board; no one knows
      
      when we are going away,
      
     
     
      	The newborn son of Captain
      
      Hanslow on the 30 June, has
      
      died after five days from
      
      fever & convulsion;
      
     
     
      	At 9 I went & called on Mr. Rappaport
      
      We talked about Medoola’s marriage
      
      he is disappointed for not having
      
      given him notice of her intended
      
      marriage according to rule
      
      as being an Austrian Subject,
      
      he has fined her I think one
      
      Lira for having done so; and
      
      tells me it is the cause of the
      
      Bishop Aghnatius also for
      
      not informing him that he
      
      was going to marry her,
      
      the Bishop had been tipped
      
      
      
      of about 10 Liras for celebrating
      
      the marriage secretly, and
      
      with obtaining licence, as
      
      it is not allowed for a man
      
      to marry his uncle’s widow,
      
      Mr. Rappaport wants that
      
      Alexander should better come
      
      over to trim to register his
      
      having begun to trade and
      
      undertakes commercial
      
      business, I told him that I
      
      will send him tomorrow;
      
     
     
      	At 10 I went to the Office to
      
      Mr. Parry with money and
      
      other papers, & got from him
      
      45 £ to pay the Captain and
      
      Mr. Falletts wages for last
      
      Month; We are leaving on
      
      Tuesday ~ I came home,
      
      I took a bath in the afternoon,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. called on Alice
      
      & Sister Emilia, & then on
      
      Sister Eliza, they are sorry
      
      for Medoola’s marriage
      
      & strongly disapproves of it
      
     
     
      	I came home at 6 ½ P.M
      
      
      Fine weather with N.W. breeze
      
      & cool;
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Satur Th @ 5.78
     
     
      	Modte N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cool morning; at 7 AM
      
      I came on board; we are
      
      discharging cargo,
      
     
     
      	The river is getting very low
      
      Lynch’s Agent here Mr. Parry
      
      writes a letter to Capt Hanslow
      
      to inform him that the Annual
      
      General Meeting of Shareholders
      
      held in London on the 14th June
      
      the following resolutions and
      
      proposed [strikethrough] were carried ~
      
     
     
        “  That the thanks of the meeting
      
     
     
        “  be transmitted to the Agents
      
     
     
        “  & Officers of the Company for
      
     
     
        “  the Satisfactory Manner in
      
     
     
        “  which the business of the past
      
     
     
        “  year has been conducted
      
     
     
        “  & that the Directors be empowered
      
     
     
        “  to make payment of 5 %
      
     
     
        “  gratuity to the Working
      
     
     
        “  Staff on the Tigris ~
      
     
     
      	We have not had a Bonus
      
      Since 1897 ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home to breakfast
      
      And returned at 2 P.M.
      
      
      Very warm weather ~
      
     
     
      	No more cargo came for Shipment,
      
      So I left at 4 P.M. went to
      
      Alexander’s Office in Khan el
      
      Berezelli;
      
     
     
      	They sent for me in the Office
      
      I went to Mr. Parry, he wants
      
      to know whether we had paid
      
      Bonus before to the whole crew
      
      or only the Officers, he had prepared
      
      a List with the whole crew &
      
      Barge men, I told him that
      
      in 1895 the whole crew were
      
      paid, & that was the first
      
      time granted, but in 1897
      
      I cannot say as I was out
      
      on leave to Europe, & they
      
      must have got a copy or
      
      entry in the Office, he says
      
      that if the crew had been paid
      
      always he will also do so,
      
      but if not, he does not want
      
      to make a rule of it, they
      
      are going to look, & I also
      
      will try to find out ~
      
      
      Weather fine & cool~
      
     
    
    
     
      14’ Sund Th@ 5,, 78
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Weather,
      
      At 7 AM. Eliza Alexander Marie
      
      & I went to the house Monseigneur
      
      Altmayer, to hear Mass
      
      performed by Père Augustin
      
      who is alone here now (during
      
      Monsg Altmayer’s absence)
      
      the chapel is nicely arranged &
      
      clean; there were Mr. Rappaport,
      
      my sister Eliza & her children,
      
      Emilia Alice, etc; ~ At 8,
      
      I took Alexander, Johny & Artin
      
      & we called on Mons Rouet
      
      the french Vice Consul as
      
      it is the anniversary of the
      
      french Republic; many people
      
      & the foreign Consuls & Turkish
      
      officials, the Waly Namik Pasha
      
      called;~ We then called on the
      
      french Priests; Asfar, Antone
      
      Marine; Abduljebbar Effendi,
      
      Minia Abood; Eliza & Adoola
      
      my cousins; Yaghchis, and
      
      Menusha & came home at
      
      12~ At 4 P.M. Johny came
      
      & we went to call on Polus Serkis
      
      & Fetoohi Maghat, and at
      
      
      6 P.M. took Eliza & Marie & we
      
      all went to Sister Eliza & spent
      
      the evening on top of the house,
      
      Came home at 8 ¾ P.M.;
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      15’ Mond Th@ 5. 78
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning; At 7 Am I came
      
      on board, we are Shipping
      
      Cargo; River falling very
      
      much;~ At 11 I went on shore
      
      called on the Office to tell Mr. Parry
      
      about the Bonus, he is going to
      
      Make out a List perhaps until
      
      next trip when we return;
      
     
     
      	I went home to breakfast &
      
      returned on board at 2 P.M.
      
      We finished shipping cargo
      
      at 6 P.M.~ I went home
      
      with Alexander;~
      
     
     
      	Artin, his wife Serpohy, Terrooza
      
      his sister & her daughter Bella
      
      called on us & spent the evening
      
      till 8 ½ P.M.~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. air & fine cool
      
      night;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Tuesd Th@ 5, 80 Noon 104 4 P.M. 111
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning
      
      At 4 AM I came on board
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 438 [16 JULY 1901 --- V052_10_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
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      	At 4,,30 Am. got underway;
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine~
      
     
     
      	At  6,,50 anchored at Dedewyeh
      
      and Sent to Sound; At 8,,10
      
      we proceeded without touching;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 passed Diala~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
      
      Island & sent to Sound,
      
      At 11 we steamed down to the
      
      shoal where there are 2 ½ & 2 ¾
      
      draaz, We grounded and
      
      took anchors Ahead & hove,
      
     
     
      	At about 1 P.M. the SS. Phrat
      
      & Barge came up & she anchored
      
      at 1,,10 the SS. Khalifah
      
      came up & also anchored,
      
      We are heaving fore & Aft,
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah’s Boat came
      
      to us with Capt Brain
      
      
      & Charley Cowley; I received
      
      a letter from Henry; he has
      
      left my letters at Coot, the
      
      Phrat had left about 48
      
      hours before the Khalifah,
      
      Yousif Korkis & his wife are
      
      passengers on board, also
      
      a New Russian Chancellier
      
      Mr. De Nauphol, in place of Mr.
      
      Ovesinko the present Chancellier,
      
     
     
      	We got over the Shoal place
      
      and proceeded at 3 P.M.
      
      left the Khalifah & Phrat
      
      there to pass it on their way
      
      up; Wind Very hot~
      
     
     
      	Finished the passengers
      
      tickets, We have altogether
      
      247 (3 in 1st Class, Abdulaziz
      
      Zheir son of Abdulkadur Zheir
      
      and the Persian Burmese merchant
      
      Haji Seyd Reza & a female with
      
      him, & one Jew in 2d Class)
      
     
     
      	At 3,,55 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      At 4,,25 anchored at Joorf el
      
      Batta & sent to sound,
      
     
     
      	At 5 proceeded over 3 draaz,
      
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 P.M. came to for the
      
      Night at the bottom of Ledje reach,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Wednesd Therm 5. 78 Noon 102 4 P.M. 111
     
     
      	Calm morning & fine cool weather,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 Am. proceeded, and
      
      at 4,,45 grounded, hove off with
      
      an anchor & proceeded at 5,,30~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 anchored at Oweyn
      
      and sent to sound the Channel;
      
     
     
      	The pain on my Spine is nearly
      
      gone since 2 or 3 days I feel much
      
      easier & now can scarcely feel it;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 the SS. Baghdad and
      
      Barge passed up~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,40 We proceeded, having
      
      touched the shoal & cleared it on;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,10 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Light hot breeze sprung up;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh
      
      At 7,,20 We came to for the night
      
      at Sheresh, Very Calm Weather,
      
     
     
      	I was so disturbed from sleeping by the
      
      noise, singing & playing instruments
      
      by this fool of Abdulaziz son of
      
      Abdulkadur Zheir & his followers
      
      on the Hatch, that Capt Hanslow
      
      
      had to come down & stop them,
      
      they are very bad lot,~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Thursd Th@ 5. 84 Noon 106 4 P.M. 110
     
     
      At 4,,15 AM. We proceeded,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 passed Memlah;
      
      A strong wind got up blowing
      
      hot & dusty~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 28 ½ passengers and
      
      80 packages; We shipped 70
      
      Bales of Wool from Lynch’s
      
      Press;~ I received Henry’s letter
      
      & Papers; the Khalifah had
      
      about 60 passengers and
      
      Yousif Korkis & his wife, and
      
      the new Russian Chancellier
      
      Mr. De Nauphol to replace
      
      Mr. Ovesinko; & about 250,000
      
      Okes Cargo;
      
     
     
      	The Mail Steamers of the
      
      B. India are now to touch
      
      at Kweit & have established
      
      an Agency there, that tally man
      
      Selman ibn Kass Elias, this
      
      last time was the first time
      
      that the Mail steamer called
      
      
      there; & I dare say bye & bye
      
      the English Will have a Consular
      
      Agent there; as they intend to
      
      occupy Kweit, & never let
      
      the Turks have any thing to
      
      do there; As the Sheikh Mubarek
      
      ibn Sebah is protected &
      
      subsidized by the English Govermt,
      
      and he told the Waly of Basreh
      
      plainly that he does not require
      
      the Turkish protection, but
      
      that of the English~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 P.M. left Coot
      
      Took 18 passengers~
      
     
     
      	Wind blowing very hot, just a
      
      Saam wind, even at 6 ½ it was
      
      blowing strong & hot as fire;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 landed 6 Passengers
      
      at Sheikh Saad, just below the
      
      Village round the point~ We went
      
      on at 6,,45~ Strong wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 we rounded & came
      
      to at Aboo Dood, it is still day
      
      light, & we could have gone to
      
      Seyd Abbass~
      
     
     
      	Strong wind blew all the night
      
      but not cool~
      
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & hazy weather, not
      
      Cool at all~
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Frid Th @ 5. 85 Noon 107 4 P.M. 116
     
     
      	At 4,,15 AM. proceeded from
      
      Aboo Dood, at 4,,30 grounded
      
      hove off with a stern anchor &
      
      sounded~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,55 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
     
     
      	It became awfully hot, the
      
      wind is light N.W. but as hot
      
      as fire, In my cabin the iron
      
      & wood work is very hot to touch,
      
      In Capt Hanslow’s cabin up on Deck
      
      he had the Thermor. 118˚~
      
      By sunset it became very calm
      
      & very warm,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 56 Passengers & 39 Packgs
      
      impossible to resist in my cabin
      
      the heat is fearful, although
      
      the atmosphere is cooled down
      
      a little~ There are 344 Bales of
      
      Wool to be shipped; Here with
      
      this great heat, the confusion,
      
      & noise of the crowds of people
      
      filling the Ship, & no order or
      
      decipline; our two new
      
      mates Slack & MacLure
      
      & the Third Engineer Foreman
      
      
      who only joined last trip, were
      
      in MacLures cabin aft next
      
      to Mettys all were Singing
      
      & playing instruments and about
      
      50 people looking at them through
      
      the windows, careless of the
      
      Bales of Wool coming on board
      
      they are left to be counted Simply
      
      by the deckmen; the Captain
      
      upstairs went to turn in, and
      
      such a scandal I never saw
      
      in my life having taken place,
      
      They are certainly encouraged
      
      to do so, seeing that the Captain
      
      takes no notice & lets them
      
      do as they like, but the worst
      
      is this young MacLure who takes
      
      such liberty, & brings aft his
      
      fellow scotch countryman
      
      the 3rd Engr. Forman, & they sit &
      
      talk, & the ship & Cargo are
      
      left to their faith; I could
      
      not sleep aft on the quarter,
      
      we finished shipping the wool
      
      at 10 ½ & lay rather close to
      
      the bank, & I lost my sleep
      
      altogether~
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Satur Th @ 5. 80 Noon 106 4 P.M. 110
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & hazy
      
      At 3 Am left Amara~
      
      Took 21 Passengers;~
      
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 passed Kalat Saleh;
      
      At 8,,15 anchored above Nafikh
      
      and sent to sound; there is water
      
      enough but, it is intricate & close
      
      alongside the West bank, We
      
      steamed on to it & got jammed
      
      close to the bank, took ropes on
      
      shore & hove on; At 9,,35 we
      
      proceeded;
      
     
     
      	Detained on the Shoal at
      
      Aboo Roba from 10,,45 till 11,,45
      
     
     
      	Getting hot again, there is a
      
      light N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.M. passed the S.S.
      
      Mossul & Barge going up below
      
      the Elbow~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      Modte N.W. Wind but hot;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 Went alongside at
      
      Gorna & landed 32 packges
      
      and 5 passengers; Weather
      
      getting Calm~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 proceeded, my
      
      Cabin is so scorching the heat
      
      is intense, Ther. 106º ; Very Calm,
      
     
     
      	Light S. W. breeze & mostly
      
      warm very uncomfortable;
      
      
     
     
      	At 0,45 Am. arrived at Basreh
      
      & anchored; Weather not pleasant,
      
      a light S. W. Air~ There are no
      
      steamers here or in Quarantine, the
      
      mail boat left either last night
      
      or early this morning without waiting
      
      to take our mails~ The Afrikander
      
      is expected here for Gray Mackenzie
      
      she is in Bushire;
      
     
     
      	Dates are commencing to get
      
      yellow here & even there are
      
      some ripe, It is the early heat
      
      which sat in this year since
      
      May, that caused maturity~
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. breeze prevailed
      
      at 7 am, & it is cooler now;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Afrikander arrived
      
      at 8 Am to the quarantine ground;
      
      we are shipping & discharging Cargo,
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. Rufail came to me
      
      & Rezooki Angoorly & I went up
      
      with them to the house, saw there
      
      Tookyeh & her children, Rezooki
      
      & Mina also they were in town
      
      & came at sunset;~ At 7 ½
      
      P.M. Yousif Marine came down
      
      from Shaebyeh, he dined with
      
      us & at about 9 P.M. went
      
      back again, as he says he
      
      
      Cannot sleep & change his place,
      
     
     
      	Very light air & not cool at
      
      all, it got better later on
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Mond
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine cool morning,
      
      we took our tea in the Garden,
      
      & at 7 Am I came on board
      
     
     
      	We are going up to Maghil
      
      to coal at 11 AM; We
      
      got the Barge loaded for
      
      us alongside; (as one of the
      
      Barges is now repaired & ready
      
      after 3 months time)~
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 438 [22 JULY 1901 --- V052_11_S]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
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    Barge in tow;
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13964,099/195,74030,4593,,8/2,,7

    
     
     
      	We received the Mails on board;
      
      At 11,,30 Weighed & proceeded
      
      to Maghil to coal Ship;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & hot Wind;
      
     
     
      	At 0,20 P.M. arrived at Maghil
      
      & commenced to coal 50 Tons
      
      Yousif Marine sent me & to Capt
      
      Hanslow some watermelons &
      
      Melons; & I crossed over to
      
      him & spent an hour and
      
      had tiffin with him, he
      
      
      gave me a Bag of Onions a little
      
      gazale & some dates; at 3 I
      
      came on board,~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley came up in the
      
      Stm Launch, & brought Lynch’s
      
      letters; We finished coaling
      
      at 5 ½
      
     
     
      	At 5,,35 left Maghil;
      
      Light N.W. but moisty & unpleasant;
      
     
     
      	We have 81 ½ Passengers (3
      
      in the 1st Class; Abdulwahab son
      
      of H. Abdulghani Khdery, Mahd
      
      ibn Shbeli a Nejdi Merchant
      
      to Baghdad; & the American
      
      Missionary Mr. H.J. Wiersum
      
      going to Amara took a Ret Ticket
      
      & charged him a 2nd Class fare
      
      as it is the order, and one Indian
      
      in 2 Class)~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 P.M. passed Gorna,
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Tuesd Th @ 5. 82 Noon 100 4 P.M. 103
     
     
      	Light N.W. & warm, no air
      
      at all; At 5,,10 passed
      
      Azair~ Detained at Ghumeyjeh
      
      from 7,,10 till 7,,50; & at the
      
      Elbow also & Aboo Roba about
      
      ½ hour on shoal places~
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M came up to the Shoal
      
      place at Nafikh, Boats aground
      
      in the narrow channel; We had
      
      to heave over close alongside
      
      
      the West bank, it is too narrow
      
      had to Cast off the Barge and
      
      sent aft & we hove over, also
      
      sounded & marked the Channel
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 P.M. got over & proceeded
      
      from Nafikh~
      
     
     
      	At 5 landed 6 ½ Passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took two;
      
      Light N.W. Wind but warm,
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted at 6 P.M. to S.Wt
      
      & it is very warm & not pleasant;
      
      it shifted again to west & north
      
      but it is very calm muggy &
      
      moist~ I slept on the quarter
      
      deck on the Port side, I have
      
      a bad cold since this morning
      
      it is from the heat & drought;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 11 passengers, Mr.
      
      Wiersum the American Missionary
      
      in 1st Class also; and 36 Packges
      
      of through Cargo, Took in
      
      10 Tons of Coal;~ Weather
      
      became cool, with a light
      
      N.W. breeze~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Wedn Th @ 5. 82 Noon 102 4 P.M 106
     
     
      	At 1,,50 AM. left Amara
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 29 ½ Amara
      
      passengers;
      
     
     
      	At 10,10 Am passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      Modte hot wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 PM. passed the
      
      SS. Phrat & Barge going down,
      
      at the grove of Ali Gherbi;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 passed Ali Gherbi
      
      Village; Strong N.W. Wind,
      
     
     
      	At 11 P.M. we met the SS.
      
      Khalifah & Barge at anchor at
      
      Aboo Dood; we touched a shoal
      
      just below her, I got up & went to
      
      my cabin to close Henry’s letter,
      
      should anyone come to send it to
      
      him, but We went on at 11,,15
      
      & passed close to her;~
      
     
     
      	Fine & Very cool night, moon
      
      just setting;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Thursd. Th@ 5. 73 Noon 103 4 P.M. 105
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      morning very pleasant;
      
     
     
      	Wind got up blowing strong
      
      by 8 AM;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 10 passengers and
      
      2 Bales of through Cargo, and
      
      took in 6 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	I received a letter & Papers from
      
      Henry left here, also one from
      
      
      my son Alexander, who is
      
      complaining of his health being
      
      still weak, his mother & Marie
      
      are well; he is waiting impatiently
      
      his goods which did not go
      
      up in the Khalifah, (but I have
      
      them this time shipped, they
      
      are 7 Packages of Elastic and
      
      Leather etc) so I have just
      
      sent him a notice through Mr.
      
      Antoine Giulietti, free. Viz .
      
      بغداد انطوان جيوليتي
      
      فضلاً خبروا اسكندر جميع اموالهِ سبعة قطع
      
      معنا اشواقنا زڤوبودا
      
     
     
      	Henry tells me that great many
      
      soldiers arrive from up Country
      
      every day there about 24 Battalions
      
      & all are going to rendevous
      
      at Semawa, so as to march
      
      to Kweit, to punish Moubarek
      
      ibn Sobah & prevent the
      
      English from taking possession
      
      of it; It looks apparently
      
      that as if Turkey is supported
      
      by foreign powers either
      
      Germany or Russia,
      
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah had not much
      
      Cargo about 80,000 Okes, & few
      
      passengers~
      
     
     
      	We finished coaling at 11, but
      
      the Engineers have some work to
      
      do in the wheel & had to await,
      
     
     
      	The Engineers having repaired
      
      the starboard wheel & arms,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,5 P.M. proceeded;
      
      Took 26 passengers;~ The
      
      weather Kept Cool throughout the
      
      day, a mostle N.W. breeze, & not
      
      so hot as before;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Frid The5. 77 Noon 101 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      night~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,35 AM. passed
      
      Memlah;~ Detained at Deboony
      
      (lower & upper part) in shoal water
      
      from 5 ¾ till 6 ¾ Am;~
      
     
     
      	Detained below Azizieh in shoal
      
      water from 2,,10 P.M till 2,,40;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 passed Azizieh,
      
      The SS. Mossul passed up yesterday
      
      before noon;~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
      
      Baghdad & Barge going down
      
      at Sened;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Wind died away and
      
      
      became quite Calm; The
      
      Wreck of the Dijleh is so much
      
      out of the water more than
      
      any other years; I never saw
      
      her so much out of the water,
      
      it seems that the river is falling
      
      very fast;~
      
     
     
      	At 10,20 P.M. landed Abdulwahab
      
      son of Abdulghany Khderi at
      
      Jwemisseh Above Swera Village
      
      to see his property there & went
      
      on at 10,,30; Fine cool weather
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Satur The5. 76 Noon 100 4 P.M. 105
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      I had to go to my cabin at 3 ½ Am,
      
      as the cold in my head & nose
      
      is troubling me from sleeping;
      
     
     
      	Passed over the Shoal at
      
      Joorf el Batta at 7 ¾ over 2 ½
      
      draaz just rubbing over;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,45 Am passed
      
      Ctesiphon~
      
     
     
      	At 10,30 anchored below
      
      Zumbaranyeh & found to our
      
      astonishment the Mossul &
      
      Barge Alongside the West bank
      
      below the Island, discharging
      
      
      her cargo on the bank, she is
      
      here since Yesterday; We
      
      sent to sound the Channel;
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship’s Company
      
      their Wages for this month, as
      
      I shall have no time to do it
      
      in Baghdad, considering the
      
      short stay they are giving us
      
      now;~
      
     
     
      	Our new second mate MacLure
      
      is very fond of singing & playing
      
      the instruments, he is constantly
      
      whenever off duty does nothing
      
      but plays & sings with the
      
      other Engineer Foreman, as
      
      loud as they can, one can have
      
      no rest, I am so close to his
      
      cabin that I cannot do
      
      anything & Capt Hanslow
      
      hears them & does not say
      
      anything, this Officer has not
      
      the slightest respect to his
      
      Captain, & sees that he does not
      
      tell him anything & even
      
      talks & chafs with him;
      
     
     
      	Pilot returned at 11 ½ not
      
      having found any water, there
      
      are only 2 & 2 ¼ draaz, &
      
      Very narrow, we are lightning
      
      the ship into the Barge;
      
      
     
     
      	At 2 3/4  P.M. the Mossul after having
      
      landed a large part of her Cargo
      
      on the bank, & sent for a
      
      Boat to come down & take
      
      it; she steamed on to the
      
      shoal & grounded; she took
      
      out anchors & begun heaving
      
      on to the East bank;~
      
     
     
      	We sounded an other place further
      
      down below the Mossul & found
      
      2 & 2 ¼ draaz & Very narrow,
      
      at 4 ½ P.M. We steamed on
      
      to it & grounded, it is very doubtful
      
      that we can get over it,
      
      Took anchor out ahead & hove,
      
      We are working for nothing, just
      
      to loose our time in hopes of seeing
      
      the Mossul getting off, but she
      
      knocked off heaving & are laying
      
      idle;~ Breeze fell down
      
      & got warm, but not so bad
      
      as the days before; at 8 ¼
      
      we knocked off heaving & remained
      
      for the night, The Mossul also
      
      worked till about 11 P.M. she
      
      is still in the same place~
      
      Weather got cool during the night
      
      & was pleasant~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Sund The 5. 77 Noon 106 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
      At 5 Am we begun to heave on
      
      fore & aft over 2 ¼ draaz, the
      
      ship now drawing only 3,, 4;
      
     
     
      	The Mossul also in the same
      
      place & has advanced a little
      
      toward the East bank~
      
     
     
      	At 8 Am the Mossul hove over &
      
      got in deep water alongside the
      
      East bank, just ahead of us,
      
      her Cargo is lying still on the
      
      opposit side, where an empty
      
      Boat alongside; We are still
      
      jammed in a narrow channel
      
      & heaving fore & aft & working
      
      the Engines too; At 10,,20 We
      
      hove into deep water Close to the
      
      East bank, & then hove the Barge
      
      which was cast off astern of us,
      
     
     
      	The Mossul has sent her Crew
      
      to the Other side to load the Boat
      
      with the Cargo hove on shore;
      
      We got the Barge alongside, but we
      
      find the place shoal yet, we cannot
      
      get to steam over it & had to
      
      take an anchor ahead, it being
      
      narrow between the shoal & the
      
      East bank;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,25 P.M. We hov up & proceeded
      
      from Zumbaranyeh, leaving the
      
      Mossul alongside the bank getting
      
      her Cargo from the opposite side
      
      
     
     
      	It has been a hot day throughout,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 P.M. passed Diala
      
      river;
      
     
     
      	Detained 10 minte at Dedewyeh
      
      & 10 mint below the Bridge near
      
      the Nawab’s Garden in shoal water
      
      At 7,,50 passed through the
      
      Bridge of Gherrara;~
      
     
     
      	I slept in my cabin as it is not
      
      worth while to go out on the
      
      quarter deck;~
      
     
     
      	Detained at Cherd el Pasha or
      
      a little above it from 10,,45 till
      
      11 in shoal water; I have
      
      had no sleep at all in my
      
      cabin;~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 landed the mails
      
      at the Residency, I also landed in
      
      a Goffa & Went home; found
      
      Eliza, Alexander & Mary all
      
      Well, he has received my
      
      notice from Coot; I had
      
      Very little sleep;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Mond
     
     
      	Light air & sultry with
      
      some light Clouds, the air
      
      shifted to S. Est & then to N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am I called on Henry’s
      
      wife Menusha & at 8 came
      
      
      on board, there are no steamers
      
      here, we are alongside the wharf;
      
     
     
      	We are leaving on thursday morning,
      
      at 11 I went home;~
      
     
     
      	Took a cold bath;~ I advanced
      
      Alexander an other 50 Liras making
      
      up till now 300 Liras~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport called on us,
      
      also Mr. Rouet, Antone Marine,
      
      Johny & Artin with us, & went
      
      at 9 P.M.;
      
     
     
      	Weather unsettled, variable
      
      airs & sultry;~
      
     
    
    
     
      30’ Tuesd The 5. 88
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & Sultry,
      
      At 7 Am I called on Antone Marine
      
      & at 8 came on board;
      
     
     
      	The Mossul came up last
      
      night at 9 P.M. & grounded at
      
      the Cherd el Pasha, & is still
      
      Aground there;
      
     
     
      	We are shipping cargo; The
      
      weather is very warm today,
      
      It is the Bahoora heat I think
      
      has sat in either today or
      
      tomorrow~ at 11 I went home
      
      to breakfast called on my
      
      way to Alexanders office &
      
      took him home; It is very
      
      warm~
      
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. I came on board
      
      we are shipping cargo,~
      
     
     
      	A very large Shark was caught
      
      by a hook just close here &
      
      I have not seen such a large
      
      one in this river for a long
      
      time, the river is infested with
      
      sharks this year, all over from
      
      Basreh to here, many people
      
      got lost this year, being caught
      
      by them;~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ I went home, took Alexander
      
      & called on Alice & Emilia & on
      
      sister Eliza & came home at
      
      7 P.M.~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul got off the
      
      shoal near Cherd el Pasha and
      
      came up at 6 ½ P.M.;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine night, it
      
      became a little cooler;
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Wedne The 5. 82 Noon 109 4 P.m 109
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, not so
      
      Cool;
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am called on
      
      Menusha & came on board
      
      at 8; We are shipping Cargo;
      
      The weather is very warm & disagreable
      
      We are in the Bahoora now
      
      since about 2 days~
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ went to breakfast,
      
      It is awfully hot, even in the Serdab
      
      one is swetting much~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. came on board, We
      
      Shipped a lot of Cargo, over 800
      
      Bales of wool; The heat is great
      
      one cannot stay in the Cabin,
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. I went home, found
      
      Alice, & Adoola my cousin, also
      
      Mr. Chaveni the french Civil
      
      Engineer in the Turkish service,
      
      they left at 7,~ Light N.W.
      
      & fine & it got a little cooler,
      
     
    
    
     
      Augt 1 Thursd The5. 78 Noon 108 4 P.M. 114
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine clear weather
      
      at 4 Am I came on board
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 439 [1 AUGUST 1901 --- V052_12_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
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179 1/2188,89023,524N/A

    
     
     
      	At 4,,45 AM., Got underway~
      
     
     
      	At 5 anchored at Babel Sherghi
      
      & sent to sound the bad place
      
      further down;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 proceeded over the
      
      shoal without touching~
      
     
     
      	Detained 15 min at Dedewyeh
      
      
      in shoal water;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,35 passed Diala river,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Parry the Agent sent us yesterday
      
      the Bonus, to be distributed
      
      among the whole crew &
      
      officers who were serving on
      
      board last year; all the Deckmen
      
      Firemen, Tindals, Cooks, Pilot
      
      Steersmen & servants, also
      
      the Blacksmiths in the Khan
      
      & all hands employed, he
      
      sent me a Bag with 615
      
      Mejidies, @ 77 R. P. per Mejidie
      
      as I had no time yesterday
      
      to pay it & make out a list
      
      & get their signatures as he
      
      asked to do, I left it to be
      
      paid on the way down
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 Anchored at
      
      Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound,
      
      found the Chanel the same as
      
      before, 2 ¼ & 2 ½ draaz but
      
      intricate; At 10 ½ steamed
      
      on to it & grounded; Worked
      
      with an Anchor & hove off ,
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.M. proceeded
      
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Very hot & calm Weather;
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 145 Passen
      
      (Besides 10 that are free by
      
      Lynchs Abdulkadur Khdery
      
      & his 2 wives in 1st Class &
      
      3 servants with them to Amara,
      
      & 4 other Deck free to Coot &
      
      Basreh) We have also Elias
      
      son of Tanton Eassayi in 1st
      
      Class to Basreh, & Yousif Shantob
      
      the Old Man brother of Yoda
      
      Shantob in 2nd Class, ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.M. Anchored at Dawar
      
      (Thabtyeh) & sounded;~ As
      
      the Pilot did not come quick,
      
      We remained at Anchor for the
      
      night, very warm, with clouds
      
      on the South & East;
      
     
     
      	I have the stomach Ache since
      
      yesterday, I am very bilious &
      
      mouth bitter & dirty tongue; I
      
      have taken the sulphur & cream of
      
      Tartar, also fruit salt, but it has
      
      not gone;
      
     
    
    
     
      2d Frid Th 5,, 83 Noon 106 4 P.M. 112
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, but not so
      
      Cool~ At 4,,45 Am proceeded
      
      from Dawar reach;
      
     
     
      	At 7 passed Baghdadieh
      
      
     
     
      	At 9,,40 passed Azizieh,
      
      Very Calm & warm weather,
      
     
     
      	Detained in shoal water at
      
      Zwyet el Zereh in heaving off
      
      from 10,,15 till 11;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,35 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      up at Shedeif~ There is
      
      a Modte Wind but hot;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 passed Memlah;
      
      At 6,,50 passed the SS. Phrat &
      
      Barge going up at Mehdi ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      it is getting cool~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,10 We Came to for
      
      the night at Aboo Homar,
      
      Very light N.W. air; It
      
      became cool at night, with a cool
      
      N.W. breeze but I could not sleep
      
      till midnight;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Saturd The @ 5. 84 Noon 113 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	Light Erly breeze & fine Weather
      
      but not cool,~
      
     
     
      	At 5 AM. We proceeded from
      
      Aboo Homar;~ Wind got up from
      
      N. Est & blowing hot
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 arrived at Coot
      
      
      landed 28 passengers and 128
      
      Packages, we could not go further
      
      up to our Coal Depot, the place
      
      is getting shoal, & had to go along-
      
      side the bank below the Depôt,
      
      There are 74 Bales of Wool
      
      here, but the owner of it would
      
      not ship it this time until all
      
      his wool is pressed;~
      
     
     
      	I received Henry’s letters & my
      
      papers, The Khalifah had about
      
      255900 Okes & few passengers,
      
      Ibrahim Effendi the Mudir
      
      of Senyeh at Amara my friend
      
      is on board going to Baghdad,
      
      & the Apothecary Dr. DeSilva
      
      & his wife for the Comet;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,25 AM. We left Coot
      
      took 13 Passengers;~
      
     
     
      	Very hot Erly wind blowing fresh,
      
      with dust & hot wind;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 P.M. came to at
      
      Aboo Dood to the Shoal place
      
      & sent to sound, two Boats aground
      
      in the Channel; We hove & steamed
      
      to the Boat Aground sent the Launch
      
      & got her anchor out, but we grounded
      
      astern of her; We had to take an
      
      
      Anchor Ahead & heave off & then
      
      We remained for the night, it
      
      is quite broad day light yet;
      
      Modte Northerly wind is blowing,
      
      but hot; I had to sleep in my
      
      cabin as the wind was on my side
      
      & too strong to sleep out, but I felt
      
      it warm & the wind fell a little
      
      later on;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Sund The 5. 85 Noon 110 4 P.M. 111
     
     
      	Ely breeze & warm weather
      
      At 5 Am proceeded from Aboo
      
      Dood;
      
     
     
      	At 8 Am passed Ali Gherbi
      
      Wind shifted to a fresh N.W.
      
      & hot; Detained in shoal water
      
      above Flefleh reach from 9,,30
      
      till 9,,50~ Very strong Wind
      
      from N. Est, & hot blowing like
      
      fire; it turned to the N. West
      
      & blew Very strong all the day,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara landed 29 passengers
      
      Besides Abdulkadur Khdery
      
      & his 5 followers free not
      
      Booked; and 39 Packages
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad & Barge are
      
      here bound up, she left at 7 ½
      
      
      There are 379 Bales of Wool here
      
      to be shipped;
      
     
     
      	My pain in stomach is very bad,
      
      it came on since 3 P.M. it is killing
      
      me; I am taking the sulphur &
      
      Cr of Tartar daily ~ I slept out
      
      on the quarter Deck, Breeze from
      
      N.W. increasing & blew fresh
      
      at 10 P.M. I cannot sleep at all
      
      from the pain; We finished at
      
      9 & hauled out; Toward midnight
      
      the wind fell to a modte breeze
      
      & became cool;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Mond Th@5. 80 Noon 108 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool N.W.
      
      breeze ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 AM. we left Amara
      
      fine moonlight night;
      
     
     
      	My pain is calmed; I took a
      
      cup of hot water early in the morning
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 13 ½ Amara
      
      passengers;~ Picked 7 passengers
      
      Subba also from Kalat Saleh,
      
      At 8,,15 came to at Nafikh &
      
      sounded;  Weighed & steamed to
      
      the channel close alongside
      
      the West bank & after working
      
      & shuving, we passed and
      
      Went on at 9:30 ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 grounded at Aboo
      
      
      Roba, took anchor out & aft
      
     
     
      	At 0.50 P.M. proceeded;
      
      Hot wind blowing from N.W.
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      Wind fell down, & a very light
      
      N.W. breeze prevails;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 P.M. landed 9 Passengers
      
      & 14 Packages (12 carabes spirit)
      
      at Gorna; at 7,20 proceeded
      
      Light Westerly breeze;
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Tuesd
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,20 am. arrived at Basreh
      
      No steamers are here;~
      
      We landed the passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	Rufail came to me at 5 ½ am
      
      he comes from Mohamerah, he
      
      had gone there to receive his empty
      
      date Boxes landed by the Avristan
      
      as he is engaged by Hamilton Hotz &co.
      
      to pack for them about 60,000
      
      Boxes for an American firm
      
      on Commission; he took tea
      
      with me & went away;
      
     
     
      	There are the S.S. Avristan of
      
      Strick & Co. & the SS. Java
      
      in quarantine ~ The Afrikander
      
      & Goolistan have left a few days
      
      ago ~
      
      
     
     
      	That American missionary, Mr.
      
      H. J. Wiersum who went up with us
      
      to Amara last time, & returned
      
      by the Khalifah to Basreh, has
      
      had the fever & small Pox, and
      
      died here, about 3 day ago;
      
     
     
      	The Gunboat Sphinx came
      
      up from Bushire at 10 am
      
      with the British Resident colonel
      
      Kemball on board, she anchored
      
      in the quarantine & had an
      
      interview with Mr. Wratislan
      
      the Consul here.
      
     
     
      	At 10 ½ Rufail came & we
      
      went in to Basreh called on
      
      Angoorlies as it is like Holy day
      
      today of the Transfiguration
      
      (Tejelly) & so it is the holy day
      
      of Rezooki  Angoorly, Tookyeh is
      
      also there & all the family &
      
      people calling on them, I
      
      met Ali Beg the mudir of Tapo
      
      near there & he also went in
      
      with us; we found Yousef Marine
      
      also there; they all breakfasted
      
      together ~ At 2 P.M. Rufail
      
      Yousef & I called on Nassoory
      
      Andria it is also his Holy day
      
      
      we then went to Rezooki’s shop
      
      he came & opened it on purpose
      
      I got some Kit from him, &
      
      we came back to Angoorlies
      
      we had tea and at 4 ½ P.m.
      
      Rufail & I left; I came on
      
      board & at 6 went up to the
      
      house of Rufail there were
      
      Rezooki his brother & his wife
      
      Mina, it is also Rezooki’s Holy day,
      
      Rufail, Yousif Marine and
      
      Rezooki Angoorly came at
      
      7 P.m. they all stayed and
      
      dined & slept ~ I have not
      
      been able to sleep at all from
      
      the Sand flies, there was no
      
      breeze it is warm a little
      
      & hazy dusty weather, It
      
      became cooler at about
      
      midnight;
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Wedn Th@5. 85 Noon 100 4 P.M 102
     
     
      	Light N.W. & dusty hazy
      
      weather ~ At 7 am I came
      
      on board; we are shipping
      
      cargo;~ The SS. Sphinx left
      
      early this morning ~ I hear that
      
      a large English Gunboat the
      
      Marathon of 19 guns is at
      
      
      Kweit & in the Gulf ~
      
     
     
      	It became very warm and
      
      dusty hazy weather, very close
      
      & suffocating; We are doing
      
      nothing since 8 am; ~
      
      Rezooki Angoorly & Rezooki Sayegh
      
      called on board;
      
     
     
      	At 3 ½ P.m. we received
      
      the mails;
      
     
     
      	Very calm & hot oppressive
      
      weather & dusty no sun can
      
      be seen, it is so close and
      
      suffocating ~
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 439 [7 AUGUST 1901 --- V052_13_N]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
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      	At 4,,15 P.M. we proceeded,
      
      Very warm disagreable cloudy,
      
      hazy, dusty weather; and
      
      it is very calm, like a foggy
      
      day; It became very warm and
      
      suffocating in the evening, my clothes
      
      got quite wet from the perspiration;
      
     
     
      	Toward 10 P.M. the breeze increased
      
      & became better, the dust disappearing,
      
     
     
      	At 10,45 landed two passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 10,50
      
      Wind freshening up;
      
      
     
     
      	It blew strong at about 2 AM.
      
      at 3 I was obliged to go in to my
      
      Cabin, the blowing the curtain,
      
     
    
    
     
      8
     
     
      	At 4,,20 A.M. passed Azair,
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine ~;
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      tickets, We have 87 ½ from
      
      Basreh (2 in 1st Class, a young
      
      Doctor of the quarantine called
      
      Dr. Achou a Syrian of Beyrout
      
      going to Suleimanyeh, he is
      
      a relation of the Khdeir family
      
      in Beyrout from whom Chakoury
      
      Abood has married their daughter,
      
      he has a recommendation to
      
      Nassoury Aboud, he studied
      
      in Beyrout & in France; and
      
      the Kadi of Nasryeh Abdulhalim
      
      Effendi a Kurd)
      
     
     
      	Since 7 am we got to Ghumeyjeh
      
      & begun the shoal place &
      
      groundings & heaving over &
      
      steaming but with not much
      
      progress, for want of water
      
      in the river; although the
      
      steamer is only drawing 3,,7 Inches,
      
      up till 1,,30 P.M. we had got
      
      only up to the Elbow & here
      
      
      stuck  & hove off & proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At Aboo Roba we grounded and
      
      hove off & steamed from 2 P.M.
      
      till 4,,45 when we proceeded,
      
      Modte N.W. wind & fine, It
      
      is not so hot today;
      
      We passed Nafikh without touching,
      
     
     
      	Capt. Hanslow did not let
      
      the officer overhaul the passengers
      
      tickets, he said that they were
      
      tyred, & not even Metty who
      
      went to overhaul them, he
      
      tells me that there are so very
      
      few it is not worth while,
      
      so I have to be satisfied with
      
      what tickets I have given;
      
     
     
      	Very nice & cool weather,
      
      with a light N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 8 P.M. anchored at Kalat
      
      Saleh , landed 2 ½ passengers, &
      
      repaired a broken float of the
      
      starboard wheel, just opposite the
      
      village ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 left Kalat Saleh,
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool Night;
      
     
    
    
     
      9th Frid
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. Wind & fine~
      
      at 2 AM. I went to my cabin, too much
      
      wind blowing ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 AM arrived at Amara,
      
      We could not approach alongside
      
      our wharf, being too Shallow,
      
      had to put planks & make a
      
      stage, we landed 7 Bales of
      
      through Cargo, & 24 ½ passengers,
      
      Took in 10 Tons of Coal ~
      
      Fresh N.W. Wind blowing ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 left Amara, I left the
      
      Khalifah’s letters here ~
      
      Strong N.W. Wind;
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 27 ½ Amara
      
      passengers; (10 for Ali Gherbi
      
      whom Capt Hanslow would not
      
      take to land them, but they came
      
      on board, & he insists not to land
      
      them, as he hates stopping any
      
      where to land either cargo or
      
      passengers; at last I told Metty
      
      to tell him up that they had
      
      asked me on the way down to
      
      speak to him but I forgot and
      
      one of them is Jebary brother of
      
      Khdeir son of H. Jemail our
      
      friend, he consented)
      
     
     
      	We found 4 other passengers
      
      free today (2 having a pass
      
      by Mr. Bottomley, the Agent &
      
      2 men servants of Tom Tartt
      
      
      who is now working in repairing
      
      the Blosse Lynch, these Captain
      
      Hanslow gave them free Passage,
      
     
     
      	Very strong wind blowing
      
      to half a gale, all the day, the
      
      awnings being furled & all
      
      the passengers are down;
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      Wind as Strong as ever; ~
      
      Toward evening it went down a little
      
     
     
      	Detained on shoal water above
      
      Flefleh from 7,,45 P.M. till 8 in
      
      sounding etc;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 P.M. landed 10
      
      Passengers at Ali Gherbi & took
      
      one & went on at 11,40 ~
      
      I slept in the cabin there is a modte
      
      N.W. Wind & is not so warm in
      
      cabin ~
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Satur Th@5. 80 Noon 105 4 P.M. 103
     
     
      	Modte N.W. breeze & fine
      
      pleasant weather;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 AM. grounded at
      
      Aboo Dood, sent to sound and
      
      took an anchor out ahead and
      
      hove off; At 7,,30 got over and
      
      proceeded, there are 2 ½ draaz here
      
     
     
      	At 9,,10 passed Sheikh Saad
      
      wind getting up moderately;
      
     
     
      	At 3,55 P.M. passed the
      
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
      
      down at Gardyeh reach
      
     
     
      	The Bridge which the Sennyeh
      
      have constructed below Coot since
      
      last year, is still lying idle
      
      & open half on each side of
      
      the river for want of anchors &
      
      chains & Buoys,~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at Coot,
      
      Cannot get up to our Coal Depot
      
      on account of a shoal having
      
      formed below it; we landed 4
      
      passengers & one Bale of through
      
      cargo; ~ We took no coal;
      
      I received a letter from Henry
      
      & one from my son Alexander
      
      they are all well; the Khalifah
      
      had about 100,000 Okes only
      
      & 185 Passengers & 12 Tilkeflies free;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 P.M. We left Coot,
      
      Light N.W. & fine ~
      
     
     
      	We passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge today at 1 P.M. going
      
      down ~ Light N.W. & fine
      
      cool night ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Sund Th@5. 81 Noon 101 4 P.M. 100
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      weather ~
      
     
     
      	Detained ¼ hour, above
      
      Bughela on shoal water ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,10 AM. passed Memlah,
      
      Gave tickets to 34 Coot Passengers
      
      We have besides 10 men being the
      
      workmen of Lynch’s wood Press,
      
      now returning having finished
      
      pressing; Vartan the Clerk
      
      & Naoomy Amon the Blacksmith
      
      in a 2nd Class cabin & 8 Mossullies
      
      all free; This Year there has
      
      been pressed at Coot 1619
      
      Bales charging 5 ½ Beshlies
      
      net all including Gunnies bands
      
      & freight down to Basreh
      
      (which we charge 7 G.S.P. per Bale)
      
      Last year there were 1,300
      
      Bales pressed ~
      
     
     
      	At 2.15 P.M. while passing
      
      along the East bank at Towil
      
      I saw my old Arab friend
      
      Khdeir (son in law of Arbid)
      
      in one of the two Boats alongside
      
      the bank, he sung out to me)
      
      I thought he was dead as
      
      Henry had written to me lately
      
      that he had heard so, we
      
      touched a shoal & could not
      
      
      pass further up, so we anchored
      
      and sent to sound, Khdeir
      
      came up the bank & I called
      
      him to cross off to me, he
      
      was afraid of the Sharks,
      
      but he came on board, I
      
      found much altered and
      
      wearying down, he lives on the
      
      opposite side with his daughter
      
      Mehayeh & her husband
      
      Zebala, I gave him a melon
      
      some rusk & 2 Kerans & I
      
      told him to come up to Baghdad
      
      poor fellow he just the
      
      same as before; he then recrossed
      
     
     
      	We found the water on the
      
      other side along to West bank
      
      so we had to turn & steam
      
      down river & round an island
      
      & then steamed up & went
      
      on at 3,,50 P.M.;
      
     
     
      	Two passengers for Azizieh from
      
      Coot went off in a Goffa at
      
      7 ½ just below Azizieh ~
      
     
     
      	We touched the shoal & detained
      
      about 15 minutes ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 passed Azizieh
      
      Light N.W. & fine cool night
      
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Mond Ther @ 5.77 Noon 97 4 P.M. 99
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool weather
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 AM. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 we grounded at Dawar
      
      lower reach on the West bank
      
      near the Cherds; Took anchors
      
      out & hove on;~
      
     
     
      	At 7 we got over & proceeded
      
      Light N.W. breeze & pleasant;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,20 stopped on top of
      
      Ledje reach to let the S.S. Phrat
      
      & Barge pass bound down,
      
      She has Troops on board of both
      
      for Nasryeh & Basreh relief force,
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 we went on;
      
      At 0,,30 P.M. passed Bostan;
      
      Modte N.W. breeze & cool;
      
     
     
      	(My stomach has not pain me
      
      for the last 2 days so much as before
      
      I took 8 doses of Sulphur & a cup of Tartar
      
      & a cup of hot water early on rising
      
      & I think this has done me good)
      
      [space] I brought a nice young Gazelle
      
      given to me by Rufail it
      
      got loose just opposite the
      
      arch of Ctesiphon & running
      
      about the deck the men could
      
      not catch her, & it jumped
      
      overboard, we sung out to
      
      a wood Boat alongside they
      
      
      went off in a Goffa & got her,
      
      we passed Ctesiphon at 4 P.M.
      
      we sung out to the mudir’s men
      
      & other Arabs to get the Gazelle,
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.m. we anchored at
      
      Zumbaranyeh below the Island
      
      & sent to sound the Shoal place,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      found 2 ½ & 2 ¾ draaz but narrow
      
      & intricate at 6 ½ steamed on to it,
      
      grounded, took an anchor out ahead
      
      & hove on & steamed; ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 we got over & proceeded,
      
      Calm weather, very light N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,40 passed Diala ~
      
      we touched in some places;
      
      Passed through the Bridge of
      
      Gherrara~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Tuesd Th@5. 78
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 4 am anchored above
      
      Cherd el Pasha & sounded;
      
      found 2 ½ draaz, stuck on it
      
      took anchor out & hove up,
      
      most of our passengers landed
      
      in Goffas; at 6 ½ I also
      
      
      landed & walked to town & came
      
      home at 7, found Eliza & Mary
      
      but Alexander had gone out
      
      at 5 am on a Bycicle to meet
      
      me, & he did not come back
      
      till 9 am, he said he had gone
      
      far beyond Gherrara but
      
      did not know that we had
      
      passed at night time, until he
      
      asked at Gherrara; Antone
      
      Marine called, ~ at 10 I came
      
      on board, sent money to the
      
      office; The Baghdad is here,
      
      she has finished discharge, &
      
      load, but repairing Engines,
      
      she will leave on Friday;~
      
      I went home at 11 am passed to
      
      Alexander's office, & took him home
      
     
     
      	Lots of people wanting cabins
      
      I have let them all; Shekoory
      
      Sayegh also going down with
      
      us to work at the dates for
      
      Rufail & many other Christians
      
     
     
      	I took a cold bath ~ At 4
      
      P.m. called on Menusha with
      
      Alexander & came home at
      
      6, Johny & Artin called on
      
      us & left at 8 ¼, ~
      
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool weather;~
      
     
    
    
     
      14, Wedn, Ther @ 5. 80
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning~ at 7 AM. I called
      
      on Antone Marine & at
      
      8 came on board; we are
      
      discharging cargo;~
      
     
     
      	At 10 I called on Mr. Rappaport
      
      he regrets very much that of
      
      us Henry & myself will not be
      
      here for our Emperor Francis
      
      Joseph’s Birthday on the 18th
      
      I also regret it very much, I
      
      was always anticipating
      
      that by this time I would have
      
      resigned the service & be here
      
      to be present on this occasion
      
      He is giving a dinner in the
      
      evening to the Austrian Colony
      
      he brought me two letters of
      
      invitation to myself & my
      
      wife & one to Alexander & his
      
      wife for Sunday @ 8 P.M.
      
      also one for Henry his wife
      
      & daughter Harriette ~
      
      Mr. Rappaport has received
      
      an answer from the minister
      
      
      of the Austro Hungarian Territorial
      
      Defence, with regard to my
      
      son Alexander’s Military service
      
      & the application he made &
      
      the medical certificate he
      
      has sent them, So they have
      
      accepted it & allowed my son
      
      to be free & exempt from
      
      the service on account of the
      
      defect in his eyes; But Mr.
      
      Rappaport had to fine Alexander
      
      30 florins as per military code
      
      of Regulation & has given him
      
      a temporary Passport, until he
      
      gets the regular Passport from
      
      Agram, I left at 11 ~ Called
      
      on my way to Menusha gave
      
      her the letter of invitation of Mr.
      
      Rappaport & came home;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. came on board
      
      we are shipping cargo, also
      
      the Baghdad is~
      
     
     
      	At 5 I went home, took Alexander
      
      & went to see Sister Emilia & Alice
      
      & then went to Sister Eliza I only
      
      saw her & Johny; Serpohy wife
      
      of Artin had gone to see her father
      
      who arrived today, Dr. Kazassian
      
      from Constple via Aleppo and
      
      Deir, he had gone about
      
      
      seven months ago in company
      
      with the young military Students
      
      sent from Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	At 7 I came home, Fine clear
      
      weather & cool;
      
     
    
    
     
      15, Thursd, Th @ 5. 78
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      pleasant weather ~ Today
      
      is the Holyday of the Virgin Mary,
      
      my wife, Alexander & Mary went
      
      to Church, & at 7½ I came
      
      on board; we are shipping good
      
      deal of cargo; At 11 went on shore
      
      called on Menusha to wish her
      
      good Holyday; Henry has wired
      
      to her from Amara yesterday
      
      evening, on his way up; I went
      
      home, some visitors called for
      
      Mary’s holiday; at 2 P.M.
      
      I came on board;~ we finished
      
      at 4 P.M. at 6 I went home;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      night;
      
     
    
    
     
      16, Frid
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather ~ At 4 AM I came
      
      on board;~
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 440 [15 AUGUST 1901 --- V052_14_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 34, 5 AM. got underway
      
      & proceeded;~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Baghdad & Barge also
      
      got underway behind us; we
      
      touched & grounded at Cherd el
      
      Pasha at 4, 45; the Baghdad
      
      also anchored astern of us; we took
      
      out an anchor & hove on;~
      
      The Baghdad sounded & steamed down
      
      & got aground before us on our
      
      way; we got off at 6 ½ and
      
      are waiting for the Baghdad;
      
      she got off at 11 & went alongside
      
      the East bank; we sounded
      
      & steamed on to the shoal where
      
      the Baghdad was; She went
      
      on at 11 ½; we stuck in
      
      the shoal place & worked with
      
      anchors fore & aft in heaving,
      
     
     
      	Weather getting warm with
      
      very light air;` we are
      
      heaving & shifting anchors all
      
      the day;~ many people came in
      
      Boats, Christians & Mahomedans
      
      
      & Yacoob Sweda from his garden
      
      opposite us;~ we knocked off
      
      work at 7~ very calm & Sultry
      
      warm weather; Johny my nephew
      
      also came down in his jolly Boat;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Satur Ther @ 5. 83 Noon 104 4 P.M 109
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & not
      
      pleasant at all~ At 5 AM.
      
      begun to heave & sound, there
      
      are only 2 ¼ & 2 ½ draaz ~
      
      People Jews & Christians coming
      
      from the towns in Boats & by
      
      land;~ we are lightning
      
      the ship by putting cargo in
      
      the Barge, to lighten her to
      
      3 feet; Goffa loads of
      
      Jews keep coming on board
      
      to amuse themselves, no
      
      one tells them to go away
      
     
     
      	At 8 steamed on to the shoal
      
      & grounded;~ Alexander came
      
      down in a Boat to see me at
      
      9 ½ & went away at 10 ½ ,
      
      we are heaving & steaming
      
      over the shoal;
      
     
     
      	At 12 AM. got over and
      
      proceeded from Cherd el
      
      Pasha~
      
     
     
      	At 1,, 25 P.M grounded
      
      
      at Joorf el Batta (above Gherrara)
      
     
     
      	Took an anchor out & Sent
      
      to sound; weather getting
      
      warm & breeze falling;
      
      Took anchors several times & hove
      
      but she wont move, the anchor
      
      comes home;
      
     
     
      	A large Shark is here swimming
      
      about; there are any amount
      
      of them this year all along
      
      the river from Basreh to
      
      Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	We took several anchors aft &
      
      hove to, but she wont move, She
      
      got on top of the shoal place,
      
      where she got aground the Captain
      
      was asleep, he does not care
      
      a bit whether she gets aground
      
      or not; our both mates are
      
      new & ignorant of the river;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ we floated off; & remained
      
      at anchor for the night~ Light
      
      N.W. breeze & fine; ~ They took an
      
      other anchor aft & hove her
      
      off & gathered the other anchor until
      
      9 P.M. while the Captain had gone to
      
      sleep; I had to sleep in my cabin
      
      as they were working aft, but
      
      it was not very warm;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Sund Ther @ 5.80 Noon 101 4 P.M. 111
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool morning,
      
     
     
      	Today is the Birthday of our
      
      Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
      
      Hungary; Mr Rappaport is
      
      going at 6 ½ AM. to the Latin
      
      Church to hear a high mass
      
      he is getting celebrated; he had
      
      sent a Circular to the Austro-
      
      Hungarian subjects who are only
      
      myself, Henry, Mrs. Paduani
      
      & his clerk Rosenfeld (the
      
      son of Herman the tailor)
      
      and is giving a dinner this evening
      
      at 8 P.M. to my family, Henry’s
      
      Johny my nephew, Mr. MacLaughton
      
      the Sub Director of the Ottoman
      
      Bank, Mr. Querry assistant inspector
      
      of the Règis & Mrs. Paduani &
      
      her daughters~
      
     
     
      	At 5, 30 AM. we proceeded
      
      from Joorf el Bot; passed
      
      through the Gherrara Bridge,
      
      they told us that the Baghdad
      
      is aground at Rustumyeh
      
     
     
      	At 6,, 50 we grounded below
      
      Dedewyeh, took anchor out
      
      astern & hove off, she
      
      
      wont move, took several anchors
      
      fore & aft; but of no use; she
      
      seems to be stuck hard, although
      
      she is only drawing 3 feet,
      
      & there are 2 ½ draaz (3,, 9),
      
      Such a trip we have not had
      
     
     
       for many years;~
      
     
     
      	At 4,, 45 P.M. After much heaving
      
      we got detached & proceed on
      
      through the proper channel;
      
     
     
      	At 4,, 55 passed Diala
      
      river, fresh N.W. & hot wind
      
      blew all the day;
      
     
     
      	At 6 P.M. anchored at Zumbaranyeh
      
      and sent to sound the Channel;
      
      found 3 & 3 ½ draaz; and we remained
      
      here for the night~ Light N.W.
      
      breeze & fine cool night;
      
     
     
      	Since four days I have again
      
      got the pain on my back but not
      
      so bad as before, It is from the
      
      cold at night I get it, it had not
      
      gone altogether since I had it
      
      in June;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      Cool weather~
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Mond The 5.79 Noon 103 4 P.M. 109
     
     
      	At 5,, 15 AM. proceeded from
      
      Zumbaranyeh & passed over
      
      the Shoal without touching,
      
     
     
      	At 6, 20 passed Ctesiphon
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,, 45 anchored at Joorf el
      
      Batta & sounded the channel;
      
      found 3 & 3 ½ draaz ~
      
     
     
      	At 7, 35 proceeded without
      
      touching;~
      
     
     
      	Strong wind got up at about
      
      9 AM;~ Detained at Jubeil
      
      15 minutes~
      
     
     
      	At 0, 30 P.M. anchored at
      
      Dawar reach (lower part) &
      
      sent to sound; Very Strong
      
      N.W. wind blowing, with dust
      
      had to furl awnings~
      
     
     
      	At 2,, proceeded, touched the Shoal
      
      & at 2, 30 passed & steamed
      
      on;
      
      At 4, 45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      The wreck of the Str. Dijleh is
      
      so visible out of the water
      
      more than any low season
      
      since she went down on
      
      the 8 Septr. 1876; I never saw
      
      her so out of the water;
      
      it must be the extraordinary
      
      low state of the river this
      
      year, half of the Boiler
      
      
      is exposed; the Cylinders,
      
      cranks, superheater, the
      
      Port wheel Box; it is now
      
      embedded with sand and
      
      a sand bank stretching
      
      below the wreck;
      
     
     
      	Wind fell down at 5 P.M. & became
      
      nice & cool;
      
     
     
      	My pain on the Spine is still the same
      
      it is not so severe, but it does not
      
      get better, I am rubbing it with
      
      the Cajaput, & Turpentine & oil,
      
     
     
      	At 7,, 15 P.M. we rounded
      
      & came to at Raddat; Light
      
      N.W. breeze~
      
     
     
      	An Indian passenger who
      
      was sick when brought on
      
      board, died this afternoon,
      
     
     
      	We sent the dead Indian in
      
      a Boat to be burried on the
      
      East bank ~ The noise & raw
      
      that the people who accompanied
      
      the body on shore & the Boat going
      
      & coming backward & forward
      
      till 11 P.M.  prevented one from
      
      sleeping, no one is looking to
      
      check what the crew are
      
      doing, they are left to themselves
      
      
     
     
      	Fresh N.W. wind blowing,
      
      at 2 ½ AM I had to go to my Cabin
      
      I did not seep 3 hours all
      
      the night~.
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Tuesd Th 5.81 Noon 105 4 P.M. 113
     
     
      	At 5, AM proceeded
      
      from Raddat;~
      
     
     
      	At 5,, 25 passed Azizieh,
      
      and at 5, 30 Anchored here
      
      we found the SS. Baghdad
      
      aground with her Barge too,
      
      she had left together with us
      
      & had passed us at Cherd el
      
      Pasha; We sent to sound;
      
     
     
      	It is only up to this morning that
      
      our mate Mr. Slack has overhauled
      
      the passengers tickets after
      
      five days; we have therefore
      
      altogether 234 ½ (2 in 1st
      
      Class Jews Haroon Gareh &
      
      Noonoo Mekammel, & 2 Jews
      
      in 2nd Class Tweg & his wife
      
      all to Basreh) about 10 Christians
      
      going to work for dates; also
      
      Shekoory Sayegh going to
      
      work for Rufail Sayegh’s
      
      dates at Mohamera taking
      
      
      with 3 or 4 Christians; Rufail
      
      is working for Hamilton Hotlz co
      
      & these are doing it for an
      
      American merchants of
      
      New York on Com mission;
      
     
     
      	Pilot found only 2 ¼ & 2 ½ draaz;
      
      We have besides the above passing
      
      four other with white papers from
      
      the Agent (2 are divers with a
      
      Goffa to Shedeif to be landed
      
      where a boat has sunk with
      
      the railing of the Kadumain
      
      Tram way which the Khalifah
      
      took up to Baghdad free, &
      
      there are some more sunk
      
      to be got up by these 2 divers)
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ we steamed on to
      
      the shoal place on the west
      
      bank, after putting all the
      
      passengers in the Barge,
      
      the Baghdad is alongside the East
      
      bank & her Barge is aground,
      
      we took a different channel
      
      in the opposite side, & we grounded
      
      took an anchor out astern,
      
      Kept taking several anchors
      
      for & aft & heaving over
      
     
     
      	It became very calm &
      
      
      warm~ we got over to the
      
      East bank at 12 Am. and
      
      sent to gather the anchor &
      
      chain,
      
     
     
      	At 1,, 20 P.M. we got
      
      underway, left the Baghdad
      
      with her barge still aground;
      
      Breeze S. Erly & calm;
      
     
     
      	At 2,, 25 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Khalifah & Barge bound up
      
      at Zweyet el Zere, I saw Ali
      
      Beg the mudir of Tapo on board
      
      going up;
      
     
     
      	It became very hot & Suffocating
      
      Calm & very unpleasant;
      
     
     
      	At 4,, 10 landed the two divers
      
      & their Goffa at Shedeif to the
      
      sunken Boat on the East bank
      
      to pick up what remains of the
      
      Iron rail bars of the Kadumain
      
      Tram way all free, S Lynch & co
      
      are Agents for the Insurance,
      
      The Khalifah had brought up
      
      about 130 rails & the divers &
      
      Goffa  last month; The sunken
      
      boat is all broken & the
      
      wood from half of it taken
      
      away by the Arabs~
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,35 P.M. anchored at Deboory
      
      & sent to sound; Boat in the Channel,
      
      very calm & hot a very light breeze
      
      from N.W. The Therm in my Cabin
      
      at 6 P.M. I still 108º~
      
     
     
      	My spine still pains me a little
      
      it is like a Rheumatism, it extends
      
      down to my legs~
      
     
     
      	Pilot returned at 6 ½ there are 3 ½
      
      & 4 draaz, but Boats are in the
      
      Channel; we remained for the
      
      night to sleep quietly;~
      
     
     
      	Last night there was a fine
      
      scandal & comedy; our chief
      
      mate Slack got a woman
      
      in his cabin & made her
      
      drink as well as himself, &
      
      a great raw took place,
      
      they had to carry her dead
      
      drunk on deck & he was
      
      drunk the whole time and
      
      today too; ~ It is all the Captain’s
      
      falt, he does not care whatever they
      
      do on board, has no respect by
      
      his affairs, after dinner this evening
      
      I left the table & the two mates,
      
      
      remained sitting with him talking
      
      & he relates all sorts of dirty
      
      stories, nearly every evening when
      
      it happens that we have no
      
      European passengers; & even the
      
      new Young 3d Engineer Mr. Forman
      
      joins their company & sits at
      
      the table; This evening after
      
      having talked for an hour
      
      Capt Hanslow went up to sleep
      
      and the 2 Mate Maclure, the
      
      3 Engineer Forman & Alex Blaney
      
      the assistant Engineer took
      
      the little Boat & went of & pulling
      
      about in the river singing
      
      & playing instruments till
      
      10 P.M; these are things that
      
      I never saw in my life before,
      
      it is making me very disgusted
      
      & sick of this service on board,
      
     
     
      	Very light N.W. & not pleasant
      
      at all, rather warm;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Wedn Th @ 5.81 Noon 110 4 P.M 114
     
     
      	At 5 AM. proceeded from
      
      Deboory & went on without
      
      touching;
      
     
     
      	At 8,, passed Menlah,
      
      At 8,, 15 anchored above
      
      Bughela & sent to Sound,
      
      
      There are 2 ¼ & 2 ½, We then proceeded
      
      at 9 & passed over by touching
      
      & went on, as the steamer is
      
      now only drawing 2.9 fore &
      
      3.2 aft; At 9,,10 anchored
      
      again near the West bank
      
      and sent to Sound; at 9,45
      
      proceeded & then turned round
      
      & went alongside the village
      
      at Bughela to allow the
      
      passengers to get provisions,
      
      very calm & warm day;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,45 am left Bughela,
      
      Very calm Sultry & warm weather,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.m. passed the S.S.
      
      Mossul & Barge going up at
      
      Abbo Dukar (above Coot)
      
      Light N. Erly breeze & very hot,
      
      the sun is as hot as fire;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 27 ¼ passengers & 54
      
      packages below our Coal Depot
      
      cannot go further up as it is
      
      getting Shoal; I received a
      
      letter from Henry, he has left
      
      all the letters at Amara, she
      
      had left that place on Saturday
      
      morning; she has about
      
      238000 Okes cargo ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 P.m. we left Coot,
      
      At 7,5 we came to for the
      
      night, very light N.W. breeze,
      
     
     
      	Our acting Chiefmate Mr. Slack
      
      had a young mongoose pet &
      
      it died today; This evening
      
      he had prepared a small coffin
      
      for it with a tin box & had it
      
      conveyed in the big Launch to
      
      the opposite bank with Melty
      
      & other officiers & burried solemnly
      
      among the roaring laughter
      
      of the crew & the rest with
      
      yelling & noise & they returned
      
      at about 10 P.M. what a
      
      scandal & stupidity of this
      
      drunken man, this is the
      
      sort of things I am to see
      
      in these my last days;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Thursd Th @ 5. 84 Noon 111 4 P.m. 117
     
     
      	Light N Erly & fine, but
      
      not so cool & refreshing weather
      
     
     
      	At 4.45 Am. proceeded
      
      from Gardyeh ~
      
     
     
      	We took 17 ½ Passengers from
      
      Coot ~ Hot wind blowing from
      
      N. East ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 10 am. passed Sheikh Saad,
      
      Hot disagreable wind is blowing
      
      from N. East;
      
     
     
      	At 11 anchored at Aboo
      
      Dood & sounded, then steamed
      
      on to the shoal, grounded, took
      
      out anchor fore & aft &
      
      hove, Strong wind had to furl
      
      awnings, very hot wind as
      
      fire; ~ At 2,,15 P.m. proceeded,
      
      Took one Jew passenger from
      
      the Boat of Liquorice
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 anchored above
      
      Maghessil & sent to sound;
      
      Still the wind is strong and
      
      hot; At 6 proceeded ~ Wind
      
      falling ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,25 passed Ali Gherbi
      
      At 7,5 we came to for the night
      
      fresh N.W. wind & hot weather,
      
      I have a bad cold on my head &
      
      nose since this morning; The
      
      wind is too strong out on the quarter
      
      Deck;
      
     
     
      	We have had an other comedy
      
      by the officers tonight after they
      
      had their talk at the table, &
      
      the 3 Engineer Forman joined, the
      
      Captain went up to sleep; and
      
      
      they begun to skylark & run about
      
      following each other, through the
      
      Saloon & out round the cabins
      
      & in & out, Skeeming & laughing
      
      & make a hell of a noise; then
      
      Mr. Slack the stupid half dead
      
      man, came with the copper
      
      mouth piece of our Pump, and
      
      begun to blow it as a trumpet
      
      on the quarter Deck, preventing
      
      us from sleeping, as if he was
      
      doing it intentionally, and
      
      the Captain never said anything
      
      and even it looks as if he is
      
      encouraging them to do so
      
      the 2nd mate Maclure was trying
      
      to stop him from making such
      
      noise & take him away, but
      
      he insisted being drunk and
      
      stupid, but at last went forward,
      
      I was on the point of getting up
      
      & pitch in to him, but I knew
      
      I would only get out of temper
      
      & injure my health & then
      
      loose my sleep all the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Frid Th@ 5. 83 Noon 1084 Pm 111
     
     
      	Modte N.W. & fine but not
      
      cool at all ~
      
     
     
      	At 4.30 AM. we proceeded
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 passed the S.S. Phrat
      
      & Barge bound up above Flefleh,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,15 passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      wind getting strong & hot;
      
      awnings furled & all passengers
      
      down below; wind moderate
      
      at 2 P.m.
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 49 ½ Passengers
      
      & 220 Packages (150 Bags of
      
      Wheat) There are no Bales of
      
      wool to be shipped, the workmen
      
      Jejo Moorad & others have all
      
      gone up in the Khalifah,
      
      We took 5 Tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 P.M. left Amara
      
      took 21 passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and
      
      Clouds on West & South,
      
      weather not pleasant, but
      
      rather hazy;
      
     
     
      	At 8,5 anchored above Abou
      
      Sedra; Light N.W. & pleasant
      
      night;
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Satur Th @ 5. 79 Noon 103 4 P.m
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      At 4,30 A.M. proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 7,25 passed Kalat Saleh
      
      
     
     
      	Detained at Elbow & Ghumeyjeh
      
      1 ½ hour ~
      
     
     
      	At 0,50 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      N.W. breeze & hot so hot as before,
      
     
     
      	At 5 landed 8 Passengers and
      
      2 Bales at Gorna & went on at
      
      5,10; Light N.W. breeze and
      
      not so warm today ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 P.M. arrived in Basreh
      
      Very light N.W. breeze; I have not been
      
      able to sleep afterward, from the
      
      noise & number of steamers close
      
      by & above us, with their bells striking,
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Sund
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & hazy still
      
      as last night it was; Landed
      
      passengers & Cargo;
      
     
     
      	There are no steamers up here but
      
      the Esther Lotus, Henry Bolckow
      
      & Duvina these are only lighters
      
      to carry down cargo to the
      
      Bar for the sea going steamers,
      
      & in quarantine there are
      
      the mail Str. Pachmuba the Kourdistan
      
      of Strick & Co & the Persian steamer
      
      Hosseini ~ Also the King Arthur up here
      
      [space] Shekoory Sayegh went up to
      
      Rafail’s house; but Rufail
      
      has gone to Fhelyeh three
      
      
      days ago for the Dates to be
      
      packed for Hotz & Co, & where
      
      Shekoory is to go & look after
      
      that work there;
      
     
     
      	At 12 am. I took a Belem & went
      
      up to Rufail’s house, I saw there
      
      Tookyeh & her husband Rezooki, also
      
      Yousif Marine, Shekoory Sayegh
      
      went down in a Belem at 1
      
      PM. to Fhelyeh to look after the
      
      packing of dates where Rufail
      
      is waiting for him; Rezooki
      
      Sayegh & his wife Mina were
      
      in Basreh they came out in
      
      the evening; also Medoola
      
      sister of Yousef John with them,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. Wind & fine
      
      cold night;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Mond
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, I felt it quite
      
      cold after midnight, at about
      
      1 am. Rufail came up from
      
      Fhelyeh in a Belem;
      
     
     
      	At 6 am I came on board;
      
      I passed on my way to Jeboory Asfar’s
      
      house to see Michail Raffi
      
      his clerk about my money of
      
      1000 Liras placed with Jeboory
      
      as he sent me a letter last
      
      night telling me that Asfar
      
      
      wrote out from London to him
      
      to charge only 4% Interest
      
      instead of 7 as before, and
      
      Michail asks me for the restitution
      
      of the Balance of 30 Liras,
      
      we arranged so as I am to write
      
      to Jeboory & inform him
      
      of my non acceptance;
      
      We are not working in taking
      
      cargo & the ship is quite
      
      empty yet, we have taken little
      
      cargo & are to go to Maghil &
      
      take in 60 tons of Coal;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Baghdad & Barge arrived
      
      at 11 ½ am;
      
     
     
      	We got our Barge alongside
      
      for tow;
      
     
     
      	Modte N.W. wind & not so
      
      warm;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 440 [26 AUGUST 1901 --- V052_15_N]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 0.15 P.m. weighed & proceeded
      
      to Maghil to Coal Ship ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.m. went alongside at
      
      Maghil & begun to coal 60 Tons
      
     
     
      	Yousif Marine sent me some
      
      melons, I went to him in his
      
      Belem to the other side & spent
      
      2 hours & had tea & returned,
      
      Rezooki Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
      
      came up to me, Rezooki
      
      brought me 6 Vienna chairs
      
      I bought; ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley came up in the
      
      steamer Launch bringing Lynch’s
      
      letters, & two English passengers
      
      we have to take up one
      
      is Lieutt. A. J. Marsack
      
      New Capt. for the Comet
      
      of the Indian Marine, &
      
      the other is a traveller by
      
      name Mr. Watson, who was
      
      in South Africa & in the
      
      siege of Kimberly ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,45 P.m. we left
      
      Maghil, Light N.W. air
      
     
     
      	We have also the french father
      
      Père Emmanuel going to Amara
      
      
      for a month; he has obtained
      
      a 1st Class Cabin by paying a
      
      2nd Class fare; this arrangement
      
      had been applied to & obtained
      
      from Lynch Brothers in London
      
      by Père Pièrre the Superior
      
      of the Carmelite fathers, Père
      
      Emmanuel messes himself;
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Tuesd Th@ 5. 72 Noon 96 4 p.m. 103
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      night, At 2,,10 am landed
      
      a passenger at Gorna & took
      
      one ~ I felt it quite cold
      
      toward morning;
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      tickets, we have in all 99; ~
      
      (3 in 1st Class, the new Captain
      
      for the Comet Lieutt A.J. Marsack
      
      and the English traveller Mr.
      
      H.G. Watson & Père Emmanuel
      
      & a Turkish officer Rushdi
      
      Beg & his wife in 2 class)
      
      also 2 Christian women family
      
      of the clerk Yousif of Malamir
      
      free on Lower Deck;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 passed Azair
      
      From 9 AM until 4 ½ P.M.
      
      
      we have been steaming up all
      
      the time from Ghumeyjeh to
      
      the Elbow, going so very Slow,
      
      this short distance, for want
      
      of water & current very strong
      
      & narrow river; The Ship being
      
      light & dragging over the bottom,
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 we anchored for the
      
      night at Abdulla ibn Ali; Fine
      
      cool weather with a moonlight
      
      night 13 days old; ~ There are
      
      many Sandflies here~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Wedn Th@5. 70 Noon 95 4 P.m. 100
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & fine,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 A.M. proceeded;
      
      we passed over Nafikh Shoal
      
      without touching;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 landed 1 Passenger
      
      at Kalat Saleh & took 2 ~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 22 passengers (Père Emmanuel
      
      also) and 9 Bales through cargo;
      
      We shipped 22 packages &
      
      Bales of Carpets @ 12 Paras about
      
      2080 Okes; and 8 Tons of
      
      Coal; I learnt here that the
      
      Khalifah has left yesterday
      
      so I left their letters here,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,25 P.m. left Amara
      
      
     
     
      	Took 51 Passengers (9 for
      
      Coot) ~ Light N.W. & fine
      
      Cool weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Thursd Th@ 5. 72 Noon 96 4 P.m. 104º
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 Am. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 Grounded above
      
      Maghessil, sounded, & then took
      
      an anchor out & hove; At 9,30
      
      proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,30 P.m. anchored at
      
      Seyd Abbass & sent to sound
      
      found 2 ¼ draaz, Boats are
      
      in the Channel ~ At 1 proceeded
      
      to the shoal, grounded, took
      
      out anchors ahead & hove
      
      over, some Boats are in the
      
      Channel & some are discharging
      
      cargo;~ At 4,,20 got over
      
      & proceeded from Seyd Abbass,
      
     
     
      	Weather has been calm and
      
      warm today, but the great heat
      
      seems to have passed ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 came to the shoal at
      
      Aboo Dood, sent to sound
      
      found lots of water & 3 ½ draz,
      
      steamed on to it & grounded
      
      
      took out all anchor & hove
      
      over;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 got over & proceeded,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
     
     
      	At 10 passed Sheikh Saad,
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Frid Th@ 5. 72 Noon 100 4 P.m. 106
     
     
      	Very light N.W. but cool weather
      
      & fine ~
      
     
     
      	The Bridge of the Sennyeh,
      
      below Coot is put across, it
      
      had been left open since last
      
      year for want of anchors &
      
      Chains, they opened it for
      
      us at 6 ½ am: from the West
      
      bank & the Eastern bank
      
      the Bridge has not reached yet
      
      on account of shoal, about 100
      
      yards distant which they are
      
      trying to fill up with thorn
      
      & brushwood; it is only put
      
      across for the sake of charging
      
      the toll on steamers & Boats;
      
     
     
      	At 7.45 am arrived at Coot
      
      below our Dépot, landed 13 ½ Passeng
      
      & 3 Bales of through cargo;
      
      Took in 4 Tons of Coal, brought
      
      down by Coolies & charging double
      
      hire Viz 9 G.S.P. per Ton on account
      
      of the distance ~ The Khalifah
      
      passed Azizeh yesterday
      
      at 5 P.m. ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 left Coot, Took 23
      
      Passengers;
      
     
     
      	Weather became very Calm
      
      toward sunset, but it is not so
      
      warm outside the cabin;
      
     
     
      	At 8 ½ P.m. while I had just gone
      
      to turn in, the steamer stopped
      
      just above Bughela village and
      
      sent to sound, the S.S. Khalifah
      
      & her Barge are at anchor above
      
      us; soon after Capt. Braine,
      
      Charley Cowley, & the Engineer
      
      Weber came to us, they sat on
      
      the quarter Deck talking & drinking
      
      with Capt Hanslow; our Pilot
      
      brought me Henry’s letter &
      
      some newspaper of Mr. Rappaport
      
      & Mr. Rouet to read them, I
      
      kept them in my bed there came
      
      also some of the Khalifah’s
      
      1st. C. passengers going to Basreh
      
      like Meneshi Mathalon,
      
      De Bono of Hotz etc etc~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,20 we weighed & proceeded
      
      passing the Khalifah; and
      
      at 9,,40 passed Memlah,
      
     
     
      	I red Henry’s letter, they
      
      had left on Tuesday, they have
      
      
      140,000 Okes & 255 passengers
      
      besides about 19 free Tilkeflies
      
      (12 by Capt Braine permission &
      
      7 by SLynch also Jejo Moorad
      
      sent down for packing dates)
      
      They have in 1st Class Ibrahim
      
      Effendi agent of the Senyeh at
      
      Amara, Meneshi Mathalon,
      
      Yousif Nazo, Yousif Ferej, the
      
      wife of AbdulKadur Khdery free
      
      to Amara, son of Abdulghamy
      
      Khderi, & Solon Calcothi  etc,
      
      I also got a letter from Alexander
      
      he tells me that he was unwell
      
      for 4 days, he had a pain on
      
      his left side with fever, but
      
      he got well by putting a Linseed
      
      poultess which Hannosh of Dr.
      
      Ramsey recommended; He tells
      
      me of the dinner which Mr.
      
      Rappaport gave on Sunday the
      
      18 for the occasion of the Emperor's
      
      Birth day, there were 21 persons
      
      invited, my wife, Alexander,
      
      Mary, Menusha, her daughter
      
      Harriet, Mr. Maclaughlin of
      
      the Bank, Edward Blockey
      
      Broomhead, Mad. Paduany
      
      
      & her daughters, & the family
      
      of Coidan & Mr. Querry etc;
      
      they left at 12~
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Satur Ther @ 5.74  Noon 98 4 P.M. 105
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze and
      
      not cold at all ;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,40 am. We Grounded
      
      at Deboony, took anchors out
      
      & hove forward
      
     
     
      	It is very curious to see our
      
      new 2d  mate Maclure on duty
      
      forward at the Anchor as it
      
      was being hove, sitting on a
      
      chair & smoking while the
      
      captain standing before him
      
      talking & laughing, care less
      
      of his duty; What a fine
      
      decipline we have in these days,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 we got over and
      
      proceeded;
      
     
     
      	Breeze Shifted to N.W. very light,
      
      I have the ship's Company their
      
      wages for this month;
      
     
     
      	Weather became very calm
      
      & sultry warm~
      
     
     
      	At 11,10 touched at Breinij,
      
      Sounded, took an anchor &
      
      hove off at 11,,50 proceeded
      
      
     
     
      		At 1 P.m. grounded further up
      
      the reach, below Azizieh village
      
      sounded there are 2 ½ & 3 draaz;
      
      took anchors out ahead & hove
      
      off ~ At 3,,50 P.m. proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 passed Azizieh ~
      
      Very calm weather & not cool; It
      
      became cooler later at night;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,25 passed Baghdadieh,
      
     
    
    
     
      Septr 1 Sund Ther @ 5.73 Noon 103 4 P.M. 112
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather ;
      
      At 1,,30 Am. anchored at
      
      Dawar (lower end) this place has
      
      become very shoal, sand islands
      
      in the middle, & there are only
      
      2 ¼ & 2 ½ draaz, in some places
      
      people can walk across from
      
      one bank to the other, This is
      
      a very extraordinary low
      
      season, We have not seen like
      
      it before; There has been no rise
      
      of the river this last spring;
      
      At 5 am. sent to sound, and
      
      at 6 we steamed on the shoal
      
      & kept steaming & heaving
      
      over; there are 5 Boats here laden
      
      with Liquorice ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,5 got over & proceeded
      
      It became very calm & warm
      
      
      throughout the day, and espiacelly
      
      in the afternoon it was unbearable,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 P.m. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      I wrote a letter & threw it to the
      
      Mudir Selloomy Effendi Jemil,
      
      our old friend who has been
      
      approinted Mudir here since two
      
      month in place of Saleh Effendi
      
      who died lately; I told hiim
      
      that I have heard that he has
      
      got my young Gazelle from
      
      the Wood Boat which I lost
      
      overboard last trip up just
      
      up here & if so he may keep
      
      it for himself;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ P.m. we passed the Shoals
      
      of Gusseiba without Grounding
      
      but simply touched & went on,
      
      Very light N.W. breeze;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 passed Diala,
      
      At 11 anchored & sounded at
      
      Rustumyeh & went on at 12
      
     
    
    
     
      Mond 2 Ther @ 5.77
     
     
      	At 1 am passed through the
      
      bridge; Detained ¼ hour at
      
      Joorf el Rot ~ Detained
      
      ¼ hour at Cherd el Pasha
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 landed mails at
      
      the Residency & went up to
      
      the Custum House, The SS.
      
      Mossul & Phrat are here
      
      alongside; ~
      
     
     
      	There was great illumination
      
      last night in Baghdad on the
      
      occasion of the Sultan Abdul=
      
      hamid's Corronation , it used
      
      to be on the 30 August but this
      
      years Bissextile altered the
      
      Greek style to 13 days in
      
      year instead of 12, all the
      
      Govrenment offices, the Comet
      
      & foreign Consulates all had
      
      illuminations~
      
     
     
      	 I went home found Eliza
      
      Alexander & Marie all well,
      
      They are talking of giving out
      
      to encamp at Gerrara with
      
      Antone Marine, Henry's family,
      
      & Joseph Yaghchi;
      
     
     
      	I came on board at 8 ½ , We
      
      are going away on Friday,
      
      The Mossul is loading to leave
      
      tomorrow, & the Phrat is discharging
      
     
     
      	I went to the office to Mr. Perry
      
      & took 50 TLiras from him to
      
      pay the officers Pay;
      
      
     
     
      	Came home at 11; my wife is
      
      suffering from a grout pain &
      
      rheumatism on her leg & down
      
      to the feet, she cannot walk
      
      some thing like a lumbago, like
      
      my back which I had, & has
      
      not yet gone, ~ I took a cold
      
      bath, and at 4 P.m. called on
      
      Menusha, she is going to encamp
      
      at Gherra & tomorrow morning
      
      they are going to see the ground
      
      near the distillery where they
      
      were last year, Antone & Joseph
      
      Yaghchi are also going,
      
      I came home, Antone Marine
      
      called, also Johny & Artin,
      
      Light n.w.& fine weather
      
      but not so cool, it is calm
      
      & hazy ~
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Tuesd Th 5.80
     
     
      	Light n.w. breeze but not
      
      cool;  I & Eliza did not sleep
      
      well; she suffered the pain
      
      of rheumatism very much,
      
     
     
      	Alexander & Mary went at
      
      4 ½ Am to Antone Marine
      
      to go with them to Gherrara
      
      to see the encamping ground,
      
      Eliza & I could not go,
      
      Mary rode a donkey &
      
      
      Alexander on his Bycicle,
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Mossul & Barge  left
      
      at 5 am. ~
      
     
     
      	I called on Shekoury Sayegh's  wife
      
      Takoohy, but she was not at
      
      home ;
      
     
     
      	More Troops are coming
      
      down from the up country
      
      & proceed to concentrate at
      
      Semawa, no one knows
      
      the object, every one says something
      
      They say that they want to take
      
      Qweit & prevent the English
      
      from taking it & they want
      
      to depose Moobarek ibn
      
      Sebah etc etc;
      
     
     
      	At 8 am I came on board,
      
      the Phrat is still discharging,
      
      I left at 10 went to call on Hamdy
      
      Beg the Muffettish Adlyeh who
      
      has been dismissed from here &
      
      appointed at Van but he declined
      
      this mean post & rigorous weather
      
      & is leaving for Constanple, also
      
      his brother is here Ali Beg, but
      
      none were at home; I called
      
      at Alexander's office & came
      
      home, found Mina widow of
      
      Naoom Abood & Catterina
      
      
      Yaghchi there ~ Eliza is still
      
      suffering from the rheumatic
      
      pain; At 3 P.m. I came on board
      
      The Phrat is shipping cargo,
      
      but we are not, the officers wont
      
      recieve cargo today & so we
      
      are loosing some Local cargo,
      
      So at 4, I left & went to call
      
      on Alice & Sister Emilia, they also
      
      with to go out  encamping
      
      with us, but Alice has no
      
      tents sufficient; I called on
      
      Sister Eliza also & came home
      
      at 6 1/2 , warm wind and
      
      disagreable, it blew all the
      
      night;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Wedn Th 5.81
     
     
      	Modte n.w. breeze, but not
      
      so cool ;~ at 7 am. Emilia
      
      & Alize called on us, I then
      
      came on board at 8 ½, We
      
      are discharging the rest of
      
      the cargo;
      
     
     
      	The Mossul shipped [strikethrough]
      
      great quanty of ammunition
      
      the day before for the Troops
      
      both for Canon & Rifle
      
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to break fast &
      
      came at 1 ½  P.m., we are
      
      shipping a lot of cargo ;
      
      Mr. Rappaport called on me
      
      on board in his Boat at 5 P.m.
      
      I then left with him, & he landed
      
      me at the beach of Sebh Ubkar
      
      (near sister Eliza’s house)  & he
      
      went down to the Comet,
      
      I called on Mrs. Cowley, we
      
      had a long talk, Alfred
      
      Holland her brother has
      
      left the service of Lynch, after
      
      being there 27 years, he
      
      left last week & is at home,
      
      The Lynchs' wanted him to go
      
      down as Agent at Ahwaz
      
      & Shushter etc, he asked
      
      for an increase of pay, as he
      
      used to get before & they had
      
      cut it down from 350  £ a
      
      year to I believe 240 or 50,
      
      those places are most abbominable
      
      to leave in & the work is
      
      very tyresome, they declined
      
      to give him & so he resigned
      
      [space] I called then on Dr. Sturrock
      
      to bid him goodbye as
      
      he is going away to England
      
      
      with his wife next trip by
      
      the Khalifah to replace his
      
      brother temporary; I came
      
      home at 6 ½ P.m. ~
      
     
     
      	Light n.w.& fine ~
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Thursd Th 5.79 Noon 101 4 P.m. 103
     
     
      	Light n.w.& fine
      
      at 7 ½ am. I called on Antone
      
      Marine & then called on
      
      the Assyrian Bishop for
      
      ½ hour & came on board
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat left at 5
      
      am;~ We shipped again 400
      
      Bags of wheat for Amara as
      
      it is getting very dear there on
      
      account of scarcity this year,
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went to breakfast &
      
      returned  at 1 ½ P.m.;
      
     
     
      	We shipped about 165,000 Okes
      
      cargo ~ at 6 I left the Ship
      
      called on Menusha for few
      
      minutes & came home, found
      
      Antone Marine & Antoine Guilietti
      
     
     
      	Light n.w.& fine weather
      
      it became cool at night;
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 441 [26 AUGUST 1901 --- V052_16_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
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      6 Frid Ther @ 5.74 Noon 4 P.m.
     
     
      	Very light air & fine, at 5 am.
      
      I came on board ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,15 proceeded & at 5,20
      
      anchored at Bab el Sherghi
      
      & sent to sound;
      
     
     
      	Some Christians are encamped
      
      on the opposite side of the town;
      
      Abduljebbar Effendi Khayat the
      
      Lawyer is building a house for
      
      him on the opposite side;
      
     
     
      	Found 2 ½ draaz, steamed on
      
      to it & grounded; took anchors out
      
      fore & aft & hove her into deep
      
      water ~ At 7,,40 We proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 rounded & went
      
      alongside the bank below the
      
      Bridge of Gherrara & Shipped
      
      one Horse belonging to Mr.
      
      Ovesinko the Russian Chancellier,
      
     
     
      	At 10 proceeded ~
      
      At 10,,30 passed the SS. Baghdad
      
      & Barge going up at Rustumyeh,
      
      Detained 15 minut. in rounding
      
      the point at Diala river ;
      
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.m. anchored at
      
      Zumbaranyeh & sounded &
      
      then proceeded we grounded
      
      hove off and at 2 P.M. went
      
      on ;
      
     
     
      	At 2,55 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Fresh n.w. hot wind & dusty
      
      atmosphere;
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 191 ½ Passengers
      
      (2 in 1st Class, Lieutt F. Dobson)
      
      the Captain of the SS. Comet going
      
      to Bombay, and Mr. Ovesinko
      
      the Russian Chancellier being
      
      appointed Consul in Bushire
      
      for the first time the Russian
      
      Governt; have established a
      
      Consulate there ; & Eliahoo,
      
      Levy & wife in 2nd Class);
      
     
     
      	Weather became very calm;
      
      at 6,,20 anchored at Ledge
      
      Boats are aground in the Channel,
      
      seat to sound ~ We remainded
      
      here for the night; Light n.w.
      
      breeze & fine cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Satur Ther @ 5.72 noon 95 4 P.m. 100
     
     
      	Light n.w. breeze & fine
      
      cool morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 am proceeded
      
      At 7 came to at the lower
      
      
      and of Dawar & sent to sound
      
      the bad place; We steamed on
      
      to the narrow shoal along the
      
      sand bank on the E. bank and
      
      grounded, took out a stern
      
      anchor & hove; took others & the
      
      chair broke several times; The
      
      Phrat was here yesterday & left
      
      this morning ~ We had to send
      
      the Barge down forward & moved
      
      inside along the sand island,
      
      by a stern anchor dropping
      
      gradually; at 4 ½ P.m. We
      
      got down a good bit;~
      
     
     
      	 At 5,,45 P.m. we hove into deep
      
      water & proceeded from Dawar,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 We came to at Rwebyeh
      
      for the night; very calm but
      
      not hot, it is pleasant;
      
      It became very cool at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      8th Sund Ther @ 5.75 Noon 96 4 P.m. 101
     
     
      	Light n.w. breeze& fine cool
      
      morning; At 5 Am. we left Rwebyeh,
      
     
     
      	 At 6,,5 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Today being the anniversary of
      
      the loss of the SS. Dijleh in 1876
      
      just 25 years ago, as she was
      
      steaming down & struck the
      
      hard bank & opened her plates
      
      forward at about 4 P.m.
      
      
      She is so much out of the water
      
      this low season more than any
      
      year we have seen yet, ~ I
      
      see there are only five of her
      
      men still left in the service
      
      & on board here, they are Mr.
      
      Follet our 1st Engineer, the
      
      Tindal Mikha, myself, my
      
      servant H. Hamadi and a
      
      Deckman Shamoka, the rest
      
      have mostly died, and also left
      
      the Service ~
      
     
     
      	At 9.15 am passed Azizieh,
      
      At 9,,20 anchored & sent the
      
      Pilot to sound the bad place,
      
      Found bad water of 21/2 draaz, We
      
      steamed  on to it, grounded, took
      
      anchors for & aft & hove~
      
      At 0,,50 P.m. got over & proceeded;
      
      At 1,,15 grounded further
      
      down at Brenij; took an
      
      anchor out & hove off &
      
      sent to sound; ~ At 3,,50
      
      got off & proceeded; At 4,,10
      
      again grounded, just at the
      
      mound of Brenij near the
      
      
      bank, sounded & marked the
      
      channel & steamed on to it, &
      
      touched it is very narrow & close
      
      along the west bank;
      
     
     
      	At 5.35 went on, Light n.w.
      
      breeze & not warm;~
      
     
     
      	An Indian passenger who
      
      came on board ill, with diarrhea
      
      died this evening; last trip
      
      also we had an Indian passenger
      
      dead also came sick from
      
      Kerbella;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 touched & anchored
      
      at Zeljeh, Very calm weather but,
      
      cool; landed the dead Indian to
      
      be buried here; ~ I slept in my
      
      Cabin thinking it might get cool
      
      at night, but it kept calm with
      
      no breeze at all & it was warm
      
      in the Cabin so I did not enjoy
      
      my sleep at all;
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Mond Ther @ 5.80 Noon 106 4 P.m. 113
     
     
      	S. Erly, Very calm weather, with
      
      few clouds on the n. & west;
      
      we sent to sound the Channel
      
      at Zeljeh there are 2 ½ draaz, &
      
      four Liquorice Boats aground
      
     
     
      	At 6 we proceeded & passed
      
      without touching;
      
     
     
      	I saw the Arab Khdeir on
      
      the bank at Toweel at his
      
      
      Arab encampement on west
      
      bank;
      
     
     
      	Since last night the breeze had
      
      shifted to S. East,
      
     
     
      	Detained in Shoal water at
      
      Deboony from 8,,40 till 9 ,,30,
      
      in going close alongside the
      
      west bank guided by ropes
      
      on shore;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,25 Am. passed the
      
      SS. Khalifah & Barge at Summer
      
      (Bottom of Sheresh) going up;
      
     
     
      	At 0,, 20 P.m. passed Memlah,
      
      At 0,,30 anchored & landed
      
      found 2 ½ draaz, At 1 we
      
      proceeded on without touching
      
     
     
      	At 3,, 20 Grounded at Aboo
      
      Homar (lower part of the reach)
      
     
     
      	Very hot wind from South,
      
      & atmosphere hazy dusty &
      
      very unpleasant weather,
      
     
     
      	Heaved off & proceeded at 4,,15,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,55, we rounded & came
      
      to for the night at Aboo Duker;
      
      Light Southerly breeze & hazy
      
      weather, very disagreable,
      
      
     
     
      	I have the Stomach ache very
      
      bad & am very billious, I do not
      
      feel well at all;
      
     
     
      	It got cool during the night, with
      
      a light southerly breeze
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Tuesd Th@5. 73 Noon 97 4 P.M 112
     
     
      	Light Southerly breeze & fine,
      
      At 5 am. proceeded;
      
     
     
      	I took a dose of Castor Oil early
      
      this morning, I am very billious &
      
      my stomach ache is very bad
      
      & troublesome;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 10 passengers and
      
      13 Packages; I received Henry’s
      
      letter & Papers etc left here,
      
      The Khalifah had left Basreh
      
      on Thursday evening, she has
      
      196,600 Okes & over 173 Passengers
      
      none in Cabins; Henry tells
      
      me that Sheikh-Sadoom the
      
      son of Sheikh Monsoor Pasha
      
      of the Montefik has come in
      
      to Basreh under the Guarantee
      
      of his Cousin Mezyed Beg son
      
      of Nasser Pasha, & the Turkish
      
      government have pardoned
      
      him for having participated
      
      with Mubarek ibn Sobah
      
      Sheikh of Kweit against
      
      
      Sheikh Abdulaziz ibn Rashid
      
      of Shammar el Jebel in the
      
      late fight about 3 months
      
      ago, & also he became so
      
      rebellious against the government
      
      & took to flight in the desert
      
      beyond Zobeir, but I am afraid
      
      the Turks will never let him
      
      go out of their hands, & will
      
      keep him in Basreh ~ The
      
      Turkish Gunboat Zohaf which
      
      was stationed at Basreh,
      
      had been sent down to Kweit
      
      about 25 days ago, taking
      
      50 soldiers & 4 guns to be
      
      landed at Kweit, but on
      
      arrival there in the evening
      
      there were two English men
      
      of war, they prevented her
      
      from landing the Troops and
      
      ammunition, & they kept a
      
      strict watch all the night
      
      over her with the Search light,
      
      the next day she weighed
      
      & came to Kweit, & her
      
      
      Captain Wired to his Commodore
      
      at Basreh the result of his
      
      mission, & they say that the
      
      latter expressed his sorrow
      
      & said that Kweit is gone
      
      out of their hands;
      
     
     
      	We took in 5 Tons of Coal,
      
      At 9,,10 left Coot, Took 12 ½
      
      passengers ~ Passed through
      
      the Bridge of the Sennyeh at
      
      Mahomed Abool Hassan;
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad. Weather very hot, wind
      
      from N. East ~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 came to at the bottom
      
      of Aboo Dood & Sounded; there is
      
      3 draaz [cubit], We steamed on to it &
      
      grounded took an anchor out
      
      ahead & hove her into deep water
      
     
     
      	At 6 we proceeded; ~
      
      At 6,,25 grounded, took out a Stern
      
      anchor & hove off; we remained
      
      for the night ~ Light N. Erly
      
      breeze & cool ~
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Wedn. Ther @ 5.78 Noon 104 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 am proceeded ~
      
      At 5,,40 anchored at Seyd Abbass
      
      & sounded the channel
      
      
     
     
      	At 7 am steamed down to the shoal
      
      touched & swung round & dropped through
      
      along the sand island and
      
      went on at 7.30 ~
      
     
     
      	I suffered last night the pain
      
      of my stomach in the intestines
      
      there was the gas confined and
      
      pained me awfully; I am taking
      
      a cup of hot water every morning,
      
      the Castor Oil I took yesterday
      
      did me not much good, &
      
      I am still billious;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,40 [strikethrough] touched the shoal above
      
      Meghessil, anchored & sent to sound,
      
      steamed on to it & grounded; At 11,, we
      
      got over & went on ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,20 passed Ali
      
      Gherbi ~ At 1, P.M. anchored
      
      above Flefleh & sent to sound the
      
      bad place, a Boat aground,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 we proceeded & passed
      
      without touching ~
      
      Modte wind from N. West
      
     
     
      	At 5.30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      Modte N. W breeze & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	I had to sleep in the cabin, but
      
      although it was not warm,
      
      but the awful pain in my
      
      intestines, the wind confined
      
      
      & my bowels are costive have
      
      not worked since yesterday,
      
      which caused the wind & pain,
      
      & so could not sleep at all,
      
     
     
      	At 11.45 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara & landed 49 ½ Passeng
      
      & 524 Packges (410 Bags of
      
      wheat) & the noise of the Coolies
      
      near my head, & the people
      
      made me worse & so had to
      
      pass the night without Sleep,
      
      but occasional dosing off;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat left this morning
      
      for Basreh, she was to take
      
      Troops from Amara for
      
      Basreh, but an Order came
      
      countermanding it; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      12th  Thursd Th. 5.77
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze, with
      
      some clouds on the Est. South
      
      & West horyzon ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 Am. left Amara
      
      took 3 cases of Pelican Feathers
      
      & 6 Passengers ~
      
      Wind got up blowing very fresh
      
      from N. Est with dust, In turning
      
      the sharp reach at Kalat Saleh
      
      the wind swung the ship and
      
      her stem grounded on the East
      
      point; the ship being very
      
      
      light having no cargo scarcely
      
      all was put in the Barge
      
      on the shoal place & consequently
      
      the rudder wont answer,
      
      we were detained from 10,,10
      
      till 10,,25; we furled the
      
      awnings; ~
      
      Detained 1 ½ hour at Nafikh
      
      & other places;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 P.M. grounded below
      
      Aboo Roba, just below the village
      
      place too narrow & shoal,
      
      At 2.30 proceeded & passed the Elbow;
      
     
     
      	At 4.30 P.M. passed Azair,
      
      N.W. wind & clouds of dust
      
      on the horyzon ~
      
     
     
      	At 8.50 landed 5 Passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 9 ~
      
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & cool, I
      
      slept in my cabin & it was not
      
      warm but pleasant;
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Frid
     
     
      At 2,,10 A.M. we dropped anchor
      
      just below Maghil ~
      
     
     
      	At 5,, Proceeded to Basreh
      
      & arrived at 5,45, Landed the
      
      passengers, There are here the
      
      S.S. Koordistan & the Afghanistan
      
      
      loading dates & wood etc at
      
      Asfar’s house, also the Austro –
      
      Lloyed SS. Polluce for Nicola
      
      Jocolas the Greek merchant, she
      
      is to load dates for Trieste,
      
      In Quarantine there are the
      
      SS. [strikethrough] Tabaristan & Gorgistan also
      
      the Hosseini & the mail SS. Simla
      
      the latter is leaving today,
      
      also an extra steamer of the B.I. Copy
      
      the Ellora ~
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh called on me,
      
      also Nassoory Andria, him &
      
      his family are out, down
      
      the river at Mehejran living
      
      with Michail Yaghchi who is
      
      packing dates for Hamilton
      
      Hotz & co; Shekoory Sayegh is
      
      at Fhelyeh packing dates for
      
      Rufail on account of also
      
      Hamilton Hotz & co;
      
     
     
      	The Date market in London
      
      is very low this year so that
      
      Lynch Brothers are not packing
      
      this year but about 2500 Cases,
      
      & Georgis the clerk of Lynch
      
      who had come down in the
      
      Khalifah is returning with
      
      us ~
      
      
     
     
      	The mail Steamer “Java” arrived
      
      this morning; ~
      
     
     
      	The stern Paddle Steamer
      
      of Lynch the Shushan’ is here
      
      at anchor astern the Blosse
      
      Lynch, she has not been able
      
      to get over the stone cataract
      
      above Ahwaz so as to run
      
      between the latter place &
      
      Shushter for want of water
      
      &so she has laid up here
      
      to await the rise of the river,
      
     
     
      	At 11 Am the SS. Fabaristan
      
      left the quarantine she steamed
      
      up & turned down, I saw
      
      Rufail Sayegh going down
      
      in her to Fhelyleih to ship
      
      some dates;
      
     
     
      	Only our Deckmen are tallying
      
      the discharge of cargo, the officers
      
      are, the chief Mr. Slack is
      
      so drunk & his visitors; & the
      
      other McLure also with his
      
      visitors in his cabin but does
      
      not drink; We are Shipping
      
      no cargo, but will have
      
      to take some from the Barge
      
      
      which we are to tow, to alighten
      
      her, & so load with Coal,
      
      taking 90 Tons (40 in the
      
      Barge & 50 in the ship 10
      
      Tons of which is to be landed
      
      in Baghdad ~ The Captain
      
      is also up in his cabin drinking
      
      with his visitors, captains of
      
      different ships & Mr. Bottomley
      
      too;
      
     
     
      	The Blosse Lynch has now
      
      been over two months undergoing
      
      repairs, if repairs can be called
      
      for she has only two or
      
      three patches to put on and
      
      scrub her bottom etc, and
      
      Tom Tartt is superintending
      
      this Job, after he had the
      
      Shushan for about 5 months
      
      in dock at Maghil, a little
      
      Boat which could be done
      
      in 1 month; he gets his pay
      
      of 20 £ per month, & humbugs
      
      the Lynch’s, because his
      
      father old W. Tartt is robbing
      
      them in London in buying
      
      stores etc for the company
      
      the same as when he was here
      
      
      he used to plunder the company
      
      when they used to go in dock
      
      our steamers, so it has
      
      come down this instinct from
      
      father to son; no one of
      
      Lynchs Agents seems to care
      
      a bit of what is going on
      
      either on shore or on board
      
      these two steamers; ~
      
      Catpain Braine has sent for
      
      his wife to come out, and
      
      has hired a house in Baghdad
      
      He got the Ship’s carpenter
      
      in the Khalifah to make for
      
      him his house furniture
      
      since two months he has
      
      been working in making
      
      Tables, Couches, Cupboards
      
      & other things; ~
      
     
     
      	At 12 ½ Rezooki Sayegh came
      
      alongside & I went with him
      
      up to their house, saw there
      
      his wife Mina, Tookyeh and
      
      her children etc; The SS. Polluce
      
      is anchored just abrest of
      
      Rufail’s house & loading
      
      
      dates for Trieste; Rezooki
      
      Angoorly went up to near Maghil
      
      where he is also packing dates
      
      for Hamilton Hotz & co for
      
      America, Rezooki Sayegh
      
      went to the Polluce, he got me
      
      two Tins of Gunpowder (2
      
      Kilos for 10 francs) ~
      
      at sunset Yousef Marine came
      
      down & spent the night with
      
      us & slept here; Light N.W.
      
      breeze & cool night;
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Satur
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze and
      
      Clouds on East & south
      
      travelling up; ~  At daybreak
      
      Rufail came up from
      
      Fhelyeh in Angoorlie’s steam
      
      Launch, he shipped some
      
      dates in the Tabaristan
      
      chartered for America by
      
      Hamilton Hotz & co her
      
      Commander is Sanders,
      
      who was in the Afghanistan
      
      when I was at Marseilles
      
      in Septr 1897 ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 Am I came on board
      
      my stomach is still paining
      
      
      me last night & today too,
      
     
     
      	We are taking in coals,
      
      (50 Tons on board & 40 in the
      
      Barge) ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Koordistan left
      
      early this morning ~
      
     
     
      	A fire took place last
      
      Night on board the Gledhow
      
      in the quarantine accidentally
      
      by some body throwing a
      
      match or cigarette on piles
      
      of Bales of wool & skins
      
      stowed on deck & about 40
      
      Bales were damaged, also
      
      the foremost awnings burnt,
      
      Gray Mackenzie held a survey
      
      Capt. Hanslow & the Captain of the
      
      Dwina were asked to survey the
      
      damaged goods ~
      
     
     
      	Flood tide made at 1 ½ P.M.;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. the SS. Mossul
      
      & Barge left for Baghdad;
      
      Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly Mirza
      
      Hamza &Nassoory Andria
      
      called on board; ~
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 441 [14 SEPTEMBER 1901 --- V052_17_N]
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     Basreh to Baghdad
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
1485,712 (10 tones coal)11,827/122,1753,,6/2,,5

    
     
      
      At 4.50 P.M. we got underway
      
      & proceeded; Flood tide still
      
      running up~ Mr. Bottomley
      
      & the two other Captains of steamers
      
      came up as far as Maghil;
      
     
     
      	Wind fell down & became Calm,
      
      we have no one in 1st Class,
      
      except the Captain of the SS.
      
      Shushan going up to Baghdad
      
      by order of Lynch, for what
      
      purpose it is not known;
      
      but he is one of the meanest
      
      & commonest slaman a
      
      fearful drunkard; he has
      
      already become dead drunk
      
      and his behavior is most
      
      disgraceful; his name is
      
      Cook, what sort of officers
      
      Lynchs are getting now is a
      
      disgrace for this Company
      
     
     
      	At dinner he came to table
      
      
      but was too drunk & could not
      
      speak, he jawed & tryed to speak,
      
     
     
      	At 11 we passed Gorna
      
      I slept in my cabin, it was not
      
      warm, but had the stomach
      
      Ache;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Sund Th @ 5.69 Noon 90 4 P.M 98
     
     
      	Light air, from west &
      
      very cool morning~
      
     
     
      	At 4.45 AM. passed
      
      Azair; we caught the Mossul
      
      up, she is close ahead of us,
      
      but at 7 we got to Ghumeyjeh
      
      & here we stopped, on account
      
      of the shallowness & narrow
      
      river, the “Mossul” is gaining
      
      on us & is going better in this
      
      part of the river; ~
      
     
     
      	Weather is very disagreeable &
      
      a very light S. Erly, rather dampy
      
      & not refreshing but warm
      
      & sultry ~
      
     
     
      	By 10 ½ we got up to the
      
      Elbow, went better this time
      
      here; the Mossul is also ahead
      
      of us about one mile;
      
     
     
      	Patches of clouds appearing
      
      on the East & South horyzon,
      
      
     
     
      	At 3.30 P.M. passed Kalat
      
      Saleh, S. Erly breeze & warm
      
      very sultry; The Mossul is
      
      ahead about ½ mile distant,
      
     
     
      	We have in all 91 ½ Passengers
      
      (only the Capt of the Shushan
      
      Cook is in the 1 C. Cabin, and
      
      Jejo Moorad in 2nd Class with
      
      two men with him all these
      
      are free, besides 3 other Tilkeflies
      
      free by the Captain, all these
      
      are not included in the 91 ½ Passeng)
      
     
     
      	We get up very close astern of
      
      the Mossul by 6 P.M. but cannot
      
      get room to pass her;
      
     
     
      	Light Erly breeze, & the clouds
      
      have vanished, it is the heat
      
      which causes these clouds;
      
     
     
      	At 7.10 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
      
      Breeze shifting to S. West; ~
      
      The Mossul is still ahead of us
      
      & we cannot pass her, she gives
      
      us no room to do so ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,10 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, the Mossul arrived
      
      just 5 minutes before us; We
      
      landed 14 passengers & 12
      
      
      Bales of through cargo; The
      
      weather keeps calm & dampy,
      
      I slept in my cabin;
      
     
     
      	I received a telegram from
      
      Alexander which had arrived
      
      yesterday to inform me when
      
      they are going out encamping
      
      at Gherrara;
      
     
     
      	Svoboda, Amara
      
      Encamping, Monday
      
       Alexander,
          
          
      
      So they are going out tomorrow,
      
     
     
      	We shipped a lot of cargo
      
      about 76 packages over 8000
      
      Okes of Hides, Carpets, Cloth etc,
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Mond Th @  5.78 Noon 93 4 P.M. 100
     
     
      	At 1,, AM. we left Amara,
      
      weather getting cloudy, but
      
      breeze N.W. & calm;
      
      It became very cloudy all
      
      over & misty hazy weather
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 AM anchored to
      
      repair the starboard wheel
      
      the Segments & arms getting
      
      bent~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 the Mossul
      
      
      came up & passed us;
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 24 Amara
      
      passengers; ~
      
     
     
      	At 11.20 finished repairs we
      
      proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 1.30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
      
      weather keeps very warm with light
      
      Eastly breeze & some clouds spred,
      
     
     
      	We passed the SS. Baghdad &
      
      Barge going down at 12 AM;
      
     
     
      	Sunset very calm and
      
      oppressive some clouds on the
      
      East & South, very disagreable
      
      weather  & warm; I slept
      
      outside & it was not cool at all,
      
     
     
      	At 8.45 P.M. passed Ali
      
      Gherbi;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Tuesd Th @ 5.82 Noon 89 4 P.M. 102
     
     
      	At 0,,45 AM. anchored
      
      at Seyd Abbass, the Mossul
      
      is here aground ahead of us
      
      & heaving over ~ at daybreak
      
      we Sent to Sound, & are waiting
      
      for the Mossul to get away,
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & hazy misty
      
      weather; dampy atmosphere,
      
     
     
      	The pain of gas in my stomach
      
      & intestines is much less today
      
      & do not feel it scarcely, I
      
      
      have been taking for the last
      
      three or four days some Carbonate
      
      of Magnesia & feel it agrees
      
      with me ;~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,40 the Mossul got over
      
      into deep water ~ At 11 we
      
      steamed up to it & worked
      
      with the Engines, till 11.30
      
      when we got over the Shoal
      
      the Mossul had just started
      
      & we Also went on astern
      
      of her;
      
     
     
      	At 1.30 P.M. we
      
      grounded the Mossul also
      
      is aground; or alongside the
      
      bank waiting for us to
      
      get off; we took out an
      
      anchor & hove over; at
      
      2,15 we proceeded from Mendelyat
      
      & the Mossul came up & grounded
      
      on it~ Breeze shifted to
      
      N. Wester, ~ The Mossul
      
      Got over & is following us ~
      
     
     
      	Heat clouds on the North &
      
      went all along the horyzon &
      
      far up, ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 grounded at Aboo Dood
      
      worked off & went on at 3,,45,
      
      The Mossul is left there sounding,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 passed Sheikh
      
      Saad~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze clouds
      
      disappeared but the atmosphere
      
      remains hazy, it is nice and
      
      Cool~
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Wedn Th@ 5. 74 Noon 4 P.M.
     
     
      	At 1 Am passed through the
      
      Bridge below Coot;
      
     
     
      	I slept in my cabin it is nice
      
      & cool, but I have a bad cold
      
      on my head & nose, which prevented
      
      me from sleeping~
      
     
     
      	At 2 we grounded below Coot,
      
      took an anchor out & hove &
      
      sounded;~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 Am arrived at
      
      Coot, below the Village, landed
      
      6 passengers & 5 Bales of Cloth
      
      through Cargo;~ The SS.
      
      Mossul arrived an hour after
      
      us & went alongside below
      
      us,~ I left Henry’s letters
      
      & ships papers at Coot~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 Am left Coot
      
      
      the Mossul left ½ hour after
      
      us~ Very light or calm N.W.
      
      breeze~
      
     
     
      	Took 32 ½ Passengers from
      
      Coot~ Erly breeze & moisty;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	Detained at Sheresh in sounding
      
      & grounding from 6,,45 to 7,,15 ,,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 grounded at Deboony
      
      & worked by heaving forward
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Thursd Ther @ 5. 69 Noon 91 4 P.M. 102
     
     
      	At 0,,15 Am got clear of the
      
      shoal; Proceeded; Fine cool
      
      weather, I slept in the cabin,
      
      my cold is bad yet & could not
      
      Sleep till 2 Am;
      
     
     
      	At 4 Am. We grounded
      
      at Zeljeh reach, took an anchor
      
      out, sounded, & heaved over
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 proceeded,
      
      Fine Cool Weather & a light
      
      N.W. breeze~
      
     
     
      	At 8,30 Grounded at
      
      Brenij took an Anchor & hove
      
     
     
      	At 9,,45 proceeded~
      
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 grounded below
      
      Azizieh Village, Worked in
      
      heaving over & taking anchors
      
      until we got over and went
      
      on at 1,,15 P.M.~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 passed Azizieh,
      
      Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Weather got very calm at
      
      sunset, & not so warm~
      
      Just as we were getting near the
      
      Fort, one of our fireman Hanna
      
      fell overboard from the Barge
      
      & he swum across to the Island
      
      We sent the Launch & picked
      
      him up & went on at 6,,35;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,30 P.M. We anchored
      
      at the bottom of Dawar reach,
      
      the Khalifah is aground in
      
      the bad place further up;
      
      I slept in the Cabin; Light
      
      N.W. & fine Cool Weather
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Frid Th@ 5, 74
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      morning~ at 4 ½ Am. I
      
      was up dressed for shooting
      
      to land & walk across to Oweyn
      
      & thence up to Ledge,
      
      
      I left a letter for Henry to be given
      
      by Hamadi; At 6 AM I
      
      landed just at Sunrise took
      
      with me Shamoka the Deckman
      
      & asked Capt Hanslow to pick
      
      us up at Ledje, should he
      
      get up there by noon I shall
      
      be waiting there, I made an
      
      error in not taking anything
      
      to eat but only two rusks,
      
      We walked across the desert
      
      with very little brushes, at
      
      half way I saw 7 Gazels on
      
      my left grasing, I managed
      
      to get pretty near, by dodging
      
      behind brushes & a mound
      
      but they saw me when I was
      
      about 200 yards & then I had
      
      to fire as they begun to turn back,
      
      I had a cartridge of No. 2 shots,
      
      but the range was too far
      
      for a smooth bore gun~
      
      I saw very few partridges at
      
      Oweyn, & started 2 hares,
      
      by 8 ½ we got above the
      
      creek/Nahar Shheyl) to
      
      the Lubia Cultivation, I
      
      
      had only 3 partridges, I shot
      
      well & the powder was very
      
      good, but the birds are scarce
      
      again this year; there is
      
      nothing to eat, every thing is
      
      dry & deserted; there has
      
      been no high rise last year
      
      & no cultivation ~ The watchman
      
      the Lubia Cultivation, I
      
      noon & after, the partridges
      
      came here in great number,
      
      I went out & walked up as
      
      far as the Pile of Liquorice,
      
      where Johnny & I encamped
      
      last October, but I saw
      
      very few, walked out in the
      
      desert, it was worse, no
      
      birds at all, I shot one,
      
      & lost a winged one; but I
      
      begun to suffer the great heat
      
      in the brushwood, & great pain
      
      on my Knews, I begun to feel
      
      very weak at 10 ½, the Bile
      
      getting stirred & the pain of
      
      my stomach begun, I returned
      
      to the Hut of the Lubia Man
      
      
      called Ihrisam, I could
      
      hardly eat a rusk, my
      
      mouth so dry that it wont
      
      go down unless I shove it with
      
      a sip of water, I took few
      
      drops of Arak once or twice
      
      the pain increased~ I went
      
      out to shoot at 11 I walked
      
      up & down, few partridges
      
      flew from the Lubia &
      
      no others, I shot two right
      
      & left barrels & both fell &
      
      were lost as they were winged
      
      It [strikethrough] was 2 P.M & no signs of
      
      the Mejidieh coming up, so I
      
      determined to return, but how
      
      was I to walk, I am so tortured
      
      most awfully, my knees are
      
      preventing me from making
      
      one step ahead; my feet
      
      both have got blistered
      
      from the rubbing of coarse
      
      stocking, & my weakness
      
      
      of stomach & pain, in fact
      
      I was done up, but I forced
      
      myself to walk back toward
      
      Oweyn, the heat is very
      
      intense, & so I used to sit
      
      on the bank & drink water,
      
      & wash & take 10 minutes
      
     
     
       rest & recommense walking,
      
      here I shot a Hare & an
      
      Other partridge, making
      
      in all 6 partridges & the
      
      Hare, & 3 which were winged
      
      & lost; But Oh my God
      
      the pain & suffering was
      
      so much that I could
      
      not possibly walk one
      
      step, my stomach got so sick
      
      that I wanted to throw up,
      
      At 3,,20 P.M. we were glad
      
      to see the Mejidieh coming
      
      up & rounding Rahmanyeh
      
      reach; we had to turn and
      
      walk up river, on account
      
      of shoal Sand bank just
      
      
      Abret of us; and by 4 P.M.
      
      I got on board, complety
      
      done up & not able to walk,
      
      I received a letter from Henry,
      
      & Alexander; but am sorry
      
      that my letter to Henry was
      
      not given as the Khalifah
      
      had got off & proceeded down
      
      by 8 ½ AM;~ Henry tells
      
      me that they had left on Tuesday
      
      with 180,000 Okes, they rose the
      
      freight, the Local Cargo at 11
      
      paras [Ottoman currency] per Oke instead of 9,
      
      & the through at 8 instead of
      
      at 4 & 5 etc; they have 10 Passeng
      
      in 1st Class, Dr. & Mrs. Sturrock
      
      going to London, Mr. & Mrs.
      
      Berk his wife going to Europe,
      
      Ali Beg the Mudir of Tapô,
      
      Catterina Yaghchi free,
      
      a Belgin of the Persian Custom
      
      House Mr. Dambrain & a
      
      Persian clerk with him, an
      
      
      Indian Nawab; & Sleman
      
      [strikethrough] Beg son of Rafat beg going
      
      as Mudir for Ali Gherbi,
      
      & 200 Passengers Deck & 6
      
      Tilkeflies free by Brain,
      
      & 8 Horses;~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 P.M. passed Bostan
      
      very light breeze & warm;
      
      I slept in the cabin, but no sleep
      
      at all from the pain on my
      
      Knees, & stomach & feet blistered
      
      I could not turn over or extend
      
      my legs, ~ at about 11 passed
      
      Ctesiphon~ Touched at 12
      
      at Gusseiba several times &
      
      worked the Engines~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Satur Th@ 5, 74 Noon 93
     
     
      	At 1 ½ Am dropped anchor
      
      at Gusseiba as we could not
      
      pass; at 6 sent to sound, and
      
      hove over with an anchor,
      
      At 7,,15 proceeded from Gusseiba,
      
      I had about an hour’s sleep
      
     
     
      	At 9,,55 passed Diala river,
      
      Weather Calm;
      
     
     
      	I feel the fatigue & pain very much
      
      today & cannot walk~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,50 passed through the
      
      
      Bridge of Gherrara; Very Calm
      
      & hot day;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M. I landed at
      
      our Tents above the Garden of
      
      Gherrara where Henry, Yousif
      
      Yaghchi, Antone Marine &
      
      us, also above us sister
      
      Emilia & Alice are encamped
      
      but the day was very hot &
      
      unbearable in the Tents,
      
      I am so tyred & my bile is
      
      very troublesome, I am
      
      constantly drinking water,
      
      In the evening Antone & his
      
      family & Menusha etc.
      
      all called on us for an hour,
      
     
     
      	The Weather is so unsettled,
      
      getting cloudy;
      
     
     
      	I hear that after we left
      
      Basreh this time up, a very
      
      hard rain fell there for
      
      few hours it was a torrent,
      
      & damaged great deal of
      
      Crop dates, Cargo etc,
      
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Sund
     
     
      	Light Variable air, the
      
      night was cool, but there are
      
      some sand flies; at 6 am I
      
      rode in to town on a donkey
      
      got home by 7, found that
      
      we have only the Indian
      
      watchman Shaoly, our old
      
      watchman looking after
      
      the house; as I was undressing
      
      to wash & shave, Mr. Rappaport
      
      called on me, I invited him to
      
      go out with me to Gherrara
      
      tomorrow & spend the night;
      
      he agreed & asked me to come
      
      & breakfast with him tomorrow
      
      at 11 ½ am with Alexander,
      
     
     
      	I then called on Mons Rouet
      
      found there Mr. Rappaport, Mr.
      
      MacLaghlin of the Ottoman Bank,
      
      Mr Oman, Mr. Querry &
      
      Sasson Effendi; I left and
      
      called on Sister Eliza she
      
      is very busy getting Shifted
      
      to an Other house & are sending
      
      their Kit, they have hired
      
      the house of Pachachi, the
      
      one opposite Capt Cowley’s
      
      which has been bought lately
      
      by Jeboory Asfar for 2000 £
      
      
      & has been let to them for 56
      
      Liras a year~ I came home
      
      at 12, sent Jenna our coolie
      
      to get me breakfast from
      
      a nice & clean shop in the
      
      bazaar @ 1 GSP. per dish I
      
      found it very nice & delicious
      
      I took a Cold water bath &
      
      found it very agreable,
      
     
     
      	The weather is getting cloudy
      
      all over & very hot, the
      
      wind is S. Erly;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul arrived
      
      at about 3 ½ P.M.;
      
     
     
      	At 4 I rode out to Gherrara,
      
      it is very hot, cloudy & sultry
      
      we had some drops of rain
      
      today, I dismounted at
      
      Alice’s & Emilia, had tea
      
      there & came to my Tents,
      
      Alexander has shot a Hare
      
      today~ Edward Blockey
      
      came out at Alices to pass
      
      the night, We all went over
      
      to Antones & spent the evening,
      
      they sung, & played till 8 P.M
      
      
      while there a shower of rain
      
      came over us for about 10
      
      Minutes; it is very cloudy
      
      all around; Later at night
      
      it thundered & rained too
      
      it is very early for this time
      
      yet;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Mond
     
     
      	Light S. Erly sultry & clouds
      
      still hanging around;~ at
      
      6 ¼ Am I rode in to town, also
      
      Alexander on his Bycicle, as
      
      he always uses in & out;
      
      I got home by 7 ¼, Alexander
      
      arrived before me;
      
     
     
      	At 8 I came on board; We are
      
      discharged & our Barge is
      
      discharging new;
      
     
     
      	Today being the Jews Holyday
      
      of the Pentateuch, & they are not
      
      out of their houses;
      
     
     
      	This officer Capt Cook of the
      
      Shushan who is living on board
      
      I hear he is dead drunk now
      
      & he has shut himself up in the
      
      water closet or Bathroom, since
      
      five hours & they have been singing
      
      out to him & he wont answer
      
      Capt Hanslow came on board
      
      
      & said that this fellow Cook
      
      is to Act here on board as
      
      Chief mate, & Slack will be
      
      second & MacLure third,
      
      these two have refused and
      
      struck work & have both
      
      gone to Mr. Parry the Agent,
      
      He told them that the order
      
      from London is that Mr. Cook
      
      is engaged by his Contract at
      
      the monthly pay of 210 Rps
      
      Messing included & to serve
      
      either on the Karoon or Tigris
      
      & he is ordered to place him
      
      as chief on board the Mejidieh,
      
      Mr. MacLure returned & is going
      
      to remain, but Mr. Slack
      
      wants to leave but he is so
      
      drunk & stupid, you cannot
      
      get anything out of him,
      
      the Other one Mr. Cook, is
      
      still drunk & laid up in
      
      the cabin; Last night
      
      they had a fine scandal
      
      here in the saloons, they
      
      
      got four women made
      
      them drunk, & stripped them
      
      naked & so every one even
      
      the servants left them &
      
      went away what a disgrace
      
      for the ship & the company
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went home
      
      took Alexander & went to
      
      Mr. Rappaport & breakfasted
      
      with him, he excused himself
      
      of not being able to go
      
      out With us to Gherrara
      
      this evening, as his cold
      
      is still bad; at 1 P.M.,
      
      We left & came home,
      
      at 2 I came on board,
      
     
     
      	There is no head or tail among
      
      the Mates Mr. Slack refused
      
      to take Cargo, they sent one
      
      from the Office Jejo Moorad
      
      to take the through Cargo,
      
     
     
      	At 4 ½ P.M. I left the ship and
      
      went home with Alexander
      
      at 5 I rode out to Gherrara &
      
      Alexander on a Bycicle;
      
      Got to our Tents by 6 P.M.
      
      
      Weather very unsettled & Erly
      
      Cloudy & dusty, we spent the
      
      evening at Yousif Yaghchi,
      
      & came back at 8;~ Eliza
      
      had prepared everything for
      
      Mr. Rappaport’s dinner, but
      
      he did not come;~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Tuesd
     
     
      	S Erly wind & clouds on
      
      the East & sultry turbid
      
      weather; At 6 ½ AM. I rode
      
      in to town & hastened so much
      
      to get in early I arrived at 7,, 10
      
      but I am very tyred & weak
      
      from the effect of the shooting
      
      & very billious & caustive yet;
      
      I am not going out tonight
      
      at 8 Am I came on board
      
      the steamer; we are taking
      
      cargo, Mr. Cooke of the Shushan
      
      who is now to be as Chief mate
      
      is taking cargo, but he does
      
      not know how to take,
      
      also Jejo Moorad,& the
      
      3rd  mate, Mr. MacLure
      
      taking local cargo, we
      
      
      Weather very unsettled & Erly
      
      Cloudy & dusty, we spent the
      
      evening at Yousif Yaghchi,
      
      & came back at 8;~ Eliza
      
      had prepared everything for
      
      Mr. Rappaport’s dinner, but
      
      he did not come;~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Tuesd
     
     
      	S Erly wind & clouds on
      
      the East & sultry turbid
      
      weather; At 6 ½ AM. I rode
      
      in to town & hastened so much
      
      to get in early I arrived at 7,, 10
      
      but I am very tyred & weak
      
      from the effect of the shooting
      
      & very billious & caustive yet;
      
      I am not going out tonight
      
      at 8 Am I came on board
      
      the steamer; we are taking
      
      cargo, Mr. Cooke of the Shushan
      
      who is now to be as Chief mate
      
      is taking cargo, but he does
      
      not know how to take,
      
      also Jejo Moorad,& the
      
      3rd  mate, Mr. MacLure
      
      taking local cargo, we
      
      are charging 11 Paras
      
      
      Per Oke for local & 8 for
      
      the through cargo, there is
      
      lots of Dates shipped for
      
      the Mediterranean Ports,
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went home,
      
      Alexander also came from
      
      his office, we had breakfast
      
      brought from the bazaar
      
      4 dishes for 16 R. Piaster ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 ½ P.M. I came on board
      
      we shipped a lot of cargo,
      
      at 5 P.M. we finished, Alexander
      
      came to me & then left for
      
      Gherrara, as I am staying
      
      here tonight; at 6 I went
      
      home; I sent Jema the Coolie
      
      to fetch me my dinner,~
      
      Very calm & warm, we have
      
      no bedsteads or anything out
      
      in the Verandah, I had to
      
      sleep in the room, but felt it
      
      very hot~
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Wedn The@ 5.74 Noon 98 4 P.M
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 5 AM I came on board
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 442 [25 SEPTEMBER 1901 --- V052_18_S]
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     Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 5,,30 AM we proceeded
      
      At 5,,50 anchored to sound
      
      at Cherd el Pasha there are many
      
      Christian tents here & on the
      
      opposite side; there are none
      
      this year at Gherrara, except us,
      
     
     
      	Found 2 ½ draaz, at 6,,35 weighed
      
      & steamed through & went on,
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Phrat arrived last night
      
      at 12 P.M.;
      
     
     
      	In passing our Tents at 8 ¼
      
      I threw the key of our room on
      
      shore, as we pass very close to
      
      the bank, I saw all of them
      
      standing on the bank;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,35 passed Diala river,
      
      Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,40 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
      
      & sent to sound~
      
     
     
      	I finished with the Passengers
      
      Tickets, we have in all 159 ½ ,
      
      (2 in 1st class women the family
      
      of H. Monsoor H. Selman, the
      
      
      owner  of Lynch Bro. houses in
      
      Basreh they are free with 3
      
      servants & a little donkey; and
      
      2 in 2nd Class also free Retn Ticket
      
      they are Isak the son of Elias servant
      
      Jejo Lynch’s brother, & his Sister
      
      he is taking her to Basreh to
      
      go to Constantinople to join
      
      her husband there the son of
      
      Shukry, in the SS. Korniloff
      
      of the Russian line;)
      
     
     
      	At 0,,15 P.M we steamed on
      
      to the Shoal of 2 ½ & 2 ¾  draaz
      
      but we grounded, & worked
      
      with heaving aft;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 PM.  we got over and
      
      proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Light N.E. breeze & fine;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,5 we came to for the
      
      night below Semreh reach;
      
      Very calm weather, but it is not
      
      warm; I slept out on the quarter
      
      Deck, it became very cool at
      
      night~
      
     
     
      	I see this fellow Isak son
      
      of Elias Jejo has his ticket from
      
      Mr. Parry for himself & his
      
      
      Sister in 2nd Class & a servant,
      
      but this servant turned out to
      
      be his other younger Sister
      
      & there are three children also
      
      of his marred sister the wife
      
      of Rezooki Shukry, whom he
      
      is accompanying to Basreh
      
      to go to Constple in the S.S.
      
      Korniloff~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Thrusd The@ 5.68 Noon 90 4 P.M 97
     
     
      	Light N. Erly & fine cool
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 proceeded
      
      from Semreh; wind begun
      
      to blow a S. Easter-
      
     
     
      	At 9,,30 anchored at Dawar
      
      & sent to sound, about 7 Boats
      
      are down here on the shoal
      
      at 11 steamed on to the shoal &
      
      grounded worked with anchors
      
      fore & aft; there is a Boat further
      
      down aground we sent our
      
      men to tow her off;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,10 P.M. we then weighed
      
      & proceeded down;
      
     
     
      	Wind shifted to N.W. since
      
      1 P.M~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,35 passed
      
      Baghdadieh~
      
      
     
     
      	The wreck of the Dijleh is
      
      showing more than last
      
      trip;
      
     
     
      	At 6 we touched a shoal
      
      at upper reach of Gutnyeh & could
      
      not get clear, so we anchored
      
      for the night;~ Light N.W.
      
      breeze & fine cool weather;
      
      I had to sleep in the cabin~
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Friday The@ 6,79 noon 97 4 P.M 106
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, with few
      
      Clouds on the East & South;
      
     
     
      	Sent to sound the channel
      
      At 6,,10 AM proceeded from
      
      Gutnyeh reach;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 we stopped at Raddat
      
      awaiting for the S.S. Baghdad
      
      coming up to pass;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,50 she passed up and
      
      we went on~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,5 passed Azizieh;
      
      At 9,,10 anchored & sent to sound,
      
      At 9,,50 proceeded~
      
      At 10,,5 anchored & sent to Sound;
      
      At 11,,30 left & went on~
      
     
     
      	Weather became calm;
      
      at 0,,50 P.M. Anchored at Zeljeh
      
      & sent to sound;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 proceeded after
      
      
      touching & getting off, we went on;
      
     
     
      	Detained at Deboony from
      
      4,,30 till 5 P.M. in a narrow &
      
      shoal place dropping down along
      
      the west bank;
      
      At 6,,55 P.M. anchored
      
      at Summer for the night~
      
      Very light N.W. breeze & fine;
      
      I slept in the Cabin~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Satur Ther @ 6.73 Noon 91 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze & fine~
      
      At 5,, 20 AM. we proceeded
      
      from Summer~
      
      At 6,,15 passed Menlah;
      
      At 6,,30 grounded above Bughela
      
      village worked her with the Engines
      
      she turned round & round & then
      
      got cleared & went on at 7,,35,
      
     
     
      	weather getting cloudy all
      
      over~
      
      At 2,,15 P.M. arrived at
      
      Coot, very shoal below the village
      
      & cannot get up not even to the
      
      garden below it; Landed
      
      22 Passengers & 42 Packages,
      
     
     
      	I left a letter & Papers here for
      
      Henry, also wrote to Alexander
      
      
     
     
      	But heard here that the Khalifah
      
      has made a very long trip
      
      down, she arrived here last
      
      Monday the 23d being 7 days
      
      from Baghdad (having left on the
      
      17th) and here we hear that she
      
      has only left Amara yesterday
      
      morning on her way down,
      
      she was 3 days detained at Seyd
      
      Abbass; that makes her trip
      
      to Basreh about 11 days down,
      
      she had about 10 1st class
      
      Passengers & they all messed
      
      at the Captains table, @ 5
      
      Rupees each per day, besides
      
      the charges for Liquors;
      
     
     
      	We are waiting here for our
      
      cargo 42 packages to be discharged
      
      the Hamal Bashi has sent for a
      
      Meheyleh to come down & take
      
      it; we do not hurry now a
      
      days in any detention of this Sort;
      
      they are taking every thing
      
      very easy; It is 4 PM & no boat
      
      has come down yet;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,40 we left Coot,
      
      Took 12 passengers; Passed through
      
      the Bridge opened for us
      
     
     
      	Weather keeps cloudy all
      
      around & hazy, it became
      
      
      calm at Sunset, very dim
      
      clouds around & warm
      
      moon 15 days old;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 we rounded & came
      
      to for the night; Very calm and
      
      warm;
      
     
     
      	Our 3d mate MacLure is sitting
      
      aft on the quarter deck playing with
      
      his Banjo, & the other mates doing
      
      nothing Mr. Slack the 2nd  & Mr.
      
      Cooke have no work but Simply
      
      keep watch on the Bridge, all
      
      the 3 mates are now doing nothing
      
      in fact they are at liberty to do
      
      what they like, there is no discipline
      
      and no one cares what he is doing,
      
      as the Captain is encouraging them
      
      to do what they like, he joins them
      
      in their amusement;~
      
     
     
      	My stomach had been paining me
      
      until yesterday, but today I felt
      
      much better, & the dry bitter
      
      tongue is passing; I am still
      
      taking the sulphur & cream
      
      of tartar, also Bicarbonate
      
      of Soda, & the hot water
      
      every morning~
      
      
     
     
      	I slept in the cabin; a light S. Erly
      
      breeze & clouds dispersed;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Sund Th@ 6.76 Noon 95 4 P.M. 101
     
     
      	S. Erly wind fresh and
      
      Cloudy all over, wintry weather
      
      At 5,,15 AM. proceeded
      
      At 9.30 passed Sheikh Saad
      
      At 10 grounded at Aboo Dood;
      
      but got off & went on at 10,,40,
      
      strong S. Erly wind & cloudy warm
      
      weather~ At 11.15 grounded
      
      at Mendelyat; sounded and
      
      hove off; at 1,,5 P.M proceeded
      
      to the marked shoal & also grounded
      
      took anchor out & hove,~ Furled
      
      all awnings from the wind
      
      but it is not so strong now;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,55 P.M. got over & proceeded
      
      Clouds clearing off a little, but
      
      weather so sultry & dusty like,
      
      wind fell down;
      
     
     
      	At 3 anchored at Seyd Abbass
      
      & sounded; Wind Shifted to N.W.
      
      & is more cloudy; Pilot returned
      
      at 5, we weighed & proceeded down
      
      to the shoal & anchored by the
      
      stern the strain of the ship drifting
      
      down snaped the chain had to
      
      send & gather it; took an other
      
      anchor out to turn her stern up
      
      stream again it broke the chain
      
      
      got it & lashed it & hove on &
      
      got her stern up; the shoal is
      
      marked before us, there is only
      
      2 draaz water here; at 6,,20
      
      we knocked off work and
      
      remained for the night;
      
     
     
      	Cloudy clam & warm weather
      
      Very unpleasant & oppressive;
      
      They took an other anchor out at
      
      6 ½ & hove her up stream;~
      
     
     
      	It is very curious to see our two
      
      mates Mr. Slack & Mr. MacLure
      
      in the latters Cabin & Metty with
      
      them singing & MacLure playing
      
      his banjo, while they are working
      
      aft in heaving; Mr. Cooke the
      
      now chief mate is attending
      
      on duty but does not know
      
      any thing at all & the Captain
      
      too is aft pegging his whiskey
      
      & soda;
      
     
     
      	Very warm in the Cabin, I
      
      am swetting from the heat;
      
      the weather is cloudy & loaded
      
      with heat atmosphere;
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Mond Th@ 6.82 Noon 98 4 PM 106
     
     
      	Very light S. E. & cloudy~
      
      A loud crack of thunder came
      
      on at 3 AM, & at 3 1/2 a heavy
      
      
      shower of rain came down pouring
      
      for about 10 Minutes, no wind
      
      & the weather is warm & dampy
      
      It remained cloudy~
      
     
     
      	At 6 AM begun to lay anchors
      
      for & Aft & heave over the Shoal
      
      of 2 & 2 ¼ draaz; ship drawing
      
      3 feet 4 Inches;
      
     
     
      	Cloudy with some drops of rain
      
      & S. Erly breeze;
      
     
     
      	We kept by heaving over the Shoal
      
      close alongside a high Sand
      
      island the whole day advancing
      
      very gradually, Capt Hanslow
      
      does not adopt the necessity of
      
      landing the passengers on Shore,
      
      Modte S. Erly hot wind and
      
      warm~ At sunset the Thermor. in
      
      my Cabin is 98º~ weather very
      
      cloudy on the North & East
      
      hazy on South; the sand flying
      
      from the island close alongside
      
      of the steamer is filling the cabins
      
      Light S. Erly wind prevails
      
     
     
      	I am suffering from a bad tooth
      
      ache since 20 days but not so
      
      severe as it came on tonight,
      
      it is on the upper right jaw, so
      
      bad it came that I could not
      
      sleep all the night, and
      
      
      being so warm in the cabin
      
      there is a light S. Erly warm breeze
      
      & cloudy hazy weather, the
      
      tooth is getting decayed & it
      
      is hard to pull it out, I have
      
      only about 15 teeth left in my
      
      mouth & few are decayed, I
      
      have much trouble now in
      
      eating & masticating; I
      
      put several times whiskey but
      
      it only allays the pain for a
      
      few minutes~
      
     
    
    
     
      1st Tuesd The@ 6.86 noon 98 4 P.M. 100
     
     
      	S. Erly increasing wind,
      
      at daylight they begun to heave
      
      & shift anchors, They worked
      
      last night till 10 ½ , she
      
      only advanced few feet down
      
      alongside the sand island,
      
      the wind blowing the sand
      
      on board & my cabin is getting
      
      filled, They cast the Barge
      
      off & shifted anchors, the
      
      wind is blowing very strong,
      
      & the sand blinding us, I
      
      shut all my windows & Still
      
      the Sand penetrates;~
      
     
     
      	We hove her down & then got
      
      the Barge alongside & gathered
      
      
      anchors~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,30 left Seyd Abbass,
      
      Strong S. Erly wind blowing,
      
      Cloudy weather;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. passed
      
      Ali Gherbi;
      
     
     
      	My tooth still aches me every now
      
      & then very severly; I have applied
      
      Carbolic Acid, hot vinegar and
      
      Laudanum, but did no good,
      
      the smoke of Tobacco allays it a
      
      little;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,45 P.M. we rounded and
      
      Came to for the night below SKheryeh
      
      reach, S. Erly breeze & clouds
      
      on every part, warm weather;
      
      I am sleeping in the cabin, & it is nice
      
      & cool~
      
     
    
    
     
      2 Wedn Th@ 6.78 Noon 94 4 P.M. 108
     
     
      	Light N.W. & clouds still
      
      are hanging about;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
      
      Breeze shifted to S. Easter very light,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 passed the S. S.
      
      Khalifah & Barge above Ali Sherghi,
      
      I saw Henry & his son Louis 13
      
      years old who he took down for a
      
      change, & some other European
      
      passengers aft~
      
     
     
      	At 7 passed Ali Sherghi
      
      At 1,,25 P.M arrived at Amara
      
      
      landed 27 passengers and
      
      63 packages; I received Henry’s
      
      letter & my Papers; The Khalifah had
      
      240,000 Okes (125,000 in the Barge
      
      and only 15,000 in the Ship including
      
      5 Tons Coal for Baghdad) she
      
      had 80 Tons of Coal for her
      
      consumption, she left Basreh
      
      on Monday at 4 P.M. with
      
      217 ½ Passengers & 9 Tilkeflies free
      
      by Capt Brain, in 1st Class she
      
      had Mr. Berk returning; a Russian
      
      from Persia Mr. Severin Koseykh
      
      2 Indians 3 Mahomdans
      
      & a new young clerk for Blockey
      
      Hotz in place of Edward
      
      Blockey called Levach~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 P.M. we left Amara
      
      Very warm S. Erly breeze,
      
      Took 29 1.2 passengers;
      
     
     
      	Abdulla Rawandouzli
      
      the Lawyer at Basreh has been
      
      assassinated about 10 days
      
      ago in the bazzar in broad
      
      daylight by 2 negro Servants
      
      of the Nakib~ the
      
      
      Waly of Basreh Mohsen Pasha
      
      has been dismissed at last
      
      he intrigued greatly in the affair
      
      of Moubarek ibn Sobah
      
      Sheikh of Kweit, & Sheikh
      
      Yousif el Ibrahim, the latters
      
      opponent & has taken large
      
      sums of bribes some say
      
      over 10,000 Liras ~
      
     
     
      	Very calm & warm weather ~
      
      my tooth ache is troubling fearfully,
      
      my mouth got blistered from hot
      
      things I have applyed ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,40 P.M. we anchored
      
      for the night, calm & warm;
      
      It became cooler toward midnight,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cool morning,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 A.M. proceeded
      
      At 6:30 passed Kalat Saleh
      
      Very calm but fine, with a little
      
      cloudy on the N. & N West;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,30 anchored at Nafikh
      
      & sounded at 7,,50 proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 9, grounded at Aboo Roba,
      
      took out an anchor astern & hove
      
      off, sent to sound; ~ At 9,,35
      
      proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 Grounded at Ghumeyjeh
      
      hove off aft & proceeded at
      
      
      0,,15 P.M. Very light S. West
      
      breeze,
      
     
     
      	At 1,,10 P.M. passed
      
      Azair;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 landed 12 ½
      
      Passengers at Gorna & went on
      
      at 5,,20; Light N.W. breeze &
      
      fine weather; At sunset it became
      
      very calm, but it is not so warm
      
      Therm. 90 in my cabin;
      
     
     
      	At 12 P.M. arrived in
      
      Basreh; it is still warm in the
      
      cabin with many sand flies I
      
      could not sleep; there is the S.S.
      
      Henry Bolchow the lighter for
      
      [illegible –Attur?] sea going steamers close to
      
      us, & the S.S. Muristan for Asfar & co
      
      & only the mail steamer Pachumba
      
      in quarantine ~
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Frid Th@6. 76
     
     
      	Very calm weather & hazy,
      
      We landed cargo & passengers
      
     
     
      	The date packing & shipping
      
      is nearly over, People are finishing
      
      their works in the Cherdaks
      
      on the river, But Shekoory
      
      Sayegh is still at Fhelyeh
      
      
      has finished the packing for
      
      Rufail on account of Hotz & Co.
      
      & will go up in the Khalifah,
      
      I am sorry for his detention
      
      here, because the trade of
      
      Alexander & him is suspended
      
      in Baghdad which is not
      
      good for their name~
      
     
     
      	Rufail came to me as well
      
      as Rezooki Angoorly; Rufail
      
      has packed some 6000 cases
      
      of Dates for Hotz & Co., he
      
      takes a Commission of 2 ½
      
      %;~
      
     
     
      	Mohsen Pasha the Wali
      
      of Basreh is dismissed, and
      
      Abdullatif Pasha the Motserrif
      
      of Kerbella is appointed in
      
      his place temporary, he
      
      leaves Baghdad today in the
      
      SS. “Baghdad” I know him
      
      well, when he was Mektubchi
      
      during the time of the Wali
      
      Hamdi Pasha, when I had
      
      the trouble about my Claim
      
      from Mahomed el Freh,
      
     
     
      	Nothing has been done
      
      & no notice taken of the
      
      
      Murder of the lawyer Abdulla
      
      Rawandanzly; the two men
      
      murderors are at liberty &
      
      after having fired a Revolver
      
      shot on his chest & fell down
      
      from horse back at the
      
      Bazaar of Suk el Dejaj, the
      
      men went to the Nakib’s
      
      house deposited their arms
      
      & came back to look at
      
      the body with the other
      
      spectators, no steps at all
      
      being taken for their arrest,
      
      His son is in the military
      
      service & is coming out from
      
      Constantinople ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. Rezooki Sayegh
      
      came to me, & then I went with
      
      him to their house, saw there
      
      Tookyeh Rufail Mina the
      
      wife Rezooki, & in the
      
      evening Yoursif Marine came
      
      down; I slept in the Saloon
      
      it was not so warm, but there
      
      were many sand flies, the
      
      rest slept on the top of the
      
      House ~ A light westerly
      
      
      prevailed during the night
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Satur
     
     
      	Light Westerly & N.W.
      
      at 7 ½ AM. I came on board
      
      we are doing nothing having
      
      taken on board some cargo
      
      from the loaded Barge which
      
      we are to tow & 80 tons
      
      of coal half in the Barge;
      
     
     
      	At 9 AM. the SS. Mossul
      
      arrived, having left Baghdad
      
      on Friday last; The Mufettish
      
      Adlyeh Hamdi Beg the
      
      brother of Ali Beg & my friend
      
      came down in her, as he is
      
      appointed Motserrif for Hodeida
      
      on the Red Sea ~
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Muristan left at 10
      
      am to the Bar to fill up
      
      cargo taken down for the S.S. Turkistan
      
      I sent the following telegram
      
      to Alexander
      
     
     
      	Svoboda, Baghdad
      
      Cases Beer went up Khalifah,
      
      Shekoury coming & next
      
      trip Khalifah
      
    
      	Svoboda
      
      
      
      5/10/901
      
     
     
      	1 Mejidi
      
      
      N.W. breeze, but not cool;
      
      Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly
      
      came to me;
      
     
     
      	We received the mails at 3 P.M.
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 442 [25 SEPTEMBER 1901 --- V052_19_N]
     (//)
     Basreh to Baghdad
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
19151,405/106,245 & 40 tons coal (10 for Baghdad) 11,532 1/2N/A

    
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. we left Basreh,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather;
      
      But it is unusually warm and not
      
      at all refreshing ~
      
     
     
      	We have in 1st Class 2 persons
      
      a Mr. Thomas an Englishman
      
      who came out to Basreh to be
      
      agent for Bucknall’s steamer
      
      but it appears that it has been
      
      dispensed with & he is returning
      
      to London by way of Damascus
      
      & Constantinople; and a
      
      man called Sheikh Abdulla
      
      son of Sheikh Abou Beker
      
      of Erwill, considered by many
      
      Arabs Mahomedans to be
      
      
      inspired with much veneration
      
      & sanctity, lots of people
      
      came to see him off & they
      
      all kissed his hand & even
      
      fell down & kissed his feet,
      
      he comes from a pilgrimage
      
      from Mecca; also 2 persons
      
      the family of Hamad el
      
      Assafi coming from Nejid
      
      for Baghdad, but they had
      
      not arrived in time from Zobeir
      
      & so they remained behind
      
      they had taken tickets from
      
      me yesterday ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 landed 4 Passengers
      
      at Gorna, & went on ~ N.W.
      
      breeze & fine cool weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Sund Th@6. 66 Noon 84 4 P.M. 86
     
     
      	At 5 AM. passed Azair;
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	At 7 ½ we got up to the
      
      upper Ghumeyjeh Canal and
      
      begun to go on slow & grounded
      
      took an anchor ahead and
      
      hove over, kept going very slow,
      
      At 10,,40 anchored to repair
      
      
      the starboard wheel, a float
      
      been carried away; at 11
      
      proceeded going very slow,
      
     
     
      	At 0,,45 P.M. had to
      
      stop for the SS. Phrat & Barge
      
      coming down she passed
      
      & we remained making fast
      
      & repairing the wheel, as
      
      the float was carried away
      
      & sunk with the brackets etc
      
      & had to put a new one;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 finished repair
      
      of the wheel proceeded;
      
     
     
      	Modte & cool N.W. wind,
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 133
      
      Passengers (2 in 1st Class, Mr.
      
      Thomas of Bucknall’s agent
      
      going to England overland,
      
      & a Sheikh Abdulla of Erwill
      
      a venerated person, & the 2
      
      2nd C. family of Hamad el
      
      Assafi have not come)
      
      also one free to Amara by
      
      the Captain; ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ P.M. we passed Aboo
      
      Roba going slow all the time,
      
     
     
      	Weather very pleasant &
      
      a light cool N. Wester,
      
      
      It appears that the weather has
      
      settled down & the heat is gone,
      
      It is quite an Autumn weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,3 we anchored
      
      near Abdulla ibn Ali for the
      
      night, Fine clear & cool
      
      weather, light N.W. breeze;
      
      It became very cool, that I had
      
      to cover myself in the cabin;
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Mond Th@6. 60 Noon 80 4 P.M. 84
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze and very
      
      cool weather, quite cold in
      
      the morning;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
      
      from Abdulla ibn Ali; I feel
      
      it quite cold with the light cotton
      
      clothes; Atmosphere very fine &
      
      clear; ~ At 8,,30 landed 6 passeng.
      
      at Kalat Saleh & went on
      
      a cold breeze blowing from N.W.
      
      & fine weather; Therm 70º at 9 am
      
     
     
      	At 3,,50 P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 4 Passengers & 3 Bales
      
      of through cargo; we shipped 29
      
      Bund of Hides & carpets @ 12 Paras
      
      per Oke; They say here that the river
      
      rose in Baghdad about 4 Inches
      
     
     
      	At 5,,5 P.M. left Amara
      
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 35 ½ Amara
      
      passengers;
      
     
     
      	Very fine clear weather,
      
      & cool but very calm;
      
     
     
      	Abdul Kadur Khdery gave Capt Hanslow
      
      8 Bags (6 Barley & 2 Rice) at
      
      Amara, & to Mikha Tindal 1
      
      Bag Rice; ~
      
     
     
      	It got very cool during the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Tuesd Th@6. 60 Noon 84 4 P.M. 86
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cool night; ~ At 1,,30 am,
      
      we grounded below Skheryeh, took
      
      an anchor out & hove off and
      
      at 2,,15 proceeded ~ Fine
      
      cool weather & calm;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 landed 3 Passengers
      
      at Ali Gherbi & took 2 for
      
      Coot & went on at 8,,45;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 P.M. anchored at
      
      Seyd Abbass & sent to sound,
      
      Some Boats here in the Channel,
      
      Pilot returned at 2 ½ having found
      
      an other Channel with 3 draaaz
      
      but very narrow, we steamed
      
      up to it, & sent the Boat to
      
      get the laden Liquorice Boats
      
      off the Channel, two other
      
      
      Boats wanted to attempt to
      
      drop to the Channel but we
      
      stopped them, we had to take
      
      an anchor ahead to keep
      
      her streight in the Channel,
      
      we kept heaving & taking anchors
      
      ahead
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 P.M. the S.S. Baghdad
      
      & Barge came down & anchored
      
      up above, she has the flag
      
      flying for Abdullatalif Pasha
      
      Motserrif of Kerbella, who is going
      
      down to act as Wali of
      
      Basreh in place of Mohsen
      
      Pasha dismissed, (see
      
      further up);~
      
     
     
      	We worked in heaving over till
      
      9 P.M. & knocked off, having advanced
      
      a little & nearly got over ~
      
      Very cool weather & fine~
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Wednes Th@6. 58 Noon 77 4 P.M. 87
     
     
      	Fine clear weather & light N.W.
      
      breeze, quite cold in the morning,
      
      the water is as cold as ice ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 ½ am begun to heave &
      
      steam over ~
      
     
     
      	At 7 cleared the Shoal and
      
      proceeded; left the Baghdad
      
      here to get to the shoal and
      
      proceed down ~
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship’s Company
      
      
      their wages for September;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 grounded at Mendelyat
      
      sounded & Marked the channel
      
      a Boat aground here; took
      
      an anchor out & hove over
      
      At 9,,55 proceeded;
      
     
     
      	At 12 passed Sheikh Saad,
      
      Breeze fell down & became calm
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 P.M. grounded at Gardyeh
      
      hove off  & proceeded at 9,,10 ~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,35 arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 7 passengers & 1 Bale
      
      of through cargo ~ I left the
      
      letters & papers here for the S.S.
      
      Khalifah ~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 we left Coot
      
      Fine very Cool weather ~
      
     
     
      	I had the pain in my stomach
      
      the whole night;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 ThursdTh@6 59 Noon 79 4. P.M. 90
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      cold morning ~
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 20 ½ Coot passengers
      
      In passing Shadi we saw on
      
      the bank about 200 Persian Pilgrims
      
      from Shushter & Desfool going
      
      to cross over from Bughela to
      
      go to Kerbella;
      
      
     
     
      	At 0,,20 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      It is awful the pain in my stomach,
      
      it came on so suddenly last night,
      
      it must be cold that I caught,
      
      either in washing or in going out
      
      at night;~
      
     
     
      	Weather getting cloudy &
      
      rather warm ~ It is the end of
      
      the moon 28 days old ~
      
     
     
      	There is a very slight rise of the river
      
      of about 2 Inches they said at
      
      Coot, it is not perceptible;
      
     
     
      	My stomach & intestines pain
      
      me most awfully such as I have
      
      not had for a long time; can it be
      
      from cold in washing or what
      
      came of it so painful; I am
      
      so shivering from the pain;
      
      After dinner I took some Bicarbonate
      
      of Soda, as I have no more Sulphur
      
      & Cream of Tartar;
      
     
     
      	We touched several places during
      
      the night, weather little cloudy,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Frid Th@6. 63 Noon 87 4 P.M. 91
     
     
      	At 2,,20 AM. passed Azizieh
      
      Calm weather & not so cool, there
      
      are some clouds;
      
     
     
      	The pain in my stomach was not so
      
      severe during the night, I slept better
      
     
     
      	At 7,,15 AM. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; S. Erly breeze got up;
      
     
     
      	At 10 we passed the S.S. Khalifah
      
      
      & Barge going down at Jwemisseh
      
      lower part of Dawar reach
      
      I saw Mr. Malcon Balthazar
      
      the Dragoman of the Russian
      
      Consul, also the wife of Elias
      
      Jejo & her daughter going down
      
      for a change & certainly
      
      free Ret Ticket ~
      
     
     
      	We passed the shoal of Dawar
      
      without touching, it has got
      
      better;~
      
     
     
      	Weather got cloudy all over &
      
      a very light S. Erly;
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M. in passing Khamassah
      
      we saw about 5 or 6 Tents on
      
      the bank, & Dr. Ramsey the
      
      Residency Surgeon Mr. Cree of
      
      Blockey Hotz his sister (who is
      
      engaged to Dr. Ramsey) & an
      
      other lady, out for shooting
      
      excursion ~
      
     
     
      	My stomach is killing me from
      
      the pain in the intestines ~
      
     
     
      	At 5 passed Bostan, Very
      
      cloudy all over & getting gloomy,
      
     
     
      	At 5,,40 came to repair
      
      the starboard wheel [illegible] arm
      
      broken ~ very cloudy & getting
      
      dark ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 8 it began to rain lightly
      
      for ½ hour;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,50 it cleared up, we
      
      proceeded~
      
     
     
      	I am dying from the pain, as
      
      if my guts are poisoned, no Sleep
      
      & no rest, it is awful;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Satur Th@6. 67
     
     
      	At 1,,55 am passed Ctesiphon
      
      weather clear & light S. Erly
      
      breeze. I cannot sleep from
      
      the pain in my intestines,
      
     
     
      	I took twice froot Salt, but
      
      to no effect & I am so restless from
      
      the cutting pain, & digging like so
      
      many daggers, this is the worst
      
      pain I have ever experienced;
      
      I am mad from it ~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,50 am we touched at
      
      Gusseiba (lower part) & could not
      
      get clear, we grounded & took
      
      anchor out fore & aft, we are
      
      at upper Menary reach, kept
      
      heaving all the time ~
      
     
     
      	I took hot water a cup, & then the
      
      Tea but cannot eat anything,
      
      I am so costive too, & the wind
      
      is confined, & does not pass down,
      
      I have had no relief since
      
      48hours & no sleep at all,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & cool,
      
      
      We are still heaving on; I
      
      put on the flannel Cholera [Chobra?] belt,
      
      & a pair of drawers as it is
      
      chilly & cold; The pain having
      
      kept so severe that I could not bear
      
      it, I went to Capt Hanslow & took
      
      a dose of Tincture of Ginger in
      
      water, but the pain was still and
      
      getting worse; so I thought of
      
      taking a dose of Castor Oil,
      
      but when I got the glass filled
      
      the smel & nausea made me
      
      sick & I vomited with much
      
      force, & I threw up only the ginger
      
      with much acidity; at 9 I took a
      
      cup of broth, but the pain is just
      
      as severe as ever;
      
     
     
      	At 10 we got clear & went on;
      
      At 0, 35 P.M. passed Diala~
      
      The castor oil does not work
      
      nn at all; as if I have not taken
      
      it, & the pain is just the same
      
      I applyed mustard poultess
      
      but after ½ hour I vomited
      
      again very sower; my bowels
      
      not working~
      
      
     
     
      	At 2,, 45 P.M. I landed at
      
      the Tents at Gherrara; I saw them
      
      all there, & I had to lay down
      
      from the excessive pain, my wife
      
      tryed every thing to alleviate the
      
      pain but it was impossible
      
      I put Linseed poultess, drunk
      
      some Cetrate of Magnesia
      
      effervesent from Sister Emelia;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport came to stay
      
      & pass the night with us, as he
      
      had promised, but when he
      
      saw me in this state, he wanted
      
      to go to Mr. Kritchlis Tents
      
      on the opposite side at the
      
      garden of Yousif Korkis below
      
      the Bridge, but I insisted
      
      on him to stop & so he stayed,
      
      we gave him Alexander’s Tent
      
      & made his bed there;
      
      at dinner I took nothing but
      
      a plate of soup, I cannot
      
      smell the food, after dinner
      
      I left them & went to turn
      
      in; got bottle with hot water
      
      applied on my stomach,
      
      But at midnight my
      
      
      bowels worked briskly with
      
      Bile; & then after an hour
      
      I vomited very sower and
      
      bitter, I was relieved from
      
      the pain &dosed off to sleep
      
      for about an hour, & then
      
      rose again & went out to the
      
      closet & worked my bowels
      
      so briskly;~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Sund
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & very
      
      cool weather, I feel very weak
      
      but no pain; Mr. Rappaport
      
      had tea with us & then at
      
      8 Am he went to spend the
      
      day with Mr. Kritchly on the
      
     
     
      	Alexander & his wife went
      
      also to town this morning,
      
      being invited by Artin my
      
      nephew, for Mary to stand
      
      as Godmother for his newly
      
      born daughter on the 3d
      
      & she is to be called Mary
      
      Josephine~ my sister Emilia
      
      
      Alice, Menusha etc came to
      
      see me; the pain is continuing,
      
      & the diarrhea too, & I am
      
      passing bile; I took nothing
      
      for breakfast but some
      
      soup & that even I cannot
      
      take or feel inclined~
      
      The Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius,
      
      & Père Augustine came out
      
      to Antone Marine to Spend
      
      the day, they visited us;
      
      all my relatives are insisting
      
      on me to sop behind this
      
      trip & treat myself,~
      
      Alexander & Mary came
      
      out this evening, he tells me
      
      that the Medjidieh leaves on
      
      Wednesday; they had breakfast
      
      at sister Eliza~ I feel
      
      it quite cold out here; I had
      
      only a plate of Soup at dinner
      
      The pains comes & goes; at
      
      bed time I took a cup of
      
      Cammomile flower & violet
      
      flower an effusion, and
      
      this calmed the pain, &
      
      
      My bowels worked one with
      
      a very offensive smell~
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Mond
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine~
      
      I find myself awfully weak
      
      at 6 A Eliza & I prepared
      
      to ride in we took tea &
      
      at 7 rode on donkeys to
      
      town; I changed & went on
      
      board but could hardly walk
      
      from the weakness & pain in
      
      stomach; I sent Metty to
      
      Mr. Parry the Agent to bring
      
      from him 42 £ to pay the
      
      rest of the officers' wages and
      
      to tell him that I am unwell
      
      & suffering from stomach
      
      ache, diarrhea & vomiting,
      
      & perhaps it is disentry &
      
      I am unable to go down
      
      this trip & ask him to send
      
      Vartan to assist Metty
      
      in the business; he came
      
      back at 10 & said Mr. Parry
      
      
      says alright I can stop
      
      behind & he is sending Vartan
      
      the clerk in Metty’s place,
      
      I gave Metty the Books etc,
      
      & kept all the ship’s money
      
      in the big Iron safe, I sent
      
      my bed etc home & I told
      
      Capt Hanslow of my stopping
      
      behind, & at 11 I came
      
      home, I sent to fetch the
      
      apothecary of the SS. Comet,
      
      (as there is no English doctor
      
      here, Dr. Sturrock has left
      
      for England by Khalifah
      
      the trip before last, & Dr.
      
      Ramsey is out encamped
      
      at Khemassa) Mr. De Silva
      
      of the Comet came & I explained
      
      every thing to him from the
      
      commencement, he saw
      
      that I still had the fever
      
      of 102 degrees, he sent me
      
      two different medicines
      
      one for stopping the fever
      
      & the other for the stomach
      
      
      every two hours;~ my bowels
      
      still are loose working about
      
      6 or 7 times a day; I am
      
      eating nothing but chicken
      
      broth, milk & soda & a piece
      
      of bread; for Eliza we got
      
      dinner from the bazaar;
      
      at night I swetted very much
      
      & the fever left me, my
      
      bowels went twice at night
      
      I had no pain;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Tuesd
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine; I feel
      
      very weak, but I feel my
      
      appetite better; bowels still
      
      working;~ Alexander
      
      rode in his Bycicle from
      
      Gherrara at 7 ½ AM;
      
     
     
      	News came of the death
      
      of Abdulrahman Khan
      
      emir of Afghanistan;
      
     
     
      	Dr. De Silva came to
      
      see me; he prescribed to me
      
      two other bottles of mixture
      
      
      one is quinine to be taken
      
      once every 4 or 5 hours, &
      
      the other for stopping the
      
      diarrhea should be necessary
      
      to stop it, but when I
      
      took the quinine it brought
      
      on the pain in my stomach
      
      so I knocked off taking it,
      
      Dr. De Silva takes one Mejidie
      
      as his fees for every visit,
      
      My bowels only worked
      
      twice so I am not taking
      
      the other mixture;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul arrived at
      
      about 3 P.M;.
      
     
     
      	Metty came to see me, also
      
      Mikha Tindal~
      
     
     
      	Sister Eliza came yesterday,
      
      & Today her daughters Terrooza
      
      & Regina; also Eliza and
      
      Adoola my cousins~
      
      We are sleeping out in the
      
      Iwan & verandah; I
      
      took broth & bread only,
      
      with some Brandy & soda
      
      
     
     
      	I sent a telegram today to
      
      bother Henry telling him
      
     
     
      	Svoboda Basreh,
      
      	Stopping behind indisposed
      
      		Svoboda,
      
     
     
      	Light air & warm night;
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Wedns
     
     
      Light Southerly air & some
      
      clouds; my bowels worked
      
      once last night & once this
      
      morning very loose~
      
     
     
      	I feel weaker than ever;
      
      I took chiken broth & bread
      
      for breakfast; my bowels
      
      have stopped working & am
      
      not taking any medicine, so
      
      that I am just the same as before
      
      the pain exists as before;
      
     
     
      	Alexander came in from Gherrara
      
      & went to his office;~
      
     
     
      	A very bad incident happened
      
      this afternoon which caused me
      
      so much rage & vexation that
      
      injured me awfully,
      
      
     
     
      	Some Sakkas came to
      
      claim some old donkey hire
      
      from Eliza & begun to make
      
      noise & quarrel with her,
      
      I could not resist it longer
      
      & it is all through Eliza fault
      
      in not sending them away,
      
      & not paying them before,
      
      at last I got up & let myself
      
      out I screamed & dammed
      
      them & ordered them out of the
      
      house, Eliza turned against
      
      me in this scuffle & I begun
      
      with her as I lost my self
      
      control & temper, finding
      
      myself so ill & weak; I
      
      told her she better leave me
      
      alone & go out to Gherrara,
      
      She then took her Izar and
      
      left the house at 4 ½ P.M;
      
      I do not know where to, &
      
      never came back;
      
      Alexander was in a fix and
      
      he did not know what to
      
      do, in leaving me alone,
      
      I told him to go out
      
      not to be in my way anxious
      
      
      about me~ By this time,
      
      Antone Marine came in
      
      to tell me that a telegram has
      
      just arrived from Basreh
      
      signed by Sayegh for Azoory
      
      Chanteduc, telling him
      
      that Henry is stopping
      
      behind indisposed and
      
      must send his wife down
      
      by first steamer; Antone
      
      has sent the telegram to
      
      Gherara & wrote to Alice
      
      to tell Menusha so;
      
      Alexander did not know what to
      
      do by leaving one so alone; at
      
      last he left at 5; & Antone too;
      
     
     
      	I had to warm some chicken
      
      broth here left of this morning
      
      and took it as my dinner with
      
      bread; Johny & Artin called
      
      here to see me, & went to see
      
      Menusha, but she came in
      
      this evening with her son
      
      Antone to take him down
      
      with her in the Mejidieh
      
      tomorrow morning, and
      
      
      she is staying tonight with
      
      her brother Azoory;
      
     
     
      	At 10 P.M. the SS. Phrat
      
      arrived from Basreh~
      
     
     
      	I got the pain in my stomach
      
      as bad as ever & prevented
      
      me from sleeping, I was mad
      
      with it trembling & tossing
      
      about;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Thurs
     
     
      	Light S. Westly breeze with
      
      some clouds & warm weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,, 15 AM. the Mejidieh
      
      left for Basreh~
      
     
     
      	Menusha Henry’s wife
      
      with her son Antone went
      
      down in her, to my brother
      
      Henry –
      
     
     
      	My wife did not come
      
      home since yesterday, and
      
      could not find out where
      
      she slept last night~
      
     
     
      	I sent the following telegram
      
      to Rufail Syegh at 7 AM.
      
     
     
      	Sayegh
      
    
      Basreh
      
      Anxious brother’s illness
      
      
      inform particulars malady
      
      Menusha, Antone, Mejidieh
      
      thursday~
      
       Svoboda
      
     
     
      	Alexander came in from
      
      Gherrara at 7 ½ AM. he says
      
      that he met his mother on
      
      the way to Gherrara rinding
      
      out on a donkey~  he
      
      sent me our cook Elias from
      
      Gherrara to cook for me,
      
      Every one out there is very
      
      anxious & sorry about my
      
      state of living & illness &
      
      about my brother’s illness
      
      in Basreh;
      
     
     
      	 I sent for Dr. De Silva, who came
      
      at 11 AM. & told him that the pain
      
      is not gone & my bowels are
      
      stopped, & wish something which
      
      can relieve the pain, & work
      
      my bowels mildly; he sent me
      
      a Bottle to take a half a cup
      
      before each meal, but
      
      
      as soon as I took it, the pain
      
      got more acute & I ate my
      
      breakfast with Alexander,
      
      but I took a piece of chicken
      
      boiled & broth with some
      
      wine & soda water, the pain
      
      remained very severe, no
      
      wind passing,  & bowels not
      
      working;
      
     
     
      	Johny & Artin came at 1 P.M.
      
      to see me~ I sent our cook
      
      Elias out to Gherrara;
      
     
     
      	Weather very hot with
      
      clouds,~
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. Père
      
      Jean the Ex. superior of the
      
      Carmelite father called on
      
      me, he comes to break the
      
      sad news to me of death
      
      of my poor  brother Henry
      
      in Basreh at noon
      
      today, he has just received
      
      a telegram from Père
      
      Emmanuel, he does
      
      
      not know the cause of his
      
      illness, but thinks it is
      
      the same as the attack
      
      he had this last winter
      
      of cerebral attack in the
      
      head; and wishes if it is
      
      possible to send some body to
      
      over take the Mejidieh, so
      
      as to bring his wife back
      
      & son Antone;  What a
      
      blow my God, to his family
      
      of so many young children
      
      yet;~ I sent for Alexander
      
      at once & got him to ride
      
      out to Gherrara & inform
      
      them, & I shall send a
      
      Boat tomorrow to bring
      
      the Tents;~, I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
      
      our Consul & informed him of
      
      the sad news~
      
     
     
      	Antone called on me, we
      
      proposed to send people at
      
      once down as far as Ledje
      
      to catch the Mejdieh
      
      
      While at anchor tonight
      
      so as to bring Menusha
      
      & her son Antone back,
      
     
     
      	I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
      
      requesting him to get me
      
      a zaptyeh or one of his Kawasses
      
      to accompany the party,
      
      he came to me himself, &
      
      he fetched his Dragoman
      
      Rosenfeld & sent him to
      
      the Halai Beg for a Zaptyeh,
      
      We sent & got Selloomi
      
      the man of Yousif Yaghchi,
      
      to go out with them, and
      
      from Gherrara they can
      
      take Mahomed the Hamal,
      
      Antone Marine went out to
      
      Gherrara at 5 ~ The Zaptyeh
      
      came very late it was about
      
      7 P.M. & as they were going
      
      to start, Selloomy brought
      
      me a letter from Alexander
      
      by a Sakka, saying that
      
      Mahomed with two other
      
      Arabs have already
      
      started to Ledje, so I
      
      
      dispensed with the Zaptyeh &
      
      Selloomy, as it was too late
      
      for them to try & catch the
      
      steamer ~ Johny & Artin
      
      called, my sister Eliza heard
      
      of this sad news she is very
      
      much affected; Johny
      
      went home to dine & came
      
      back to sleep with me,
      
      Alexander says that they
      
      are coming to town tomorrow,
      
     
     
      	I am so weak & lost my
      
      head, I forgot my illness,
      
      & cannot touch any food,
      
      This is my last brother
      
      that I have lost, poor
      
      Henry, he is much younger
      
      than me, being born
      
      on the 28 of June 1847,
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Frid
     
     
      	S.Erly breeze & getting cloudy
      
      all over, warm nasty weather,
      
      Johny took tea with me &
      
      left at 7 ¾ am ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 9 ½ Alexander& his wife
      
      Marie came in from Gherrara
      
      my wife remained out to prepare
      
      the Kit & pack, so as to
      
      come in tomorrow, Alice & sister
      
      Emilia are also coming in,
      
      Marie came to me weeping so
      
      much like a child, & poor
      
      children of my brother are mad
      
      & inconsolable ~
      
     
     
      	Monsr. Rouet the french Vice Consul
      
      called on us to condole;
      
     
     
      	I hired a Boat for 3 Mejidies to
      
      go down to Gherrara& bring
      
      the Kit tomorrow;
      
      Artin my nephew called ~ also
      
      Eliza & Adoola, & Johny Pehlawan,
      
      his uncle Selman (brother of
      
      his mother Farida) died yesterday
      
      afternoon he is about 75 years
      
      Old;
      
     
     
      	I received a telegram from
      
      Basreh from Sayegh condoling
      
      us on the loss of my brother
      
      Henry  ~
      
     
     
      	Light S.Erly air & cloudy
      
      weather ~ I took only soup
      
      & boiled chicken for dinner,
      
      & the pain came on just
      
      
      as before, troubling me very
      
      much; I am taking the
      
      Vals water, I feel it agrees
      
      with me; at night it pained
      
      me fearfully ~
      
     
    
    
     
      19th Satur
     
     
      	My stomach worked at 4 am
      
      very loose, black & billious
      
      with offensive smell ~ I
      
      felt relieved from the gastric
      
      pain ~
      
     
     
      	My birth day today, born
      
      in 1840 ~
      
     
     
      	At 6 ½ am our Kit from
      
      Gherrara arrived in the Boat;
      
     
     
      	Mahomed the Hamal of
      
      my brother & others, have brought
      
      Menusha & her son Antone
      
      to Gherrara yesterday evening
      
      at about 5 P.M. they caught
      
      up the Mejidieh at Thaji
      
      early in the morning, having just
      
      got underway, from Dawar
      
      & as she passed Rwebyeh, they
      
      saw the three horsemen on the
      
      beach of Thaji,
      
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport came to me,
      
      he wishes to know when Menusha
      
      is coming to town because
      
      he wants to go to the house
      
      & make an Inventory, or
      
      if she does not come today, he
      
      shall have to seal the rooms
      
      until she comes, because
      
      all Henry’s children are
      
      under age; He wants Yousif
      
      Yaghchi to Come to town so
      
      as to act as procurator;
      
      or Azoory (Menusha’s brother)
      
      as I cannot be on account
      
      of my constant absence
      
      from town; ~ So Mr. Rappaport
      
      went & took Azoory Chanteduc
      
      also Alexander my son to be
      
      as witness, & overhauled all
      
      my brother’s Kit in the room, his
      
      clothes & every thing, was taken
      
      note of, & written down; This
      
      is too much I detest such a
      
      law as this; the Austrians are
      
      more severe in this sort of
      
      business than any other
      
      Nations ~
      
      
     
     
      	Eliza my wife came from
      
      Gherrara at 10 am, with her
      
      servant Zekky ~
      
     
     
      	My bowels worked three times today
      
      very loose & with bile & dark coffee
      
      colour & I still have the pain,
      
      I am taking no medicine, it
      
      is a wonder how much Bile
      
      I have; ~ At dinner I took soup
      
      rice made with it & little boiled
      
      fowel; I took a glass of the
      
      Vals water with wine; but
      
      as I felt it [strikethrough] heavy on me,
      
      I took a mixture of my old
      
      Medicine Sulphur & cream
      
      of Tartar, when I went to bed
      
      I could not sleep from the pain
      
      in stomach like a boil & heavy,
      
      I kept suffering until midnight
      
      the gastric juice coming up
      
      to my throat & I felt sick,
      
      when I got up, I hove all
      
      the contents of my stomach
      
      in the verandah; Still I was
      
      not relieved from the pain,
      
      it troubled me all the rest of
      
      the night, & not having been
      
      
      able to sleep a wink;
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Sund
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cool morning
      
      I feel so weak that I could
      
      not dress & go to Menusha
      
      where all my relations have
      
      gathered, she came in last
      
      night in a carriage from
      
      Gherrara, with her brother
      
      Azoory, her son Antone the
      
      eldest of 17 years & Harriet,
      
      my wife, Alexander & Marie
      
      went to church & thence
      
      went to my brothers house,
      
      there were sisters Eliza, & Emilia,
      
      & all the rest;
      
     
     
      	I feel calmed & no pain,
      
      I took Tea; & at  noon took
      
      only rice soup; People called
      
      on us to condole; ~
      
     
     
      	Eliza, Alexander & Marie went to
      
      Menusha where my sisters & their
      
      children were & others; ~
      
      Tomorrow a high mass is to be
      
      celebrated for the repose of my
      
      brother Henry, a circular
      
      made out out & sent round
      
      to all the Europeans etc;
      
      
     
     
      	I took my dinner only Soup
      
      & some arrow root; but felt
      
      the food heavy in my stomach
      
      & prevented me from Sleeping
      
      when by midnight, the Shooting
      
      pain begun to prick; I
      
      took Fruit Salt; Effusion
      
      of Cammomile flower, but
      
      to no use, & so could not
      
      sleep till day break;
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Mond Th@6. 67
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cool
      
      morning; we took tea & at 7 ½
      
      am we all went to my brother’s
      
      house, but the weeping &
      
      yells of Menusha & my sisters
      
      as soon as they saw me
      
      was very heart rending;
      
      I could not keep myself from
      
      the bitter weeping; At 8 we
      
      all went to the Latin Church
      
      many people were there, also
      
      Mons Rouet, (Mr. Rappaport
      
      was absent out at Gherrara)
      
      after the prayers we came back
      
      to the house; where all the
      
      
      Christians called, also Mons
      
      Richarz the German Consul,
      
      but no other Europeans or
      
      Englishmen; at 11 ½ I
      
      & Eliza came home as I could
      
      not resist longer, being very
      
      weak & hungry; ~ Antone
      
      Marine is the only family left
      
      encamped at Gherrara, he did
      
      not come in, or called today;
      
     
     
      	My pain came on this afternoon
      
      very bad, & I sent Alexander to Dr.
      
      De Silva of the Comet to ask him
      
      for a mixture of Assafoetida
      
      which used to do me good before,
      
      I took half a wine glass; it seemed
      
      to have allayed the pain,
      
      but while Johny was here, I
      
      took just one sip of arak
      
      & water & the pain came
      
      on worse than before, I took
      
      soup, but to no effect; at
      
      night I was dying from it,
      
      took Fruit salt, & put
      
      hot salt & brand on my belly,
      
      I neverfelt it so bad in
      
      my life & no sleep at all,
      
      even I took hot soup
      
      
      at midnight, it used to go &
      
      come back;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Tuesd
     
     
      	S.Erly breeze & cloudy; ~
      
     
     
      	Toward 4 am the pain calmed
      
      down & I slept for about 3
      
      hours; ~ I sent to ask if
      
      Dr. Ramsey is receiving patients
      
      & Hannosh his man said
      
      that at 10 am. & he will send
      
      me word;~
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Mossul left yesterday
      
      for Basreh~
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to Dr. Ramsey
      
      & related to him about my
      
      stomach ache, he tapped my
      
      stomach & he recommended
      
      me not eat every thing, only
      
      soup, Rice pudding & so on
      
      & drink milk & soda; and
      
      prescribed two Bottles of each
      
      one table spoonful mixed
      
      together which will cause
      
      an effervesence to be taken
      
      before each meal, & not
      
      to sleep so soon after
      
      
      meal but to give about 3
      
      hours time to digest, & a
      
      little Cognac with water
      
      at meal; & that is all, I
      
      paid him fees of ½ Lira;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport called on
      
      me, he wants me to act as
      
      Tutor or guardian [strikethrough] in
      
      the affair & estate of my
      
      brother Henry, jointly with
      
      his wife Menusha, as she
      
      preferred so; ~ I went then
      
      at 1 ½ P.M. he was there
      
      with his Dragoman & papers
      
      etc, & making and inventory
      
      & estimation of all the
      
      effects furniture etc, being
      
      estimated by Rezooki Tessy
      
      hired for the purpose;
      
      In his library room (that which
      
      used to be my fathers) is found
      
      in a small box his valuable
      
      papers as the Hyjeh of the House,
      
      his Passport & other papers;
      
      Mr. Rappoport suggested to me that
      
      it would safer if he takes them
      
      under his charge if his wife
      
      consents, but she & I preferred
      
      
      that she should keep them
      
      under key; I signed all the
      
      papers as well as Menusha
      
      did, as the papers of procuration
      
      & gave me one; He left
      
      at 3; People are still calling
      
      for condolence;
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah has arrived
      
      at Gusseiba; & a letter came
      
      to Alexander by passengers
      
      landed there; from Shekoory
      
      Sayegh from Basuh, telling
      
      him that my brother arrived
      
      there ill & was taken to
      
      Rufails house; he does not
      
      say further of his death;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. the S.S. Khalifah arrived
      
      Faraj the assistant Clerk sent me
      
      two letters from Rufail & Rezooki
      
      Sayegh in which they relate
      
      to me the sad news of my brothers
      
      death on the 17th at 11 A.M.
      
      It appears that he felt unwell
      
      two days before arrival
      
      
      at Basreh, he had landed
      
      to shoot at Gusseiba on the
      
      day of their leaving Baghdad
      
      & then he felt ill & had fever
      
      & when they were at Amara
      
      on Monday night, he
      
      had a fit & fell down from
      
      his bunk; he was very bad
      
      that day as they were going to
      
      Basreh, from Gorna Capt
      
      Braine telegraphed to Mr. Bottomley
      
      to have a doctor ready
      
      on arrival; on Wednesday
      
      the Khalifah arrived at 3 am
      
      & Mr. Bottomley & the doctor
      
      came on board, but he was
      
      very seriously ill; He was
      
      taken on shore to Rufails
      
      house & treated there, but he
      
      was speechless, he must have
      
      got his old sickness of last
      
      year, something like a Congestion
      
      of the Brain; and on
      
      
      Thursday at 11 am he died,
      
      His body was towed up by
      
      the Khalifah with Great
      
      many Belems full of people
      
      to Maghil & burried in the
      
      New English Cemetery just
      
      above Maghil, all the friends
      
      & relatives were there as well as
      
      the Priests, Père Emanuel &
      
      Kass Yousif Georgyeh the Assyrian
      
     
     
      	I am still suffering awfully
      
      from my stomach, the pain is
      
      continual, & am not eating any
      
      thing but soup, or milk etc,
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Wedn.
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & Clouds; ~ I had
      
      a fearful night last night, I
      
      did not sleep at all from the
      
      pain, & was taking every thing
      
      to allay the pain, Dr Ramsey’s
      
      medicine is not doing good;
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Phrat left at 6 am;
      
      and the S.S. Baghdad arrived
      
      at 9 am ~
      
     
     
      	I sent for Hannosh
      
      & explained every thing to him
      
      
      & told him to ask Dr. Ramsey to
      
      come & see me; he came at 11
      
      her ordered Castor Oil to be taken
      
      just now & continue the medicine
      
      I took the Castor Oil at 11 am
      
      but it did not work till late
      
      in the evening, & I had to use
      
      a soap injection, I have no
      
      appetite at all; ~
      
     
     
      	All my brother's Kit was sent
      
      from the Ship to the English Residency
      
      as well as Menusha’s Box of
      
      jewellery, & his private cash about
      
      180 TLiras, & I had to send
      
      Alexander with Antone my
      
      brother’s son to Mr. Rappaport &
      
      they all went to the consulate
      
      where an inventory was made
      
      & estimation of the Kit and
      
      was then sent to Menusha
      
      the money 180 TLiras was retained
      
      by order of Mr. Parry the agent,
      
      fearing that it might belong
      
      to other people, & besides this
      
      they have made my brother
      
      debitor to the Chest of 27 Liras
      
      which they want to recover
      
      from that money of 180 Liras
      
      
     
     
      	I heard since that Mr. Parry is
      
      ready to give the money provided
      
      that the inheritors give a written
      
      promise, that if any body should
      
      claim any money from the
      
      ship with a written paper in
      
      his hand then it must be
      
      paid to him; I told Mr. Rappaport
      
      that I will guarantee that,
      
     
     
      	My pain came on awfully, I can
      
      take nothing & have no inclination
      
      the Castor Oil worked me four times
      
      all bile, but still the pain
      
      exists, ~
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Thursd
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather;
      
     
     
      	I am not better & the pain came
      
      on very severe; I became constipated
      
      the medicine of Dr. Ramsey has not
      
      done me any good ~
      
      People are calling on us to condole
      
      & to see me, ~ Sister Medula
      
      also called to see me; she
      
      sent me a Bottle of wine, and
      
      a plate of marmalade of orange
      
      blossoms; ~ At dinner I took
      
      
      little soup, a little of the rice &
      
      milk pudding & a spoon full
      
      of the Marmalade; I had also
      
      taken a glass of whiskey & Soda,
      
      & after turning in & felt very bad
      
      & sick so much that by 12 P.M.
      
      I had to heave up all I had
      
      taken; & the pain was very acute,
      
      I applyed very often Poultesses
      
      of Linseed, [strikethrough] to calm a little
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Frid
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine ~ The S.S.
      
      Khalifah left at 6 am ~
      
     
     
      	I feel very weak & the pain
      
      continues the same; am using the
      
      Doctor’s medicine but it is not so
      
      beneficial,
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Comet left early this morning
      
      with Major Melvill the Consul to
      
      Shoot down the river at Rwebyeh
      
      taking Mr. MacLaclin assistant
      
      Director of the Bank with him for
      
      three weeks;
      
     
     
      	My pain keeps on it come very
      
      strong, I am laid up in bed
      
      using Poltesses on my stomach
      
      
      and belly; I can take nothing
      
      & have no appetite; my Sisters
      
      Eliza & Emilia came to see me;
      
     
     
      	In the evening, I took little
      
      soup, I am using Seidlitz
      
      Powder when required, also
      
      Fruit Salt but only for a short
      
      time the pain goes & comes;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Satur Th@ 6.50
     
     
      	Light N.W. & very cool weather
      
      it is quite cold in the Oorsy where
      
      we are sleeping;
      
     
     
      	We sent for Hannosh, & told
      
      him what I am suffering, & that
      
      the medicine is doing no good
      
      he went to fetch D Ramsey
      
      who came at 11, he recommended
      
      me not to touch any food
      
      but simply to use extract of
      
      Beef, or Liebig; & as there is none
      
      to be got in the Bazaar, he
      
      offered to find me a couple of
      
      tins; & to take one TeaSpoonful
      
      every hour, Brand’s extract
      
      is the best; I sent to ask
      
      Mr. Rappaport  if he has any
      
      of it, as he had none, he
      
      
      wrote to Mr. Richarz to ask
      
      him; he sent 3 Pots but Liebigs
      
      extract; Dr Ramsey sent me
      
      two Tins of Brand’s, which
      
      I found more digestible; &
      
      much lighter ~
      
     
     
      	At night the pain was killing
      
      me, I applied many poultesses
      
      & drunk, Seidlitz, also Fruit
      
      Salt, but at about 3 am
      
      I vomited all & nearly my
      
      guts were coming out;
      
      and still I was not relieved;
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Sund Th@ 6.50
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cool
      
      weather; I feel awfully weak,
      
      I cannot get out of bed,
      
      am nearly fainting; I am
      
      using Brand’s extract only
      
      & still cannot feel inclined
      
      to take; ~
      
     
     
      	Alexander & Mary went to church,
      
      but my wife stayed with me;
      
      sister Emilia & Alice came to see
      
      me also Terrooza my niece ~
      
     
     
      	The river rose about 4 Inches
      
      or more; Rain has fallen in
      
      the up country ~
      
      
     
     
      	The pain came again & am
      
      using poultesses to alley it
      
      my bowels not working at
      
      all; all the night it pained
      
      me & I am getting no sleep
      
      at all~
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Mond Th@6.49
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      morning; ~ at about 4 am
      
      I got so sick with heartburn
      
      & nausea that I vomited all
      
      the contents that was accumulated
      
      in my stomach, so sower and
      
      offensive; we sent for Dr
      
      Ramsey, he came at 11 and
      
      told [strikethrough] me to take [strikethrough] nothing else
      
      except the extract of Beef;
      
      & he sent me a Bottle of Mixture
      
      to be taken every three hours
      
      one, Table Spoon full; which
      
      will stop the pain ~ I took
      
      the first dose at 1 P.M. but
      
      the pain came on most severe
      
      my guts were tearing, & I was
      
      mad with it ~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
      
      arrived from Basreh ~ Metty
      
      & Hamadi came to see
      
      
      me; The Mejidieh made a good
      
      passing, up in 5 days, the Chamels
      
      are all good not less than
      
      3 draaz; She has no 1st Class
      
      passengers up, only Metty’s
      
      wife returning with him; also
      
      Shekoory Sayegh in 2nd Class,
      
      he finished with the packing
      
      of Rufail’s dates at Fhelyeh,
      
     
     
      	I got mad with the pain
      
      this afternoon, it is worst than
      
      ever, applying hot poutlesses,
      
      In the evening I took some
      
      hot grevey, at 7 P.M. I took
      
      fruit Salt, it alleyed it a bit,
      
      But I see the Doctor’s medicine
      
      is acting in some curious
      
      way, it is sending the pain
      
      up my throat, I am throwing
      
      Saliva constantly & the
      
      throat is burning like fire
      
      Always feeling inclined to
      
      vomit; at midnight I hove
      
      up a potfull of all the liquid
      
      I had taken, very acid
      
      
      & frothy; I felt relieved but
      
      the weakness is frightful
      
      I cannot stand or walk,
      
      I took the medicine once
      
      more at 4 AM, and I was
      
      quiet, & no pain came on
      
     
    
    
     
      29 TuesdTh@ 6.49
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      morning; ~ I begun to feel
      
      relieved from pain & other
      
      disturbance of my stomach
      
      the wind & gas working downward,
      
      I bought an Enema of Coutchan;
      
      for injection in warm Soap water,
      
      I sent to inform Dr. Ramsey of
      
      my state & the vomiting, but [strikethrough] he is
      
      out today busy in Consular
      
      affairs; ~
      
     
     
      	Metty came to me
      
      I told him to send me my pay
      
      for Octor I sent this morning
      
      Johny & Alexander on board
      
      the Mejidieh, they gave Metty
      
      all the balance of cash which
      
      I had of last trip & squared
      
      with him by balancing up
      
      
      the cash Book, they found
      
      that I was 135 ¾ G.S.P. short
      
      which I told Metty to deduct
      
      from my pay & send me the
      
      Balance, he did so; ~
      
     
     
      	[strikethrough]
      
      [strikethrough] ~
      
     
     
      	My stomach is quiet today
      
      I took little soup of Chicken
      
      & slept well;
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Wedn Th@ 6.50
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine ~
      
      I feel well & no pain but am
      
      very weak; Mr. Rappaport
      
      called to see, he wants me
      
      to go to him when I get well
      
      so as to Open my brother’s Papers
      
      & letters etc which are sealed
      
      with him; & also to go to
      
      Mr. Parry to settle so as to take
      
      the 180 Liras deposited still in
      
      the Residency;
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey came at 11. to
      
      see me, I told him that I had
      
      no pain now, & like to take
      
      something more substantial
      
      he allowed me to take rice soup
      
      & chicken well minced; also
      
      a glass of Champagne,
      
      
      but as I cannot get less than
      
      a dozen sellable, so he offered
      
      to send me a bottle of his own,
      
      & to let him know the result
      
      tomorrow; I took the soup
      
      for breakfast with small pieces
      
      of dry toast;
      
     
     
      	Abduljebbar Effendi, Shekoory
      
      Sayegh, Eliza Eame etc called,
      
     
     
      	I took the same soup in the
      
      evening, & a glass of Champagne
      
      I turned in at 9 & I slept well,
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Thursd Th @ 6.60
     
     
      	Light Erly breeze & fine,
      
      but weather getting cloudy,
      
      I feel well but am awfully
      
      weak I could not shave &
      
      wash without trembling,
      
      I am taking a little tea & milk,
      
      & the same soup;
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine & his family
      
      Came in from Gherrara yesterday
      
      for good; he called now on
      
      us ~
      
     
     
      	I sent two telegrams yesterday
      
      to Basreh, one in answer to
      
      the letter of Condolence which
      
      
      Ali Beg Mudir [Arabic: director ] of Tapo [directorate for registry of estates] wrote
      
      to me by Mejidieh & said,
    
    
      
      بصرة     علي بك صائب++
      
      جميعنا متشكرين بمشاركتكم معنا بالحزن++
      
      العظيم   صحتنا بالتقدم   زفوبودا++
   
   
      
      and the other to Rufail Sayegh
      
      I said
      
     
     
      	Sayegh Basreh
      
      Many thanks for Condolation
      
      and trouble you all took,
      
      Am better; Svoboda
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey recommended me
      
      today that I can take same bread
      
      with my soup, & a little boiled
      
      fish if I like ~ But I felt the
      
      pain of wind in stomach & intestines
      
      today coming back, after taking
      
      my Soup, because my bowels
      
      have not worked for the last three
      
      days; ~ In the evening too after
      
      I took my rice soup; it troubled
      
      me in bed for about two hours,
      
      S. Erly breeze & cloudy weather,
      
      I slept well but am very weak,
      
      
      S. Erly breeze & cloudy weather
      
     
    
    
     
      1stFrid Th @ 6.58
     
     
      	At 6 AM the S.S. Mejidieh
      
      left for Basreh, she had a
      
      lot of deck passengers over
      
      200 they say ~
      
     
     
      	I feel very weak but no pain,
      
      I took Tea & a little arrow root,
      
     
     
      	The river is rising today about
      
      one foot they say;
      
     
     
      	I took soup & some boiled
      
      fish for breakfast; ~
      
     
     
      	Yousif Yaghchi called at noon,
      
      Also Antone Marine & his wife
      
      Terrooza ~ by noon the pain
      
      Came on rather severe for about
      
      one hour ~ Sister Medula
      
      Came to see me at 4 P.M. also
      
      the wife of [strikethrough] Shekoory
      
      Sayegh & himself too; by
      
      6 P.M. the pain Came on to
      
      me very severe, the Wind
      
      again Cutting my guts and
      
      every part of my intestines
      
      
      I took a cup of of tea & milk, but
      
      did not do much good, Sent
      
      to inform Hannosh, he said
      
      that I may take half a
      
      dose of the medicine which
      
      Dr. Ramsey had given me,
      
      I did so but no result ~
      
      I took dinner soup & boiled
      
      fish, the pain allayed but
      
      my stomach ached me very
      
      heavily like a cannon ball,
      
      for a long time at night &
      
      then the Wind passed down,
      
      It must be the boiled fish
      
      that does not agree with me,
      
      & lays heavy in my stomach,
      
     
    
    
     
      2nd Satur Th @ 6.64
     
     
      	Erly & S. Erly breeze; I have
      
      no pain at all, but my
      
      stomach is weak; ~ my
      
      bowels worked costive this
      
      morning in Order; ~
      
     
     
      	I took a soup of rice & a leg of
      
      boiled chicken for breakfast,
      
      my stomach is quiet, but it
      
      is weak & with little pain
      
      
     
     
      	Yousif Georgi Asfar called to
      
      see me; ~
      
     
     
      	Weather became very hazy
      
      Cloudy Calm & Close, all the
      
      day ~
      
     
     
      	I took a cup of milk & tea
      
      at 4 P.M. the pain is very slight,
      
      I am trying always to fill my
      
      stomach with some liquid
      
      like tea or milk & broth so
      
      as not to give it time to
      
      pain me when empty;
      
     
     
      	After my nephew & Johny Pahlawan
      
      Called in the evening, when my
      
      pain came on very bad, I took
      
      the rice soup & a piece of
      
      boiled chicken, but felt it
      
      very heavy & could not sleep,
      
      at midnight the pain came
      
      on very strong, that I had to
      
      take some fruit Salt, & then
      
      after an hour I was relieved
      
     
    
    
     
      3rd Sund
     
     
      	Light S Erly & Cloudy;
      
      I feel no pain, but weak
      
      my bowels worked costive,
      
      
     
     
      	I had spoken with a broker
      
      Yousif the lame to find a buyer
      
      of my house; he brought
      
      Kerop Effendi Kouyoumdjian
      
      the Armeniam merchant
      
      to see it, he saw every place,
      
      & sat with us, I had Mr
      
      Rappaport who came to
      
      see me; ~ Mr. Rappaport tells
      
      me that a Complaint had
      
      come to Mr. Rouet the french
      
      Vice Consul by my sister in
      
      law Blanche from Constanple
      
      through a Lawyer then she
      
      is claiming from me 2000
      
      francs as expenses incurred
      
      when she went across to London
      
      to see my son Alexander last
      
      year; I explained to him the
      
      matter, & he does not attach
      
      any importance to her Claim,
      
      as I am going to him tomorrow
      
      to over haul my brother Henry’s
      
      letters & papers still remain
      
      sealed up with him, he told
      
      me that he will make out
      
      the answer simply in the way
      
      
      of a Process Verbal, saying
      
      that I do not owe Blanche
      
      any thing at all, & if she chooses
      
      to open a process against me
      
      she will have to nominate
      
      her lawyer in Baghdad,
      
     
     
      	Some more people called on
      
      us as PèreAugustin, Eassayi's
      
      Mother Rabka & her daughter
      
      in law; Artin & his wife Serpohi
      
      Yousif Yaghchi, Sister Emilia
      
      Antone Marine etc ~
      
     
     
      	My stomach does not pain
      
      me, but is very weak and
      
      the pain is like a boil in my
      
      stomach; I am taking Soup
      
      & Chicken; & in the evening
      
      too took nothing but soup
      
      & little Chicken ~
      
      I could not sleep well at all
      
      the wind is confined in my
      
      Stomach all the night;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Mond
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      with few Clouds;
      
      
      My stomach is the same, I have
      
      not had those severe attacks,
      
      but it is irritated, & I feel
      
      still weak;
      
     
     
      	At 9 ¼ Am. I went to call
      
      on Mr. Rappaport for business
      
      as promised; He red me the
      
      letter of Blanche’s Lawyer
      
      called Alexander, in which
      
      he is claiming 2000 francs
      
      as pecuniary expenses she
      
      incurred when in London to
      
      see my son; We made out
      
      an answer, simply saying
      
      that I acknowledge the receipt
      
      of her claim & pretentions
      
      and that I am not indebted
      
      to her whatever & I am
      
      prepared to proof her nullity
      
      in this claim,& a copy is sent
      
      to Mr. Rouet to be sent to
      
      Constple; ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport wished to have
      
      my brothers papers & letters be
      
      opened in presence of an
      
      
      Other person sent by my
      
      sister in law Menusha, so
      
      he sent her word, & she sent
      
      her son in law Yousif Yaghchi
      
      We examined all his papers
      
      We found only two Bonds
      
      One for 60 T. Liras that Rufail
      
      Sayegh Owes him for one Year
      
      from the first January of this
      
      year & an Other for 25 T. Liras
      
      of Artin my nephew, that he
      
      owes him for 3 months, which
      
      begins from the 26 Septr ~
      
      I found many letters mine
      
      which I had written to him
      
      those I took to be destroyed,
      
      & no other documents or
      
      accounts worth mentioning,
      
      which I then took all &
      
      brought home, I then sent
      
      for Antone his son and
      
      gave them to him to be put
      
      among the rest in the
      
      
      house; Mr. Rappaport
      
      wished me to wire to Rufail
      
      at Basreh & ask him to
      
      let us know the sum total
      
      expended on my brother’s death
      
      so that he can deduct all
      
      the expences & divide the
      
      residue among the inheritors,
      
      Yousif Yaghchi waved all
      
      claims or share of the house
      
      or furniture of whatsoever
      
      kind for the part of Louisa
      
      his wife, from her parents,
      
     
     
      	I then came home & wired
      
      to Rufail.

      
      Sayegh
    
    
      
      		Basreh 
      
      Please wire total sum expended
      
      brothers death;
      
      Svoboda
        
        
      
      Among the papers we found
      
      my brother’s last letter to me
      
      of his last trip down which
      
      he left open & unfinished
      
      
      He begun it on the 9’ Octer the
      
      day they left Baghdad, &
      
      relates how the next day at
      
      6 ½ am he landed at Menary
      
      & went out shooting with
      
      Capt Braine, the Pilot, Faraj etc
      
      & returned at 10 ½; & left it
      
      open until they got to Coot,
      
      & no further, probably he
      
      felt unwell after leaving
      
      Coot, & at Amara he got the
      
      fit & the Congestion of the
      
      brain which rendered him
      
      Senseless; & it may be through
      
      the effect of walking out in
      
      shooting at Gusseiba;
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. I went to see Menusha
      
      my wife was there also; ~ Mr.
      
      Rappaport sent to me his dragoman
      
      Rosenfeld, with more documents
      
      to be signed by Menusha &
      
      myself; he kept the two bonds
      
      of Artin & Rufail & sent two
      
      registered copies of them to be
      
      kept with Menusha; We
      
      
      signed a declaration in which
      
      it states that all the residue
      
      of my brother’s estate, is to
      
      be divided in 6 parts to
      
      each of the five children
      
      Antone, Hariette, Louis,
      
      Thomas & Mary, one part
      
      & the sixt part to the mother
      
      according to the Austrian
      
      Law; ~ I came home at
      
      5 ½; ~
      
     
     
      	Johny my nephew called
      
      on us, he came to intercede,
      
      between my wife & myself
      
      on one part & Alexander &
      
      his wife on the other, to a
      
      reconciliation; as we have
      
      been very angry against their
      
      behaviour again & especially
      
      Marie his wife with my wife,
      
      which gave me great grief
      
      in these past days of my
      
      illness & caused me to Suffer
      
      immensely; I spoke very strongly
      
      to Mary & reproached &
      
      warned her if she continues
      
      
      in behaving in such an
      
      unbecoming harshness &
      
      carless way she has been
      
      going with my wife ~
      
      Johny dined with us; I
      
      am only taking Soup & a
      
      little roast chicken; but
      
      I took some custard with
      
      plums after it & this caused
      
      much irritation & change
      
      in my stomach, & prevented me
      
      from sleeping;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Tuesd Ther @ 6.70
     
     
      	S. Erly. breeze with Clouds,
      
      & weather warm ~ my
      
      stomach got out of order & worked
      
      loose from last nights dinner
      
      but no pain ~
      
     
     
      	At 10 Am I called on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      & at 10 ½ we both went to Lynch’s
      
      Office to Mr. Parry, he asked
      
      me how I was & if I can’t go
      
      down next trip in the Mejidieh
      
      I can stay until I get well,
      
     
     
      	I wrote out a declaration
      
      in my name, on account of
      
      
      the money of 180 TLiras or
      
      more which has been detained
      
      by him at the English Consulate,
      
      & took on my responsibility,
      
      should any claim may be
      
      made henceforth by other
      
      people, & Mr. Rappaport
      
      took it to draw the money
      
      in his custody; Mr. Parry
      
      showed me the balance of
      
      the ship’s account made
      
      & the deficit being about
      
      3700 GSPiasters, having
      
      recovered from this my brother’s
      
      pay 1800 GSP.& other little items
      
      & the balance of GSP. 1699 ½
      
      GSP. left due, which is to be
      
      deducted from the 180 TLiras
      
     
     
      	I gave the following declarations,
      
      “		Baghdad 5 Nor 1901
      
      “	I hereby indemnify the Euphrates
      
      “ & Tigris S. N. Copy against any claim
      
      “ on the cash found in the safe
      
      “ on the S.S. Khalifah in excess of
      
      “ the Company’s fund, after the
      
      “ death of my brother Mr. Henry
      
      
      Svoboda late Supercargo
      
      of the Khalifah;
      
     
     
      			Svoboda
      
     
     
      	We left & I came home;
      
      At 4 P.M. called on Menusha
      
      for an hour & came home;
      
     
     
      	My stomach is troubling me
      
      with wind and indigestion;
      
      I took a plate of Soup for
      
      dinner, & a very small piece
      
      of meat & a potato, but it
      
      kept me awake at night with
      
      noise wind & heart burn &
      
      at midnight, my bowels worked
      
      loose & with offensive smell,
      
      I was restless;
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Wedn Th @ 6.64
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine, with few
      
      Clouds ~ My bowels worked
      
      again, I took a cup of milk
      
      & piece of toast; I felt well
      
      throughout the day; I called
      
      on Alice and Sister Emilia &
      
      came home at 11 AM.;
      
     
     
      	At 2 ½ P.M. I went to the Auction
      
      sale of Fetoohi Maghak &
      
      
      bought for 50 Beshlics some
      
      woollen cloth for me, about
      
      8 Yads of Tweed, & other small
      
      objects with Alexander &
      
      Shekoury Sayegh;
      
     
     
      	At 2 ¾ P.M. the SS. Khalifah
      
      arrived from Basreh, we
      
      received a letter from Rufail;
      
     
     
      	Johny Berjony came up in
      
      her from Amara to get
      
      married with the daughter of
      
      Fetoohi Toma Loca, the
      
      Khalifah had 186,000 Okes &
      
      not many passengers; only
      
      Faraj the assistant clerk
      
      is kept on board doing my
      
      poor brother’s work every
      
      thing consequently is trusted
      
      to him; his pay is increased  from 120 Beshls to 160 & no messing
      
     
     
      	Artin, & Johny & Johny Pahlawan
      
      Called in the evening ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Comet came up this
      
      morning from Rwebyeh with
      
      Major Melville where had
      
      
      been shooting he bagged
      
      about 60 braces of partridges
      
      altogether with Mr. MacLacklin,
      
     
     
      	I took nothing but Soup
      
      this evening & feel better,
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Thursd
     
     
      	Light Erly breeze & fine
      
      but at 9 it shifted to S. Erly
      
      & became cloudy; at 9
      
      I called on Sister Eliza in their
      
      newly hired house opposite
      
      Capt Cowley’s (now the property
      
      of Jeboory Asfar) & at 11 I
      
      came home;
      
     
     
      	I took a warm bath, but I
      
      got so tyred & felt weak afterward
      
     
     
      	I took soup, a little cow’s
      
      brain boiled, & a piece of sheep’s
      
      feet, I felt better today &
      
      no pain ~
      
     
     
      	Weather Very Cloudy, had
      
      few drops of rain at 3 P.M. &
      
      it remained very Cloudy &
      
      gloomy ~ At 7 it rained
      
      drizzly for about ½ hour,
      
      It cleared up toward midnight
      
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Frid Th 6.51 Noon 66 4 P.M 68
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & Cold
      
      morning ~ I had a little pain
      
      in my stomach last night,
      
      & I feel still weak; ~
      
      at 8 ½ A.M. I called on Menusha
      
      & came home at 10, I then
      
      went over to Alice & Sister
      
      Emilia to breakfast with
      
      them; I got the stomach ache
      
      again all the day today, it
      
      must be from the food I
      
      ate, at Alice I only took,
      
      rice soup & a leg of boiled fowl,
      
      at 3 P.M. came home;
      
     
     
      	Père Marie Joseph the school french
      
      master called on us ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      Weather ~
      
     
     
      	I am taking Rhubarb with a little
      
      arak before dinner; I had soup
      
      & roast chicken & salad ~
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Satur Ther @ 6.44
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold weather
      
      It begun to get Cloudy;
      
     
     
      	Today being the birthday of
      
      King Edward the 7th of England
      
      as there is an official reception
      
      
      at the British Residency, I
      
      had asked Mr. Rappaport
      
      to take me with him so as
      
      to be introduced to Major
      
      Melvill whom I do not know
      
      yet except on meeting &
      
      saluting, ~ At 10 AM. I
      
      went over to Mr. Rappaport
      
      & after ¼ hour we went down
      
      in his boat, him in uniform,
      
      & Rosenfeld & myself; We
      
      found there the Waly Namik
      
      Pasha, Kadem Pasha &
      
      other visitors; the Turkish
      
      military band playing;
      
      we left after ½ hour, & I
      
      walked home ~
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. Eliza, Marie, Alexander
      
      & I went to call on Sister Medoola
      
      to render, her two visits to me
      
      while I was unwell few
      
      days ago; her young husband
      
      also was there, we returned
      
      at 5 P.M. ~
      
     
     
      	Weather cold; & fine
      
      
      The SS. Phrat arrived [strikethrough] last night
      
      [strikethrough]; at 7 P.M.~
      
     
     
      	I wrote a letter to Rufail and
      
      Rezooki Sayegh by the Khalifah
      
      leaving tomorrow morning.
      
     
     
      	My stomach pains me a
      
      little, I had for dinner some
      
      soup, a piece of cutlet & potatoes;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 SundTher 6.44 Noon 64
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Khalifah left at
      
      6 AM. for Basreh;
      
     
     
      	Mohsen Pasha the destituted
      
      Waly of Basreh arrived in the
      
      SS. Phrat, he is to join his military
      
      head quarter at Kerkouk;
      
     
     
      	At 9 AM. we went to Church
      
      & then Alexander & I called on
      
      Menusha & came home at 11;
      
     
     
      	Rezooki the son of Risha Andrea &
      
      husband of Sister Medula called
      
      on us; also Shekoory Sayegh; Mr.
      
      Duncan Alexander husband of
      
      my niece Regina etc ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul arrived at
      
      4. P.M. ~
      
      
      Johny & Artin called in the evening,
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
      
     
     
      	I took dinner stew with potatoes
      
      & rice, but toward midnight
      
      I had the heartburn, with wind
      
      & noise in stomach & intestines,
      
      I felt unwell with little pain,
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Mond Ther 6.47
     
     
      	Light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      Cold weather;
      
     
     
      	Since 4 AM I awoke with
      
      trouble, wind heartburn and
      
      pain in stomach, it must be
      
      last night’s dinner, & the abricot
      
      marmalade I took which
      
      caused this derangement;
      
      this lasted all the day & at dinner
      
      I took soup, & some vegetable,
      
      I sucked a little pomegranate
      
      & I felt better at night;
      
     
     
      	Johny Pahlawan called in
      
      the evening;
      
     
     
      	Weather mild & fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Tuesd Ther 6 50
     
     
      	Light N. Erly breeze & fine,
      
      My bowels worked at 4 AM. loose,
      
      I feel better, no pain but the
      
      wind still is working ~
      
     
     
      	Catterina widow of Rezooki
      
      
      Serkis called on us to Condole;
      
     
     
      	I went to see Dr. Ramsey at 9 ½
      
      I told him that I intend going in
      
      the Mejidieh this time, and
      
      that my stomach is still weak
      
      with much wind & indigestion
      
      but no pain; he prescribed
      
      me some medicine to last 12
      
      days to be taken after each
      
      meal; also an other bottle
      
      of the same medicine I took
      
      to stop the pain whenever
      
      it comes; I paid him ½ Lira,
      
     
     
      	The S.S. Phrat left at noon,
      
      River is rising today and the
      
      Mossul is alongside discharging,
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. Eliza Marie Alexander
      
      & I called on Menusha;
      
     
     
      	I took the medicine after breakfast
      
      & I feel better today than any
      
      day, no noise or wind in stomach,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,25 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
      
      & Barge arrived; I received a letter
      
      from Rufail; ~
      
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & fine weather,
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Wedn Th 6.55
     
     
      	Light westerly breeze & fine
      
      weather; I have had no
      
      
      trouble in my stomach last
      
      night, or wind; it must be
      
      the medicine which checked
      
      it, its taste is very acid like
      
      Muriatic acid & sweet;
      
     
     
      	At 9 AM I went on board the
      
      Mejidieh, the Mossul is inside
      
      discharging; ~ I received from
      
      Metty the balance of cash
      
      left on board about 2400 GSP.,
      
      the rest about 31,000 P. he has
      
      sent to the office, Metty shifted
      
      his kit to his cabin where
      
      Vartan was & this latter left
      
      the ship; I got my cabin washed
      
      & will send my kit tomorrow;
      
      We will leave on Sunday;
      
      At 11 ½ I came home;
      
     
     
      	Antone Marine his wife & two
      
      daughters Rosa & Ellen called
      
      on us & spent the evening;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
      
      I took dinner as usual, having boiled
      
      fish stew rice etc; & I do not
      
      feel any wind or derangement
      
      in Stomach at all;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      14’ Thursd Ther @ 6.49
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      morning; ~ I sent my kit
      
      to the ship; at 9 I went on board
      
      the Mejidieh, she begun to discharge
      
      cargo & the Mossul is loading
      
      I arranged my kit in the Cabin,
      
     
     
      	At 11 left called at Alexander’s
      
      office in the Khan & we then
      
      Came home to breakfast;
      
     
     
      	At 1 ½ P.M. I went on board
      
      We shipped cargo, the local
      
      for the river @ 13 Paras per
      
      Oke, & the through @ 8 & 9 Paras
      
      since last voyage I see they
      
      have risen the freight;
      
      Our 3rd Mate Mr. MacLure
      
      is doing nothing, he does
      
      not take any cargo or do
      
      any work at all, except
      
      that he had a woman in
      
      his cabin all the day, he
      
      locks her in & then plays
      
      with his fiddle or mandolin
      
      in the Saloon~ At 5 P.M
      
      I came home, we then
      
      all went to Antone Marine
      
      & spent the evening, at
      
      8 We came home;
      
      
      At 8 ½ the SS. Baghdad
      
      arrived ~
      
     
     
      	I had pain & wind in Stomach
      
      at night, because I ate
      
      every thing & even some
      
      cream & dates & this must
      
      have given me this trouble
      
     
    
    
     
      15’ Frid The 6.52
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather,
      
      At 8 ½ AM I called on Menusha
      
      & at 9 ½ came on board,
      
     
     
      	The wife of Sheikh Khazal
      
      of Mahomerah, or rather
      
      the new Bride came from
      
      Teheran, & other wife Gool
      
      Hayat & a lot of followers
      
      are going down with us,
      
      they want all the cabins
      
      available we have only
      
      3 in the Saloon, the 4th is
      
      occupied by the Chief Mate
      
      Mr. Cook ~ as I was going
      
      home at 11 ½, Mr. Rappaport
      
      pulled up in his Boat to
      
      see me, so I went with
      
      him to his house, it is
      
      
      on account of my brothers
      
      estate settlement, I then
      
      came home ~
      
     
     
      	I took a warm bath ~ Shekoory
      
      Sayegh & Johnny my nephew
      
      called & spent the evening
      
     
     
      	Menusha, wished me to
      
      make out a letter in her
      
      name to the Lynch’s, in
      
      London, stating her present
      
      pecuniary state after
      
      my brother’s death & requesting
      
      them to allow her a sort
      
      of gratification, (as they
      
      had paid Alice 200 £ Stg
      
      & to Mrs. Cowley 350 £)
      
      I made a rough copy out
      
      & gave it to Johny to have
      
      it copied & sent;
      
     
    
    
     
      16’ Satur Ther @ 6.58
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze and
      
      cloudy weather, a slight
      
      rain fell early at daybreak,
      
      weather gloomy;
      
     
     
      	At 8 ½ AM it rained again,
      
      I came on board the streets
      
      
      got muddy & slippery; It cased
      
      at 9 ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to breakfast & returned
      
      At 1 P.M Our Mate Mr. Slack
      
      cannot take cargo, he is so drunk
      
      & slow in taking that he has
      
      not given me one number
      
      yet;
      
     
     
      	The river has again fallen
      
      there is altogether about 11/2
      
      foot rise only, & is falling
      
      now; weather cleared up
      
      & became fine;
      
     
     
      	We shipped a good deal of Cargo,
      
      Alexander came to me & at 5 P.M.
      
      We went home ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & getting fine,
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Sund The 6.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 5 AM. I came on board;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 445 [17 NOVEMBER 1901 --- V052_20_S]
     (//)
     Baghdad to Basreh
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
168174,938 35,436 3/4N/A

    
     
     
      		At 6,,15 AM. proceeded
      
      from Baghdad~
      
      
      At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
      
      At 11,5 passed Ctesiphon;
      
     
     
      	The Channels are good, although
      
      there is a little rise of the river
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets & finished with
      
      the passengers;
      
     
     
      	Capt. Hanslow has brought
      
      his wife Beaty with him this
      
      trip; also her little brother Victor
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 141
      
      Passengers; (8 in 1st Class Cabins
      
      they are the family of Sheikh
      
      Khazal of Mohamerah, they
      
      are taking a new bride a
      
      Persian lady from Tehran for
      
      him, they have occupied the
      
      only 3 Cabins we have in the
      
      Saloon available, and they have
      
      38 ½ on deck Persians & Arabs
      
      the Agents of Lynchs have shown
      
      them much courtesy and
      
      allowed the baggage to pass free
      
      of freight; we have also
      
      in the 2nd Class the wife of Hommesh
      
      son of Kass Hanna Clerk of
      
      Lynch Brothers at Basreh &
      
      two servants with her free,
      
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 P. M We rounded and
      
      came to above Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; Calm & fine Weather;
      
     
     
      	I took for breakfast today rice
      
      soup & boiled fowel & a little
      
      Orange marmalade; I am
      
      taking milk instead of tea I
      
      have brought two bottles of milk
      
      with me; but this afternoon
      
      I got the wind & indigestion
      
      but it soon passed down~
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Mond Ther 6. 52 Noon 63 4 P.M. 77
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 6 AM. Got underway, &
      
      at 6,,15 passed Baghdadieh;
      
      I slept well last night & had
      
      no pain~ I took milk & two eggs
      
      this morning~
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Azizieh;
      
      At 10,,55 anchored & sounded
      
      at Zeljeh & at 11,,15 proceeded
      
     
     
      	At 4,,10 P.M passed Memlah,
      
      Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      quite mild;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 P.M. We rounded &
      
      Came to at Um el Ajaj for the
      
      night~ Light N. W. and
      
      fine weather~
      
      
     
     
      	I find it very difficult and
      
      sorrowful, the missing  of my poor
      
      brother Henry, to whom I was
      
      constantly writing to him our
      
      voyage down & up river, and
      
      now I have no one to write
      
      to, I always forget & think of
      
      writing to him as usual, it is
      
      a very Sad blow to us all; I
      
      am left the only brother, after
      
      loosing three, first Thomas
      
      died in July 1860, then Alexander
      
      the eldest died in Augt 1896, and
      
      then Henry died on the 17 Octer
      
      1901; I have only my three
      
      sisters still alive, Eliza,
      
      Emilia & Madalena, Poor
      
      Henry has left 5 children all
      
      Young yet, the eldest is Louisa
      
      married with Yousif Yaghchi &
      
      who will be 25 Years in next
      
      March, & then Antone who will
      
      be 18 by next March, then
      
      [strikethrough], [strikethrough] Hariet, Louis,
      
      Thomas & Mary; Antone
      
      has been employed in Lynch’s
      
      Office since about twelve
      
      
      days Ago, by Mr. Parry the
      
      Agent~
      
     
     
      	Very light N.W. breeze & fine
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Tuesd The @ 6. 50 Noon 65 4 P.M. 78
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,5 AM. we got underway,
      
      I feel very well, had no pain
      
      or Wind in stomach last night;
      
     
     
      	At 10 Am arrived at Coot
      
      Went alongside our Coal Depot &
      
      landed 14 Passengers & 27 Packages
      
     
     
      	I hear that the SS. Blosse Lynch
      
      is coming up this time as the
      
      Khalifah has been put into
      
      Dock for repairs, & the Blosse
      
      has only left Basreh yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 11 We left Coot,
      
      Took 14 ½ Passengers~
      
      Passed through the Bridge
      
      of the Sennyeh below Coot,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad; Very Calm & fine day;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,15 Anchored at
      
      Mendelyat & Sounded
      
      At 5,,35 proceeded
      
      
     
     
      	At 6, rounded & came to for the
      
      night at Messenduk;~
      
     
     
      	I have a bad Cold on my head
      
      & nose since this morning;~
      
     
     
      	Light Erly breeze & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Wedn Ther. 6. 49 Noon 66 4 P.M. 73
     
     
      	At 6,,10 Am got underway
      
      from Messunduk~
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
      
     
     
      	At 11,15 passed the S.S. Blosse
      
      Lynch going up at Flefleh,
      
      I did not go out to see her, she
      
      had a Turkish flag flying on
      
      the mast head for some Turkish
      
      official;
      
     
     
      	Weather becoming Cloudy and
      
      at 1 P.M. it covered the whole
      
      sky;
      
     
     
      	At 1,,50 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      Cloudy all over with light S.W.
      
      breeze; it begun to open out at
      
      6 ½;
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 23 ½ Passng
      
      & 131 Packages;~ Abdulkadur
      
      Pasha Khdery, Ragheb Effendi the
      
      Clerk of the Sennyeh, Selman son
      
      of Mulla Farman etc came
      
      to me to condole me on the
      
      death of my brother Henry
      
      
     
     
      	We took 3 Tons of Coal, &
      
      hauled out from the bank;
      
     
     
      	At 10 P.M. a telegram was brought
      
      to me from Alexander dated the
      
      18th asking me to ship for him
      
      100 Cases of window Glass which
      
      they have got out, it is shipped
      
      only to Basreh, as they require it
      
      very urgently~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Thursd Ther @ 6. 53
     
     
      	Light S. Erly, with some Clouds,
      
      at 4,10 AM. left Amara,
      
     
     
      	Took 13 ½ Amara passengers;
      
      I hear that Capt Braine was
      
      ill with disentry & fever on
      
      the way up, & the flag that was
      
      hoisted on the Blosse Lynch
      
      yesterday was for Ali Beg
      
      (now Ali Pasha) son of Kassem
      
      Zheir going to meet the
      
      new Waly for Basreh
      
      having left yesterday Baghdad
      
      in the SS. Baghdad his
      
      name is Mostapha Noori
      
      Pasha; he is the brother of
      
      Haji Nejim Beg a Bimbashy
      
      who was in Basreh & Baghdad
      
      about 5 years ago, whom I
      
      know well, he used to travel
      
      
      up & down with us~
      
     
     
      	At 1,,30 P.M passed Azair
      
      Breeze shifted to N. West, but
      
      it is shifted to N. West, but
      
      it is still cloudy in most part
      
      around;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,20 passed Gorna,
      
      At 8,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat &
      
      barge bound up at Kteban,
      
      At about 10, a steam Launch
      
      came up to us with Mirza Hamza
      
      the Clerk of Sheikh Khazal to
      
      meet the family & people of
      
      Sheikh Khazal, also came
      
      Rezooki Angoorly, & Hannosh
      
      Kass Hanna, I was asleep;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,45 Arrived at Basreh;
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Frid
     
     
      	Light N.W. & little cloudy;
      
      Landed passengers; Mirza Hamza
      
      & Rezooki Angoorly came off,
      
      I could not resist myself from
      
      the tears when Rezooki came to
      
      me;~ Sheikh [strikethrough] Khazal’s
      
      people & Baggage went down
      
      in a Meheyleh to the Quarantine
      
      station where the steamer Karoon
      
      of Sheikh Kazal is waiting
      
      to take them down to
      
      Mohamerah;~
      
     
     
      	Rufail came to me, also Rezooki
      
      his brother, I could not resist
      
      
      myself from weeping so much,
      
      & we spoke about my poor
      
      brother Henry’s death;
      
      The expences that Rufail incurred
      
      including, Masses prayers etc
      
      came only to 19 Mejidies; All
      
      the rest has been done by
      
      Mr. Bottomley Lynch’s Agent
      
      & on Account of the Company,
      
      as Coffin Medical fees etc,
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley came on board
      
      & [strikethrough] he breakfasted with
      
      us, I spoke to him & thanked
      
      him very much & on behalf
      
      of all my sisters & relatives
      
      for the trouble he took for
      
      my brothers funeral and
      
      interrement at Maghil
      
      behind the Depot; & if there
      
      is any expences that we
      
      owe him, he said there is
      
      nothing at all;
      
     
     
      	There are here the Russian
      
      steamer, Sigred she brought
      
      Parraffin, & is at Anchor
      
      up near Rufail’s House
      
      & an Ausro Lloyed steamer
      
      
      the Istria also up there,
      
      the Dwena & Locus & Eesther
      
      Cargo steamers are here,
      
      and the SS. Afrikander for
      
      G. Mackenzie & Co is in
      
      quarantine arrived yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 12 Rezooki came to fetch
      
      me & I went with him to their
      
      house, I saw there Rufail, Tookyeh,
      
      Mina & Yousif Marine, but
      
      I got so sorry & could not resist
      
      from the tears & they also webt,
      
      We talked about my poor
      
      brother’s illness & death, no
      
      clever doctor is here to attend
      
      any person ill, except Dr. [strikethrough]
      
      Scroggi, who is not so clever,
      
      and that same morning (16th
      
      of Octer, when he was landed &
      
      taken to Rufail’s house Dr. Scroggi
      
      saw him & then went away
      
      out to Shoot & did not return till
      
      sunset; the other native Doctors
      
      also were fetched, but none it
      
      seems Knew his illness; it
      
      was his old complaint of last
      
      year, either a nerve had burst
      
      in his head, or his Kidneys
      
      for after his death; his body
      
      around his waist was red blue
      
      
      he riquired bleeding in the
      
      head but none dared recommend
      
      it;~
      
     
     
      	We spent the evening and
      
      dined, & I slept in the sitting
      
      room with Yousif Marine
      
      but could not sleep till late,
      
      & then awoke with a bad
      
      cold & sneezing;
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Satur
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cool
      
      at 8 am I came on board with
      
      Rezooki Angoorly~
      
      We are shipping Cargo~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,45 Am the S.S. Comet
      
      Came down from Baghdad
      
      & anchored astern;
      
     
     
      	Père Emmanuel also Nessoory
      
      Andria came to see & condole
      
      me;
      
     
     
      	My stomach is alright, I am
      
      still continuing taking the
      
      rice soup & boiled fowel, at
      
      breakfast & dinner since
      
      I left Baghdad~
      
     
     
      	The Mail Steamer Pemba
      
      arrived
      
     
     
      	Rfuail, Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly
      
      Nassoory Andria etc came
      
      to me~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. the Mail St; Pachumba
      
      left the quarantine,~
      
     
     
      	We finished loading at 3 PM.
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 445 [25 NOVEMBER 1901 --- V052_21_N]
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    Basreh to Baghdad
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
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27212 1/43,,8

    
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. We got underway
      
      & proceeded; Light N.W. and
      
      fine weather;
      
     
     
      	The Comet is going down to
      
      Mohamerah tomorrow, to
      
      fetch some stores came up for
      
      her from Bombay~
      
     
     
      	I have had a little pain in my
      
      Stomach this afternoon, I suppose
      
      it must from the grief  had
      
      yesterday & today, with the people
      
      here about my brother’s death,
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Sund Ther @ 6, 58
     
     
      	At 0,15 AM. passed Gorna;
      
      At 5,,5 passed Azair~
      
      At 5,,10 Anchored being dark and
      
      the moon had gone down~
      
     
     
      	At 6 am proceeded~ Very
      
      light Erly breeze, Weather foggy
      
      & misty, with some Clouds
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passenger’s
      
      
      Tickets~
      
     
     
      	We have in all 1101/2  Passengers
      
      (three in 1st Class, a new German
      
      Chancellier called Mr. E.
      
      Anders, coming from Constanple
      
      Via Bombay with through
      
      ticket, for Mr Richarz the
      
      German Consul; and a young
      
      Bey of 16 Years & his Sister,
      
      called Abool hassan the son
      
      of the Reis Tejjar of Mohamerah,
      
      and one in 2 Class, the mother
      
      of Abduljibbar Effendi the
      
      Lawyer she had come down
      
      to see her daughter Semiran
      
      wife of Michail Raffi employed
      
      at Asfar)~ Also one Donkey
      
      & a Man with it free, of Mahomed
      
      Cheleby Pachachi the Reis
      
      Tejjara of Basreh;
      
     
     
      	Weather Getting Cloudy;
      
      At 1,,55 P.M. landed 3 Passng
      
      at K. Saleh & took 3 and
      
      Went on at 2.~
      
     
     
      	At 2,,10 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
      
      down, The New Waly for
      
      
      Basreh Mostapha Noori
      
      Pasha on board; his brother
      
      also, H. Nejim Beg whom
      
      I know well;
      
     
     
      	Weather cloudy all over, & breeze
      
      shifted to N. East, Moon 13
      
      days Old~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 P.M. arrived at
      
      Amara, landed 8 Passengers &
      
      11 Bales of through Cargo~
      
      Took in 10 Tons of Coal,
      
      we shipped about 129 Packages of
      
      Cargo, as hides, goats' hair, sheep skins~
      
     
     
      	At 11,,40 P.M. left Amara;
      
      S. Erly breeze & cloudy all over;
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Mond Ther @ 6. 64 Noon 74 4 P.M. 68
     
     
      	S. Erly Wind & Very cloudy all over,
      
      Gave tickets to 30 ½ Amara
      
      passengers;~
      
     
     
      	At 1,15 P.M. passed Ali Gherhi,
      
      Still cloudy all over & S. Erly wind
      
      At 3 ½ P.M. a strong shift of wind
      
      to N. West, & hard squall with
      
      flying dust came on, and
      
      Cooled the Atmosphere, Clouds
      
      breaking up; at 4 a hard Shower
      
      of rain came down for about
      
      5 minutes only; Wind again
      
      shifted to a fresh S. Easter
      
      
      and is sending the Cloud back
      
      up; at 6 the Breeze shifted to
      
      N. East; it got dampy, and
      
      clouds clearing up with a fine
      
      moonlight night a full
      
      moon today; The river
      
      is falling since we left Baghdad,
      
     
     
      	My stomach is good no
      
      pain to speak of and no wind
      
      it is all passing down, I am
      
      still taking rice soup and
      
      boiled fowel, & some time a
      
      stew or roast fowel; and
      
      no tea at all but milk
      
      morning & afternoon~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,45 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad,~ Weather getting fine;
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Tuesd Th@ 6, 55
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      Weather~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,35 AM. arrived at
      
      Coot, landed 16 passengers;
      
      Took 10 Tons of Coal;
      
      weather cold & very fine
      
     
     
      	At 6,,35 left Coot,
      
      Took 6 Passengers~
      
     
     
      	Fine clear weather, there
      
      is a slight rise in the river
      
      
      At 4. 15 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Wednes. The6. 53 noon 70 4 P.M. 74
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      morning;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,45 AM passed
      
      Azizieh Village~
      
     
     
      	At 8,, 20 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort; ~ In passing the village
      
      of Swereh at 10 ¼ am. We were
      
      told that the Phrat passed up
      
      only at about 5 am this morning,
      
     
     
      	At 5 P.M. we passed Bostan,
      
      I could see the smoke of the Phrat
      
      ahead of us she is about 15
      
      minutes below Hudeitha;
      
      although we have been going
      
      at a reduced steam power,
      
      they run down the expantion
      
      & making only from 60 to 65
      
      pounds pressure~
      
     
     
      	At 8.40 passed Ctesiphon;
      
      At 9.30 touched the shoals at Menary
      
      backed & tryed to pass, the stern
      
      of the Barge touched the ground &
      
      the tiller [strikethrough] broke we anchored
      
      & got the tiller [strikethough] lashed with rope
      
      it Left at 11,,15 ;
      
     
     
      	Fine cold night~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Thursd The @ 6. 51 noon 4 P.M.
     
     
      Fine clear & cold weather,
      
      At 2,,25 am passed Diala,
      
      river; going easy shoal placed,
      
     
     
      	I awoke after only two hours
      
      sleep, I find that we are
      
      easying on account of the
      
      S.S. Phrat being close ahead
      
      of us getting to the bridge
      
      & she has been waiting for
      
      us to pass her, we are also
      
      doing the same, going very easy
      
      & stopping to let her pass,
      
      it was 6 am when we passed
      
      through the Bridge, & the
      
      Phrat is still close ahead
      
      we easied, & at 7 touched a
      
      shoal at Joorf el Rot, took
      
      anchor out & hove, the Phrat
      
      went round the reach
      
      toward Kher ~ We got off
      
      & awaited for the “Blosse
      
      Lynch” coming down; She
      
      passed at 8., 10, I see
      
      Vartan the clerk on board
      
      with Faraj perhaps he is
      
      put in Faraj place & the
      
      
      latter my brother’s~ At 8,, 15
      
      we went on~
      
     
     
      	In passing Cherd el Pasha I
      
      saw the Tents of Polus Serkis &
      
      Fetoohi Dawd Maghak and
      
      Apikyan’s son etc, all still
      
      encamped out in this cold
      
      weather;
      
     
     
      	At 10.25 landed the mails at
      
      the Residency &went up to the
      
      Custum House; The S.S. Phrat
      
      has arrived about ½ hour before us
      
      I went home saw Eliza, Alexander
      
      & Marie all well; Shekoory
      
      Sayegh called; ~ at 3 P.M. I
      
      went to see Menusha, she begun
      
      to weep very bitterly for my brother
      
      Henry as I related to her about
      
      his death; I left at 4 ½ & came
      
      home; Fine clear weather &
      
      cold;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Frid The @ 6. 49
     
     
      Light N.W. fine cold
      
      weather; at 8 ½ am I came on
      
      board with Alexander; I paid
      
      the ship’s Company their wages
      
      for this month;~ we are
      
      leaving on Tuesday; the Phrat
      
      is inside discharging~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went to Alexander &Shekoory’s
      
      office in the Khan, their business
      
      
      is going pretty well, they are
      
      shipping Sheep skins, Gum etc
      
      & receiving sugar, Leather etc,
      
      we went home at 12 ;
      
      I took a warm bath ~ In
      
      the evening, Antone Marine,
      
      Johny & Artin called till 7 ½
      
      I am now eating other things
      
      as Rice, Meat, roast fowels et
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Satur The@6. 52
     
     
      	Light Northerly breeze,
      
      & fine, at 8 ½ am. called on
      
      Menusha & then came on
      
      board; the Phrat is still
      
      discharging, having finished
      
      her Barge;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mossul arrived
      
      last night at about 7 ½ P.M;
      
     
     
      	We are leaving on Tuesday
      
      At 11 I went home; passed &
      
      took Alexander from his Office,
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I called on Sister
      
      Eliza, also on Père Augustin
      
      he has received a telegram
      
      from Monsigneur Altmayer
      
      from France, charging him
      
      to express to all our family
      
      his deep condolation on the
      
      death of my brother Henry
      
      
      I then called on Alice & Sister
      
      [strikethough] Emilia, Alexander
      
      came there & we then,
      
      came home at 5 P.M;
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & fine,
      
     
    
    
     
      Decr 1 Sund Th. 6. 54
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze & fine; at 9 am
      
      I went to the Latin church,
      
      & then called on the Assyrian
      
      Bishop Aghnatius, and
      
      had to come on board; they
      
      sent me the cash book
      
      from the office to enter all
      
      expences & wages for Novr
      
      & send it to them in the morning,
      
      There is no office today &
      
      they do not work, but are
      
      to work on board, the steamer
      
      is discharging & Shipping
      
      cargo; At 11 I went
      
      home;~ Some visitors called,
      
      also Sister Medoola & her husband
      
      Rezooki Andrea;~
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I went to call on
      
      Mr. Rappaport but was not at
      
      home; I came on board,
      
      there is an Awful confusion,
      
      Cargo is blocked up every
      
      where & no room, The
      
      
      Phrat is loading and we
      
      are discharging & loading;
      
     
     
      	Warm weather & fresh
      
      S. Erly wind, hazy dusty;
      
     
     
      	At 4 ¾ P.M. I left the ship &
      
      went to Sister Eliza, where Alexander
      
      & Mary are, I took Alexander
      
      & called on Mr. Richarz the
      
      German Consul & his new Chancellier
      
      Mr. Anders who came up with
      
      us, but they were not at home,
      
      we called on Edward Blockey,
      
      as he is going to leave Baghdad
      
      & go down with us. he is going
      
      to Melbourn in Australia
      
      to his uncle he has left his
      
      fathers Office of Blockey Hotz & co
      
      Against his father’s wish,
      
      he gets a good pay here
      
      250 £ a year; ~ we left &
      
      came home, & then went
      
      with Alexander & Mary &
      
      spent the evening at Antone
      
      Marine until 7 ½ P.M.
      
      
     
     
      	Eassa Khayat the father
      
      of Abduljebbar the Lawyer
      
      died this evening, at an advanced
      
      age of about 75 years.~
      
     
     
      	Strong S. Erly wind and
      
      cloudy;
      
     
    
    
     
      2d Mond Ther 6. 62 noon 66
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & cloudy, it
      
      rained a little & thundered after
      
      midnight;~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat & Barge left
      
      at 10.30 P.M;
      
     
     
      	At 7 it begun to rain
      
      steadily, & made the streets
      
      very muddy. I came on board
      
      at 8 ½ in the rain; this
      
      is the first good fall of
      
      rain that we have had
      
      yet; It ceased at 9, but the wind
      
      is strong, & the Phrat could not
      
      leave on account of it; until
      
      12 ½ AM;
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to breakfast
      
      & came on board at 1 P.M;
      
     
     
      	We shipped a good deal of cargo &
      
      I had to work hard till 6 P.M. when
      
      I went home with Alexander
      
      
      found Shekoory Sayegh there;
      
     
     
      	I have lent Alexander & Shekoory
      
      today 150 TLiras for 3 months
      
      @ 7% Interest & deducted 2 Liras
      
      & 13 Beshlics my interest; they
      
      required money for the present
      
      until their Bonds on merchants
      
      become due~
      
     
     
      	The streets are mudy; the
      
      weather still very cloudy, it
      
      thundered with lightning on
      
      the south & East;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Tuesd Ther 6. 54 noon 60 4 P.M. 69
     
     
      Light S. Westerly; and
      
      weather cleared up & became
      
      fine~ at 5 ½ AM I came on
      
      board;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 446 [3 DECEMBER 1901 --- V052_22_N]
     (//)
    Baghdad to Basreh
    (//)  
    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

PassgOkesGS PiastDraft
122 1/2198,57531,876 N/A

    
     
     
      	At 6.30 AM. got underway
      
      & proceeded;
      
     
     
      	Mrs. Hanslow is again going down
      
      with us, with her little brother
      
      Victor, to meet their Sister Daisy
      
      came out from England
      
      
      who had gone away in 1897
      
      with her father Capt Cowley;
      
     
     
      	At 9.10 passed Diala river
      
      The river has risen about 1 ½ foot
      
      in all since [strikethrough] the day before
      
     
     
      	I finished with the Passenger’s Tickets
      
      we have in all 115 ½ (2 in
      
      1st Class, Edward Blockey my
      
      nephew with a free passage
      
      he is leaving Baghdad & going
      
      to Melbourne in Australia to
      
      his uncle, via Bombay; and
      
      a Mahomedan Hussein H. Saleh
      
      and 2 Jewesses in 2nd Class) ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 AM. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      Detained at Oweyn in Shoal water
      
      from 2,,30 till 2,,40~
      
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze & fine weather,
      
      Rain has fallen down the river
      
      too yesterday;
      
     
     
      	At 5.45 P.M. came to for the
      
      night, above the Fort of Baghdadieh,
      
      Light Southerly breeze & fine,
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Wedn The 6. 44 noon 60 4 P.M. 66
     
     
      Light S. Erly breeze & fine weather
      
      Cold;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM. proceeded
      
      At 6.30 passed Baghdadieh;
      
     
     
      	At 9.10 passed Azizieh
      
      
     
     
      	Weather begun to get cloudy
      
      all over;
      
     
     
      	At 0.25 P.M. passed the
      
      SS. Baghdad & Barge going up
      
      at the bottom of Shedeif;
      
      weather getting  very hazy and
      
      dusty~
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      very hazy weather;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 we anchored at
      
      Aboo Homar (below Mehdi) weather
      
      Cloudy a little, & breeze from
      
      N. Wester & cold;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Thursd The @ 6. 45 noon 59 4 P.M. 64
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine Weather
      
      I awoke at 1 ½ AM. with my bad
      
      cold, sneezing & nose running the
      
      water down & could not sleep
      
      at all;~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM. We
      
      proceeded from Aboo Homar
      
      Cold weather, I have still the
      
      cold on my head~
      
     
     
      	At 10,,15 arrived at Coot
      
      landed 4 passengers and 24
      
      Packages~ The SS. Phrat is
      
      here on her way down, she had
      
      left on Monday noon; At 10,,45
      
      she left for Basreh;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 we left Coot~
      
      Took 3 Passengers~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.M. we passed the
      
      S.S. Phrat & Barge steaming down;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,55 we rounded and
      
      Came to for the night at Mendelyat,
      
      Light N.W. breeze & fine Cold
      
      weather ~
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Frid Th 6.43 Noon 57 4 P.M. 62
     
     
      Light N.W. & fine Cold weather,
      
      we sounded the Channel ahead of
      
      us at day break ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,20 AM. proceeded
      
      I feel very Cold; & my nose is still
      
      running with water & sneezing,
      
      in the morning; though I slept
      
      very well; my stomach is good
      
      no pain as indigestion; I am
      
      eating all the different dishes
      
      except curry, & am taking
      
      milk instead of tea ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,55 passed Ali Gherbi
      
      Weather getting cloudy, all
      
      over
      
     
     
      	At 2,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
      
      Weather clearing up ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,10 arrived at Amara
      
      landed 29 Passengers and 93
      
      Packages ~ They have had lots
      
      of rain here to on Monday ~
      
     
     
      	We heard that Abdulkadur
      
      Khdery, has been shot at on
      
      
      Wednesday evening at about
      
      6 P.M. as he was sitting in the
      
      Coffee shop with a lot of people
      
      also were there,  by a Soldier
      
      with his Martini Rifle, he
      
      is the son of Khalil Agha
      
      formerly his father was at
      
      Amara, a member of the Mejlis
      
      & a proprietor of a Garden here
      
      now is at Diwaniyeh,
      
      the bullet struck his left
      
      Shoulder under the amoplate bone
      
      it passed through clean and
      
      struck the pillar pierced it
      
      & struck a walk; the soldier
      
      run away but was found &
      
      cought at Chehala outside
      
      the village of Amara an
      
      the Hud & is imprisoned
      
      A Turkish doctor is treating
      
      Abdulkadur, but Capt Hanslow
      
      who went to see him; thinks
      
      it might become serious, &
      
      it is not know if any bone
      
      is fractured; His brother
      
      Kassim is coming up from
      
      Basreh in his Steam Launch
      
      
      We hear that the Blosse Lynch
      
      has left Basreh today; perhaps
      
      Capt Braine waited to take
      
      up his wife who arrived in
      
      the Goolistan about 5 days ago,
      
      as well as Daisy the daughter
      
      of Capt; Cowley ~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Satur Ther 6.41 Noon 58 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine weather
      
      At 2.45 AM the S.S. Phrat
      
      came down to Amara,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,45 we proceeded,
      
      At 6 met the Steams Launch of
      
      Kassim Khdery with him on
      
      board going to Amara to see
      
      his brother Abdulkadur;
      
     
     
      	We took 4 Passengers from
      
      Amara;
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Kalat Saleh;
      
      At 11 we saw the Blosse Lynch, she
      
      has stopped at Aboo Roba, waiting
      
      for us; At 11,,30 we anchored
      
      above the Blosse Lynch; at Aboo
      
      Roba; we then weighed and went
      
      closer down to the Blosse & anchored
      
      before her bow; the Blosse has
      
      got some part of the wheel broken
      
      & been here since 2 hours to
      
      repair, she is full of passengers
      
      mostly Persians, Bakhtyaris
      
      
      & Bahreynies etc coming
      
      for the Ramazan, we got
      
      close to the Blosse between the
      
      little island & the East bank
      
      through which we are trying
      
      to shove her & the Barge, so
      
      that both steamers are touching
      
      each other; I saw Daizy
      
      daughter of Capt Cowley and
      
      her brother Charley they came
      
      to the bow; they wont come
      
      on board & been speaking to
      
      their sister Mrs. Hanslow
      
      & their brother Victor; Captn
      
      Braine came on board, also
      
      Capt. Maning of the Dwena
      
      is going for pleasure to Baghdad,
      
      There are also 3 french passengers,
      
      the Inspector of Public Debts (in
      
      place of Mr. Rigo who has left &
      
      been Shifted to Siwas [illegible]) with his
      
      wife & an other lady with them,
      
     
     
      	At 2,15 P.M. the Phrat
      
      came down & anchored up above,
      
      waiting to pass;~ The Blosse
      
      is still near us they are working
      
      in the wheel; We could not pass
      
      through the Island with the
      
      Barg alongside, so we casted
      
      
      & sent her down ahead; at
      
      3 P.M. We passed through &
      
      dropped down to the Village of
      
      Aboo Roba;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,30 P.M. having made
      
      fast the Barge Alongside We
      
      proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 passed Azair~
      
      The Phrat is coming behind us;
      
      Light Cold N.W. breeze & fine,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15, we rounded & came to
      
      for the night, it became dark, and
      
      the turnings here are narrow;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 the SS. Phrat came
      
      down & passed us;
      
     
     
      	At 10, the S.S. Comet came
      
      up from Basreh, she stopped &
      
      took her letters & went on;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Sund The 6. 35 Noon 4 P.M.
     
     
      	Light N.W. & Very Cold
      
      Weather, a little foggy~
      
     
     
      	At 6,,50 AM. proceeded,
      
      It is very Cold, the Thermometr is
      
      35 outside of my Cabin, it must
      
      be lower than that out in the
      
      open air~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,50 it became again
      
      foggy, We easied, it cleared off
      
      & breeze shifted to S. East;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,35 passed Gorna
      
      
     
     
      	Weather became cloudy all
      
      over thickly~
      
     
     
      	The Khalifah has not yet
      
      been put inside the dock
      
      at Maghil, she is lying outside,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,50 P.M. arrived at
      
      Basreh; There are the SS. Afrikander
      
      the King Arthur & the Java
      
      in Quarantine~ and up
      
      here the Cargo steamers Dwena,
      
      Esther of the Anglo Arabian
      
      & the Lotus of Bucknall’s steamers
      
      also the Turkish man of
      
      War Zohaf having come
      
      up from Kweit & Fao;
      
     
     
      	The Nakib Seyd Rajab Effendi
      
      & Nejim Effendi the brother of
      
      the new Waly Mostapha
      
      Noori Pasha, Were sent down
      
      few days ago, in the Zohaf
      
      from Faô to Kweit to see
      
      Sheikh Mubarek ibn Sobah
      
      from the part of the Turkish
      
      Government, offering him
      
      a Salary of 100 Liras per month
      
      
      & to give him the choice of
      
      residing either at Constanple,
      
      Baghdad or Basreh, his
      
      answer was an absolute
      
      decline, remarking that
      
      he is not in need of money,
      
      and beside, whoever of the
      
      Arab Sheikhs or notables
      
      who have gone to Constanple
      
      & have returned back; and
      
      should he leave his place to
      
      reside elsewhere;
      
     
     
      	at 6 I went up to Rufail
      
      found thereYousif marine,
      
      Tookyeh & R. Angoorly; but
      
      Rezooki Sayegh & his wife Mina
      
      have gone to Basreh since
      
      yesterday, as Mina’s mother
      
      Terooza has been confined
      
      the day before of a daughter,
      
      we dined &Yousif & I slept in
      
      the sitting room;
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Mond.
     
     
      S. Erly breeze, & very cloudy
      
      all over gloomy; It rained
      
      drizzly at 7 am.
      
     
     
      	At 8 I came on board
      
      we are discharging cargo;
      
      at 10 I went to the Custum
      
      
      House to clear two cases of
      
      Phonographs for Alexander
      
      Er. S.S. Afrikander from
      
      Marseilles shipped only to Basreh,
      
      but after having waited for
      
      Nassoory Andrea more than
      
      half hour he had not come
      
      out so I left & went to
      
      Lynch’s office saw Mr. Bottomly
      
      I asked him to give me a
      
      shipping order for the two
      
      above cases, he offered me
      
      to take them free but & did
      
      not want, so he gave me
      
      the order @ 12 Paras per Oke,
      
      I then went to Rezooki Sayegh
      
      in the consulate; it is now
      
      in an other house next to
      
      Lynchs of Haji Monsoor
      
      where they have shifted
      
      as the Old Consulate is
      
      bought from the Meymany
      
      by the government and
      
      now it is pulled down
      
      & being newly built,
      
      the first floor is not completed
      
      yet; I went with Rezooki
      
      
      to see it & it looks fine,
      
      the building is more Solid
      
      & larger with more rooms,
      
      I came on board at 12
      
      & had again to go to the Custum
      
      House, as Nessoory sent for
      
      me, I went & he wanted
      
      to know the number on the
      
      cases as they have been
      
      opening the wrong ones;
      
      so I left him to settle its
      
      duty & came on board
      
      sent Hamady to bring
      
      them on board ~
      
     
     
      	Fresh S. Erly wind, it also
      
      rained a little at 10 am ;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. I went up to Rufail,
      
      weather became very cloudy
      
      & gloomy, at 2 ½ it begun to
      
      rain heavily, it stopped and
      
      commenced at 4 & it came
      
      steadily & heavy, the grounds
      
      were flooded, & kept for
      
      about 2 hours, It remained
      
      very Cloudy & dark, wind Shifted
      
      to N.W. when the hard rain
      
      came down at 4~
      
     
     
      	I dined & slept at Rufail, but
      
      
      Yousif Marine had gone this
      
      morning to Shaebyeh;
      
     
    
    
     
      10Tuesd.
     
     
      	Light n.w. breeze and
      
      thick fog, It cleared off at
      
      8 ½ am. & became fine,
      
      at 8 ½ I came on board,
      
      I found the two cases of Phonographs
      
      of Alexander on board, the
      
      duty came to G.S.P. 140 for
      
      5 Phonographs & Cylinders etc;
      
      we are Shipping cargo,
      
     
     
      	Père Pièrre the Carmelite
      
      Superior who had gone to France
      
      & Rome last year, has arrived
      
      here last Sunday in the mail
      
      Steamer Via Bombay, with
      
      two other new fathers (one
      
      is an Irishman) but these two
      
      had come in the mail steamer
      
      of the former one & have
      
      made their 10 days Quarantine
      
      & are in Basreh, Père Pièrre
      
      had landed in Bushire
      
      &came up last Thursday
      
      so he will not be out of
      
      Quarantine before next
      
      Sunday ~
      
      
     
     
      	We finished taking Cargo at
      
      3 P.M.~ we have no Indian
      
      mails to take up;
      
     
     
      	Edward my nephew came
      
      to bid me good bye he leaves
      
      on Friday by the mail Steamer
      
      Java for Bombay & then
      
      to Melbourne in Australia
      
     
     
      	Flood tide made up,
      
      Nassoory Andria, Rezooki
      
      Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
      
      came to me;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 446 [10 DECEMBER 1901 --- V052_23_N]
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    Basreh to Baghdad
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    Barge in tow;
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218113,013/211,04019,965 3/44/2,,6

    
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. we got underway
      
      & proceeded;
      
      At 8 passed the S.S. Mossul
      
      & Barge bound down;
      
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 passed Gorna ~
      
     
     
      	Subsesction: 11 Wednes Ther @ 6.50
      
     
     
      	Light n.w. & foggy a little
      
      At 1,,25 am dropped anchor,
      
      foggy & dark;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 proceeded,
      
      some clouds on East & South,
      
     
     
      	Finished with the passengers
      
      
      tickets
      
     
     
      	We have altogether 180
      
      Passengers (2 in 1st Class,
      
      Nessoory Eassayi & messing
      
      with us, & a Mohamedan
      
      Abdullatif a priopriter of
      
      Gardens at Howedir, and
      
      2 in 2nd Class a nephew of the
      
      Persian Consul of Basreh
      
      & his man, he is called Mo=
      
      daffar Khan) also 2 deck free
      
     
     
      	At 8,,40 passed Azair,
      
      The river is rising here about,
      
     
     
      	Breeze shifted to S. East
      
      & became cloudy all over
      
      since 2 P.M.~
      
     
     
      	At 4,,30 P.M. passed Kalat Saleh,
      
      N. Erly breeze & cloudy all over;
      
      new moon today ~
      
     
     
      	The river has risen much
      
      about 2 ½ feet & water turbid,
      
      It is getting dark;~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 P.M. dropped
      
      anchor at Aboo Sedra, it is
      
      getting dark & very cloudy;
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Thurs
     
     
      	Very cloudy gloomy dark
      
      It begun to rain at about
      
      
      6 am;
      
     
     
      	At 6,,30 am. we proceeded
      
      Gloomy dark & raining drizzly,
      
     
     
      	At 9.30 arrived at Amara
      
      still raining continually,
      
      landed 18 passengers, and
      
      31 heavy Bales of through Cargo
      
      Which we had to go up near
      
      the Custum House to send them
      
      as the ground is very muddy
      
      & watery;
      
     
     
      	Abdulkadur Pasha Khdery
      
      Went up in the Blosse Lynch
      
      on monday night, and Kassim
      
      his brother also went and
      
      on meeting the Mossul coming
      
      down his other brother Yassin
      
      came from Baghdad and
      
      so they changed. Yassin
      
      went up in the Blosse and
      
      Kassim came down here in
      
      the Mossul, his steam Launch
      
      is here yet, but Behjet the
      
      son of Nassoory went up
      
      with Abdulkadur, the
      
      Blosse passed Azizieh yesterday
      
      morning ~
      
     
     
      	At 11 we went up to the Custum
      
      
      House & discharged the 31
      
      Bales, raining still;
      
     
     
      	At 0,,50 P.M. left Amara
      
      we took 10 Tons Coal when we
      
      were alongside the Depot;
      
      Raining continues & weather
      
      very cloudy gloomy & dull;
      
     
     
      	Took from Amara 25
      
      Passengers & 130 Packages of
      
      Cloth, Hide, Twist & Skins;
      
      Rain ceased at 1 P.M. but it
      
      is very cloudy & gloomy,
      
     
     
      	The river has risen about
      
      4 feet; They say that in
      
      Baghdad it rose about 6
      
      feet;
      
     
     
      	Weather became very dark & Cloudy
      
      after sunset ~
      
     
     
      	Today is the first day of the
      
      Ramadan fasting day with the
      
      Mahomedans, they have fasted
      
      in Baghdad today, but at Amara
      
      it will be tomorrow, because
      
      they could not see the new moon
      
      yesterday as it was cloudy,
      
     
     
      	At 7,,35 P.M. we anchored
      
      it being too dark & Cloudy
      
      N. Easterly breeze ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 11,,00 Got underway, still
      
      Cloudy, but opening ~
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Frid Th 6.55 Noon 62 4 P.M. 66
     
     
      Light N.W. & Cloudy weather,
      
      It is clearing up from the north;
      
     
     
      	River keeps rising ~
      
     
     
      	At 1 AM passed Ali Sherghi;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,55 AM landed one
      
      passenger at Ali Gherbi, and
      
      went on at 8,,40, they say that
      
      it has not rained here yesterday,
      
     
     
      	At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
      
      Saad, Strong N.W. wind
      
      and the river is still rising
      
      it is red & turbid
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Saturd Th 6.48 Noon 59 4 P.M. 65
     
     
      	N.W. wind & fine weather~
      
     
     
      	At 2 AM arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 9 passengers, and took
      
      10 Tons of Coal; Cold weather,
      
      River is falling about one foot
      
     
     
      	At 4 AM left Coot ~
      
      Fresh N.W. wind blowing and
      
      very fine Cold weather;
      
     
     
      	Took 12 Passengers from Coot
      
      The S.S. Baghdad was at Coot on
      
      her way ~ They have had no rain
      
      at Coot on Monday & Thursday
      
      as we had, but it rain in other
      
      places as Bedra, Mendelli &
      
      the Haî river ~
      
      
     
     
      	At 3 P.M. passed Memlah,
      
      fresh N.W. wind & fine,
      
     
     
      	The river has fallen about
      
      two feet here about Sheresh
      
      & further up ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Sund Th 6.48 Noon 60 4 P.M. 64
     
     
      	At 2,,30 AM. passed Azizieh,
      
      Light N.W. & Wind & fine
      
      weather
      
     
     
      	At 7.25 passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fine cold weather;
      
     
     
      	The river has fallen about 3
      
      feet;
      
     
     
      	Mrs. Hanslow wished to land
      
      somewhere & have a walk across
      
      the desert, she asked me, so
      
      I accepted to land with her, and
      
      at 10,,45 we landed at the bottom
      
      of Dawar reach taking the
      
      little Boy son of Capt Cowley
      
      (her brother about 8 years old)
      
      and 2 deckmen, we crossed
      
      toward Oweyn, a dry desert
      
      no brushes or grass, but the ground
      
      is ploughed for hopes of rain
      
      & I hear the Arabs say they
      
      
      have had none here, I mis=
      
      calculated my direction and
      
      by 12 we got to the bank of
      
      Oweyn & walked up river
      
      here I shot one partridge,
      
      the only one flew before me;
      
      but I saw about 5 flying in
      
      the distance & that was all,
      
      I shot also a fine Snake about
      
      3 feet long, almost under my
      
      feet as I was jumping a Canal,
      
      At 0,,35 P.M. we sat and
      
      awaited the Mejidieh a little
      
      below Naher Sheheil canal,
      
      At 1,,45 P.M. the Mejidieh came
      
      up & we embarked & went on
      
      I did not feel tyred at all;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
      
      At 9,,30 grounded at Menari
      
      worked back but she wont move
      
      Took an anchor out astern &
      
      hove off,
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Mond Th 6.44
     
     
      	At 0,,35 AM. we left
      
      Menari near Gusseiba ~
      
     
     
      	At 3,,20 passed Diala river
      
      I could not sleep after this time,
      
      and got up after passing the
      
      
      Bridge of Gherrarah, ~
      
     
     
      	Very Cold weather, Light N.W.
      
      breeze & very fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 7,,20 AM passed the
      
      S.S. Blosse Lynch going down
      
      at the Kher ~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,15 landed the mails
      
      at the Residency (we have no Indian
      
      mail, the Blosse had brought two)
      
      we went up to the Custum House
      
      no steamers are here; I went
      
      home saw all well;
      
     
     
      	At 10 came on board & sent
      
      money to the Office & then
      
      went home Mr. Rappaport
      
      called on us; he asked me
      
      to call on him either today or
      
      tomorrow with Menusha
      
      so as to finish the settlement
      
      of my brother Henry’s estate
      
      & divide the property & cash
      
      among the children & deduct
      
      the expences etc ~ At 2 P.M.
      
      I called on Menusha and
      
      at 3 ½ I took her & went to
      
      
      Mr. Rappaport, he gave us an
      
      awful work & lots of documents
      
      & papers to Sign, The
      
      inventory of all the Effects,
      
      furniture etc in the house,
      
      as well as the cash which he
      
      has in his possession of TLiras
      
      168, 13 Mejidies, 4 Krs & 1 ½
      
      GSP, in all amounted to 38,060 2/4
      
      G. S. Piasters; & deducting the
      
      expences of G. S. P. 1526 incurred
      
      for funeral etc & the Balance
      
      has been divided among the
      
      5 minor children to each
      
      about 7,600 P. & he retains
      
      the money until some place
      
      is found so as to put it on
      
      interest, we left at 5 ½ P.M.
      
      I came home found Antone
      
      Marine there;
      
      Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Tuesd
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather; at 8 ½ AM.
      
      called on Menusha then
      
      on Sister Medula and
      
      
      Came on board, We are
      
      discharging & are leaving
      
      on Friday ~ Again Mr.
      
      Rappaport sends me
      
      documents & papers and
      
      other bother which takes
      
      all my time to do this
      
      work;~ at 10 I called on him,
      
      We talked about the expences that
      
      Menusha has made & it must
      
      be paid out of the money he
      
      has now left with him, he
      
      will have to pay it & wants
      
      a list of the expences made
      
      out; he also wants me to
      
      send him my passport to be
      
      changed for next year
      
      also that of my brother Henry
      
      to be changed in the name
      
      of his Widow & the 5 children
      
      also all the papers of my son
      
      Alexander his certificates of
      
      Batitismal, & that of his Marriage
      
      & others about his military
      
      service & the one about the
      
      indemnity he had to pay 60
      
      Kronen etc ~
      
      
     
     
      	I went to Menusha & explained
      
      all to her, & then went home,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. I took Alexander
      
      & called to Condole Kesboor
      
      & Risha sons of Maghak
      
      Kasperkhan on the death
      
      of their Sister Ferida the
      
      day before Yesterday; We then
      
      called on Abduljebbar Effendi
      
      the Lawyer, to Condole him on
      
      the death of his father Eassa
      
      Khayat last trip when I was
      
      here; & we came home,
      
     
     
      	Johny my nephew called, also
      
      Johny Pahlawan ~
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Weather
      
     
    
    
     
      18’ Wedne The 6. 42
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather,
      
      At 8 ½ Am called on Menusha
      
      & then came on board; We
      
      are shipping Cargo, Rate of
      
      freight is lowered from 13 to
      
      11 Paras;~
      
     
     
      	At 11 ½ I went to breakfast, took
      
      Alexander from his office on my
      
      way~ At 1 ½ P.M. Came on
      
      board, we are shipping cargo,
      
     
     
      	The river has fallen down
      
      about 6 feet, all that had risen
      
      
     
     
      	At 3 ½ P.M. I left the Ship and
      
      took Metty with me & Went to
      
      see Abdulkadur Khdery in
      
      his house at Babel Sheikh, he
      
      Came up in the Blosse Lynch,
      
      I found him better, he is being
      
      treated by Dr. Ramsey; and it
      
      appears that he is getting much
      
      better, No bone is broken in his
      
      arm;~ I then called on Monsr.
      
      Rouet but left quick as they
      
      were playing cards with Mr.
      
      Giulietti & Sasson Effendi;
      
      I called also on our neighbour
      
      the Pahlawan family for
      
      few minutes & came home;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      Weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      19 Thursd The 6. 40
     
     
      	Light N.W. fine and
      
      Cold weather~ at 8 ½ Am
      
      I came on board;
      
     
     
      	Today is the Birth day of the
      
      Russian Emperor Nicola, but
      
      the Russian Consul Mr. Grooglo is
      
      unwell & he has not held a
      
      reception~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport came in
      
      his Boat alongside the
      
      
      ship he brought me the Bond
      
      of Rufail Sayegh for the 60 Liras
      
      due to My Brother Henry to
      
      be either changed or take the
      
      Money, & he took a receipt
      
      from me for it;~
      
     
     
      	At 11 I went home to breakfast,
      
      found there Sister Medoola, also
      
      the two Assyrian Priests; then
      
      Called Madm Giulietti, her
      
      daughter & her daughter in law
      
      Wife of Antoine, who has been
      
      newly married last month,
      
     
     
      	At 1 P.M. I came on board,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat & Barge arrived
      
      at 1 P.M;~
      
     
     
      	There is not much through cargo for
      
      shipment We got only about 51,000 Okes,
      
      and about 69000 Local, there are
      
      some Wheat 450 Bags for Amara
      
      & Basreh shipped at 4 Paras per Oke,
      
     
     
      	The 2d mate Slack who is taking
      
      the Local Cargo, is very nasty in his
      
      ways of grumbling & cursing the
      
      people, he drinks & keeps sweering
      
      at every  body, he did the same
      
      with me in my Cabin in giving
      
      me Cargo & became impertinent
      
      in his way, so we had a
      
      
      quarrel, he made me very vexed, by his
      
      disgusting manners; he also
      
      pushed the shippers of Cargo
      
      & some Went to complain
      
      to Mr. Parry in the office, I
      
      reported him to Capt Hanslow
      
      when he came on board, and
      
      he spoke to him; But our
      
      mates have got very independent,
      
      they have taken great liberty
      
      with the Captain, & this is the
      
      Consequence~
      
     
     
      	Alexander came to me; and
      
      at 5 P.M. we went home;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Frid The 6. 41 Noon 58 4 P.M. 66
     
     
      	Light N.W. & Cold fine
      
      weather; At 5 ½ Am. I came
      
      on board;
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 447 [20 DECEMBER 1901 --- V052_24_S]
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    Baghdad to Basreh
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    Barge in tow;
     (//)
    

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131 1/2121,49022,364 1/2N/A

    
     
     
      	At 6,,30 AM. got underway;
      
      Cold weather & chily~
      
     
     
      	At 9 passed Diala river
      
      At 10,,35 passed Ctesiphon,
      
      
     
     
      	Finished with the Passengers, We
      
      have 113 /2 in 1st Class, Captain
      
      Manning of Strick’s cargo steamer
      
      Dwena at Basreh with free
      
      passage by Lynch Brothers, he had
      
      come up in the Blosse Lynch,
      
      and the wife of the Jew Saleh
      
      the Custum House storekeeper
      
      of Baghdad & her servant, also
      
      2 Turks in the 2 Class Cabin,
      
     
     
      	At 12 Am passed the
      
      SS. Mossul & Barge going up at
      
      Safi, I saw Père Pièrre the
      
      superior of the Carmelite fathers &
      
      the two other fathers he is bringing
      
      With him; he had left Baghdad
      
      about a year ago;
      
     
     
      	At 4,40 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
      
      Fort~ Very light breeze & some
      
      clouds~
      
     
     
      	At 5,,50 rounded & Anchored at
      
      Rmelat; Weather Calm with some
      
      Clouds~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Satur The 6. 44 Noon 57 4 P.M. 67
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold morning
      
     
     
      	At 6,5 AM. proceeded~
      
     
     
      	At 7,20 passed Azizieh;~
      
      Weather Very fine & cold
      
     
     
      	At 1,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
      
      
     
     
      	At 6,40 P.M. arrived at Coot;
      
      landed 15 ½ Passengers & 20 Packages
      
      Fine weather & clear moonlight
      
      night 10 days Old; We hauled
      
      off the bank & remained for the night
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Sund Th 6. 45 Noon 60 4 P.M. 67
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine Cold
      
      morning~
      
     
     
      	At 6,15 AM. left Coot,
      
      Passed through the Bridge of
      
      the Sennyeh below Coot;
      
     
     
      	Took 7 Passengers from Coot
      
      Weather begun to get cloudy,
      
     
     
      	At 1,15 P.M. passed the
      
      S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
      
      up at Seyd Abbass;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,45 passed Ali Gherbi,
      
      At 6,,30 we rounded & came to
      
      for the night near Skheryeh;
      
      Fine clear moonlight night
      
      but Capt Hanslow did not
      
      Wish to get down to Basreh
      
      tomorrow night as he says we
      
      shall be kept three days there,
      
      on account of Christmas day
      
      when all Offices are closed &
      
      no work will be done~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Mond Ther 6. 42 Noon 57 4 P.M. 64
     
     
      	Light N.W. & little cloudy, but
      
      Cold weather~
      
     
     
      	At 6 AM. proceeded;
      
     
     
      	The Blosse Lynch passed up at
      
      5,,55 AM just before we got
      
      underway;
      
     
     
      	At 0,10 P.M. arrived
      
      at Amara, landed 15 ½ Passeng
      
      & 189 Packages (150 Bags of
      
      wheat also included) They have
      
      had no rain here since we left
      
      last time~ Kassim Khdery is
      
      still here & his steam Launch
      
      too, he is looking after the business
      
      of his brother Abdulkadur
      
      until he gets well;
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. We left Amara,
      
      At 5,50 Anchored above Kalat
      
      Saleh, weather Cloudy a little,
      
      & rather Calm;
      
     
    
    
     
      24 Tuesd The 6. 46
     
     
      	Very light N.W. Air & cloudy weather,
      
     
     
      	At 6,,15 AM. we proceeded from
      
      above Kalat Saleh ~ Clouds are
      
      clearing off~
      
     
     
      	At 10,30 passed Azair;
      
     
     
      	At 2,,5 P.M. landed 2 passengers
      
      at Gorna & went on at 2,,10;
      
     
     
      	In passing Maghil, We see
      
      the Khalifah is still out in
      
      
      the river she has not been put
      
      into dock yet, & also the
      
      SS. Malamir is up there to
      
      undergo repairs, I cannot
      
      make out the Cause, it is
      
      Very curious way they are
      
      working now;
      
     
     
      	At 7,40 P.M. arrived at
      
      Basreh; Fine clear weather moon
      
      13 days Old; There is only the
      
      Persian Str [strikethrough] Nassery in quarantine
      
      & here the three cargo steamers,
      
      Esther, Dwena & Lotus~
      
     
     
      	Rufail sent me his Bellem
      
      & at 8 I went up to him, found
      
      him alone by himself & had
      
      turned in, all the rest are in town,
      
      Rezooki his brother also with his
      
      wife Mina who got confined
      
      of a son on Monday last after
      
      midnight in Basreh, & also
      
      Tookyeh & her children are in town,
      
      We sat up talking till 10 P.M.
      
      but I lost my sleep & could not
      
      sleep till late~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      25 Wedn Ther 6. 45
     
     
      	Modte Cold N.W. Wind and
      
      Very fine & clear Weather ;
      
     
     
      	Christmas day; at 8 Am
      
      I came on board; sent the Kit
      
      & other thing with Rufail’s
      
      Belem to Basreh to Tookyeh
      
      & others, and at 9 ½ I went again
      
      up to Rufail to breakfast
      
      with him & go up to Yousif
      
      Marine at Shaebyeh, and
      
      also to Visit my brother’s tomb,
      
      at Maghil;~ at 12 Rufail &
      
      I went up to Maghil, Visited the
      
      Cemetry of the Company in the
      
      Ground of Lynch behind the Depôt
      
      where my brother Henry is buried
      
      the grave is not built up yet,
      
      the cemetery is well kept up, there
      
      are several people buried in it,
      
      Mr. Johnstone the former Vice
      
      Consul, Mr. Robertson also the
      
      Vice Consul & his two children
      
      died during the Cholera in 1889
      
      & also my brother in law Mr.
      
      Rogers the Vice Consul husband
      
      of sister Emilia died in 1862
      
      & some others; it is enclosed
      
      by a fine Iron railings got
      
      from England by a gift
      
      
      from Mrs. Robertson (now
      
      Lady Claude Macdonald
      
      English Ambassador at
      
      Pekin) We also visited the
      
      Other English Cemetry further
      
      up on the river of other English
      
      Merchants etc, but there are
      
      only about 4 or 5 graves in
      
      this one there is a charge to
      
      pay of about 10 £ for burial,
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.M. we crossed over
      
      to Yousif Marine at Shaebyeh
      
      & spent the time, we walked
      
      around his property; and we
      
      then dined & slept with him,
      
      weather fine & cold~
      
     
    
    
     
      26 Thursd
     
     
      	Light S. Erly air cold, and
      
      little cloudy~ I took my milk
      
      & Eggs with Yousif & Rufail
      
      & left them at 7 ¾ am. &
      
      came down in the Bellem
      
      to the Mejidieh got on board
      
      at 8 ¾; We are shipping Cargo
      
      & taking Coal;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Khalifah entered into dock
      
      last night with the flood tide;
      
      
     
     
      	The mail Str Assyria arrived this
      
      morning to the quarantine; also
      
      an other extra B. I. Str the [strikethrough]
      
      Magna arrived yesterday;
      
     
     
      	The SS. Nassery came up from
      
      the quarantine & went right up
      
      to Maghil to burry her Chief
      
      Engineer died on board this
      
      morning from  a long complaint
      
      of inflammation of the brain,
      
     
     
      	Rezooki Sayegh came to
      
      me, he has Christened his newly
      
      born son on Sunday and
      
      was named Albert Fathalla
      
      Emmanuel; Rezooki Angoorly
      
      also came to me, I settled with
      
      him my brother’s account &
      
      left due to him 132 1/2 Kerans
      
      he gave a receipt for it ;
      
     
     
      	Mr. Bottomley came on board,
      
      he has given up his resignation
      
      from the Lynchs, & his successor
      
      the New Agent is coming
      
      out in the S.S. Kourdistan
      
      in About 10 days more ;
      
     
     
      	We finished loading at About
      
      2 P.M., received the Mails,
      
      Flood tide made up at
      
      2 P.M.~
      
      
     
    
   

   
     S.S. Mejidieh Voy 447 [26 DECEMBER 1901 --- V052_25_N]
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    Basreh to Baghdad
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    Barge in tow;
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      	At 3,,50 P.M. We got underway
      
      & proceeded; Cloudy all over
      
      & Calm; moon 15 days old,
      
     
     
      	At 9,30 passed Gorna
      
     
    
    
     
      27 Frid Th. 6. 42 Noon 61 4 P.M. 67
     
     
      	Light S. Erly breeze & fine Cold
      
      weather~
      
      At 3,,15 AM. passed Azair
      
      At 3,,45 anchored~
      
     
     
      	At 6 AM. proceeded
      
      Cold weather & fine~ S. Erly breeze,
      
     
     
      	Finished with the Passengers
      
      Tickets, We have altogether 132 ½
      
      Passengers; (2 in 1st Class, the
      
      Inspector of Post Offices Mr.
      
      J Gorman & two servants also
      
      his Clerk a Portuguese Mr. Pereira
      
      in 2d Class & all are free With
      
      Messing Too; We have also Mr.
      
      Darby in 1st Class & servant also free by
      
      Mr. Bottomley’s order, he is now
      
      Strick’s Agent at Basreh for
      
      the Anglo African Steamers
      
      
      as Strick is trying to get G.
      
      Asfar out of the agency business,
      
      & has changed the company’s
      
      name into Anglo African, though
      
      the agency of loading and
      
      reloading the steamers are still
      
      carried by Asfar; we shall see
      
      when the latter returns from
      
      London what will be done; I
      
      heard that G. Asfar has had to
      
      pay Strick large amount of losses,
      
      and the case went against him;
      
      of nearly 20,000 £ damage
      
     
     
      	At 11,,50 landed 6 Passengers
      
      at Kalat Saleh & went on at 11,,55
      
      Took one passenger;
      
     
     
      	S. Erly wind & fine ~
      
     
     
      	At 6,, P.M. arrived at Amara
      
      landed 11 passengers & 15 Bales
      
      Through Cargo; we took in 10 Tons
      
      of Coal, and shipped 196 Packages of
      
      Hides, Dye [Wosmah?], Bales of Cloth
      
      & other Stuff ~
      
     
     
      	At 9,,20 left Amara, ~
      
      Calm & fine weather.
      
     
    
    
     
      28 Satur Th@ 6 48
     
     
      	Light air & fine weather ~
      
      At 4.45 am passed Ali Sherghi;
      
     
     
      	Gave tickets to 23 ½ Amara
      
      
      Passengers amongst them, there
      
      is the prisoner, the soldier son
      
      of Khalil Agha who fired
      
      & wounded Abdulkadur
      
      Khdery, he is sent up with Six
      
      Guard soldiers, by order of
      
      Kadem Pasha (now acting in
      
      the absence of the Commander
      
      in Chief of the Troops who is still
      
      in Basreh) to be tryed in
      
      Baghdad;
      
     
     
      	At 9,30 passed the S.S. Phrat
      
      & Barge bound down, above
      
      Flefleh, she has many passengers
      
      pilgrims;
      
     
     
      	At 11,,15 passed Ali
      
      Gherbi;
      
     
     
      	Since Christmas day when
      
      I was at Rufail & breakfasted
      
      with him, he had roast fowel, also
      
      stew & rice & I took a single piece
      
      of cream & jam, I did not feel
      
      well in my stomach & also at
      
      Yousif Marine where we dined
      
      & slept, Yesterday I slept bad also,
      
      my stomach was heavy & with
      
      slight pain like a boil in it,
      
      But today I feel worse,
      
      & especially since I took my
      
      
      milk at 2 P.M. with a small
      
      piece of boiled fowel; I cannot
      
      know the cause, my stomach
      
      apparently became weak &
      
      I am inclined to vomit, and
      
      am throwing saliva constantly
      
      with pain I cannot press on
      
      it, it is puffed up with wind
      
     
     
      	At 5,,45 P.M passed
      
      Sheikh Saad, Light n.w.
      
      & fine weather;
      
     
     
      	I took a drop of bitter Swiss, but
      
      felt worse, so I took a drop of
      
      arak with water, still, it made
      
      me sick, & the saliva that came
      
      up constantly; at last at 6 ½
      
      I could not resist & vomited
      
      all the liquid I had in stomach
      
      & felt relieved; I took no dinner
      
      except about four spoonful of
      
      soup in my cabin; I washed
      
      my feet with hot water & turned
      
      in, I feel very thirsty;
      
     
    
    
     
      29 Sund Th@ 6.45
     
     
      	At 1.15 am. we touched below
      
      Coot reach after passing the Bridge,
      
      backed & went on at 1,,30~
      
     
     
      	At 2.30 arrived at Coot,
      
      landed 8 passengers & took in
      
      10 Tons of Coal; I slept very
      
      
      little, I awoke at 1 am, with
      
      the pain my stomach, with
      
      nausea & inclined to vomit;
      
      & could not sleep since I
      
      took only a little Liebig broth
      
      in hot water in the morning,
      
      At 4,,35 we left Coot;
      
      weather getting cloudy;
      
      Took 9 Passengers from
      
      Coot;
      
     
     
      	At 8,,30 am passed the
      
      S.S. Mossul & Barge going down
      
      on top of Um el Boonni;
      
     
     
      	I have had no breakfast, I cannot
      
      eat anything, I got some rice soup
      
      made, but could not take any,
      
      only about 2 spoons, it lays on
      
      my stomach whatever I take,
      
      I feel the pain in my stomach much,
      
     
     
      	At 2 P.m. I again hove up
      
      all I had taken as water, the Liebig
      
      broth etc; but I feel myself relieved,
      
     
     
      	At 2,,10 passed Memlah,
      
      I took a dose of fruit Salt, & I felt
      
      better by it, but it stirred up the
      
      Bile & made me very thirsty, so
      
      I was obliged to take soda water
      
      with bitter whisky in it, as I begin
      
      
      to feel weak for want of nurishment,
      
      I have taken nothing for the last
      
      24 hours~ I got a little rice
      
      soup brought to me but could
      
      not touch it not feeling inclined,
      
      so I turned in, I feel so giddy
      
      & want to sleep, it is the bile
      
      that has been stirred up,
      
     
    
    
     
      30 Mond Th@ 6.47
     
     
      	At 0,,40 Am. passed Azizieh;
      
     
     
      	At 5,,10 passed Baghdadieh;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & cloudy a little;
      
     
     
      	I took a dose of fruit salt
      
      early this morning, & I took a
      
      little Liebig broth instead of Tea,
      
      my bowels don’t work at all,
      
      I used an Enegma, but still it
      
      did not work; I have had
      
      no pain in stomach all the
      
      night; I have used the medicine
      
      of Dr. Ramsey which he used
      
      to give it to me last month,
      
      to be taken when the great pain
      
      comes, I took it three times yesterday,
      
     
     
      	I paid the Ship’s company their
      
      wages for this month ~
      
     
     
      	I took some rice soup as breakfast
      
      but could not eat any boiled
      
      fowel, & my bowels wont work;
      
     
     
      	At P.m. passed Bostan
      
      
      I have felt the pain in the Stomach
      
      after I took the rice soup~
      
     
     
      	S. Erly breeze today, & some
      
      clouds ~
      
     
     
      	I took some rice soup & a leg of boiled
      
      fowel at 2 P.m. not having touched
      
      anything since Saturday in
      
      the afternoon,
      
     
     
      	At 4 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
      
      At 5.40 stopped at the shoal of
      
      Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound;
      
      marked the Channel;~ We could
      
      not pass, & it became dark; sent
      
      to sound again; we remained here
      
      for the night;~
      
     
     
      	I took in my cabin some rice soup
      
      & had a leg fog boiled fowel, I have
      
      no appetite to eat, feeling very
      
      thirsty, I sucked an orange
      
      but my stomach aches me like
      
      a boil, but not in the intestines,
      
     
     
      	as soon as I turned in the pain came
      
      in my Stomach very bad and prevented
      
      me from sleeping, not only it, but
      
      our mates Cook the Chief & Maclure
      
      the 3rd with the Superintendent of
      
      the Port Offices Mr. Gorman kept
      
      Singing & playing the fidle and
      
      drinking all the night, making
      
      such fearful noise, The Captain
      
      
      up in his cabin, & Mr. Darby all
      
      had tuned in, & these three persons
      
      were making a hell of a raw
      
      so that Capt Hanslow came
      
      down twice to stop them but
      
      they did not, some time they go to
      
      Maclure’s Cabin, sometime to
      
      Cook’s & also in Mr. Gormans'
      
      Cabin, next to mine, & they were
      
      singing loud, & Maclure kiking
      
      the deck hard with his feet, and
      
      would not let Mr. Gorman sleep
      
      it was 1 am after midnight
      
      that they went to sleep;
      
      I never could sleep from the pain
      
      in stomach;
      
     
    
    
     
      31 Tuesd Th@ 6.46
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather
      
      at day break, I took a dose of
      
      Castor Oil, as the pain does not
      
      leave me, mostly it is the
      
      left side of my stomach, I had
      
      the pain since I got the attack
      
      in October~
      
     
     
      	We sounded early in the
      
      morning, There are 3 draaz,
      
     
     
      	At 7 we weighed & proceeded,
      
      but we touched, had to take
      
      an anchor out ahead and
      
      heave to straighten her to the
      
      Channel~
      
     
     
      	At 8,,45 got off and
      
      
      proceeded from Zumbaranyeh
      
      Island;
      
     
     
      	At 9,,50 passed the SS. Blosse
      
      Lynch & Barge going down at
      
      Jaffar;
      
     
     
      	At 10,,55 passed Diala river,
      
      The Castor oil has not worked me yet
      
      up till now it 3 P.m. it is very curious
      
      I only feel inclined to vomit my mouth
      
      dry & bitter & pain in Stomach;
      
     
     
      	At 3,,15 P.m. landed the mails
      
      at the Residency & went up to the
      
      Custum House; The Baghdad is
      
      alongside the Custum House she
      
      is loading & will leave on Friday,
      
      I went home found Eliza Alexander
      
      & Mary all well & they were sorry
      
      to see me so suffering again
      
      of my stomach; I layd up
      
      & did not touch any food I
      
      could not take any soup even,
      
      we fetched Hannosh, Dr. Ramsey’s
      
      man; he advised me to make an
      
      enegma with warm water & Soap
      
      to work my bowels; & to take that
      
      medicine which I had before from
      
      them, it contained morphine;
      
     
     
      	I made the Enema, & after a
      
      
      while it worked very briskly & black
      
      with Bile;~ It worked at midnight
      
      too, but so black as Ink and
      
      burning, but the pain does not
      
      leave me~
      
     
     
      	We received cards wishing us
      
      a Happy New Year from Mr.
      
      Rappaport, Mr. Richarz, and
      
      Mr. MacLaghlin Sub Director of the
      
      Ottoman Bank;~
      
     
    
    
     
      1902 Jany 1 Wednes Th@ 6.46
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine cold weather,
      
      I had the pain all the night, and
      
      am taking little milk & soda,
      
      my bowels worked again very black
      
      and burning~ I did not go to church,
      
      I layd in bed, many visitors came
      
      to see us;~ some came to me,
      
      as Antone Marine, Yousif Asfar,
      
      Johny, Artin & Shekoory Sayegh etc,
      
     
     
      	The pain very bad in the evening
      
      & kept all the night in the pith of
      
      my stomach, & I took milk and
      
      soda, also took a little Brandy
      
      after midnight & it alleyed the
      
      pain & so I slept till morning,
      
      but I must have had the
      
      fever the whole night;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      1902 Jany 2 Th@ 6.47 Thursd
     
     
      	Light n.w. & fine weather
      
      I feel very weak, I took a
      
      cup of milk & a biscuit,
      
      at 8 am I went to see Menusha,
      
      about her account & money,
      
      & then I came on board;
      
      paid the rest of some peoples
      
      wages; I called on Mr. Rappaport,
      
      about my brother’s affair; Mr.
      
      Rappaport, seeing me so suffering,
      
      he advised me to ask for leave
      
      & stop behind; I left him &
      
      went to the office to Mr. Perry to
      
      get 50 £ for the wages of officers,
      
      I complained to him about my
      
      servant Hamadi; being so lazy
      
      so helpess & has not seen him
      
      since we arrived, he is getting
      
      so old & cannot work any
      
      more; Mr. Perry said that I
      
      should report him to the Captain
      
      & this latter must refer it to me,
      
      if Hamadi is found to be unfit
      
      for service, another one must
      
      be found to replace him,
      
      
     
     
      	He asked me how I was feeling
      
      & if I am well, I told him that
      
      I have again got the illness of my
      
      stomach & do not feel well at
      
      all; he offered me if I like to
      
      stay behind & have a leave so
      
      as to get well, I thanked him
      
      & asked him for one month’s
      
      leave, he gave it to me, & so I
      
      left & came home at noon,
      
      I had a quarrel with our Servants
      
      & had to thrash the boy Monsoor
      
      for not having got the breakfast;
      
     
     
      	Sister Emilia & Alice called &
      
      I had to leave there at 2 P.M. &
      
      go on board, so as to square &
      
      Balance last years’ account
      
      in the Cash Book; & to send my
      
      Kit home; while doing so,
      
      I thought of taking a dose
      
      of Fruit Salt so as to work
      
      my bowels more freely; but
      
      soon after I took it, a terrible
      
      pain or cramp caught
      
      
      me in the intestines in the lower
      
      part of my belly, such as
      
      I never in my life has had,
      
      it made jumping like mad,
      
      the pain was so severe and
      
      cutting as if my guts were burning,
      
      Alexander my son was on
      
      board but he was out in the
      
      saloon; I called Metty for
      
      help, he came, & gave me a
      
      doss of Ginger but it made
      
      me worse, I felt as if I was
      
      dying, the ship’s money &
      
      papers all scattered about,
      
      I was rolling in bed like
      
      a poisoned man, many
      
      people gathered in my cabin
      
      I told Metty & Alexander
      
      to send for Doctors, they did
      
      I got hot towels immersed in
      
      very hot water put on my
      
      belly. Père Pierre came by
      
      chance to see me & he helped
      
      them too; D.r De Silva of the
      
      Comet came, he administered
      
      
      Laudanum etc; all to no use,
      
      at last I preferred to vomit,
      
      & they gave me hot water I
      
      vomited; my wife heard about
      
      me & she came on board,
      
      and toward evening I felt
      
      the pain better, they took me
      
      down in a Goffa to the Ras el
      
      Ghereyeh, my wife, Alexander
      
      & Metty & a Deckman, thence
      
      I walked with difficulty home,
      
      we got D.r Ramsey who came
      
      & ordered Linseed poultice on
      
      the belly; & sent me Medicine,
      
      I passed an awful night
      
      without sleep, & pain all over
      
      my stomach & belly;
      
     
    
    
     
      3 Frid
     
     
      	I feel very bad with pain and
      
      bowels not working, D.r Ramsey
      
      came to see me, he tapped & sounded
      
      ordered an Enema & medicine
      
      I am vomiting, my belly getting
      
      puffed up like swelling &
      
      
      People coming to see me, also
      
      my sisters ~ I cannot touch
      
      my food  & am sinking
      
      down;
      
     
    
    
     
      4 Satur
     
     
      	I am the same getting worse
      
      very weak & am not touching
      
      any food, the taste in my mouth
      
      is frightful & my stomach too
      
      I cannot smell any food, or
      
      broth, whatever I take I throw
      
      it up vomiting all of dark
      
      black colour;
      
     
     
      	D.r Ramsey came to see me
      
      he ordered a strong injection of
      
      hot water soap & Olive Oil
      
      Eliza made it for me, and
      
      my bowels worked well also
      
      black & offensive, D.r Ramsey
      
      came again after an hour &
      
      he was statisfied & pleased
      
      to see my bowels work for he
      
      had entertained some alarm
      
      fearing that my intestines were
      
      twisted~ Pain still exists
      
      & mouth very tasteless &
      
      
      dirty; I am only wishing for
      
      some thing cold, I feel very hot
      
      inside;
      
     
    
    
     
      5 Sund
     
     
      	I feel the same, am getting
      
      very thin & weak, & cannot get
      
      out of my bed or stand, I
      
      am so shaky & giddy; D.r Ramsey
      
      called to see me & ordered an
      
      injection to be used every
      
      day, again I passed black &
      
      offensive smell ;
      
      The Mejidieh left for Basreh
      
      this morning; only Metty was
      
      put in charge in my place,
      
     
     
      	I am using Medicine, and
      
      Champagne to be taken every
      
      now & then, we are buying the
      
      Champagne from Kurukchi
      
      @ 1 Mejidie the pint, and
      
      also Cognac @ 1 Meji the pint
      
     
     
      	My Sisters coming to see
      
      me, & all the friends send to
      
      ask about me or come,
      
     
     
      	I cannot touch any food
      
      
      scarcely only a little broth or some
      
      jelly enter my mouth ; we
      
      are getting the jelly made by
      
      the cook of Mr. Rappaport;
      
     
    
    
     
      6 Mond.
     
     
      	I feel the same, pain is getting
      
      less in my stomach & bowels,
      
      D Ramsey called to see me,
      
      he ordered different medicine,
      
      I am awfully weak; many
      
      visitors coming to ask about
      
      me; ~ I feel as if I am sinking
      
      in health & will not recover
      
      from this illness ~ There is only
      
      my wife nursing me day
      
      & night; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      7 Tuesd
     
     
      	I am the same as before ;
      
      I made an injection & passed
      
      very little black like pills &
      
      hard; Dr. Ramsey came
      
      to see me ; he sounded me, &
      
      ordered medicine etc ; I am
      
      taking champagne, a pint
      
      a day as Dr. Ramsey ordered,
      
      I take the jelly or broth with
      
      much disgust, am getting
      
      
      very weak;
      
     
    
    
     
      8 Wedn
     
     
      	I feel the same as before,
      
      the wind still pains me in my
      
      stomach ; Dr. Ramsey called
      
      he ordered the injection, & other
      
      medicine ; I have no inclination
      
      to take any food whatever,
      
      my mouth & stomach have a
      
      very bad taste ~ my sisters etc
      
      came every day to see me ;
      
     
     
      	I suffer at night more than
      
      in the day time, & the pain comes
      
      down in my intestines & prevents
      
      me from sleep ; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      9 Thurs
     
     
      	I feel the same, am very weak
      
      I cannot get out of bed ;
      
      I had to get the barber to cut
      
      my hair &shave me; I am
      
      so shaky ~ Dr. Ramsey called
      
      to see me ;
      
     
     
      	I am using the medicine, &
      
      sucking sweet Lemon & oranges
      
      when I feel thursty which
      
      I like very much; but no
      
      food can I take;
      
      
      only the jelly or some Liebig
      
     
     
      	I feel that my illness is
      
      a dangerous one as I have no
      
      flesh left on me, am so weak
      
      & I cannot sleep well at night;
      
     
    
    
     
      10 Frid
     
     
      	I am still suffering, the bowels
      
      dont work unless by injection,
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey comes to see
      
      me; he prescribed medicine, ~
      
      I am taking champagne, &
      
      some jelly; `
      
     
     
      	The Blosse Lynch arrived at
      
      3 P.M. Eliza & Alexander got
      
      letters from Basreh; ~ The
      
      S.S. Phrat also arrived at 6 P.M.
      
     
     
      	Weather Cloudy all over
      
      I cannot eat anything, but
      
      little jelly with difficulty;
      
     
    
    
     
      11 Satur
     
     
      	I feel the same, my bowels have
      
      not worked; I am very weak
      
      & unable to stand; I like
      
      the sucking of sweet Lemon
      
      & oranges;
      
     
     
      	Many people are calling
      
      to see me ~
      
      
     
     
      	My sisters also called
      
      Antone Marine comes every
      
      day, ~
      
     
     
      	Weather foggy & Cloudy
      
     
    
    
     
      12 Sund Ther @ 6.36
     
     
      	N.W. breeze & very cold.
      
      The river is rising; I feel
      
      very weak & no appetite;
      
      I sent 2 Mejidies to Père Pièrre
      
      to give to the poors; ~
      
     
     
      	People calling to enquire
      
      about me;~ I am taking
      
      jelly, a little arrow root etc,
      
     
    
    
     
      13 Mond
     
     
      	The Blosse Lynch left
      
      this morning; her acting
      
      Chief Engineer Mr. Weber
      
      got married last night
      
      with Looloo the daughter
      
      of Elias Jejo, but the marriage
      
      contract has been done
      
      only by the Assyrian Bishop
      
      according to the Catholic
      
      right, & not by the English
      
      
      Consul at the Residency,
      
      therefore his marriage is
      
      considered by English law
      
      as null; Weber is mad for
      
      her, he had Courted her an
      
      board the Blosse when she
      
      went down with her mother
      
      in October last; He took her
      
      down with him to Basreh
      
      for a trip~
      
     
     
      	By the Blosse Lynch arrived
      
      Mr. Reynolds our Chief Mate
      
      who had been to England
      
      on leave since April last,
      
      also Mr. Barlow our 2d Engr.
      
      the later joined the Blosse
      
      & Reynolds stayed behind
      
      so as to join the Mejidieh
      
      when she arrived ~
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey came to see
      
      me, he prescribed medicine
      
      & sounded my belly & chest,
      
      the pain is nearly going;
      
      
     
    
    
     
      14 Tuesd The 6. 37
     
     
      [A52_462_04:001]
     
     
     
      	N.W. & fine ~ I feel very
      
      weak; & have no appetite
      
      my mouth is very bad &
      
      tasteless~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport came to
      
      see me; I told him that I
      
      intend to make my will
      
      out, & request of him to have
      
      it drawn out for me; he
      
      asked me to get two witnesses
      
      ready & he will come
      
      at 2 P.M. to write it out,
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey called to see
      
      me, he finds me better, but
      
      no food can I eat, ~
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport came at 2
      
      P.M. I could only get my
      
      Nephew Johny to be witness
      
     
     
      	Mr. Rappaport advised me
      
      to leave three fourths of all
      
      I possess to my son, so
      
      that I can keep him here
      
      with me, & the other fourth
      
      to my wife, I consented
      
      
      to these settlement, and
      
      further I bequethed 300 Liras
      
      to the Latin Church of St.
      
      Thomas to be used by buying
      
      some property the interest of
      
      which to be spent on my Soul,
      
      Johny witnessed & Mr. Rosenfeld
      
      the Dragoman of Mr. Rappaport
      
      and I had to declare also
      
      my son Alexander in his
      
      majority (for he is not 24 years
      
      yet,) By doing so I got  exempted
      
      from the Consul's making
      
      an inventory of all my property,
      
      should I die now~
      
      I had to pay fees to Mr. Rappaport
      
      of 4 Mejid & 9 P. Sagh for
      
      the two documents which
      
      he legalized in his office;
      
     
     
      	I sent Alexander to Dr. Ramsey
      
      to request him to get a Consultation
      
      with an other Doctor to
      
      examine me, he prefered
      
      Dr. Nezan ed Dîn of the
      
      
      Municipality, & they will come
      
      tomorrow;
      
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine cold
      
      weather;
      
     
    
    
     
      15 Wedn Th @ 6.37
     
     
      	I feel little better , but cannot
      
      eat anything; & bowels not
      
      working unless by injection,
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey & Dr. Nezam
      
      ed Din called at 11 A.m. :
      
      the latter examined me all
      
      over my body, & questioned me,
      
      he found everything normal,
      
      & agreed to Dr. Ramsey’s treatment,
      
      they went out and talked
      
      over, their opinion is that I
      
      must have perfect rest, No
      
      excitement, no hard work,
      
      & must retire from the
      
      Ship’s service etc etc ;
      
      Dr. Ramsey’s fees today was
      
      one TLira (double) & that of
      
      Nezam ed Dîn also two Mejidies
      
      instead of one;
      
     
     
      	Terrooza my niece comes often to Sleep
      
      with us ~ Mr. Rappaport’s cook is
      
      making jelly for me, ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      16 Thursd The @ 6.42
     
     
      	S.W. breeze & cloudy weather ;
      
      I am not sleeping well, being so very
      
      weak; I am taking the medicine, &
      
      some Champagne, I feel thursty &
      
      am sucking sweet Lemon;
      
     
     
      	At 11 A.M. the S.S. Mejidieh arrived
      
      from Basreh, Metty sent our
      
      letters from Gherrara; I heard
      
      that my servant Haji Hamadi
      
      is very ill, he was brought to his
      
      home on a donkey; numerous
      
      people come to ask to be taken
      
      in his place; I sent Alexander
      
      with Dr. De Souza of the Comet to
      
      see him & I paid his fees of one
      
      Mejidie, he found him very bad,
      
      he is parelized half of his body
      
      & unable to speak, he prescribed
      
      medicines & says that by proper
      
      treatment he may recover,
      
      but his wife & family would not
      
      take care of him or nurse him,
      
     
     
      	Metty came to me, he tells
      
      me that Hamadi was unawell
      
      in going down & laid up and
      
      has not worked since, he was
      
      left unattended by any body
      
      
      and Capt Hanslow never
      
      took the slightest notice of
      
      him or gave him any medicine
      
      the only thing he wished that he may
      
      not die on board before getting
      
      to Baghdad; ~
      
      Toma Gebboori Basmatchi the
      
      Clerk of Rezooki Korkis in London
      
      has been dismissed & came out
      
      to Basreh in the Koordistan, has
      
      come up to Amara in the Mejidieh
      
      to see Kassim Khedery ~
      
     
    
    
     
      17 Frid Ther @ 6.43
     
     
      	Light N.W. & fine ~ I did
      
      not sleep last night at all being
      
      so very weak & not eating any
      
      thing ~
      
     
     
      	I sent the coolie Juma
      
      to bring me some more of my
      
      Kit from my cabin in the S.S.
      
      Mejidieh; Mikha Tindal also
      
      Monsoor the cabin boy came to
      
      see me; I am eating some jelly
      
      & arrow root, but have no appetite
      
     
    
    
     
      18 Satur
     
     
      	Light S.W. & cloudy ~
      
      I did not sleep a wink last night
      
      & am very weak ~
      
      
     
     
      	Dr. Ramsey called to see me,
      
      he sounded my belly & tapped
      
      all around, & prescribed some
      
      other medicine for appetite
      
      & for the pain; ~ I can take
      
      a little jelly or arrow root;
      
      I have bought altogether 9 Pints
      
      of Champagne & 3 Pints of Cognac
      
      of the best quantity @ 1 Mejidie,
      
      I spoke to Dr. Ramsey to speak
      
      with Mr. Perry so as to extend
      
      my leave more than a month
      
      as it now nearly finished
      
      & I am not yet able to leave
      
      my bed: and besides if Dr. Ramsey
      
      thinks that I am no longer fit
      
      to return to my duty & must
      
      resign the service, to explain
      
      that to Mr. Perry; he promised
      
      to do all this for me, and
      
      he will write to me a letter
      
      in which he will say that I must
      
      resign for the benefit of my
      
      health, so that I can enclose
      
      this letter in the one I shall
      
      have to write & tender my
      
      
      resignation ~
      
     
     
      	The SS. Phrat left at 10 Am.
      
      I sent to ask how Hamadi is getting
      
      on, his wife said that they had
      
      not given him the Medicine, &
      
      they want him to die ~
      
     
     
      	They have take in Hamadi’s
      
      place on board the Mejidieh, Haji
      
      Mahomed, the brother of Rashed
      
      whom I used to take always
      
      whenever  Hamadi used to stay
      
      behind sick,, & that was done
      
      through Mr. Follett’s suggestion,
      
      he asked Capt Hanslow to be
      
      allowed taken in Service ~
      
     
    
    
     
      19. Sund.
     
     
      	Westly Modte & fine; Again I
      
      did not sleep last night, but I
      
      feel better & no pain; I am
      
      taking jelly, also Rice pudding
      
      sent me by sister Emilia ~
      
     
     
      	Many people as well as my Sisters
      
      called to see me ~
      
     
     
      	Terrooza my niece came in
      
      the evening to sleep with us;
      
     
     
      	I feel better, & can walk
      
      
      about in the room; I have very
      
      little appetite; I can take chicken
      
      & broth; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      20 Mond
     
     
      	N.W. breeze & cloudy weather,
      
      The SS. Mossul left at 6 am,
      
      River is rising they say:~
      
     
     
      	I feel better & my mouth too
      
      the lead taste is gradually going
      
      away;
      
     
     
      	Rumours current, that
      
      many cases of Plague is taking
      
      place in the Jewish quarter;
      
      and many are dying too, in
      
      a short time, I hear that the
      
      quarantine authorities, have found
      
      9 cases in a house occupied
      
      by about 72 persons; ~
      
     
     
      	Mrs. Cowley& her daughter
      
      Daizy Called to see me, she
      
      came to my room, as well as
      
      Abduljebbar Effendi; the french
      
      Priests etc ~
      
     
    
    
     
      21 Tuesd
     
     
      Light N.W & fine, I feel
      
      better & hungry; inclined to eat
      
      something, ~
      
      
     
     
      	The SS. Mejidieh left at 6
      
      am; Mr. Reynolds joined her
      
      as chief mate; Mr. Maclure
      
      the third mate is to be transferred
      
      to the Blosse Lynch (now
      
      running in place of the Khalifah
      
      while in Dock as 3d also) ~
      
     
     
      	River rose one foot today ~
      
      I can walk about a little, and
      
      go out to my room; but I am
      
      so thin, nothing but skin and
      
      bone; ~
      
     
    
    
     
      22 Wedn Th@ 6.32
     
     
      	Light N.W. & Very Cold Weather
      
      it is cloudy all over, as if it is
      
      snowing ~ I feel better, and I
      
      have appetite, I ate some boiled
      
      fish which I like very much,
      
      also some boiled fowel & soup,
      
      or a little meat boiled, but my
      
      stomach is very weak yet; I
      
      am taking the medicine which is
      
      very bitter ~ my bowels passed
      
      very constipated, I had to use
      
      a piece of soap shoved inside
      
      the anus ~
      
      
     
    
    
     
      23 Thursd Th@ 6.40
     
     
      	N. Erly breeze & Cloudy, ~
      
      The SS. Baghdad arrived at
      
      0,,30 am; I feel better, and
      
      have great appetite to eat,
      
      I took boiled fish, arrow root,
      
     
     
      	The SS. Blosse Lynch arrived
      
      at 0,,30 P.M. today;
      
     
     
      	The eldest daughter of the deceased
      
      Raskalla Yousif Serkis, Regina
      
      got married this evening with
      
      Yacoob son of Yousif Ilo of Basreh
      
      he came up in the Mejidieh
      
      with his mother to get married
      
      he is employed in Rezooki Angoorly’s
      
      shop @ 4 Liras per month ~
      
     
     
      	Also Dowd Toma brother of
      
      Abdulkerim Toma got married
      
      with a young girl of about 15
      
      brought down for him from
      
      Mossul, got married this
      
      evening; ~
      
     
     
      	Hamadi my servant is getting
      
      worse, & cannot speak now
      
      Dr. Ramsey has visited me
      
      
      13 times, his fees came to 7 T.Liras,
      
     
     
      	Last night I felt bad, from
      
      the dinner, I ate it laid heavy, &
      
      a lot of wind in my stomach &
      
      intestine, which made me suffer
      
      all the night; I had soup boiled
      
      fowel, little meat & potato, it is
      
      too much for my weak stomach,
      
     
     
      	I take roasted turnip done in
      
      the Public Bath early every morning
      
      which I like much & does not
      
      do me any harm; ~
      
      
     
     
      	See Diary № 53 ~
      
      
      How to guess a person’s Age & month he is born
      
     
     
      	Suppose he is born on the 19 October (the 10th month of the year, to tell him to double it = 20
      
     
      
        Add - 5
        -------
        25
        Multiply by -50
        -------
        1250
        Add his age supposed -60
        --------
        1310
        Subtract - 365
        --------
        945
        Add -115
        -------
        1060
        Born in Octor & Aged 60 Years.
        
      
      
      
      
      1901
      
      April 1st
      
    
    
        1000G Asfar
        1000Rufail Sayegh
        350Nawab Agha Mahd
        700at home (400 for Alexander's trading)
        -------
        3,050,,
      
      
      
        29 May ~50 TL
        30 -,,-150 ,,
        27 June50 ,,
        -------
        250
        29 July50
        31 July100
        -------
        400
      
      
      

      
        July 1st
        1000G. Asfar
        1000Rufail Sayegh
        350Nawab Agha Mahd
        800at home (400 given to Alexander)
        -------
        3150100
        50add on 31 Decr,
        3200total
      
      
      
      
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      طالعت هذا الدفتر الرقم 52 كله واشرت الى.......فلا حاجة لقرائته ثانية – 4  10  نيسان 1953++
      
      
      Dal Giornal L’osservatore
      
     
     
      	Triestino, 11 Ottre 901
      
     
     
      	“Koveit”
      
     
     
      	“Ci scrivamo da Costantinopoli
      
      Ne alla Porta, ne in questi Cercoli
      
      Militari è noto alcunche di preciso
      
      in torno ai presente stato delle cose
      
      a Koveit, e agli ultimi avvenimenti
      
      gia che il Marsciallo Ahmed
      
      Fezi Comandante del Sisto
      
      Corpo (Bagdad) che è incaricato
      
      di vigilare tale questione, e si
      
      trova in Bassora, Carteggia
      
      direttamente col Sultano,
      
      Ma da quel poco che qua è la
      
      
      direttamente Col Sultano,
      
      Ma da quel poco che qua è la
      
      ne trapela e da qualche indizio
      
      d’indole Militare su puo
      
      riferire con discreta proba =
      
      bilita che le notizie Inglesi
      
      da Bombay sono Siranamente
      
      esagerate e tendenziose, Le
      
      truppe di linea del Suddetto
      
      sesto corpo sono composte di
      
      34 Battaglioni d’infanteria,
      
      30 Squadroni, 17 Batterie,
      
      una Compagnia del Genio, un
      
      distac camento telegrafico, e
      
      tre compagnie del treno, Il
      
      
      piede di pace di queste truppe
      
      è poi eccessivamente ridotto
      
      per modo che il loro Complesso
      
      Somma tutt’al più a 10, 0 12,000
      
      Nomini, il 54 Battaglioni di Redif
      
      figurano soltanto nei quadri
      
      e la gendarmeria non è da
      
      prendersi a Calcolo; Quanto
      
      a forze marittime, la Porta
      
      tiene nel Golfo Persico, oltre al
      
      piccolo incro ciatore di 3za classa
      
      Zohaf (630 tonnellate) di
      
      valore assai dubbio, altri
      
      quatro piccoli bastimenti in
      
      condizione deplorabili, due
      
      dei quail immobilizati perche
      
      
      Condizione deplorabili, due
      
      dei quali immobilizati perche
      
      inetti alla manovra e buoni
      
      Soltanto come stagionari;
      
      insomma per un caso di com=
      
      battimento, valori assolutamente
      
      nulli; La forza del [illegible Combinato? ]
      
      Corpo di spedizione contro
      
      Koveit, Montato in parte
      
      su Carnelli e in parte su
      
      Muletti ascendera a qualche
      
      Cosa di pui di 3000 uomini
      
      e gli altri preparativi militari
      
      si limitano finora a
      
      
      Costruzioni di caserme a Bassora,
      
      al richiamo cola di due battaglioni
      
      all nivio di qualche materiale
      
      da guerra e al ritardato [illegible – liceu=]
      
      ziamento del l’ultima annata,
      
      delle riserve, Cosa questa tutt
      
      altro che insoltita; Un Altra
      
      prova del esagerazione delle
      
      notizie di fonte inglese la
      
      si ha nel fatto che le rappre=
      
      sentanze diplomatiche di quelle
      
      due potenze (Russia e Germania)
      
      che pui delle altre sarebbero
      
      interrssate in Caso di qualche
      
      Mutamento territorial nel
      
      Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
      
      Bene a giorno dei fatté che vi
      
      si vanno svolgendo non si
      
      mostrano punto impensierite
      
      
      Si ha nel fatto che le rappre=
      
      sentanze diplomatiche di quelle
      
      due potenze (Russia e Germania)
      
      che pui delle altre sarebbero
      
      interessate in caso di qualche
      
      mutamento territorial nel
      
      Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
      
      bene a giorno dei fatté che vi
      
      si vanno svolgendo non si
      
      mostrano punto impensierite
      
      dalle condizioni che vi regnano
      
      e per ciò non hanno finora
      
      fatto passo alcuno pressa
      
      la Porta in questo argumento;
      
      
     
     
      	DANS LE GOLFE PERSIQUE
      
      La question de Koweyt – Méconten-
      
      tement des Allemands – Les bons
      
      offices de la Turquie – Une
      
      série d’intrigues.
      
     
     
      	VIENNE, 8 juillet. – Il est manifeste que
      
      l’Allemagne est peu satisfaite de l’état ac-
      
      tuel des choses sur la côte occidentale du
      
      golfe Persique. Cela ressort nettement
      
      aussi bien des nouvelles reçues de Lon-
      
      dres relativement aux démarches faites
      
      par l’ambassadeur de Turquie pour éta-
      
      blir les droits du sultan sur une localité
      
      située dans le voisinage de Koweyt, que
      
      d’autres renseignements encore reçus à
      
      Vienne.
      
     
     
      	Toutes les informations provenant de
      
      cette partie de l’Asie-Mineure, qu’elles
      
      émanent de source indépendante ou de
      
      source allemande, s’accordent à mettre en
      
      évidence les embarras que cause aux con-
      
      cessionnaires du chemin de fer de Bagdad
      
      l’épineuse question de Koweyt. Abdul
      
      Hamid et la Porte ont été prêts et sont
      
      d’ailleurs toujours prêts à faire tout leur
      
      possible pour faire aboutir un projet qui
      
      semble offrir de grands avantages écono-
      
      miques et qui a en même temps une
      
      grande importance au point de vue stra-
      
      tégique.
      
     
     
      	Cependant, au moment où la réalisation
      
      de ce projet paraissait assurée, on a cons-
      
      taté tout d’un coup que le cheikh local,
      
      qui s’était placé sous la protection de la
      
      Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
      
      neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
      
      droit qui réunisse toutes les conditions
      
      nécessaires pour l’établissement d’un port
      
      terminus sur le golfe Persique.
      
      
      grande importance au point de vue stra-
      
      tégique.
      
     
     
      	Cependant, au moment où la réalisation
      
      de ce projet paraissait assurée, on a cons-
      
      taté tout d’un coup que le cheikh local,
      
      qui s’était placé sous la protection de la
      
      Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
      
      neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
      
      droit qui réunisse toutes les conditions
      
      nécessaires pour l’établissement d’un port
      
      terminus sur le golfe Persique.
      
     
     
      	Il est assez évident que l’impossibilité
      
      de trouver une autre localité pour rempla-
      
      cer Koweyt de façon satisfaisante consti-
      
      tue la véritable cause de l’intérêt insolite
      
      que prend la Porte aux conflits des diffé-
      
      rents chefs arabes, conflits auxquels, en
      
      temps ordinaire, elle s’intéresserait cer-
      
      tainement fort peu.
      
     
     
      	C’est à l’influence allemande qu’il faut
      
      attribuer les démarches diplomatiques
      
      faites à Londres et les tentatives des
      
      fonctionnaires turcs pour créer des diffi-
      
      cultés aux représentants de la Grande-
      
      Bretagne en Asie mineure.
      
     
     
      	On mande de Bassorah à la Correspon-
      
      dance politique que des dissentiments se
      
      sont élevés entre le vali (le général Mus-
      
      tafa Nuri pacha) et le consul anglais M.
      
      Wratislaw, que le vali accuse d’avoir trou-
      
      blé la paix et d’avoir excité l’un contre
      
      l’autre les chefs Ibn Rashid et Moubarakh.
      
     
     
      	Le vali a insisté pour que l’on de-
      
      mande au gouvernement anglais le rappel
      
      de M. Wratislaw.
      
     
     
      	Voici une autre nouvelle, provenant de
      
      Constantinople, que l’on publie ici ce soir :
      
     
     
      	« Abdullah pacha, chef militaire du ter-
      
      ritoire de la côte de la mer Rouge, sous le
      
      prétexte d’une tournée d’inspection, s’est
      
      enfui à bord d’un steamer anglais en em-
      
      portant tous les fonds dont il était respon-
      
      sable. Il est actuellement à Aden. Les An-
      
      glais ont fait là un coup de maître, car
      
      Abdoullah connaît à fond le pays et dis-
      
      pose d’un grand nombre de partisans. »
      
     
     
      					(Times.)