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or mortification of heap bone 
	I sent Alexander to Nezam ed 
Din to tell him, that I feel 
well, but only no tast [torn] in my 
mouth & bowels worked yesterd [torn] 
a little & that I take nothing 
but jelly, milk & soda & some
sweet lemon; and if also I can 
take the Kola bitter as tonic 
he said that I can take it once 
& continue what I am using; 
But at about 4 P.M. I began 
to feel the wind working up 
and digging on with pain
At 5 I took a coffee cup of the 
bitter Kola & this increased the 
[torn] in to such an extent that 
[torn] ould not stand it, the pain
[torn] to have come back 
[torn] before, I had not had it 
[torn] ce Saturday, I gave u 
[torn] de at all, what could 
~ Rezooki Audria called 
[torn] vening ~
[torn] soda & milk, sucked 
[torn] but all in vain
[torn] so acute in the 
[torn] that made me 
[torn] kept all 

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[torn] At 10 ½ p.m. I 
[torn] piece of soap & 
[torn] d very little, mild
[torn] ck, it is from me 
[torn] to magnesiume; the 
[torn] ll continues; I took a 
[torn] f Effervescent Citrate of 
[torn] sia, it calmed the pain
[torn] e & I could sleep for a 
[torn] t time, & recommenced 
[torn] on ~
	Light N.W. & cloudy, 
[torn] The pain still continues, but 
[torn] ot so severe ~ Alexander went 
[torn] tell Nizam ed Din, he prescribed 
[torn] e some Belladonna to take 
[torn] 5 drops in a cup of water every 
two hours, he is astonished 
to see the pain returning and 
for no cause given whatever, 
he told him to wait until
tomorrow & if the pain does not 
got, he will have to bring with 
him Dr. Bri [dge struck through] stock of the 
English missionary society
	Sister Emilia & medoola my
step daughter called on me~ 
	The pain increased all 
[torn], I am only taking
the Belladonna 5 drops in 

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the water but it is scarosly 	
doing me any good ~
	At 1 P.M. I made an injection 
of olive oil, hot water & soap, and 
it worked out very dark green 
with some costiveness, it allayed 
the pain only for an hour & 
recommenced, I left off sucking 
any sweet Lemon or Oranges, it 
may perhaps be from it; I only
took a half cup of very weak 
broth at 3 P.M.~ The pain
however kept killing me until
the evening, when Alexander
went to tell Nezam ed Din 
of my state & sufferings; He 
prescribed me 4 packets of 
morphine & cocaine to be taken 
every two hours, I applied hot 
formulation & Lin seed poultice 
but did not allay the pain
[struck through]; the morphine & cocain 
did not also do much good 
and sleep is impossible ~ 
	Subsection: 11 Thursd
	At 2 ¼ AM I took the 3d 
dose of morphia & cocain, and 
I immediately vomited it & the 
water which I had taken as 
Broth, milk etc but again 

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it is bitter a souer ~ I felt 
no relief after it. At 6 AM 
I took the 4th dose & soon 
after the pain ceased but I 
got giddy drowsy & I took
then few spoons of milk & 
felt very well & relieved
I could not rise my head,
Nezam ed Din wanted to have 
an other consultation with 
Dr. Bri [d struck through] g [e struck through] stock & he wrote to 
him, but he said that he 
cannot come today as he 
has surgery operation to do,
	Sister Medula, Antone
& his son Joory called to 
see me ~ 
	Telegram from Basreh
yesterday announces that
Cholera is there, a man coming 
from Bahrein got it there 
himself & his family on 
their way, he lost his family
at Basreh, quarantine
been established at garneat 
Ali, & the vessels arriving 
from Basreh have to mak
5 days quarantine at Gherrara

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I received interest on my 
money 900 £ placed with
the Nawab Agha Mahomed 
against the mortgage of his 
garden at Kadumain of 
three months @ 9%=20 ¼ Liras 
from his brother Agha Ibrahim
which is due on 17th Feby
(or 4 Feby old style) 
	The S.S. Khalifah left this 
morning for Basreh~ 
	Sister Emilia, Terrooza 
my niece called to see me,
	I sent Alexander out to my
new house to plant some trees
in the garden, he planted some 
Roses, Peaches, Apple & Prun
young trees he bought from 
Mahomed el Jassim my 
neighbour. 
	I feel alright no pain 
at all & am taking nothing
but some jelly, a little milk 
& a little cognac with water 
occasionally ~ But I 
could not sleep at night
for want of nourishment 

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    Light N.W. & fine weather
Very mild~
      The S.S. Ressafah left this
morning for Basreh ~
    Subsection: 12 Frid Th 6.47  
	I feel well, no pain
but weakness, I am taking
no medicine at all, and
only the jelly & milk ~
    Rezooki Andria called to see
me ~ I went to my room to
shave at noon, but nearly
fainted from weakness &
being so thin but skin & bone
    The Residency Subidar
of Sepoy guard who was lost
on the night of the 28 [illegible] &
no trace been found of him
in spite of the vigorous searches
made by the Turkish Detectives
His body has been found
last night, stabbed about
a dozen times & buried in
a Khan at the Owena quarter
where Paraffin is kept and
a Watchman an Afghan
who watches there; It is 
reported that, three men
(Indians x Afghans) and a

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Woman carrying the dead
body came at Night to
this Watchman asking him
to let them stop in the Khan
with their sick mother until
the morning when they will
take her to the doctor, the 
Watchman objected firmly,
but after much persuasion 
he let them come in, and
as soon as they were inside,
they drew their arms and
thretened to kill the Watchman
if he says anything and
they dug a grave & hurried
the Subidar in it, and
they left; The body was
brought this morning to
the Residency Doctor's home
and and examined by Dr.
Con also Nizam ed Din the
Municipality doctor,
They say that the cause of his
Murder is in connection with
his going after young boys, & 
that the Kawas Kheder &
the fair boy the son of Dowd

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Messeyeh are connected in
it and they have already
been imprisoned ~ I heard
since the truth of the story,
That the murderers are
the whole guard of Sepoys
(24 of them) have perpetrated 
the deed in their barack
(the Residency stable
behind Lynch's Khan)
that same night in which
he disappeared & after
having stabbed him with
beynots & daggers etc, they
carried the body to the beach
& took a goffa & went down
& landed at the beach of
the Nawab Ikbalood Dowlehs
house where the new
Residency is getting built
now & landed & went to
the Khan of the Paraffin
& buried it there; among
the Sepoys there is one who
is the Nephew of the Subidar
who took part in the murder
& he is the man who divulged
the secret to Major Newmarch
    It appears that the
    
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Sepoys used to hate their
Officer & had animosity against
him for being treated badly 
by him; It is not true
about the Kowas Kheder
or the son of Dowd Messeyeh
being imprisoned~
    Artin my nephew called
on us in the evening~
    The SS. Phrat arrived at
Gherrara today to make
the 5 days quarantine, but
there are no further cases of
supposed Cholera at Basreh
    I got the wind working in,
my stomach at 5 P.M. and
gradually increased so much
that at 9 I had to take the
dose of Cocain + Morphine
it allayed it very little and
I was restless all the fore
part of the night;
	Subsection: 13 Satur
	At 2 am. I took some Jelly
& some cornflower & slept
better, the pain had gone,
    Light N.W. & fine weather
I took a dose of Bismuto Magnesium

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    I sent a telegram today
to Rezooki Sayegh Basreh,
asking him to send me
up two fine vines of the
black grapes by Mejidieh
for my house outside,
    At 1 P.M. Alexander Marie
& the little Cecil went in on
carriage out to my new
house to spend the day
taking with them Sister
Medoola, my nieces Alice
& Harriette, I sent with Alexander
some slips of flower plants
as Jassmine, Rose, Dijleh from
Artin to plant them~
    I hear that news came
yesterday that war has
been declared today between
Russia & Japan, on account
of Russia's encroachment
on Manchuria & Corea,
    I have very slight pain
of wind in stomach,
I am taking some jelly,
milk & a little corn flower
but my mouth is very
tastless & am very
weak, I am walking out

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a little but cannot stand  
long, I shoved a piece of  
soap up the anus, but nothing 
came out except a little 
blood from strening~ 
	At 4 P.M. the wind came on 
& working up to my stomach 
begun to pain me & kept so  
increasing, I begun to use 
very hot poultesses of Linseed 
but did no good, I took 
then a few spoons of rice soup 
still it kept increasing 
at 9 I took a dose of the morphine  
& cocain after an hour it 
soothed the pain & I slept 
I awoke at 11 & felt myself 
very well & refreshed & 
I slept again ~ 
	Subsection: 14 Sund Th.6. 48
	At 1 1/2 AM I awoke and 
soon after I begun to feel so  
weak & giddy & fainting 
from weakness I became 
cold & unable to move my  
hand I sung out to my 
wife to come to me, & I  
could not lift my head 
 
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the noise & wind working  
in my stomach & intestines 
was awful, & my bowels 
worked under me without 
my consciousnes, Alexander 
came also to me & they  
gave me Brandy & water 
but I was too weak my eyes 
could not be opened and  
then I felt inclined to vomit 
and so I did a good quantity 
of dark red & I examined  
it & found it must be blood 
with it & coagulated pieces  
of Albumen which frightened  
me & made me worse 
I felt better afterward and 
had a good rest, but unable 
to move up my head ~ 
	The SS. Mejidieh arrived 
at Gherrara yesterday evening  
& the Comet was sent down 
& brought the mail up 
at 11 P.M. last night ~ 
	I sent alexander to 
fetch Nizam ed Din he  
came at 10 AM. examined 
the vomiting & could not  
 
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tell me exactly what it is, once  
he said pain forcing myself to 
vomit, but I never did so,  
then he said it is probably  
from the effect of medicines 
but it is not blood he prescribed  
nothing but only to have 
a rest today, & not to take 
much liquid stuff as 
Milk or Soda, so as not to  
cause vomiting, but only 
the jelly; & continue to Bismuto 
Magnesium ~ 
	Great many people called 
on us today from morning 
till sunset, all my sisters 
& their children (except sister 
Eliza who is still in bed with 
diarrhea & weakness) 
	At 4 P.M. Again the wind  
came on & worked up & the pain 
increased & made me very 
restless & prevented me from 
sleeping, Alexander came 
to sleep with us in the Oursy 
I dosed off to sleep & awoke 
at 11 with the pain rather 
svere, so I took a dose 
 
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	of the Morphine Cocain and  
little while after it checked  
the pain & I felt well & 
slept, taking little Champagn 
& Brandy & Water & little 
Jelly~  
	Subsection: 15 Mond
	Light N.W. & fine but  
at about 7 1/2 AM it shifted 
to S.W. & begun to get cloudy  
	I feel well & am very weak 
yet; I [strikethrough] slept well too,  
Alexander had seen Nizam 
ed Din last night to ask 
him to bring with him today 
Dr. Brigstock for a consultation 
& he promised to do so  
today; I wish to see Dr. Brigstocke 
so as to explain to him  
the case ~ Dr. Brigstocke 
wrote to Nizam ed Din that 
he will come at 3 1/2 P.M. 
	Sister Medoola & sister 
Emilia called today, also the  
french priests, shekoory Sayegh, 
Rezooki Andria etc ~ 
	I feel well + very weak, 
there is very little wind in  
stomach, it goes + comes,  
 
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my bowels have not worked  
since four days~  
	At 11 1/2 it begins to rain  
drizzly + very cloudy & gloomy,  
it lasted about an hour & 
then breeze shifted to N.W. but 
remained cloudy. ~ 
	At 3 1/2 Dr. Brigstocke and  
Nizam ed Din called to see me  
& consult, I related all what 
took place to Dr. Brigstocke & 
I have just also the pain now 
in my stomach, he examined me  
& pressed on it to find out 
the exact place where it pains 
it is just in the middle on the 
navel; he saw my vomiting  
of yesterday morning, he does 
not consider it to be blood 
or he did not think seriously 
about it ~ They then went to  
the other room to consult and 
prescribed me three cups of  
medicine to be taken three 
times this evening, tomorrow 
morning & evening, it is 
composed of Nux Vomica 
Belladonna & Tincture of  
Cascara Sograda this is for  
 
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giving appetite, preventing vomiting
and pain etc
	As for my diet, I must for the
present abtain from taking
cognac, champagne, and the
Bismutho Magnesium, but 
I can take only jelly with some
Milk and Lime water every 3 or 4
hours, and tomorrow morning 
to inject chicken brothe with
the yoke of 2 eggs, morning &
evening; ~ I paid their fees
1 TL. to Dr. Brigstocke x 2 Mejidie
to Dr. Nizam ed Din ~ att 4 
I made an injection of hot water
soap and olive oil & bowels worked
costive & some black liquid
and also blood [strikethrough] the same
as what I had vomited yesterday
morning, I sent it to Nezam 
ed Din he said that was
the remainder of what I had
vomited; I got the pain a 
little at 6 P.M. I took a dose
of the Morphine and Cocain,
I could not sleep well for
want of some stimulant food,
	Subsection: 16 Tuesd Th 6.50
	Light N.W. and fine weather
I feel well and quiete no pain,
I took the bitter tonic of

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Nux Vomica etc; I took some
jelly & milk, but no appetite
& I am very weak yet
	Menusha sent me yesterday
some fruit plants from her
mother's garden at Hwedir as
I had asked her to plant them
out in my new house ~
	I injected first the hot water Soap
& oil & bowels worked very black
some costive but no blood
& then injected the broth with
the 2 Yoke of eggs beatten together,
I feel well & little stronger,
taking nothing but jelly, 
& some milk with Lime water
	Sister Emilia, Medoola, 
Menusha & her daughter Louisa 
called at noon and remained
until sunset ~
	At sunset I made the two
injections as I did this morning
but it sent lots of wind up
to my intestines & stomach,
as the broth & egg one I keep
& does not get evaquated,
so I begun to get the pain and
it increased on & made me
very restless and miserable the
whole night ~

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	Subsection: 17 Wedn
	Light N.W. and fine weather,
the wind pain caused by
the injection yesterday, only
subsided after midnight
and I had very little sleep,
but I feel as if I am getting 
better & stronger
	Alexander went to tell Dr.
Nizam ed Din, he told him
that I should continue the
injection of broth & eggs, &
he cannot order any other
food for me to take except
the jelly & milk ~
	Alexander went out on
his Bicycle to my house with
the fruit plants of Menusha
to plant them & also to get
other Orange and Lemon trees
planted he left at 8 AM.
	I got today Hassan the
Carpenter & an other one
working at home in making
for me the glass frames &
door for the two balconies
outside in my new house
	Alice, Terrooza, Antone Marine
and Tookyeh wife of Shekoory Sayegh
called on me.

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	Alexander came back from
outside at noon, he has planted
the fruit trees, but not the oranges,
At 1 P.M. he went to Kadumain
in the Tram car for business he
has with a Persian;
	The SS. Phrat came up from
Gherrara this evening after having
made her five days quarantine
But as there is no cholera
at Basreh except one suspected
case of a Jewess, the quarantine 
will be taken away in a 
few days ~
	I made no injection
of the broth & yoke of eggs, as it caused
lots of wind & pain, & I have
had no pain all the day &
was quiete
	Johny and Artin called in
the evening also Yacoob Tessy;
	Mayor New March got a 
telegram from the Consul of
Basreh saying that the
Japanese have blown up
by Torpedoes eleven Russian
Men of War, & their troops
have marched & occupied
Seoul, the capital of Korea, 
I am glad to hear this news
for Russia deserves that ~

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they are going too far in encroaching
on China & Korea
& robbing their countries ~
I took in the evening a dose
of the bitter mixture of Nux
Vomica, Bella Donna and
Cascara Sograda, and I
did not get the pain but very
slightly, & I only could not
sleep till midnight; I am
too weak and taking nothing
but jelly & milk with Lime
water ~
	Subsection: 18 Thursd Th 6.49
	Light N.W. & fine
mild weather ~
	I feel too weak and unable
to walk in the room,
took the bitter mixture &
took some jelly & milk,
Alexander went to see
Nizam ed Din, he told him
that I can take a little
soup with little rice in it
& nothing else for the 
present. 
	A very sensational affair
happened early this morning 
at the British Residency,
A Sepoy being the nephew 
of the murdered Subadar

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officer who had also participated
with the Other Sepoys in the 
Murder & was imprisoned 
& then liberated by Major
New March & returned to 
duty, while on guard, he
Shot dead with his Mausar
Rifle, [strikethrough] two Sepoys and
two Indian Cavasses, while
they were asleep in the Residency
and then went out to the
stable where the Other Sepoys
were & shot an Other one.
making in all five, Major
New March, who heard
the report, ran out & went
to the top of the house and 
through a passage bridge 
over the road went to
Lynchs’ Khan overlooking
the Stable, and ordered that
Sepoy to throw his rifle, the 
latter did and said to the 
Major that he would have 
Shot him too, but he has
no more Cartridges, he 
was ceased & Chained
and an awful Confusion

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and gathering of people took
place at that Residency Gate
the whole day the population
was [strikethrough] stirred up, the Turkish
government officials & Police
and toward evening the five
dead bodies were taken
to be buried by Afghans
their fellow Compatriots 
as this Regiment of Sepoys
are Punjabis; and the 
prisoners all, the Murder
of the five Men was taken
by the Halai Beg in his 
carriage & the rest of the 
Sepoy prisoners 9 of them
were also marched off
to the Turkish Baracks
surrounded by Soldiers
with drawn beyonets to
be put under arrest there,
	My sisters Emilia & Medoola
came to see me this morning,
and in the afternoon my
Sister Eliza with Regina
her daughter also came,
Eliza has not been to my
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born 18 months ago, she was
always unwell & in bed,
	I had to make an enema
& worked my bowels which
came out natural & costive
I got little pain toward
evening, it is from the stomach
being empty, I feel too weak,
and could not sleep at
night until 12 A.M.~
	Subsection: 19 Frid Th.6.49
	Light N.W. & fine Weather
The S.S. Mejidieh came up from
Gherrarah last night at 5 PM.
after completing her 5 days
Quarantine ~ 
	I feel well with no pain
but I am very weak & have
no appetite yet, I am only
taking jelly, milk or a very
little rice soup at Noon;
& I felt well all the day.~
	Carpenters are still Working in
making the frame for the two
Balconies outside ~
Alexander is laid in bed with
fever having cought cold 
When in Tramway from Kadumain

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I took some jelly & the milk
for my dinner, I feel very
hungry & very weak ~
I cannot get to sleep, at
9 ½ I took a very little Brandy
& water but it caused
much pain & wind & so
increased that I was unable 
to sleep, I had to take some 
of the effervescent Citrate of
Magnesia at Midnight
& it calmed the pain, I
then slept for four hours,
	Subsection: 20 Satur Thr 6.47
	Light N.W. & fine weather,
I feel well & no pain but
very weak, I took a cup of 
warm milk in the morning.
	The S.S. Mejidieh left 
this morning~
	Alexander is alright &
left for his office ~
	Sister Medoola and
Emilia & Rezooki Andria
called to see me~
	The pain came on in my
Stomach at about 11 AM.

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& increased, I took very little
rice soup at noon & little
jelly, it allayed it, but again
it commenced, it is an Other
sort of pain, it is making
me feel sick & shivers me
& I am so shaky & chilled
no Wind is passing down
& my bowels did not work
since the day before;
	Alexander has been to see
Dr. Brigstocke & Dr. Nizam ed
Din & both told him to keep
to my usual diet for the present 
& the use of the bitter medicine
of the Nux Vomica, Bella donna
& the Cascara Sograda, but
I can take very little Champagne,
	I get the pain strongly from 4
P.M. tile 8 ~ at 5 I made an injection
of hot water & opafil, it worked 
little costive & natural Colour
still the pain & wind continued 
I took a dose of the bitter mixture
& then took at 7 some jelly and
hot Milk as my dinner but
it did not go altogether ~

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	At 8 P.M. the SS. Khalifah  
arrived, I received a letter from 
Rezooki Sayegh ~
	At 9 PM. I had to take some
of the effervecent Citrate of magnesia 
to alley the pain & then I felt 
better & slept very soundly 
then any other night, I woke 
at 1 ½ AM took some jelly
& milk & slept again ~
	Subsection: 21 Sund Th.6 49
	Light N.W. & fine 
weather, I feel better & stronger 
then before & have no pain, 
I took a cup of milk
& tea & a piece of dried bread
	Alexander Marie & my wife
went to Church ~ visitors 
called on us, Monsing J. Drure 
& his secretary Père Augustin, 
Père Thomas & Pere Louis, 
Yacoob Oussy Shekoory Sayeh
Artin my nephew & Dowd
Gazala etc, also sister 
Medoola & her husband
	I went out to my other room 
for a walk & feel well &
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pain or wind in stomach
today, & feel better appetite, 
In the evening I took also
some rice soup, & feel well
& quiete ~
	Rezooki Sayegh tells me in
his letter that there has been 
altogether eight cases of 
Cholera or something like it
& three were fatal ~.
	One of the two Turkish
Senyeh steamers* under
construction at Basreh is 
finished & launched and 
a tryel trip took down the 
river with success, and 
in a fortnight will proceed 
up to Baghdad ~
	I took in the evening some
rice soup & jelly ~ At 9 P.M.
I got a little wind & pain,
I took some cold milk &
jelly & it sent it down ;
	Subsection: 22 Mond
	Light N.W. & fine weather
I got up at midnight &
felt hungry, so I took  

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a little more milk & jelly
& turned in I slept well, 
At 4 ½ AM I felt that my 
bowels want to work, and
it did mild & natural
this is the first time it worked
without an Enema since
more than a month; I
felt better; In the morning 
I took a cup of the bitter 
mixture ~ I could not take
the soup of rice at noon with
appetite, I feel rather sick
but am alright & very weak
I sent & got some flower
plants of chrisanthemns &
strawberry etc from Monseig 
J. Drures garden, 
	At 1 P.M. my wife Alexander
the Blacksmith with my
old Pump repaired & the
Carpenter Selman & some
more plants etc all went 
down in the goffa to my 
new house to fix the 
Pump in the Well and

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plant trees etc, & to see the
rooms & return in the 
evening ; 
	Adoola my cousin & Père Anastas
called to see me ~
I have no inclination to eat
anything, but my stomach 
is tranquil & quiete, the taste
in my mouth is still flat & 
acrid & changeable ~
	The weather is getting very 
mild & pleasant, I walked
out to my room, but am too 
weak to stand on my legs,
	Tooza the widow of Georgis 
Asfar is getting worse she 
suffers besides her different 
complaints & strict diet on
milk alone since two years, 
from the effect of a wasp sting
on her foot since two months
& by applying different medicines
it has taken the form of a 
bad ulcer & now they say
it is a gangrane, her blood
being poisoned & the Agony
is fearful which will soon 
terminate her life ~

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	At 5 ½ P.M. my wife came back 
on the donkey & Alexander
on his Bicycle from my house,
The Pump is fixed in the
Well, but it does not give
sufficient water to irrigate
the garden ~
	I took some rice soup in 
the evening & feel well 
taking also a cup of the bitter
mixture; 
	Subsection: 23 Tuesd Th 6.49
	Light N. W. & fine 
weather, ~ I had slight pain
of wind in stomach last night
but soon passed away on 
taking some milk, jelly etc, 
	Sister Medula & Rezooki
Andria, & sister Emilia called
on me; ~ I feel better & stronger
today; I only took a little 
rice soup at noon & some 
jelly & arrowroot; also some 
oranjes ~ Alexander went
to see Nizam ed Din & he 
told him to keep still to my 
present diet, or I may chew
& suck a piece of cutlet, 
or take a half boiled egg
until 3 or 4 days hence

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and to continue the bitter
mixture ~
Hassan & Selman the Carpenter
finished today their work after
six days making the two
frames with doors of the two
Balconies and two Bedsteads
	The day has been nice and
mild with a light N.W. breeze
	I took the rice soup for dinner
& little Arrowroot etc ~
At night I felt very hungry, and
took some jelly, milk & Arrowroot.
	Subsection: 24 Wedn Th.6.57
	Light S. Ely & cloudy
I feel well & better than before,
	Kerop Agha Kouyoumdjian
the Armenian merchant of
Constantinople died suddenly
last night, ~
Antone Marine his wife, Ellen
& Gabriel called to see me,
	I wrote letter to Rezooki
Sayegh & to Rezooki Angoorly
asking him to send me some
Kit, or Tubs & Coir matting

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	I took today with my rice
soup at noon a small piece
of boiled fish for the first
time since forty days & found
it most delicious & nice
	At 8 P.M. it blew fresh S.E.
with dark clouds & thunder
& it rained drizzly for about
1/2 hour ~
	The funeral of Kerop Effendi
Kouyoumdjian passed our
house at 3 P.M. to the Armenian
Orthodox Church where his
body was also interred;
	I took for dinner the rice
soup & also some boiled
cold fish which I ate with
great appetite; At night
I took twice milk & jelly
but I was puffed up &
had much wind in
stomach but no pain;
It blew fresh S.E.wind
	Subsection: 25 Thursd
	Modt. S. Ely wind
and fine weather,
	The SS. Khalifah left
this morning ~

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	Weather became very cloudy &
dusty overcast ~
	My bowels worked by putting a
piece of soap & came out natural
& mild ~ I took the rice soup
& a little boiled meat for breakfast,
but I feel still very weak
although I can walk out to
my room & feel always hungry,
	I took for dinner the rice
soup & very small piece of
boiled meat, I took a
little Arak & water but
caused much wind and
pain, but passed away
afterward ~
	S. Ely breeze & fine
night, moon of Zelhejjeh
9 days old ~
	The Arak & then the rice
soup & little meat caused me
much wind pain & noise
all the night ~ At midnight
I took little milk & jelly
still the pain did not go
the wind had caused 
with noise & pricking

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	Margin Line 14: Prescription for my stomach
	
	Subsection: 26 Friday Th.6.53	
	Ely breeze & fine weather
I feel stronger, & my bowels
worked mild & the
wind is passing away;
	Sister Emilia called to see
me ~ the pain of the wind
came again troubling me
much, I took this morning
a cup of the bitter mixture of
Nux Vomica, Bella Donna
& Cascara, but it does not
agree with me, it stirrs my
appetite & taste in mouth,
The receipt of this Tonic is
Cascara Sograda 10. grammes
Leint’de Nux Vomica 2..50 &
Can de Menth _ 3 tas a cafe’
Leinth de Belladonna 30 gouttes,
	I got 10 Plants from Moadem
where I sent Juma the Coolie
to get me 4 Portugal, 2 Naringhi,
2 Purnloin & 2 Lurrisej for 158 P.
in all, & Alexander took
them in the Goffa down to
my new house to plant
them this afternoon ~

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	Notes:

	I took rice soup only for my
breakfast & little Arrowroot,
the wind still troubling me So
I took cold milk & Lime water,
which is doing good & the wind
& pain passing away, my bowels
also worked mild at 4 P.M.
I took for dinner at 4 P.M. the
rice soup with very little boiled
chicken & this did me great
harm, it did not digest and
the stomach being weak yet
could not support it, I got the
indigestion, nausea & all the
night inclined to vomit with
lots of wind & so I suffered
the whole night, ~
	Subsection: 27 Saturd Th.6.54
	Modte N.W. & fine weather
I suffered awfully during the
night always inclined to
vomit the rice soup, with
much wind & pain, a cramp
in stomach, I took a cup
of the bitter mixture & at 9 AM
a cup of milk with coffee,
my bowels worked very loose
like water & pain & wind
still troubling me
Rezooki Andria called

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	Margin Line 14: [A55_038_14:003]

	Today being the Holy day
of Moharrem among the 
Mohamedans being the
10th of Zelhejjeh.~
	I took nothing today having
no appetite at all, except 
at 3 ½ P.M. I took few spoons
of rice pudding & little
Milk with Lime Water, &
I feel quiete;~ At 6 my bowels
worked a little very loose, and 
I feel it does me good~.
	Tooza/Widow of Georgi
Asfar is bad, her Gangrane
on the foot is getting worse
it is turning black and 
the swelling extending further
up the leg, ~
	I took only some milk &
jelly for dinner & feel much
better ~
	Subsection: 28 Sund Th.6.50
	Light N.W. & little
Cloudy;~ I feel Alright, have
appetite, I took a Cup of Milk
& Coffee & a warm egg; My
bowels Worked freely & loose
& feel much better, My 
strength too is regaining~

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	My Wife, Alexander & Marie 
Went to Church~
	Cecil has today completed
her eighteen months old;
	Yacoob Eassayi, Fetoohi Maghak,
Johny & Artin called on us,
	I took for breakfast some
boiled fish made very nice
with tomato sauce ~ also 
at 3 P.M. took some more 
for dinner also took about 
three mouthful, with some
Milk Arrowroot & Jelly ~
	Sister Emilia, Alice,
Menusha & her daughter Louisa
called, also in the evening,
Antone Marine & his son
Gabriel called~
I took small peace of boiled 
fish for dinner with some
Arrowroot, Jelly & Milk
but it upset me at night
& was nearly going to have 
the indigestion, lots of wind
& noise all the night.~
	Subsection: 29 Mond
	Light N.W. & fine
weather~ I feel well and 
took a cupful of the bitter

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	I took the hot milk with coffee
& an egg ~ I am preparing all my
Kit to go down tomorrow
in a Goffa to my new house
& stay there & see the Carpenter
& Masons coming to do some 
more work.
	Sister Medoola & Rezooki
called on us this morning;
Also Sister Eliza called this 
afternoon to see me ~
	I have got the Dentist 
Abdulahad a Mosully to 
make me two sets of fake
teeth for the upper & lower 
jaws & I have put them on 
but I cannot stand them
they hurt my gums when 
I press~
	At 6 P.M. I took some oatmeal
(porridge) & a little jelly only, 
as I feel too much puffed
up,~ my bowels also worked
this evening mild ~
At 7¾ P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh 
arrived, I received a letter   
from Rezooki Sayegh, he 
has sent me two fine

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	Notes:
	
Vines of black grapes;
Roofail & the children of his 
late sister Tookyeh are 
coming up next time in the 
Mejidieh after making the
five days Quarantine at
Garmat Ali, there are no
Cholera or other sickness
every two or three day, one
dies but it is not the real
Cholera, it is like Cholernie
	I again get the indigestion
at night, With lots of wind
& nausia~
	Section: [March, 1904]
	Subsection: 1 Tuesd Th.6 48
	Light N.W. & fine
cold morning; my bowels
worked at 3 A.M. briskly
I got the wind & noise & it 
worked very loose; it must 
be from the oatmeal I 
took & a potato;
	I dressed myself & got 
all my Kit provisions,
furniture etc ready to 
go down to my new house
	The river has risen

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much yesterday & today;
	Alexander went on his
Bicycle out early to my
new house & returned
at 7 ½ A.M.~
	I took for breakfast some
boiled fish & a piece of bread
	At 1 ½ P.M. sent all my Kit
to two goffas, with a young
Calf about 8 or 9 months old
which I bought from Yacoob
Tessy for two Mejidies,
took the servants Zekki
and her brother Hanna with 
me, also Juma the Coolie
carried the Kit & went down
in the goffa to land it to 
my house to whom I paid 
36 P & for the 2 goffas 26 P.
	Rezooki Andria came down
with me to see their house
& return on donkey~
At 1 ¾ we started & reached
our houses at 2 1/4 ~ I 
found it alright, only
some of the Orange trees
about 4 are dying, I
planted the two Vines 
I got from Rezooki

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	Notes:
	
	Sayeh at Basreh they are
fine & large, the Pump is
useless, it does not give
enough water ~ Got the 
rooms cleaned & arranged
some Kit, but felt so Very
tyred from weakness ~
At 4 P.M. I took some more
of the boiled fish, but felt
afterward getting puffed 
up & the wind coused me 
an indigestion, my bowels
worked loose, but still
the wind is troubling me,
I cannot lay down, it
chokes me;~ At 8 I took
a Cup of the bitter Tonic of the 
Nux Vomica, Bella donna &
Cascara Sograda & Mint Water
	The weather is very fine,
mild, & fine moonlight 15 
days old,~
	I had much wind all the 
night & coming out to my 
mouth, but I slept at 9.
	Subsection:2 Wedn Th.6.44
	At 2 AM My bowels
worked very loose [strikethrough] dyarrhia

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with much wind, I felt
better & slept quieter till 6
AM~ I took the bitter Tonic
	I sent my Waterman Jassem
with Kit & 60 Cevil Oranges
collected from my four
trees; He came at noon
& brought me some dry
bread etc, my Wife is coming
out this Afternoon;~
Regina & Eliza Tanton came
to visit me ~ I got two
Arabs for 12 Piast to irrigate
the Garden from the Well,
	I took for breakfast
two boiled Potatoes & 2
half boiled eggs ~
	Masons Came  to Work
Alwan Khalfa & 3 boys to
dig a Balooa in the Kitchen 
& make the three fireplaces
in three rooms & other work
I got a taghar of Joos also
down in a Goffa.~
	At 5 P.M. my wife and
Alexander came down in
a Goffa with some Kit and 
provisions etc,

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	Alexander says that
Cholera is increasing at
Basreh to 7 & 8 cases daily,
the Wife of Haroon Gareh
died from it ~
	My nieces Terrooza, Regina,
Louisa Harriette etc came
to call on us, they had riden
out & gone to the Tantons,
	River is rising fast
since last night, the
weather is very cloudy
& light S. Ely breeze
	Alexander returned at 
5 P.M. on his Bicycle,
	I feel again puffed up
with lots of wind and
indigestion, although I
have not taken anything
but a sweet lemon &
an orange ~ I took nothing
in the evening, as I do not
feel inclined, & the Wind 
troubling me all the night
At Midnight my bowels
worked loose and

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With pain & wind~
	Subsection: 3 Thurs Th. 6.50
	Light S.Ely wind and
Cloudy,~
	Again my bowels worked
very loose at 6 A.M. &
with much wind;
I took a cup of Milk & Coffee
& a warm egg in the evening,
I took some rice soup
for breakfast but it caused
great pain like a cannon
ball on my stomach &
full of wind & the wind
coming out like idigestion
I am very uneasy and
suffering pain of wind
& not inclined to eat
anything;
	I got carpenters & masons 
working today putting
up the frame work of 
the Balcony, & a Beytoome
up on top of the house,
	At 4 ½ P.M. it became
very gloomy cloudy with
loud thunder & lightning 
& a heavy rain came

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	Notes:
	
down it lasted for 
about 2 ½ hours & did
much good ~
	I felt so full & puffed up
& could not sleep. I took 
a dose of the bitter mixture
but after a while at 8 P.M.
I vomited lots of liquid
sour & felt much relieved
& better, & I slept quietly,
At 9, it again thundered
& rained for about ¼ hour
& remained Cloudy dark,
My Wife also took ill
at night & got the indigestion
her bowels opened, and
she vomited too;~
	Subsection:4 Friday Th.6. 54
	Very light S.Ely breeze
and Cloudy all over and
dampy;~
	At 1 AM I had my bowels
worked mild & rather
billious, I felt very well
& relieved; & feel Very tyred
in my legs & muscels from
the exertion I have had 
here in walking up and

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	Margin Line 6: Touza Widow of Georgi Asfar died~

down & this caused the
stomach getting so weak;
	I took a cup of Milk, Coffee
& 2 half boiled eggs this
morning ~
	We heard this morning
that poor Tooza Asfar died
last night from her long 
and distressed illness, 
	I sent one Watchman
to town with a letter to Alexander
	The S.S. Mejidieh passed
down this morning at 
5 1/2 A.M.~
	The two Jew Glaciers came
down in a Goffa to put
the panes of Colored ones
in the Windows of the sitting 
room & that of my wife
on the Canal, Alexander 
wrote to me & sending me
a bottle of Champagne,
& two Wild ducks which
Muttar our Arab old 
Watchman shot 5 and 
brought them, Alexander 
is coming out this afternoon

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Masons came to work 
making parapets on top of
the house ~
	Modte Cold N.W. Wind
and Cloudy all over, the
river is [strikethrough “still rising”] falling 
today of About 1 foot
Cloud Clearing off a little,
I took nothing for breakfast
except two mouthfuls of 
boiled fish & little Jelly and 
Arrowroot & feel better by 
doing so, although the wind
is working & making noise
in my stomach;~
	Alexander wrote to me at 4
P.M. saying that he could not
come out himself, on account
of having to accompany the
funeral of Tooza Asfar at
3 1/2 P.M. to the Chaldean
Church where the body was
conveyed & she was buried 
outside the town in the
Christian Cemetry.~
I took nothing for dinner
as I do not feel inclined 
the wind & diarrhea continues
My bowels worked

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three times today loose,
I took very little Jelly & Arrow-
root ~ My Wife again got 
the indigestion at night 
pain much pain, her
bowels worked five times
until after midnight
	Subsection: 5 Satur Th.6 46
	Modte N.W. Wind and
very fine cold weather,
	My bowels worked Very
loose at 2 AM ~ My Wife
also is suffering from the
indigestion ~
	Masons came to work
6 persons ~
	I took for breakfast some
rice soup & sucked a roasted
cutlet with a glass of soda
water & did not feel unwell
all the day, it did me good;
	At 2 P.M. Alexander came
out to us on the Bicycle, he 
took tea with us, I took
some arrowroot & a cup 
of Milk cold & a Rusk
& then a glass of Champagne,
I got puffed up, but no
sickness or nausea, my
bowels did not work today,

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	Notes:
	
At 4 1/2 Alexander returned
to town;
	Fine clear & mild weather
River is falling~
	At dinner I took only a glass 
of soda water with a little of 
Baghdad wine we had made of 
dry raisins, & I sucked a 
Cutlet, but it did me great 
harm, the wind accumulated 
and kept me suffering the
whole night, throwing up
an indigestible Wind &
noise ~
	Subsection: 6 Sund Th.6 46
	Light N.W. breeze and 
fine weather~
	I could not sleep well on 
account of the wind & noise
worked in my stomach, and
my bowels worked very loose
this morning, I took a Cup
of Milk & Coffee & 2 warm
eggs ~
	The S.S. Khalifah passed
up last night at 8 1/2 P.M.;
	At 9 Alexander sent me
in a Goffa with Mutter the Arab 
some Kit also our young
Date tree pulled out from

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	Margin Line 2: Cholera is increasing in Basreh
	
our house & I planted here 
out in the Compound garden
It is the Birchy quality I
got two years ago from Basreh,
The Cholera is increasing
in Basreh as Rufail and
Rezooki write, all the Jews
have fled from town and
gone to Garmat Ali to
make Quarantine about
1000 persons,~
	I took at 4 P.M. a cup of Milk
& Coffee & a little arrowroot
as dinner & took nothing else
in the evening, so I felt alright
& no puffing or pain, but
am full of wind which is
passing down & up easily
	Weather getting bad a
light S.Ely breeze with some
clouds~
	At night I took some
arrowroot & Milk~
	Subsection: 7 Mond
	At 1 AM my bowels worked
very loose & Costive mixed
& lots of Wind passed down
which made me feel
easyier & better,

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	Notes:

	Weather bad, a strong
S. Ely Wind blowing and
Clouds scattered, it is a 
thretening Weather ;
	My Wife rode into town
at 8 A.M. I sent Muttar
the Arab with her; I wrote
a letter to Rezooki Sayegh
& sent it to Alexander to be
sent down by Khalifah;
	Carpenters & Masons come 
to work;
	A strong squal got up at 9
A.M. with very thick dust, that
one cannot see within 20
yards & became cloudy
all over & gloomy~
	At 5 P.M. Alexander Came
to me on his Bicycle to spend
the night;
	Wind fell down & is
Clearing up; but it is S.East,
	I felt very unwell all the 
day & in the evening got worse,
the wind puffed me up & pain 
& indigestion, perhaps from 
eating little fowell at
breakfast & then some


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Plum jam etc ~ Alexander
took his dinner alone; I
could not sleep from the wind
& indigestion until midnight,
	Subsection: 8 Tuesd Th.6.53
	S. Ely breeze & hazy
weather ~ At 3 1/2 A.M. I
had to go to the stool and
bowels worked loose with
much wind. I feel relieved
	We took milk & coffee with
Alexander & at 7 1/2 A.M. he
returned to town ~
	Masons came to work
and one carpenter Selman
to make me two doors one
for the terrace where the
ladder is put up, & the other
for the W. Closet of the terrace
	I sent our Watchman to Baghdad
for some Kit, he came back
with a letter from Alexander
sending me an Other bottle 
of Champagne, this is 
the sixth bottle that he
has been giving me,
Alexander says that the
rumour in town is that
four Cases of Cholera
have taken place in 

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	Notes:
	
Baghdad;
	I took only the rice
soup for breakfast, and 
a piece of toasted bread
I felt alright all through
the day, & now not so puffed 
up; I took at 5 1/2 P.M. half 
a Cup of hot milk & coffee with
a small piece of burnt bread
& two or three spoonfuls of
Arrowroot, & I feel much
easier & lighter.~ I had
taken this morning a little
Pepsine powder with my
milk & coffee; I took twice
the Bismutho magnesienne,
I felt very well at night and 
slept well; I took twice some
arrowroot & an orange at night~
	Subsection: 9 Weds Th.6 54
	Light S.Ely & fine
Weather; I feel very well, 
I took my milk & coffee and 
two boiled eggs, also some
Pepsine on the toast; and
then the Bismutho magnesienne,
My bowels worked costive,
	Carpenter & Masons Came
to work ~

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	I took for breakfast the rice 
soup & one mouthful of boiled
Chicken & dry bread, I was
alright throughout the day,
	At 4 ½ P.M. I took a cup of
hot milk & coffee and 
a little arrowroot & dry bread
	At 5 Alexander came
to me on the Bicycle; he says
that there are several cases 
of Cholera among the Jews,
5 & 6 cases daily ~
	Alice is the same with a 
bad typhoid fever Drs
Cor & Brigstoke are attending 
she is unconscious and 
no one is allowed to see her,
	Light S.Ely & little cloudy
warm weather;
	At 11 P.M. I took some arrowroot
with some milk & soda water 
but it cause much wind &
noise & passed all down,
	Subsection: 10 Thursd Th.6. 55
	Strong wind blew at
night from N. West with some
clouds ~
	At 4 AM my bowels worked
rather loose with much wind

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& I felt better ~
	At 6 AM the S.S. Khalifah
left & passed down;
	Alexander & I took our
Milk & Coffee & boiled eggs,
And at 7 ¼ he went in to
town on his Bicycle. I 
sent our Watchman Jassim 
with him to get me some
meat & provision;
	Masons come to work
making the place for the
Hubs of Water & plastering
a small room with juss 
I bought 500 more bricks
@ 600 P. per 1000;
	At 10 ½ A.M. my Watchman
came with provision, Alexander
writes to me saying that
Alice is the same, the fever
is very slightly better, and 
Cholera is light, yesterday
there were three cases in town
	At 2 P.M. I received a note
from Alexander with a Sakka
saying that Alice is in a
very critical state and  

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that my presence to come in
to town would be much
required, I hastened immediately
& left the two servants Zekki
& Hanna to look after the 
house, & I had much difficulty
in riding, I dismounted at
Alices’ house, when I 
heard that poor & beloved 
Alice had expired exactly
at noon, all our relatives
were there, also my Wife,
Alexander & Marie, what
an awful state my Sister
Emilia is in, she is mad
for she used to adore her
only daughter and she alone
was her comfort & happiness,
What a blow for poor Emilia
Alice’s sickness was a severe
attack of typhoid fever
since the 1st Instant. The 
day previous she had played
The Tennis at the Residency
garden & there cought a 
Chill, she complained of 
headache & Cold; Dr
Cor of the Residency,
Dr. Brigstocke of the English

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Missionary society & Dr
Nizam ed Din where attending
her illness, which got complicated
and turned into Menengitis,
or Cerebral fever & an
inflammation of the membrane,
She was put on a strict diet
of nothing but Milk & Soda
being so delicate & weak
I went to see her body in
bed & prayed & then Kissed
her, the Nuns (sisters of 
Mercy) are attending her,
Oh poor Alice she left her
fine house & furniture So
exposed, what a Cruel
death, at such a premature
age & how quick she disappeared 
from among us, Every
body is sorry & lamenting 
her loss; She Was born
on the 29th of Septr 1861, 
When I was employed 
at her father Richard Rogers
as a Clerk & Dragoman at
Maghil near Basreh when
he was English Vice Consul
for three years ~ We

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sent a [illegible] to all the 
European & natives to invite
them for tomorrow to
accompany the funeral to
the Latin Church at 8 AM.;
Johny & Artin are looking after
the preparation; At 5 P.M.
I came home also, my wife
Alexander & Marie, I felt so
tyred from the ride & the long
walk to my house which I
have not done yet since I
took ill on the 8 of Janny;
I took some milk & arrowroot
& feel better, my bowels are
working regular, also at 
night I took some milk etc
and slept well, but interrupted 
from the thought & grief of
poor Alice’s loss it seems
to me so incredible in such
a short time she was carried
away; the last time I saw
her, when she came to see
me, I was in bed;
	Subsection: 11 Frid
	Light Ely breeze & fine, 
At 7 ½ AM; we all went to 
poor Alice’s house, Lots of 
people came, but none

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of the Europeans to accompany
the funeral except Mr. Hale
the head clerk of S. Lynch & Co
(now Acting as Agent in Mr.
Perry’s absence to London)
At 8 the funeral left headed 
by all the Clergy of the Chaldean,
Armenian, Assyrian, Latin &
Greek rites in procession 
to the Latin church, poor 
Alice they had dressed her
with her finest & richest robes,
a gown which she had got 
out from England & costed
30 Ł was to put on; A high 
mass was celebrated and 
assisted by Monsigneur 
Jean Drure, and a Requeim 
Mr. & Mrs. Laugridge the Agent
for D. Sasson’s house, Mr.
& Mrs. Grosse the German
Chancellier etc were at 
Church; At 9 the hearse
was taken & also accompanied 
by many people to the Carriage
with 6 or 7 Other Carriages 
for the people & was conveyed

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outside Babel Shughi to the
English Cemetry & interred 
alongside of her husband Captn
Clements grave, Major New
March & a few other Englishmen
were there present, I could 
not go out & had to come
home being very tyred and 
weak, At 2 P.M. went to Sister
Emilia, who is so grieved and
mad for this blow,~
	Weather cloudy & overcast,
I took for dinner some soup &
a piece of Cutlet & Potatoes,
taking the Pepsine & then the
Bismutho Magnesienne &
feel well. I had sent
Alexander out to my new house
to lock everything & send the
two servants to town at
2 P.M. which he did 
	At 9 it rained drizzly for
half an hour,~
	Subsection: 12 Satur
	Light N.W. breeze and 
fine, my bowels worked mild
last night with much wind
but I was relieved~
	At 7 ½ A.M. we all went

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to Church to assist at the 
Requim & Mass, I came home
as I was too weak to go to Sister
Emilia twice a day the distance 
is too much for me,~
	There are no cases of Cholera
some say there are two or 
three cases per day, others say
there are none, & it is not the
real Asiatic Cholera, They
have established a Cordon 
all around the stations of
Baghdad of 24 hours observation
	I took for breakfast soup
& little boiled meat and
some boiled fish & Potatoes,
& some Cherry Jam, and
the Pepsine & the Bismutho
magnesienne; and felt no
derangemens,~ At 2 P.M.
I went to Sister Emilia, where
my sisters Eliza & Medoola
& my nieces & nephews also
Menusha & others were there
I returned at 4, & took some
boiled fish & some Milk
with a rusk & Pepsine ~
	The S.S.Phrat arrived at 

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2 ½ P.M.~ Weather Cloudy
	Subsection: 13 Sund
	Light N.W. breeze & fine
pleasant Weather;
	At 7 ½ AM we went to Church
& then after the Requim, we 
went to Sister Emilia, at
11 I came home, I took for
breakfast some rice soup
& boiled fish & a little Arrowroot,
with the usual Pepsine &
the Bismutho Magnesienne &
felt Alright, Yesterday in
the evening I took a little
Arak & water for the first
time & felt better ~
Antone Marine called on us 
at 3 P.M.~ I took at dinner 
little Arak, & the soup and
some stewed potatoes & meat
with two spoons of Pilaw and
the arrowroot with some Citron
Jam, but I had taken too
much & so I was puffed
up & full of wind, & having
turned in at 8 so early I 
suffered the indigestion
all the night the wind
troubled me awfully,

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at 11 I awoke with much
wind & pain, my belly is
full & hard,~
	Subsection: 14 Mond
	At 3 AM I was obliged to Vomit
all the dinner which had
remained undigested & felt
better but the wind still
remains a little & I lost my
appetite; I took in the morning
the bitter mixture.~
	Light N.W. & fine cold morning
At 8 A.M. I called on Sister
Medoola who is unwell &
in bed; at 9 called on Sister
Emilia for an hour, & came
home prepared Kit and 
provision for outside
I took breakfast some soup
& arrowroot
	At 1 ½ P.M. I went down
in the Goffa taking only the
boy Hanna With me, I
had the Masons today working
in plastering rooms with
juss & building up the 
wall separating my house
from Sister Medoola,
	I took for dinner boiled
fish only & bread &
felt alright, I slept

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	Subsection: 15 Tuesd Th.6 48
in the little room over the
door on the river & was quiete
all the Night ~
	River is rising a little ~
	Light N.W. & Cloudy
a little & cold ~
	At 6 ¾ AM the S.S. Phrat
passed down ~
	Masons came to work
Alexander sent me my papers
& letters from R. Sayegh & Rezooki
Angoorly for Mejidieh ~
	Antone Marine & his son
Gabriel came out on horse
back to see the garden of
Farhat where they intend 
to encamp, they came to
see me;~ Yousif Eassayi
& Rafooli Tanton called to 
see me ~
	I got upset in my stomach
it again got puffed up with
wind & pain from the
heavy breakfast I ate
too much fish, I cannot
breath so ful of wind
& nausia;~ I could not
touch any food at all and

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had to lay down in bed at
6 P.M. & always inclined to vomit
with a cholic pain till 8 P.M.
when I vomited my breakfast
& was still restless with pain
& wind until 9 when I again
vomited all the rest of my
food of soup & fish and
then I felt quiet & slept well
till 12 I awoke & took a
cup of cold milk & soda
water & slept easy till day
break; I had abused myself
in eating too much fish &
the stomach could not
support it ~
	Subsection: 16 Wedn
	Light S.Ely or Calm, 
Cloudy all over, overcast
& dampy ~ I took a cup 
of milk & Coffee, & 2 warm
eggs, with Pepsine ~
	Masons came to work;
Mr. Guilietti’s family came
down today to live in one
of Rafooli Tanton’s house
for two months at 4 Liras
per month ~
	I took for breakfast a 
piece of roasted Cutlet &
½ a Potato boiled and

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that is all I took the Pepsine
& then the Bismutho magnesium, 
Modte S. Ely freshening 
up & clouds breaking
the family of Asfars, Jeboory &
his wife & two children Yousif,
Georgi Asfar & his sister Marriette
came out today to stay
in their house ~.
	Fresh S. Ely wind blowing
& cloudy overcast ~
	I received a letter from 
Alexander this evening,
saying he could not come 
out to me this evening as
tomorrow it is to be celebrated
the 7th day of poor Alice’s 
death, He says that 
yesterday three cases of 
cholera took place in town,
I took as dinner some 
arrowroot & milk and 
soda & a piece of dry bread
only & feel alright ;
At midnight I took a cup of 
milk, but it made lots of wind 
& noise ~.
	Blowing fresh S. Ely all 
the night & cloudy ~

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	Subsection: 17 Thursd Th 6.60
Strong S. Ely wind and 
cloudy weather ~
At 4 AM my bowels worked
as ordinary with much wind,
I took in the morning a cup 
of milky coffee & 2 boiled eggs,
	Masons came to work, 
I wrote a letter to Blockey today
by Damascus Post, informing
him of poor Alice’s death,
my illness, & the death of 
poor Takoohy too & sent it
to Alexander with the watchman
I took for breakfast rice soup
& a piece of boiled meat, also a
piece of cutlet & a potato, &
then few spoons of Leben, 
using the Pepsine, & then the
Bismutho magnisienne, I feel
alright & no puffing or wind 
to speak of ~
	Weather became very dusty,
not able to see the other side
of the river, or 20 yards distant,
	At 2 P.M. my wife Marie
& Cecil with the servant
Habooba came out in the
carriage, Alexander is left
to lock every place and
see the Indian watchman

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Abdulrahim who I have 
engaged at 14 Besh per month
to look after the house
as Marie was very frightened
today & nearly fainting 
from the news of the cholera
in town, there are few cases
three Christians also died 
from cholera yesterday &
the day before; At 5 ½ A.M. 
Alexander came on the bicycle,
he locked every place in the 
house & left the Indian watchman,
Our servants the cook Jejoo
& Zekki also came with
some kit in a Goffa ~
Alexander says that there
are few cases of cholera, 
but those few that got 
attacked were carried away
in a very short time as
Dr Nizam ed Dim told him;
	Weather clouded up & became
fine, with a light N. W. 
breeze; 
	I took at dinner a plate of soup
& a rusk & some apricot jam
& felt well, I had also taken 
a little arak & water, & slept 
well ~

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	Subsection: 18 Frid Th 6. 53
Light N.W. & fine weather,
At 5 ½ AM. The S.S. Mejidieh
passed down ~
I took a cup of milk & coffee & two
half boiled eggs & some jam.
I feel better than any other
day; Alexander did not go to 
town, & we put every thing to 
right in the rooms.
	Masons come to work in 
plastering the walls of the 
verandah & other places; 
	At 10 ¾ AM the S.S. Mossul
passed up taking the opposite side
the river has risen altogether
about 4 feet;
I took for breakfast some rice
soup & a piece of cutlet & a potato
& feel alright ~
	Alexander went to town at 
1 P.M. on his bicycle & came
out at 5 for business ~.
Mad Guilietti, Saoody 
Farhat, Mons; Rouet with
Rafooli Lanton & his sisters
called on us today ~
	Light N.W. &fine weather,
	At 5 ½ P.M. feeling hungry I 
took a cup of hot milk & coffee, 
& some arrowroot & jam, but
it was too much to support
it & I felt unwell again

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My stomach got huffed up &
much wind & pain came 
on; In the evening Antoine Guilietti
called, & I took some arak &
soda water, at dinner I only
took a little soup but it made
me feel worse, & the whole night
I suffered from much wind
& indigestion & always inclined & 
to vomit & could not sleep 
till two hours after midnight,
I was so upset & the wind so 
full in my belly that I felt so 
weak & sick ~.
	Subsection: 19 Satur
	Light S. Ely wind &
fine ~
	Holy day of St Joseph
my patron ~ I slept from 2
till 5 ½ AM. I feel so weak 
from last nights suffering.
Alexander went to town at
7 ½ AM ~
	I took nothing at breakfast except
a little rice soup & a piece of 
dry bread, as I feel much upset
from last night’s suffering,
	The family of Yousif Eassayi
called on us & his sister Tookyeh
wife of Shekoory Sayegh
	Alexander came out at 5 P.M.
He says that there has been

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No cases of cholera in town
or at Basreh for the lasts 5
days as M. Giustini the 
controller of the quarantine
had called on him & told him,
Alexander went in the evening
to visit Seyd Dowd the
son of the late Nakib Seyd
Selman at the Nakib’s garden, 
as he got out for him some 
crockery & glass table 
service from Paris & cleared
them out of the Custum House
today ~
	I took only some soup
at dinner & feel well with a
light stomach & slept well
& easy; at midnight I 
took some arrowroot &
milk ~
	Subsection: 20 Sund Th 6. 54
	Modte S. Ely wind and 
cloudy weather;
	I feel very well today and 
have appetite, bowels working
regular; took my milk and
coffee & 2 boiled eggs ~.
	Kerop Effend the lawyer & his wife,
Mad” Guilietti & Arnaldo son of 
Dr Macri called on us this morning
wind fresh S. Ely & dusty
thick flying about ~

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Shekoory Sayegh called on us, he came
out yesterday evening to Eassays
	At 0 ½ P.M. the S.S. Ressafah
passed up on the opposite side
	At 2 ½ P.M. the S.S. Khalifah
passed up; on opposite side; 
We received the letter by the 
Khalifah brought to us by our 
former cook Elyeh, sent from
Roofail, Rezooki & R. Angoorly, 
Rezooki writes to me to say
that cholera is decreasing
in Basreh & now & then a
few cases occurs among
the lower class; he gives 
me some news of the Russo -
Japanese war, & the latter
are achieving successfully
they have destroyed about 
6 or 8 Russian men of war
& are blocking & bombarding
Port Arthur & Vladifostok
& done great damage ;
In the evening Dr. Behjet son
of Nassoory Khayat, his daughter
, Tookyeh wife of Shekoory
Sayegh called ~
	I took for dinner some soup
& a cutlet with potatoe etc
& I felt alright ~

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	Subsection: 21 Mond Th 6. 58
Weather very cloudy with 
S. Ely wind & thretening,
	Fresh S. Ely wind, cloudy
Had a short shower after
midnight, with thunder & 
lightning; I slept well &
took some milk & arrowroot
at midnight, but caused
much wind & noise ~
	Masons came to plaster 
Rooms, bathroom etc ~
	Alexander went to town 
on his bicycle; 
	I took rice soup for breakfast, 
& a piece of cutlet & potatoes &
some orange jam, with 
the pepsin & then the bismutho
magnesienne, I felt alright
with slight wind in stomach,
at 4 P.M. I took some arrow-
root & half cup of milk;
	Weather cloudy allover 
& overcast dusty hazy;
	Alexander came back at
6 P.M. ~
	Antone Guilietti his wife &
sister Sophie called in the 
evening; his wife & sister
were also here this morning

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Alexander says there are no
cases of cholera in town,
	Antone Marine & his family
came down this evening to
encamp in Farhat’s garden 
	I took soup & a cutlet & potatoes
at dinner & feel well with some
wind in stomach, &I slept
well;
	Subsection: 22 Tuesd
	Light S. Ely breeze & very
cloudy gloomy weather, 
a short shower of rain came 
down at 5 AM for 15 minutes 
weather dampy ~
	The SS. Mossul passed 
down at 6 ½ A.M ~
	Rezooki Andria came out to
see about the house & building
of a hot bath for sister
Medoola, he took tea with
us ~
	Alexander went to town 
at 7 ½ on his bicycle;
	I took at breakfast rice soup
& a piece of cutlet & potatoes
& then some Leben, I feel
alright ~
	Antone Marine called on 
us in the afternoon ~
	Clouds breaking up

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Alexander came down in a 
Goffa at 6 P.M. he brings us bad
news of the cholera, few
cases took place & some
Christians too, the wife of
Ayaar a tilkefly died and 
Antoine Jules Hubert (son
of the late Mr. Hern) being a 
Doctor went to see her and
he got frightened apparently
& got a slight attack
but he is doing well, four
cases also at Babel Sheikh
	Strong S. Ely wind is blowing
& very cloudy ~
	Subsection: 23 Wedn
	Strong S. Ely wind and
cloudy all ever thretening 
weather ~
I had a lot of wind working 
in my stomach, my bowels 
worked at midnight;
	My wife rode in to town
at 7 ½ AM also taking 
her servant Zekki with
her; Alexander remained 
here today ~
	I wrote a letter to my friend 
Mr. Rohm at Berlin of
tomorrows date by the 
Damascus Post, also

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	a letter to Rezooki Sayegh
by Khalifah blowing on
friday ~
	At noon the wind Shifted to
a sharp N.W. & then it cleared
up & became fine ~
	Masons working today
too plastering ;
	At 6 P.M. Seyd Dowd the
son of Seyd Selman Nakib
called on us from his garden
where he is staying, he is a 
very nice person, well
elevated & of a simple and
affable manners, a friend
now of Alexander ~
	I am so puffed up with
wind because I am eating
too much of every sweet
thing & ; At dinner I took
soup, Cutlet Potatoes etc
& I suffered from the wind
at night, but slept well
I have a bad boil on the
back of my neck since
6 days & lots of matter is
coming out & pains me
much ~

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	Subsection: 24 Thursd th.6.52
	Light N.W.& fine clear
& beautiful weather ~
	Alexander went to town
on his Bicycle ~
River is rising today & wind
is cold ~
	Ali Beg son of Bahram Beg
our supposed robber of our
Kit & jewellery & money of my
Wife since last week has
begun to build a second
story over his little piece of
ground next & southward
of Sister Medoola's house
& got it up in a level with
her terrace, it is a nice
little house now with the
fine little garden in it, this
piece of ground of 10 or 11
yards breadth fronting the
river which we most foolishly
left unpurchased & for the sum
of 150 Liras the length
like our 37 yards, we made 
a great mistake last year
in letting it remain his
property & now we regret

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immensely for such a neglect
we would have got rid
of him & his brother bad
lot as they are drunkards
and debauchers he now
overlooks both our houses
and who knows who will
hire it as he does not live
in it but it is made to be
let he must have spent
over 60 Liras more in this
last construction, & he 
does not possess one Lira
as his pay & that of his brother
are not more than 3 & 2/3
Liras a month respectfully
evidently it is from our
last robbery that has now
assisted him to finish the
house ~
	The new relief Sepoys
for the English Residency
36 men in all arrived this
time by the Khalifah on Sunday
last & are on duty they relieved
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were guarding the consulate
The old Sepoys (12 of them
being the implicators in the
murder of their Subadar
& the other Sepoy who had
shot & killed five others
in one morning are still
in prison at the Turkish
jail pending the arrival
of the English judges from
Consotntinople to be
tryed here) the rest of them
are still on duty, but carry
no arms, all will have to
be sent down to Bombay
	I ate too much today at breakfast
& in the afternoon & I got the
wind awfully full in my
stomach & intestines & suffered
much at dinner I took soup
& a piece of cutlet & made
it worse, the wind so puffed
me up that I could not breath
but it passed out later on
& I slept well~
	Subsection: 25 Frid Th 6. 50
	Smooth S. Westerly wind
blowing & cold fine weather
	The SS. Khalifah passed

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down at 5 1/2 AM ~
	I took milk & coffee & two eggs
& feel well ~
	Alexander did not go to town
today ~ He went to call on Seyd 
Dowd in the Nakib's garden
	At 8 the wind shifted to N.W.
blowing fresh & cold ~
	Rafooli Lanton brought me
some tomato plants and
planted them in our garden.
	Alexander remained & breakfasted
with Seyd Dowd where M.
Malcon (former Russian Dragoman
& Antoine Girdieth also were 
I took at breakfast some rice
soup & cutlet & potatoes stewed
some Arrowroot, with this
pepsin & then Bismutho magnesien
little wind & now stomach
	Shekoory Sayegh & Yousif Eassay's
called on us in evening,
	The river keeps rising,
they say that it rose 6 metres
at Mosul & up Country;
I took some soup & a cutlet &
Potatoes at dinner, but the
wind still keeps puffing
my belly & intestines & troubles

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	Subsection: 26 Satur th6. 52
me at night ~
	Light N.W. & fine
mild weather ~
Alexander went to town at 8 AM. ~
	The river is rising slowly
it is about 10 feet below the
bank ~
	Rezooki Andria came out
to look afer some building
& fitting in the house of his
sister Medoola ~
	Alexander came back at 10 1/2
he says that there are no cases
of Cholera in town, his mother
is coming out tomorrow in
the afternoon.
	I took no Pepsin today at my
Milk & coffee nor at breakfast
& I felt better & no puffing &
so much wind in stomach
to speak of; although my
breakfast was usual
	At 3 1/2 P.M Alexander &
Marie & took Rezooki Andria
with us & we went out for a
walk roaming by the road of
Gherrara through Mahomed
Said Shekhly’s gardens &
to the river & back to our
house by 4 3/4 I have not

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yet had such a walk Since
I got ill ~ we took tea
at 5, & Rezooki went in
to Baghdad. ~
	Breeze shifted to S. East
& began to get cloudy ~
The river keeps rising 
by 5, it had just got in a
level with the Canal behind
my house of Bahram Begs
garden & just getting in
the opening ~
	Subsection: 27 Sund th.6. 52
	Strong S. Ely wind is
blowing & cloudy, since last 
night, thretening squally
weather ~
	River keeps rising and
the water has entered the
Canal alongside my house
The building of Yacoob
Eassayi near my house
just above it is giving way
the ground he had filled with
hearth is opening & the
rooms which he had built
on the ground are cracking
& trembling ~
	I could not go to Church

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at Asfars as I have an
other boil on my right face
the one behind my neck is better & drying up; Alexander
also did not go, not feeling 
well having cought cold
Cloud clearing off but
wind strong from S. East ; 
It rained very little at day break
	River keeps rising & the Canal
is full & running in ~
	At 2 P.M. my wife Eliza
came down in a Goffa with
her servant Zekki ;
It rained at 2 P.M. a little in
large drops & is cloudy with
smooth S. Ely wind ;
	I ate some 3 or 4 figs & 2 dates
this afternoon & caused me great
pain & much wind so puffed
up was I that I could not breath
as move about, then I took
½ cup of tea but feel worse
much wind & still it
did me no good ~
	A strong signal came on
at 5 ½ the wind shifted round
to west & nwest with clouds
& thick mist all around
above & became so dark
& wind blowing very strong,

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The river is Still rising
It is now about 5 feet below
the top of the bank ~
	I felt so awfully unwell, my
belly is swelled up from the
wind & pain so I could not
touch any food or soup &
had to lay down in bed &
unabll to sleep, At 12, ½
After midnight I vomited
all my breakfast & the
figs I had eaten & felt then
better I slept very little
	The strong wind kept all
the night cold & blowing
strong ; 
	Subsection: 28 Mond
	Light N.W. & fine
cold weather, at 4 AM.
I had to go to the stool and
bowels worked loose, but I feel weak
	I took my milk & coffee
& two eggs; Sent my servant
boy Hanna to Baghdad
& at 7 ½ AM I rode in as
I have business to go with
Menusha to Major Newmarch
the Consul, to take 100 Liras

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for mortgage she has got
of a house for one offar
I got home at 8, got Hanna
to make me breakfast ~
Menusha called on me to 
ask when we are to go to Major
Newmarch to get the 100 Liras
I went out to the bazaar & then
called on M. Rozenfeld he
said that he is going also &
we can go now ; I met
Eliahoo Dennoos he advised
me to report Agha Ibrahim
the nomad who Owes me the
money to Major Newmarch
& to write to the former that
if he does not guarantee his
brother’s debt of 900 Ł that I
shall report him to Major
Newmarch ~ I then went to
take Menusha & we went to
the British Consulate, where
Rosenfeld also was, we received
the 100 Ł & signed two receipts
I spoke to Major Newmarch
regarding my claim and
the mortgage of the garden
by Agha Ibrahim & the late
brother of Agha Ibrahim,
He told me that he cannot
interfere in the matter, since

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it is a mortgage of property 
and has to be settled with the
Turkish Authority (but he
is mistaken I have no complaint
against the property, I only
wants him to speak to Agla
Ibrahim to persuade him
to guarantee my claim, the
same as his brother did
since he is now the adminis-
trator) and besides I must
wait until he sells the property,
so we left and I came home.
	At 1 P.M. I went to see Dr.
Nizam ad Din and told him about
my state of my stomach and
the wind always after I 
east anything and of what I 
had yesterday, he advised 
me not to eat things which
injure my stomach and presented
me 10 wafers of quassine 
to take one whenever 
I feel so much wind
puffing in stomach,
I called to see sister Medoola
but she was not at home
	I have again the wind and
cholic in stomach like
yesterday.

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	At 4 P.M. I went to father
Philippus and confessed, I have
not done it since the year
before last; I came home and 
laid up, I could take no Soup
or anything else, I felt very
bad wind and pain and cold
shiver, I took the quassine
medicine and turned in, it seemed
to have done me good, all
the wind abated, and I slept well.
	At 11 P.M. the SS. Mejidich
arrive.
	Subsection: 29 Tuesd
	Modte S. Ely breeze and cloudy
all over, I feel very well
took my hot milk and coffee
and 2 boiled eggs. I received letters
by Jerril son of Yacook Lessy,
from R. Sayegh and R. Augoodly
at 8 AM I called on Abdul
Jebbar Affendi; he advised me
to go and see Agha Shrahmi
myself at Kaohimmari and
speak to him; also I went to 
sister Medoola.
	Alexander came in to town
he has had the fever yesterday,
he went to Nezam ed Din, who
have him an opening Medicine
	I called on Mennsha
and came home at noon;

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we both took rice soup for
breakfast and I took a little
boiled mutton.
	I wrote to Agha Surahin 
asking him what has he
done about the sale of his
brother’s property, as my
money the 900 L will be due
on the 4 of May, as he had
paid me interest for 3 onths
and I should like to see him, 
if he lets me know what time
	At 1 1/2 P.M. I called on Sister
Emilia she is still very much
upset and the grief is impairing 
her health, she cannot
forget the blow of her daughter
poor Alicia death, there
came Mennsha, his daughter
Louisa, Harriett, also Johny
and Arti Lerrooza etc.
	At 4 P.M. I went to father 
Philippus and confessed
so as to take the Holy Commu
tomorrow, I then went
to the Latin Church, arranged with
the fathers to come before 
the mass at 5 AM;
	The river is falling about
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	S. Ely wind and cloudy gloomy
weather, I took dinner
soup and carrot with potatoes
and some arrowroot and jam;
	Alexander went out at 
3 P.M.
	Subsection: 30 Wed
	Fresh S. Ely wind and 
cloudy all over. At 5 AM
I went to the Latin Church
and took the Holy Communion
before mass and then I heard
the mass and came home at
6, took my milk and coffee etc,
	At 9 I went to the bazaar and
to the Office of Alexander,
got the blacksmith to make
me a [illegible] to fit, to the river
for 5 ½ Lira besides the extra
piping and work, I went to
Shekoory Andria’s office
and bought from them 4 Bundles
of Rool from for railing for
the terrace @ 34 Rasti per
[illegible] of 6 [illegible], it
came to 26 [illegible], equal to
R. Praster, 884, Y. Lira @ 103 ½
S.S.P at 4 months credit
	I took breakfast of some
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and a piece of cutlets and potato and
some arrowroot and jam; and a glass 
of Port win. I felt alright no
puffing as wind in stomach.
	At 1 P.M. I called on Sister Medoola
and came home.
	At 4 P.M. my wife and servant Yekk
came into town riding, Alexander
and his wife are coming tomorrow
for the Easter Holy Day.
	At 5 Rezooki Andria and I 
went to see sister Emilia and cmae
back at 6;
	Cloudy weather and S. Ely Wind
I dined well, had soup cutlet
and potato
	The SS. Phrat arrived yesterday
noon.
	Subsection: 31 Thursd
	S. Ely wind and very cloudy
At 3 ½ AM it thundered with
lightning and rained well
till about 5, the streets got
very muddy and dirty, Blowing
strong S. Ely and thick clouds
	I sent a carriage early for
Alexander and his wife to come
in;. At 4 ½ Eliza and I went
to the Latin Church, the Bishop
Drure officiating and all the
Priests, as today is Corpus

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	Section: [April, 1904]

Domini, many people took the 
Holy Communion; I came
home at 9.
	Alexander and his wife came
in from my new house at 9
AM;. I called on Medoola
my wifes daughter and Cacook
Lessy, their son Jemil is getting
on well on board the Mejidiah
he is in Metty;s place and
gets 80 Resh a month, and 
Metty in my place since
I left the service two years
ago; At 4 P.M. I went to the
Churches to visit the Corpus
Domini.
	I took some boiled fish and Soup 
and a cutlet for breakfast.
	Raining drizzly;
	At night it begun to rain and
lasted nearly the whole night
with thunders; with intermission.
	Subsection: April 1 Frid
	S. Westerly breeze and cloudy
all over gloomy, the streets are
very muddy and swampy.
	Agha Abrahim the nomad
wrote the me approving Saturday
(tomorrow) if I wish to see 
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	I called on Abduljebbar
Effendi this morning to confer
of what I may say or do, he
proposes to buy the Harem of
the English Consulate for 1800
Liras, if I can settle it with
Agha Arahim
	Breeze shifted to N.W. at 11
AM and clouds blowing up,
I sent Hamma the servant boy
to my new house to give ford
to the towels and the cat and dog
	The Mejidieh as well as 
the Phrat left this morning
	Light N.W. and fine weather
The river felt about 6 feet
	At 8 am Alexander and I
called on Sister Emilia, she
is as mad as ever, and even worse
At 10 ½ I left and called on Sister Medoola
	Subsection: 2 Satur
	At 2 P.M. Alexander and I 
taking the Coolie form went to
Kardurrarri in the Tramway,
started at 2 ½ P.M. and alighted
at the Kasr of Agha Mahoned
where Agha Hisahin his
brother was, he was very polite
and obliging; Alexander left
me there and walked to Kardurrarri
	
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to see some of his friends,
I spoke with Agha Ibrahim
about my money and the sale of
the property, etc, and showed him
a paper which I drew up for
him to sign; it is only a 
promissory agreement, that
if he does not pay my 900 Lira
after the expiration on the 4
of May, that he will have to
pay me the interest as to [illegible]
as it is remains due, he is
quite agreeable and asked me
to let him consul and the
inheritors, (the mother and wives
of the late Agha Mahomed);
I encouraged him to speak to
Seyd Hassan Bassam the
agent of sey and Ali Yewayed
for restitution of my money
the 350 Liras and I am in great
want of it, he also promised 
to do it; he offered coffee and Tea
and at 4 P.M. I left and walked
to Kardurrarri to meet Alexander
he sent his servant with me
instructing him to pay also 
for our Tram tickets @ 4 R.O.
each; I met Alexander in
the Tram cart on the point 
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to jump from the cars into
his and at 4 ½ we started for
Baghdad, reaching home
at 5 ¼, S. Ely breeze but
fine weather.
	I spoilt again my stomach
by eating too much and of
everything and the whole night
I had the indigestion and
wind and nausea; inspite of
the dose of the medicine
took to stop it.
	Subsection: 3 Sund
	Sunday Easter.
At 2 AM it began to rain,
drizzly, for about one hour
it cleared up in the morning
my bowels worked very
loose, twice and I do not feel
well, yet.
	At 8 AM I went to Church
called on Mensha and came 
home.
	the river has risin
about 4 feet and current very
strong and is still rising fast
	I prepared my Kit to 
go down to my new house
took breakfast, a little,

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rice soup, and a piece of roast
fowel etc;
	At 9 ¼ AM I went down 
in a Goffo with my boy/[illegible]
	The SS. Khalifah passed
up at 9 ½ just as I shoved 
off, she is going very slow
the current very choppy and
the river rose another 2 feet
nearly attaining its 
normal high rise, I reached
my house in ½ hour; I 
found the river had risen so
much and damaged my [illegible]
of thorn nearly sunk down
also the camal of Bahrain
Begs Garden, is over flowed
and the sand bank along
the wall of my house getting 
eaten away and melting and
the water is running on
the wall, but as it is built
very strongly I need not
be afraid of doing any
damage, the river keeps
rising and current very 
strong. 

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I found the house alright,
except our white cat
Blanchette has run away;
	I took dinner, rice soup
a cutlet, but I have again 
the wind & noise, & kept all
the night;~
	River rose right up and 
over flowed some of the gardens
the rode between my wall
on the canal & the ground of 
the wakul leased by mahomd 
el jassim is swampy
no passage is left ~
[crossed out]
	Subsection: 4 mond the 6.54
	Light n.w. & little cloudy,
the river is still rising,
my sudd is sunk as well as 
that of sister medoola 
the canal is flooded
& The water washing my 
wall, the building of Naesoh
Eeassaye is fallenig &
the messanayeh is under
water; the house of Eliza
Erame my cousin is 
floodded;
	I went to buy some orange 

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[Fold]
garden, at 80 P. the man
but they had not gathered
I came back & sent to 
Asfar’s garden & bought 
one man for 80 P., I
also sent for moerson 
of moshi Bahar & spoke 
to him about the mortgage
of his garden for 650 Liras
to mennsha c9% as
Johny had settled it 
He promised to give me
also orange Blossemed; 
I feel very unwell my stomach 
again is out of order with a
lot of wind & derangement
I took the soup & piece of
cultet +a few sprouts
Leben but without appetite
& I became much worse
so that I could not breath,
at noon I went to moshi
Bahar’s garden to see moer	
Polus Serki & his brother’s
family are encamped there
near the door; I went with
moer inside he showed

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me all the garden, it is in 
most part swampy; it is 
a fine garden, but out 
of the 14 portion, 5 belongs
to [Tlin el gheyara], & 12
to his mole & his father
moshi; I left the watchman 
jassim to get me the man 
of arrange Blossom;
He brought it to me but I 
have not settled the price yet,
	I got worse today with the 
bad indigestion & wind am
inclined to vomit,~
		yousif Bassayi called 
on me~
	The river flooded the 
garden of Bahram Beg,
is all flooded + the water 
is oozing through the wall
of my house separating 
mine from the garden; also 
it is pouring into my well
down below; the garden of 
my sister medoola is also 
flooded through the piping 
she has to obtain water 
from Bahrain Begi garden 

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[First Line illegible] 
my garden through the thin
wall between us~ 
The walls at the rooms which
Yacrol Bassay built &
left unfinished, has [illegible]
down one past of it, & 
the ground cracking, also, 
the mouth of the canal mist
strongly as a messanaya 
also tumleded this afternoon, 
the river slackened a
little & fell about ½ foot &
so checked the damage
which was causing~
	at 3 P.m I sent the two
mans of orange Blossoms 
with our watchman on a
donkey to my wife, He 
returned at 5~ 
	Weather got cloudy all over & 
light n. w. breeze~ 
	Some of the meed walls between,
Bahrain Beg & [Rkhete’s] garden
are tumbling down; as the 
river is falling a bit~
	I have still the indigestion &
Wind in the stomach & intestines, 
I am not going to eat any 
dinner at all until I feel 
well tomorrow~

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	Fotoolu maghak has lurid 
the newly built house of 
kerof Effendi on the river
& came out yesterday, at 5 ½ 
Liras a month for 2 months, 
the giuliettes in Rafodi 
Lautons house at 4 Liras
a month; polus Lerkis in 
Mosh Bahar’s garden at 
6 myidis a month, &
Antone marine encamped
in Rkhetes garden.
	Subsection: 5 Tusd the 6.58
	Light S. Ely breeze and 
Cloudy all over overcast weath,
	I slept well lastnight &
had no pain, as I ate very 
little (a piece of cutlet & one 
Potato.)
	The river fell about 
1 foot, the water in the gardens
is soaked in the soil, my 
stair Arch is cracked on
account of the flooding
in Sister medoola’s garden
court~
	SS Eamid slightly 

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For a short [illegible] at 8 am;
	I took only some cultets
& boiled pumpkins & two
spoons of Pilam at breakfast
& a little arrowroot & jam,
I am not so much puffed
up as yesterday, I am
not taking the Bismuth 
Magnesieum of Pepsice;

	At 3 1/2 P.M. Alexander
Came down in a gaffa;
Rezooki Andria also
came this morning, we
took tea here & at 5 P.m
they left to go to town, Rezooki
on a donkey & alexander
on his Bicycle;~
	weather clearing up 
& getting fine~
	We spoke to mahomed
al jasmin to let Louisa &
by meshand yousif yaghchi 
enough on his gnamd 
facing my house; &	
settled it for 1 T. Lina
all the time~
	I took dinner some fried cutlets
& boiled pumpkins, but I felt so 
heavy & puffed up with wind 
I could not sleep, the nausea

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and wind coming up used to 
awake one, & a had indigestion
I got that I feel always inclined
to vomit;~
	Subsection: 6 Wedn the 6.55
	Modte N. W wind & very
fine cold weather;
	I do not feel well at all. I 
am still as bad as last night,
a bad indigestion, I took the
milk & coffee per forse, and
have no appetite, Bowels
worked very loose~
	The River is falling very
little about 4 inches, the 
canal is still full up to the 
brim + on the whole length 
of my wall, but the [foundation]
is good & deep, about 6 feet
below the soil + about 5 feet 
broad~ it is further falling 
about 1 foot in all by noon,
Ali Beg has blocked up the
hole from the river preventing 
its running out into the
river + so it is kept all
full & along my wall
	A sudhownig been caused
Off above Baghdad & the
Water spred around the 

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Ft Eastern part of the town
& comes down as far as apposite
my house out to the left of 
Ghersara road but it is not
so much as to cause any 
alarm, as the river is falling
Now, it will stop where 
it is~
	Today they have celebrated
the 40th day of Tooga Asfar’s
death (though it is only on my 
3rd of last month she dead) so
all Asfar’s people, Antone marine,
& other relatives went to town
yesterday~
	Eliza Erane (my cousin 
called to see me at 3 P. m.
	I have taknig very little for
breakfast, and mouthful
of a cutlet & one potato &
very little arrowroot & 
kept my stomach empty,
which is still not right,
the least thing I take causes
winds & noise~
	At 4 P.m. my wife & marie
with cecil & the two servant
women Yekki & Habooba
came down in a gaffa, &
Alexander remained at
home with the cook gejo as

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He has business tomorrow beign 
Bostday~
	I look a cup of milk & coffee
+ a rusk at 4 ½ P.m. instead
of taking dinner as I see
that I have still the indigestion
& wind~
	Antone ginlietti called on 
us;
	I took nothing at dinner except
two mouthfuls of meat & potato,
as I feel so full of wind &
very uneasy~
	At 1 am I felt so bad &
the heartburn + wind making 
so sick that I vomited
all what I had eaten in
the day time & I felt easier,
at 4 my bowels worked
loose & with lots of wind
	Subsection: 7 Thursd the 6.58
	Light n.w. & fine weather
the river is falling but very
slow about 6 inches since
yesterday~ the canal is still
full & kept close;
	The water in the desert from 
above Baghdad is spreading 
down + has passed toward 
Gherraha, but has not 
reached the road, it is 

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[illegible] [tent] some of the 
Cultiva [tron] is swamped,
	They have [append] the mouth
of the canal today & the water
is runnnig into it from the
river, as they want to irrigate 
the cucumbers & other cultivation
	I sent the watchman this
morning to Alexander to bring
us provision & medicine for
me,  the nux vomiea Bella
Domea & Sovgrada [mixture]
to try again 
	The river fell about 4 [bricks]
today, but the water is still
runnnig  into the canal which
is open now~
	At 5 ½  P.m Alexander
Came down in a gaffa; We
have discharged our Cook
Jejo today & left behind,
brother Hama here, &
Habooba for Cecil ~
	Light S. Ely breeze & fine
mild weather
	In the evening [Jeboory] Yomton
his wife & sister Regina called 
on us~ 
	The SS. Khalifah passed
down this morning at 5 ½  am
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	Subsection: April 8 Frid
    I took very little food today
at breakfast & dinner, only
a piece of meat & Potato &
arrowroot, I felt better,
but I see that I have caught
Cold, my head & bones are
aching from the dampness
I slept well & had a little wind,
but no inconvenience ~
    At 9 1/2 P.m. the SS. Mossul 
passed up~
    Light S. Ely & fine weather
But at 1 Pm it became cloudy
with thunder & lightening &
passed away without
raining here~
    The river has fallen about
an other foot, & the canal
is drainnig out it is now
below my wall, & formed
a mud bank as before,
    Alexander went to Town
on his Bicycle at 4 1/2 am;
    Rezooki Andria came out to see
the masons finishing the hot
Bath; A Crack all along the
wall separating his house
from that of Ali Beg appeared
the day before of about 1 Inch

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but it is now [illegible]
to be the building of Ali 
Beg that have way & his
construction being some
what frail & hasty and
the late innundattion
caused the building to
part from that of Sister
Medoola from the top of
the house right down to the
ground ~
    A shift of wind to S. West
begin to blow furiously at
10 am with dust~ Wind
then shifted to N.W. & fell
down & dust cleared off;
    Ellen daughter of Antone
Marine called on us~
    Alexander came out at 5
P.m. from town~
    I took for dinner soup, Cutlet
& some stew with potatoes &
I felt well, with little wind
turned in at 10~
Subsection: 9 Satur the 6.52
Light N.W. & fine pleasant
& cool weather~
    I rode into town at 4 1/2 am,
sent the boy Hamma before me,
to cook for me~
    River falling very slow
    
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    I arrived home at 8 am found
the house alright, with the Indian
watchman Abdulrahim ~  
  I sent provisions out with our
watchman Jassim whom I 
had sent in with Kit;
    The river fell 2 Bricks today also;
making in all 12 Bricks from
its highest rise~
    at 11 I went out to the bazaar been
to Fetoohi maghak's Shop & bought
two straw hats for 4 Beshlies &
came back at 11 1/2;
    I took breakfast some rice Soup
& Cutlets with potato, & some
strawberry jam~
    at 3 P.m. I took a warm Bath
for the first time since I got
unwell about four months 
since I had taken;
    At 4 1/2 I called on Sister Medoola
but she was at Sister Emilia,
I then went to Mennsha & came
home at 6~
    Cholera they say is increasing
at Basreh for the last three or 
four days, & the Mortality is
gone up to 20 & 30 per day,
But there is none here since
a fortnight ago~
    I took dinner some Soup,
cutlets, & potato, & stewed

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potato & meat; but the wind 
was puffing me up all the night,
not so bad as before,~
Subsection: 10 Sund the 6.50
Light Ely breeze and
Very fine weather;~
    At 2 am. my bowels worked very
loose with much wind, & I feel 
better~
    At 8 am I went to Church,
I saw Mr. Guistein there, [illegible]
about the Cholera at Basreh,
he denied of the exageration
here reported that 20 & 30 cases
taking place daily, it was 
only 1 case fatal & 2 attacks
yesterday~
    I called on Sister Medoola,
She is going out to her house
on Thursday Next;~
    I took for breakfast pumkin Stew
with mutton & Pilaw, & some Jam
& Cream~
    At 2 P.M. I went to see my
Sister Emilia, she is still in
great sorrow & grief she gets into
fits sometimes & bursts out
& crys, wanting her daughter 
Alice, it is a great blow indeed
for her to support such a 
loss;~ at 4 I left and

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called on Monsiegner Jean
Drure but he was out, and
I left my Card, He has been
appointed Apostolic Delegate
now~ I came home
    My stomach is still puffed up &
much wind passing & troubling 
me, I took too much dinner, 
as Soup, Cutlet & potato, & Stewed
mutton with pumkin & some
arrowroot, I suffered all the
night from indigestion and
wind, alway inclined to throw
up, it used to come up to my
throat very sour, & a heart
burn, with much rumbling
noise & wind passing up & 
down~
Subsection: April 11 Mond
    Light S. Ely breeze &
fine weather~
    I took my milk & coffee & two eggs
but not with appetite, my
bowels worked loose ~
    The SS. Mossul left at 4 1/2 AM.
Alexander came in on his Bicycle
at 8 1/2 am.~I went to 
call on my Sister Eliza & came
home at 9 1/2~
    Clouds coming on~
    
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The river is still falling
it fell about 2 feet since
yesterday~
    At 10 1/2 am. the SS. Mejidieh
arrived: I received letters from
Ruphail & Rezooki, the latter has
sent me a few Plants of Plantain
& two young date trees which
I had asked him to plant in
any new house outside~
    at 12 Alexander & I went over
to Sister Medoola and
breakfasted there by invitation
& at 1 P.M. I came home; I
ate a cutlet & potatoes & a piece
of roast fowel a little pilaw
& some cornflour with milk,
it did not do me harm, but
a little wind in the bowels~
    Weather rather warm, S. Ely
breeze & some clouds~
    At 4 1/2 P.M. Alexander went 
out on his Bicycle~
    At 6 I called on Medoola &
her husband Yacoob Tessy,
had been out yesterday to
my new house & returned 
in the evening;
    Westerly breeze & very fine
weather~

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    I do not feel well, still the wind
and trouble in stomach, and
I only took a little Cutlet and
potatoes for dinner & some arrow-
root, but I suffered at night from
indigestion & wind & acidity &
heartburn the whole night,
	Subsection: April 12 Tuesd 
Light N.W. & fine clear
and Cool Weather; my bowels
worked early very loose with much
wind & noise; although I had
taken last night a dose of
the quassine which Dr. Nezam
ed Din had prescribed for the
wind & full stomach, it did
no good; I feel so weak and
unwell;~
    At 4 1/4 am. I went to the
Latin Church for the Celebration
of a mass & Requiem for the
40th day of poor Alice's death,
Alexander & Marie also came 
to town on donkey, & came 
to Church at 8 1/2, we then 
all left & went to Sister
Emilia, she was very grieved
& weeped much, all the 
relatives were there ,

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At 11 I came home to prepare
to go down in the goffa to my
new house~
    The river is rising, it rose
about 5 bricks this morning,
    Alexander marie & I breakfasted
at home, I took only some
cutlets & potatoes; but I think
it is the bread that I eat much
of it is causing this puffing
up of my stomach & I much
abstain~
    Metty Yacoob called on
me, also jem son of Yacoob
Tessy, I gave them my letters 
for Rezooki & Rufail Sayegh,
    At 2 1/2 P.m. Alexander
marie & I taking the boy Hamma
with us & came down in
the goffa to my new house
in 25 minutes, found my
wife alright here with the
servants Zekki, & Habooba
& little Cecil~
    I planted the two young
Berhi date trees & the
plantains which R. Sayegh
sent me in the Mejideih,
    Yacoob Eassayi & his
wife called on us~

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I took dinner only some roast
meat & potatoes, & did not touch
any bread; I felt much better
& I slept well without much
trouble~
Subsection: April 13 Wedn 
Light N.W. & fine weather,
I shifted my bed & Kit into the
big sleeping room on the 
canal last night, I slept 
quiete & had no wind or noise
to speak of, it must be from
not eating bread; But I took
some this morning with my
milk & eggs~
    Antone my Nephew came out
to me on his Bicycle, bringing
a letter from Major New March
addressed to his mother & me
regarding the mortgage of
the garden of moer Moshi
Bahar here at Cherdel Pasha
for 650 Liras, in which he
says that having sent the
Title Deeds of the Tapo to the
Waly he now returns them,
as he does not approve of 
its solidity or giving any 
satisfactory information,
Therefore Major New March

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returns them, & if we can
find other property to be
mortgaged~
    Alexander & I called at 8 am
Antone Marine, the Ginliettis
& Eliza & Adoola my Cousins
& came back at 11~
    The Blacksmith Raoofy came
with a new & larger Pump
& fitted in the well, & it worked
very well, it is of 1 3/4 Moh
piping in diameter, and
I am going to fit it on to
the river, about 40 feet in 
distance~
    At 3 1/2 P.m. I took some Cold
Milk, a [illegible] & little arrowroot,
but I got the wind awfully &
the hearth burn & indigestion
    At 4 Alexander & I went
to call on Seyd Dowd the
son of the late Nakib Seyd
Selman in his Kiosk ,
I drunk Lemonade there
& got worse, at 6 we
came back;
    The S.S. Ressafah passed
up at noon, she has been

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about 12 days on the way 
up~
    I am suffering still, & I
took some dinner too as
Banna & meat etc, I am so
full of wind & pain; after
I turned in at 9 but could not
stand to lie down & felt so
inclined to vomit, at last, at
10 I threw up everything I had
taken in the afternoon & at
dinner & I felt well & slept
sound till 3 1/2 in the morning,
	Subsection: April 14 Thurs
    Modte N.W. wind & fine
cool weather~
    I took my milk & coffee, & 2
eggs, I feel well~
    Alexander rode into town
at 4 1/2~ also my wife went 
to town at 8 taking our watch
man Jassim with her she
has business in the small
house to prepare for Rufail
& the four children of Tookyeh
coming up perhaps by
next trip by Mejidieh ;
    I took at breakfast only one
leg of roast fowls & a potato

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I did not get the wind so much
only at 4 & 5 P.M. it came
on a little not having eaten
anything else;
    At 4 P.m. I called on Yousef
Eassayi~
    At 6 Alexander came out
riding, my wife remained in
the house, but she is going
to sleep at his daughter Medoola
as thin is no servant, zekki
is here & the Cook jijo we
discharged about 8 days
ago;~I wrote letters to Rufail
& Rezooki Sayegh by Mejidieh
leaving tomorrow ;
    Light N.W. & fine mild
or rather warm weather,
The water in the desert is
drying up;
    The wife of Kerop Effendi
Settujan the Lawyer, living in
his house above mine, has
been [illegible] today of a
son~ Called Figran
    I took dinner some roast
fowel & potato, & a little
Berlein stew, I feel alright
with not much wind or 
pain~

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    Subsection: April 15 Frid 
    Light Southerly breeze and
cloudy over east weather~
    The S.S. Mejidieh & the SS.
Ressafah passed down at
5 1/2 am.~
    I slept well & had no wind
or trouble at night; I took
my milk & coffee & 2 eggs & some
jam this morning ;
I sent Hanna our boy to town
to get us some provision etc,
we returned at noon~
    my wife came out riding at
8 1/2 P.M.;~
    It rained a few drops at noon
& remains very dull & cloudy
    I ate some cutlets, & stewed [illegible]
& meat with little rice, and
took Leben & 5 dates, & I felt
alright, but I am taking
the Bismutho magnesium 
since yesterday after each
breakfast~
    At 3 P.M.it rained drizzly
for 1/2 hour;
    madn. Ginlietti her daughter Sophie,
her son Antoine & his wife,
Rafooli Tanton, & Arnaldo
son of Dr. Macri called on
us in the evening~

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It rained drizzly at 4 1/2 with
Lightening & very dark cloudy
weather & wet, S. Ely
breeze; At 8 1/4 it begun 
Again to rain steadily and
continual it became very
dark gloomy weather ,
    I took dinner some roast
meat & potato, & stew, & about
5 dates, but I felt very much
wind in stomach & puffed
up; I ate a piece of bread
too with my soup; it is 
too much but I feel very
hungry~I suffered at night,
from wind & heartburn ;
Subsection: 16 Satur
Light n.w. & very cloudy
but toward sunrise it begun
to open & became very fine
& clear weather~
    my bowels worked very loose at
11 am & still I have much
wind & pain in stomach~
    Alexander rode in to town
at 7 1/2 am.~
    I do not feel well at all, during
all of the day I had pain & much
wind & am suffering from
heart burn & acidity; I took
Rhubarb with bitter; also
Pepsine, & the Bismutho Magnesium 

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after breakfast, all did me no
good~
    At 2 1/2 P.m. the SS. Khalifah
passed up to Baghdad ,
    At 6 1/2 P.M. the SS. Phrat
also passed up; (taking this Side)
    I am suffering awfully from
my stomach, the wind is
causing great pain & my belly
is puffed up I never felt so
before, I did not touch anything
since breakfast time ;
    Yousif Eassayi & Shekoory 
Sayegh called on us at 6 1/2;
    Alexander is sleeping 
in town tonight, as he is going
to the Latin Ciroh where
there is a play taking place
a representation called the
Aiglon, many people are 
invited, it will last till
about midnight~
    My wife just received a
telegram from Rufail her
son in answer to hers sent
yesterday; he says that
he could not come up by
Khalifah, but will do

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so by Mejidieh~
    I took very little dinner am
not inclined to eat & feel so
puffed up; I suffered the whole
night from wind & indigestion
& pain on the left side below
my heart~
Subsection: 17 Sund
    Modte S. Ely breeze and
clouds all about scattered,
  I do not feel well, pain & wind
still in the stomach & intestines
I have no appetite to take the
milk & eggs~my bowels are
working loose~
    At 8 am. my wife & I
went to hear mass at Asfars,
but Pere Louis did not come out
till 8 3/4, there were about 35
persons at Church, but some of
them did not come or were 
in town, otherwise there would
have been many, at 10 we came 
home;~ I called on Kerop Effendi
Settiyan & came home~
    Alexander came down in a
goffa at 10 am;
    I am suffering awfully from
pain & wind in stomach and
feel so sick, something must
have upset me yesterday perhaps
the few dates I ate at breakfast,
    At 3 P.m. Alexander &
I called on the Asfars, I

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saw Jeboory, his wife & the
two children Josephina and
Albert; Yousef Georgi and
his sister Harriette, and
many other visitors came;
We left & went to call on
Fetoohi Maghak & his wife,
they are living in the little
house of Kerop Settiyan, my
wife also was there, we left 
at 5, as I could not stand
longer, feeling very unwell,
with nausea & heartburn,
I lied in bed, At 6 I had
to vomit my breakfast
with my irritation, heartburn,
& pain, and it did not settle
it down, so sick was I 
that I could not take
any thing at dinner time,
    It is blowing very 
Strong westerly wind, [illegible]
half a gale with clouds
    I took a little arrowroot
& turned in, but the whole night
I had the heartburn, the
stomach got very weak ,
even the milk & Soda, I
could not feel inclined to

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Subsection: 18 Mond th 6.50
take~
Light n.w. breeze and
very fine & cold weather
I feel so weak & have Still
the heartburn~ I took the
cup of milk & 2 eggs but
without appetite. I forced
myself to take it, as I feel so
weak; I cannot even Smoke
as I used to do before~
At 4 ¾ am alexander
went to town on his Bicycle,
I told to see Dr. Nezamed Din,
what he says about me,
Antone Marine called on us,
also Monseigneur J. Drure,
he came out riding & visited
all the christians out here;
Alexander sent me out with
Zekki, a bottle of the butter Loma
of Nux Vomica, Bella Donna &
Cascara Sagrada & I took a
dose of it~ I feel little better
today; I took for breakfast
Soup made of tripe boiled
with two spoons of hatched potatoes
with milk, but I have no appetite
to eat any thing still it layd
heavy in my Stomach~
Sister Medoola & her
husband Rezooki came

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on 1 at 10 Am on donkeys to stay
in the house, she has not come 
yet this season since poor
Alice died, I went to see
her, she is putting the house
& rooms to right ~
	I felt so bad that I was abliged
to go to bed, with nausea and
heartburn, inclined to vomit,
at 6 P.m. I threw up all I had
taken as soup & bread at 
breakfast time, & I felt so thirsty
that I took water with pleasure 
which I did not like before, 
I sent the watchman to town
to bring me sweet lemon &
I sucked; Alexander came
at 6, he had seen nizam ed
Din, he told him that this 
indisposition is only temporary 
it is not the former complaint
I cannot make out the 
course, either it is from eating
the few dates yesterday or
from cold or from eating 
mash food, as meat &
sweet things~ But I was
not relieved after vomiting 
still I felt sick & the 

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heartburn & acidity coming 
up to my throat, I ate nothing 
in the evening ~ at 11 P. m. 
I again vomited a good 
deal of liquid stuff, sour 
& bitter, & then I felt better 
& was quiete, & I slept well,
	Subsection: 19 Tuesd the 6.52
	Fresh N. W. Wind & cold,
with clouds; I feel better &
no indigestian or heartburn, 
we sent Hanna the boy to 
town to buy us provision, 	
	The SS. Phrat passed
down at 4 ½ Am ~
	I took only a Cup of milk
& an egg, & feel better, my 
bowels worked [illegible];
For breakfast I took very little potato
hashed with milk, & some arrowroot
& I begun to feel the wind coming 
on but slightly, so remaind 
feeling very hungry & [illegible]
to eat, I feel quite different
than what I used to feel before, 
my mouth has no taste, &
the stomach cannot stand
as support anything that
goes into it, it causes wind
in the intestine; I took
often a little milk & soda

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during the day & I am, so 
weak from the vomiting 
& hunger~
	Ellen, Antone married [doughts]
& Antonie Giuliette called on 
us~ 
	Fresh n.w. wind blowing
during the day & little cloudy
	In the evening I felt very weak
so I took a little cognac & soda,
water’s I took a little potato mixed
with milk & a little meat & arrowroot
& left my stomach light, I felt
better & had no nausea or heartburn
at night~
	Subsection: 20 Wed th 6.59
	Mootte n.w. wind & fine
I am so very weak, & have no appetite, 
my stomach is still out of order,
my taste is altered, & some 
wind & pain in intestines, I took
the milk & 2 raw eggs, but felt
it heavy & caused wind & pain,
	Alexander went to town at
8 am. I told him to go & see Dr.
Nizam ed Din & report what I
am suffering~
	I took for breakfast some
boiled fish & hashed potatoes
with milk, but I again got, 
puffed up & the wind in

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the intestines & stomach begun
to trouble me all the rest
of the day ~
	Alexander sent at 3 P.m. a 
telegram to my wife, sent 
by Raphail her son from 
Basreh, saying that he 
left by Mejidieh on Tuesday 
(yesterday) with the children
of his deceased sister Tookyeh
	Alexander sent me a large 
bottle of the Tonic medicine 
of the nux vomica, Belladonna
& Cascora Sagrada from Ezra
Daniels despensary he got it for
nothing, as I have taken more
than a dozen times, the few
doses of 5 as to coffee cups and
each time I had to pay 16 R. Bran
Nezam ed Din told him there
is nothing better than this for
my stomach to take ~
	At about 4 P. m. I begun to 
feel unwell, wind increased
& heartburn & very puffed 
up, Sister medula called on
us, but I am suffernig very 
much, the breakfast of 
boiled fish was too much 
for me to take; I took in 
the evening some cognac

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with soda water, but feeling 
very thirsty & took water
now with great pleasure
I never used to take before, 
but the nausea & wind 
increased I lied down &
touched no food at all, 
I tryed to keep myself from 
vomiting but I got worse, 
at last by 12 P. m. I threw
up part of the food, & was
not quite, still the heartburn 
& acidity coming up to my
throat & irritating me 
At 1 am I again vomited
all the rest & then feel quieter, 
I then slept a little ~
	Subsection: 21 Thurs th 6.59
	Light n. w. & fine Clear
mild weather ~
	I felt so very weak from 
the vomiting; I took a Cup 
of milk & the 2 eggs; but not 
with pleasure ~
	Alexander went into town
at 7 ½ am, I told him to see
Dr. Brigstocke if he can see
me tomorrow, I will go in 
to town ~

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	At breakfast I took a little 
rice soup & a small piece 
of cutlet to as not to load
my stomach & had to remain
very hungry still~
	Alexander came out at 5 P. m.
he has informed Dr. Brigstocke 
of my visiting him & he 
appointed the time for
tomorrow so I must go in, 
I see even if I do not load 
my stomach with much
food, still I have the wind 
& derangement but in a
small quantity, I feel 
so very thirsty now; I 
am always inclined to drink 
water; ~ But the weakness
that I feel is awful, I cannot 
walk, my Knee’s are trembling 
& always inclined to lay 
down~ 
	In the evening Antone
marine, his son gabriel, 
Yousif Asfar & Albertson 
of jeboory Asfar called
on us~
	I took nothing for dinner but 
very little arrowroot & milk, & 
was not well, the wind still

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Troubling me all the night, 
with noise in the intestines;
	Subsection: 22 Frid th. 6.60 noon 82 [illegible] 88
	Light S. Ely breeze & light 
clouds;~
	I have still the wind with pain 
in the intestines & stomach, &
feel very weak~
	At 7 Am I rode in to town &
left my wife & Yekki the servant 
to follow, I got home at 7”33~
my wife came in at 8, she 
is to prepare the small house
for Rafail coming up in the 
mejidieh~
	At 10 I went over to Dr. Brigstocke
at the Dispensary; He examined 
& tapped my stomach, I told 
him every thing which took 
place & what I am suffering 
from wind & heartburn
He prescribed for me 48 Pills
(24 of each Kind) to be taken
3 times a day after each meal,
the Pill of each 2 Pills each
time & my diet to be Kept
for the present & to take
strong sheeps’ feet soup, 

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milk, arrowroot, light tea
& milk, & little toast bread, 
& to see how the Pills will act
I came home at 11 ~
I took only rice soup for 
breakfast a small piece 
of boiled mutton I did
no feel today that puffing up
or inconvenience as before
	my wife went to the other small
house of Rafail with Yekki
& left me alone to do the
best I can with myself, 
made some arrowroot for me
& bought some oranges at 
3 for one camarie, & an Oke
of sweet Lemon for 3 camarie
Almonds sent Hamna the 
boy to buy provisions for
him, I sent & bought me
some eggs etc by our Indian
watchman~
	Light S. Ely breeze with light
clouds & warm weather;
	The English judge who 
came out in the [crossed out] Khalifah
this time to try the Sepoys
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has condemned one the 
murderer of the 5 Sepoys
& men at the Residency in 
Feley as I have mentioned 
it here, but has acquitted
the rest for the murder
of their [illegible] a very 
singular thing, there is some 
object in it, as they are 
all to be sent down in 
the Khalifah leaving 
tomorrow, it is presummed 
they may be tried afresh 
on arrival in Bombay, 
to avoid any disturbance or
a mutiny man perhaps take
place by these Sepoys on their
way down if they are condemned
here~
	As there was nothing cooked
for me to eat my dinner and
my wife only came home after
sunset & she did not care
about getting any thing in the
shape of a Cutlet or other
nourishing food, I had to 
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taking arrowroot & a piece
of dry bread, & sucked an
orange, & turned in at 8,
but I feel better, having
taken the 2 Pills & I slept
well, at midnight took
some arrowroot, I have
wind still but I am not so
puffed up, or having nausea
& inconvenience as before,
it appears that the Pills are
doing me good; it is
rather warm in the room,
& the breeze is S. Ely’s
	Subsection: 23 Satur Th 6.64 noon 85 4 P.M 88
	Light S. Ely breeze
warm, & fine weather
	I took a cup of milk & Tea &
the two boiled eggs, then took
the 2 Pills not much
wind in stomach, but am
very weat ~ My wife went
with her servant Yekshi to
the other house of Rufail
	At 9 Alexander came in on his 
Bicycle to see me only, He sent
for his Clerk Elias & ordered
for me some tender Kebab
from the bazaar, & a soup of
sheep’s feet in the evening

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to be cooked in his house ~
Alexander left again at 10 ½
to my new house ~
	The SS. Khalifah left at
6 ½ AM for Basreh. ~ I 
wrote no letters for anybody;
	I felt again a little heartburn
& puffing in belly, but not so
bad although I took only
the milk & tea & 2 eggs this morning,
at noon I took only a few
pieces of the plain Kebab as 
rosted mutton & a little
arrowroot & this increased 
the wind & noise etc,
I soon began to feel worse and 
the heartburn & wind came
on as bad as before so that
I felt very uneasy & miserable 
the whole day lying 
down & spitting the thick
saliva by myself in the 
room, no one to assist 
me; my wife never came 
or sent her servant from
Rufail’s house ~ At 5
P.M. I was obliged to throw 
up all what I had taken

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in the shop of liquid it
was sour & bitter a great
lot & my stomach irritated 
me but the wind decreased.
	Mrs. Cowly having heard 
from her son Charley & daughter
Daizie yesterday they were 
out to our place, that I was 
unwell, sent to ask how
I was, & if I want anything
as jelly etc, I requested 
her to order some jelly for 
me, since nothing can
be kept in my stomach.
	My wife & servant came home at
6 PM & then enquired how I was
I had ordered a soup of sheeps
feet to make me at Elias’s
house the clerk of Alexander,
he brought it, but I could eat
nothing, so I remained quiet 
& only took a spoon or two of 
arrowroot & slept at 9 P.M.
	Subsection: 24 Sund Th 6.65 noon 84 4 PM
Light Southerly breeze
& fine weather; I feel so 
awfully weak, & also hungry
I took a dose of the bitter
of Nezam of Din the [illegible]
etc, instead of the Pills,
I think they do not agree
with me ~

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	Alexander sent me the watchman
to enquire how I am, I wrote to
him ~ Rufail Sayegh
wrote to his mother this
morning from the Mijidieh from
Gherrara, saying that they
arrived last night at 9 P.M. 
& are waiting for the quarantine 
Doctor to come out & make
his inspection;
	Artir & Antone my nephews
called to see me ~
	At 9 ½ AM the Mejideih 
arrived; Rufail Sayegh and
the four children of poor
Yookyeh came up in her,
they went to the small house
where my wife is waiting
for them; Yacook Tessy has
prepared breakfast for them
of a roast Lamb, 8 fowels &
other dishes etc, Antone 
Marine & his son are there
also; my wife came at noon
to take some table service &
went away.
	I kept sipping the liquid 
Leben with water, but then
I felt so hungry, that I had
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a piece of dry bread and ham, I 
feel alright, no puffing or
heartburn; but am too weak
	Rufail came to see me at
4 P.M. he looks well, and 
he is going to encamp out
also somewhere near my
house. Lots of visitors have
called on him today ~
Johny my nephew also called
on me, & Yacoob Oossy
Messiyeh ~
	I got Yehih to warm me
the sheep feet gravy & I
took it at 6 ½ P.M. with 
little dry bread (gowrag)
	S. Ely breeze and warm
Weather ~
	The SS. Mossul also
arrived at 10 AM the Mejidieh
had passed her above 
Gherrara although the latter
left Bareh two days after
	Rufail says that there is
Cholera still at Basreh
but very few cases,
the quarantines are taken

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off they only fumigate &
disinfect the passengers
at Basreh ~
	I took also some leben & some
arrowroot at night ~
	My wife came home at 9 ½,
I feel very well & very hungry,
there is no nausea or wind
much to complain off, but I 
could not sleep till 11 P.M.
	Subsection: 25 Th 6.66 noon 86 4 P.M. 86
Modte S. Ely wind &
weather getting cloudy all
over ~ I took my milk & 2
eggs; I feel alright ~
	At 8 AM I went over to see
Rufail & the children of his 
poor sister, Yousif, Roliki,
Philip and Mary, also my 
wife went there.
	Alexander came in & he came
also to Rufail’s. ~ We left at 9,
I feel that the milk perhaps in
the morning is causing the
wind & puffing, as I have 
a little now ~
	At 9 ½ I went to see sister
Emilia, she does not know
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live and wants to sell all the
extra furniture & let the house
to somebody; I then called
on Sister Eliza; her daughter
Regina is going down this
time by the Mejidieh to go
to Bombay in B.S. Steamers
to join her husband Duncan
Alexander; I bid her
goodbye and came home at
11 ~
	Cloudy S. Ely and warm 
weather.
	Alexander went to breakfast
at Rufail’s they sent me 5 small
pieces of kebab, but I only
ate two with some bread &
Pepsin, & a few spears of 
Leben; the wind is confined
but it does not puff so much
or irritates me, I would
have got it, had I eaten more,
	At 3 P.M. I called on
Mensha & at 4 went to
Rufail. Lots of visitors are
calling there ~
	Alexander went out on 
his bicycle at 5 ½ & I came
home ~ I have some

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wind in stomach, & it is digging
me but it is bearable.
	Weather cloudy gloomy
& S. Ely ~ At 6 ½ it shifted to
West, & is clearing up the dust
	I took for dinner the few
pieces of kebab left, with Pepsin,
and then few spears of Leben,
arrowroot & jelly; I feel [strikethrough]
nearly puffed up and full
My wife came home at 9 P.M.
I slept well & took some Leben &
arrowroot at night and feel well
	Subsection: 26 Tuesd Th 6.60 noon 82 4 P.M. 84
Light N.W. breeze and 
fine cool weather ~
	I took my milk & coffee & 2 eggs
and feel alright, no puffing
	At 7 AM the SS. Mossul
left for Basreh ~
	At 8 AM I went over to Rufaul’s
my wife also, they are getting the
Kit ready to be sent down today
to [encamp, in Mahomeded
Jassim’s ground close to my 
house, I have lent Rufail
my [illegible] Bicholea tent
& closet, & Antone also his
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We sent our former Cook Jejo
to Alexander to Cook for them,
& he sent me my boy back
Hanna;
	I wrote letters to Rezooki
Sayegh & R. Angoorly for the
Mejidieh leaving on Thursday,
	At 11 I called on Mr. Rosenfeld
the Dragoman of the Austrian
Consulate regarding the
Majority of Antone my nephew
who wants to claim his
portion of 145 T Liras the proceeds
of the sale of the house, and
we shall have to write to
Major New March & claim
it, I told him that next week
I will come to town & do it
I came home at noon, my
wife sent me breakfast
from Rufail’s house it
was some Kebabs & vegetable
(Boiled cucumbers just came
in season since 5 days) and
I took Leben & arrowroot etc
I did not feel it so heavy
in my stomach, I took a little
Pepsin with it
	My Wife brought the Children
of Rezooki Angoorly to give
them a warm bath in

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my house~
At 3 ½ P.M. I went over to Rufail,
had tea with him & at 4 ¼,
we went out walking toward
Seyd Sultan Ali, We visited
the Press & Inc machine
of Eassayis, also the New
Residency being built,
a very large & extensive
place all the house and
garden of the Nawab Ikbal
ood Dowleh, a very fine
construction by an English 
arctitect for the Contract
of about 240,000 Rupees,
some are four Stories built
We returned & went in the
house & garden of Monseignr
Jean Drure, he was not 
there, We came back at
6 ½ but I felt awfully
tyred & Knocked up,
& very hungry too,~
At 7 I went over to Rufail to
dine there, I took some Soup &
a piece of Cutlet with Cucumber
Vegetable boiled, we drank
some Arak~ At 9 I came

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home [illegible] slept
there, they are arranging and
getting Kit ready to encamp
out~
	Subsection: 27 Wedn Th. 6.64
	S. Ely breeze & fine weather
I had some indigestion last
night, but no pain or nausea,
I took my milk & coffee &
two eggs;~
	Alexander wrote to say that
he is not coming in today ~
At 9 I went to Rufails &
then took him & went to see
Alexanders Office, I sent there
for Eliahoo Dennoos & spoke
my Claim of the Money at
Agha Ibrahim the Nawab,
Eliahoo has bought the
Residency garden opposite
the Residency from Agha
Ibrahim for nearly 3500 T Liras
it measured 8000 square
Yards, as he also want money 
from him~ We came
back at 10 ½ & I came home
	Westerly breeze, & it is getting
Cloudy~
	My Wife sent me a Cutlet with
two boiled cucumbers but I could
not chew the Cutlet, so I only
sucked it, I took little arrowroot

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and Confection of citrons ;
At 3 P.M. went to Rufail & took
tea & came home at 5.
	At 7 I went over to Rufail
to dine there, I ate some Stew
& rice, also Leben etc, I felt Very
well; At 9 I came home, &
My Wife slept there.~
	Light N.W. & fine weather,
	Subsection:28 Thurs Th.6.64
	Light N.W. & fine
Weather~
	The S.S. Mejidieh left at 5
A.M.~
	I feel well & slept well, but
my bowels worked loose at 3 AM
& this morning too; I took
my milk & Coffee & eggs with
little butter & Jam, but felt
it rather heavy & caused wind
in the intestines;~
	Alexander came in at 8 AM.
We then went to Rufail, they
are sending Kit down in a
Goffa, I gave Rufail an
Other Bicholea Tent, we
went to the Indian Abdulali’s
shop & bought some provision
My Wife sent me some Stew
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also arrowroot & Jam for
breakfast ~
At 2 P.M., I took Rufail
with me in the Goffa with
my Kit & some of his & my
boy Hanna & came down
to my new house, where all
Rufail’s Kit is being
landed; We then looked
for a place & found the
best encamping ground
is the one of Mahomed el
Jassim first facing my
house Northward,
Antone Marine also came,
We then Called Mahomed
to my house & I settled it
with him by paying him
Six Mejidies per month
for the three Tents etc,
his ground is just planted
with Badmjan & Tomato,
he has to pick them all
out; & we got Arabs to
make the ground even
It is the best place out here,
there is a very nice & cool
place under the Malberry

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trees & the Canal with the
water running & very Shady
Rufail liked my house
very much;~
	Mrs Cowley & her daughters
Mrs Hauslow & Daizie called
on us as they were passing
my house coming from
Asfars walking to town,
	Antone wanted us to go,
& dine with him as Rufail
& the Children of his Sister
with their servants all
are dining there, but I
excused myself, also Alexander
& Marie, My Wife
went,~ Rufail and the
children & servants are
going to sleep in my house
I gave him the empty room
on the road, & the children
will sleep in my Wife’s room,
	The S.S. Ressafah arrived
at 2 P.M. with Troops from
Amara returning from
the montefiq expedition,

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Rufail & his mother & some
of the servants came back from
Antone’s at 11, but the children
slept there~
	Subsection:29 Frid
	S. Ely breeze & cloudy all
over; I had the Wind in Stomach
& my bowels worked three
times from 1 AM till the
morning & do not feel well,
no one could sleep from the
Sandflies, but I had none in
my room & had put a Curtain
	They have pitched the
Tents of Rufail this morning,
It rained drizzly at about
5 A.M. & keeps Cloudy and
threatening weather;~
	I called on Sister Medoola
for an hour~
	Rufail breakfasted with us
but his Cook Georgis is cooking
for them all in the our Kitchen,
until the Tents (4 of them) are
pitched & the Kit transported
there by Arabs & Juma
the Koolie & Franco with
3 other Tilkeflies;~
	I took for breakfast some
stewed fowel with boiled
cucumbers, & Leben

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but I have the diarrhea my
bowels worked five times very
loose~
	Weather became very bad
Cloudy, with thick dust 
blowing strong S. Easter
	I do not feel well I have
the wind & rumbling noise
with heartburn all the day,
	At 7 ½ P.M. a Sudden shift
of wind to N.W. blowing strong
with thick dust came on
a very squally appearance.
	My Wife stayed at Rufaiel
in his Tents to dine there also,
Alexander & Marie also went to
dine there & came at 9 1/2~
	I took some stew with Fasulia &
some soup, I felt well & slept
sound;
	Subsection:30 Satur Th5.64
	Light S. Ely wind and
Cloudy all over & overcast weather
	I have still the diarrhea
very loose, but I feel better than
yesterday ~
	Alexander rode into town 
at 7 1/2 A.M.~
	I called on Eliza & Adoola my
cousins, she is repairing the
wall & little garden and

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making the Messanayeh
higher with railing all
along after the damage she
had sustain from the last 
rise of the river ~ I called
to see Rufail in his Tents,
my wife is always there night
& day & came back at 
10 ½ ~
	Alexander came back from town
at 11 1/2; bringing some provision
I took some stew with Potatoe
& Pilaw, also the Pepsin &
& Leben;
	Cloudy dusty weather
At 3 P.M. I called on the Tantons
with Alexander ~
Mr. Guilietti arrived yesterday
by land from his telegraphic
inspection at Basreh &
Nasryeh, Coot Azizieh etc
he came to his family
at Rafooly Tontons Kiosk,
	My stomach is much better
today there is no puffing or
noise & heartburn so much
as yesterday; & no diarrhea
	Very fresh Wind from S.Et.
& thick dust blowing,
	At 5 P.M. went to see
Rufail in his Tents~

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Jeboory Asfar & his wife were there,
my wife is living at Rufail,
& does not come to us but very
seldom.~
	I took dinner, soup & some Stew
with Berbin & arrowroot & Leben
but I felt unwell the whole
night I had the heartburn &
indigestion ~
	Section:[May, 1904]
	Subsection: 1 Sund
	Light S. Ely wind and
fine a little hazy ~
	I feel the wind still puffing
my intestines & stomach ~
I took my milk & Coffee & 2 eggs,
	At 8 A.M. I went to hear Mass
at Asfars house ~
I called on Polus Serkis in the 
garden of Moshi Bahar but he
was in town ~ Rezooki Andria,
Mr. Guilietti & his son Antoine
called on us~
	Alexander rode into town
at 8 A.M. he not being well,
complaining of pain on
his right Chest, & Coughs &
is getting thin, & has gone to
see Dr. Nezam ed Din, & will
stay at home for a few days
& Marie will go in tomorrow
My Wife is staying with
Rufail always~

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	Yacoob Tessy & his family came
down in the Goffa to Rufails, he
brought a roast lamb etc to
breakfast there, he sent for
me to take it with them as
I had promised him in Baghdad
but I am unable to go, not
feeling well; & had to take
a little breakfast with Marie,
	At 2 P.M. it thundered &
got very Cloudy, & then a hard
shower of thick rain came
down for 10 minutes;
Again at 5 it came on raining
with thunder & dark Cloudy
& Kept it on raining steadily
the desert got very wet &
muddy, Rufail’s Tents
are all very Wet, till 8 1/2 P.M.
	Alexander wrote to me
saying that he saw Nizam
ed Din & he examined him
& said that it is only a
Neuralegy on his side & he
will be alright in 2 , 3
days, he requires rest;
	I laid up in my bed, not
feeling well, the puffing of
the Wind & heartburn

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	I could not move from my
bed or touch any food at
all; Marie came from 
Sister Medoola at 9 P.M. to
dine ~ At 9 ½ I vomited
all what I had taken in the
day time, I was quiete then
& slept well;~
	Subsection: 2 Mond
	Light S. Ely & fine
weather, it is very Wet &
dampy from last night’s
rain~
	I took my milk & coffee & 2
eggs;~
	My Wife came this morning
for a short time & went away
to the Tents to her Children,
	Marie & Cecil with the
two servants Habooba &
Jejo the Cook went to town
in a Carriage at 9 1/2 A.M.
My sister Medoola and
Rezooki her husband also
went with them ~
	Rufail came to see me
& went away at 10 1/2 AM

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At 11 ¼ A.M. the S.S. Blosse Lynch
came up & passed, the Khalifah
is left in Basreh to undergo
cleaning & repairs ~
	At 1 ¼ P.M. the S.S. Phrat
passed up;
	Clouds coming on & light
S. Ely breeze & warm;~
	I took breakfast some rice
soup & boiled Chicken &
Leben & little arrowroot, & I
feel alright;
	At 2 P.M. I went to Rufail
& took him for a walk to show
him the garden & fine date trees
of Mahomed Said Shekhly
close below Asfar’s garden
While there, it began to thunder
& clouds came over very dark
& begun to rain, we hardly
had time to come to the river
& run to Moshi Bahar’s garden
& sheltered ourselves under
a tree but it came on so hard 
& thick, we never had the
like of it this year, we were
all wet & saturated. We 
run to Polus Serkis place
near the door & stayed

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there under the roof till 3 1/2
when it ceased we then
came to our places and
I had to change all my
clothes which were one mass
of water, the ground was 
swampy, It then began
to open & the Wind shifted
to N.W.;~
	I went to Rufail at 6 P.M. and
found his Tents all wet & the
ground very muddy,
got them all to come and
sleep in my house himself
& the four children of his
sister, also his Sister Medoola
and her Six children and
my wife, they sent their beds
round & came after dinner
I have two rooms and
the sitting room empty,
	Alexander wrote to me
saying that he is not better
but the pain on his side
is less, he sends me a bottle
of Champagne to take;
	I took dinner some soup &
fried cutlets & vegetables, also
Leben & some arrowroot,

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I feel well & slept well;
	Subsection: 3 Tuesd
	Light N.W. breeze, it
was fine at night, but it
begun to get Cloudy again,
	I sent Jassim the Watchman
to Alexander to get me
some rice & Ghee ~
	Rufail & all the children,
went this morning to their
Tents; Medoola his sister
with her children went to
town in a Goffa;~
	At 9 I went to call on Antone
Marine but they were in town
since yesterday; I called on
Eliza & Adoola my cousins
	The river is rising since
yesterday, it is very turbid
it rose about 1 1/2 foot
	The water by the rise of the
river entered the Canal along
my wall, & as it is silted
up with mud, they have
dug it out & thrown the mud
on the Wall side to let the
water run in, which is going
up the canal now, the River
is still rising ~
        I took Leben at 2 P.M. & then
Tea at 4 with spunge Cake

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also a glass of champagne
before that, & I felt the
wind & puffing coming
on as before, At 6 P.M.
I took Rufail & went out
for a walk round the desert
but I felt worse,~
Went to Sister Medoola
she having come out this
evening in a carriage,
& came home at 8, but I
feel unwell & unable to
take any dinner ~
	Calm & Warm Cloudy
Weather;
	I went to bed at 10, but was
restless, the indigestion & Wind
troubling me all the night,
	Subsection: 4 Wednes Th.6.70
	Light N.W. & Cloudy
all over ~
	The river is still
rising, nearly reaching its
last rise, the Canal is 
full & the water running
in ~
	My stomach is not right
yet, it is weak & windy ~
my bowels worked very loose

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this morning at 5, again at 6
AM. like water with lots of
wind ~
	At 7 ¼ A.M. I rode in to
town, taking my servant Hanna
also with some Kit, & I locked
everything Since my Wife
is living absolutely with
Rufail in his Tents with her
servant Zekki, she wanted
me to give her only the Key
of the sitting room ~
I got home at 8, saw
Alexander & Marie there,
Alexander still complains
of the pain on his right side
& is using Dr. Nizam ed Din’s
ointment.
	I took for breakfast chicken broth,
& the boiled chicken & some Leben;
	The S.S. Ressafah left on Monday
morning;
	Breeze shifting constantly
round the Compass~
	The river rose today also
about 2 feet, it is very high
nearly up to its last rise
	At 3 ½ P.M. Alexander, Marie
& I went to Sister Eliza

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to bid goodbye to Regina
her daughter who is leaving
by the Blosse Lynch on Friday
for Bombay to join her
husband Duncan Alexander
She could not go by the
Mejidieh last time as there
was no spare cabin,
We returned home at 5 ½,
I feel better today there is 
not much puffing or
bad indigestion ~
I took dinner soup & a fried Chicken
& Leben & feel well, all through
the night my stomach was
calm & good;
	Subsection:5 Thursd Th.5.64
        Light Ely & S. Ely breeze
& fine~
My bowels worked twice very
loose this morning ~ I took
milk & coffee & the eggs, & feel
well ~ Breeze shifted to
west & N.W. at 7 AM ~
I sent Hanna my boy out to
see about the house and the
feeding of the fowels, Calf &
dog etc ~

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	At 8 A.M. I went to Sister
Emilia, She has put all the
extra Kit & furniture & Crockery,
glasses, Books, Chairs, etc
in the Serdab for sale,
Artin came there, & I went
down to see, I bought 12 Boxes
of Carboard with glass Photos
Negatives taken by Capt
Clements for 1 T Lira, as
they have only offered 3 Mejidies
& two hand Canvas Bags for
5 Beshlics; I left at 9 went
to Alexander’s Office and
then came home;
I took boiled fish (Biz) also a
cutlet & Vegetable wit Leben
for breakfast, but I felt myself
heavily Laden & Wind in
stomach like indigestion;
I got worse in the afternoon
with the heartburn, & wind
puffing up my stomach,
	At 4 1/2 I called on Menusha
she made me a glass of Lemonade
but I did not feel better
at all, at 5 ½ I came home
	Alexander & Marie went
to visit Sister Emilia

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	Weather Cloudy all over
Breeze changeable;~
	I felt so unwell with nausea &
wind & the heartburn that I
did not eat anything at all
at dinner time & so turned
in, & I felt better later on
	Subsection: 6 Frid Th.5.64
	Light northerly breeze
and Cloudy Weather ~
	The S.S. Blosse Lynch left
at about 5 AM.;
	Dr. Cox the Residency Surgeon
left in the Blosse for good,
he was not so popular here,
& his profession also did not
prove to be so clever ~
A Colonel Fry of the Indian
army also left in her, he came
by last steamer to see about
the Murder & Assasinations
of the Residency Sepoys ~
	At 9 ½ I went to Mr. Rosenfeld
to take him & go to Major 
New March, so as to see
about the proportion of
Money (145 T Liras) belonging
to my nephew Antone

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	to withdraw as he has
now entered in his Majority
(born 14 March 1884) and
consequently entitled to it
by the Austro Hungarian Law,
But Mr. Rosenfeld told me
that he is occupied now, &
perhaps this afternoon we
can go, so I came home
	River has fallen about
3 feet ~
	Apricots have come to
season since three days it
is selling at 50 or 60 Piast
per big Ake~
	Mr. Rosenfeld sent to tell me
with Alexander, that Major
New March does not want
to undertake the handing
over to Antone my nephew his
share of the money of 145 T Liras
from the sale of the house,
he would rather live it
until the Austrian Consul
comes, he does not want to
take responsibility of it
& at the same time Mr.
Rosenfeld told Alexander

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that he has just recieved
a telegram from Mr. Rappaport
telling him that a new consul
has been appointed for
Baghdad & sends his salutes
to all his friends & to Major 
Newmarch, he wires from
Salonica;
	Alexander went down in 
a goffa at 2 P.M. to my
new house I sent down
the Iron Rods & wood poles 
for the railing & on the
terrace, also three Iron 
Pipes for the pump;
	The whole day I had some
wind in stomach & intestines &
I abstained from eating any
thing during the day so as not
to cause any worse state
like yesterday, my bowels
are costive now;
	Weather cloudy all over
& gloomy with light N.W.
	I have again a little nausea
& wind in stomach, at dinner

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I took only the pigeon boiled
of this morning, some soup and
Leben, but I got worse at
night & could not sleep
alway inclined to vomit &
the wind troubling me,
I slept at midnight;
	Light N.W. & cloudy
all over;
	Subsection: 7 Satur Th. 5. 66 Noon 80 4 P.M 
	I feel so weak & not having
any appetite to take the milk 
& eggs as usual ~
	Weather cleared up at 9 AM
& became very fine ~
	River has fallen a good 
deal ~
	I took for breakfast a stewed 
pigeon with some leben, & a little 
arrowroot, I feel alright, there
is not much puffing or noise 
in the intestines;
	I sent Elias the man of Alexander
to Kadumain to Agha Ibrahim
to ask him for the answer of 
my letter to him I wrote last
week, also to sign to paper
that I had given him a month
ago, & the payment of the
interest on my 900 Liras

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which time has expired since
the 4 instant, & to insist on 
fulfilling these three demands
& that I can wait no longer,
he is humbuging me &
Koeping it of ~
	I prepared my kit and 
provision etc for going down
in the goffa.
	At 3 P.M I left with my boy 
Hanna,
	At 3.20 met the SS. Mejidieh 
coming up ~
	I got to my house at 3 ½,
my wife was there, Rufail 
came to me for ½ hour 
& then he left, my wife 
too left after an hour &
went to Rufail ~
	At 5 ¾ the SS. Mossul
passed up ~. Père Pièrre 
the Superior arrived in her
from Amara, he was at 
Bushire, Mahomerah &
Basreh ~
	I received a letter from 
Rezooki Sayegh, also from 

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Rezooki Angoorly, the former
tells me that the cholera 
is increasing in Basreh , 
	I went to Rufail’s Tents for
½ hour, Antone Marine was 
there & my wife; Antone has
received a nice mare from 
his brother, Yousif, sent up in 
the Mejidieh as a present
for his son Gabriel ~
	I took dinner some rice soup
and a stewed chicken and 
felt well after it. ~
	Subsection: 8 Sund Th 5. 65
	Light air or rather
calm & fine weather ~
River keeps falling the
canal is drained out and
no water in it now;
	At 8 AM Rufail came and 
we went to hear mass at Asfar’s
& then with Antone Marine we
visited Polus Serkis & his brother
Naoom’s family, Skender
Aziz, Antone Marine, Eassay’s
& Sister Medoola & I came
home at 11 ½ ~
 	Weather getting cloudy all 
over & warm sultry ~
	I took breakfast some rice
soup & cutlet with potato

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& some fresh leben ~
	At 2 ½ P.M. a strong South
westerly wind got up and 
blew with dust, very cloudy
all over; 
	At 3 I went over to Rufail, there
were Yacoob Tessy & his family
came down in the goffa at noon
& they went away at 4 ½ P.M.
many other visitors came, 
It rained at little at 3 ½, 
& remained very cloudy with
thunder & distant showers
	I have had no bother with
my stomach today and 
feel much better;
	At 6 a strong squally wind 
came on changing to S. West
& West; & became very
dark & cloudy ~
	I went to sister Midoola at
sunset & drunk arak with
her & Rezooki It began to 
thunder with sharp lightening
& at 7 begun to rain steadily
& kept it on till late
at night; at 9 it was where
it ceased ~

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I took dinner some soup
& stewed meat & potatoes, 
& leben & some arrowroot,
	It thundered with much
lightning all through the
night, & it rained at 12 P.M.
	Subsection: 9 Mond Th 5.62
	At 3 AM it cleared up 
& became fine; A modte
N.W. wind blew fresh and 
cool ~
	I feel well. I had slight
indigestion at night but 
it passed away;
	At 8 AM I took Rufail &
went for a walk out, around
Mahd Said Shekhly’s gardens
& then into the garden of 
Lantons where we met Rafooly
Lanton & came with him
& visited his sisters & his
sister in law & came back
At 10 ½, we walked for 2 ½ 
hours & I felt much better 
& stronger ~
	At 4 PM I went to Sister Medoola
there were the wife of Jeboory
Asfar & wife of Giulietti.
I came home at 5

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	At 6 P.M I received a
letter from Alexander with
Rezooki Andria, giving
me the sad news of the
death of Shekoury Sayegh
today at 3 ½ P.M. from 
heart disease, poor 
fellow he was unwell and
always complaining of 
disorder in his chest and 
weakness; he is about
50 years old, he leaves 
his wife & two children
a son Antone of about 10  
years & a younger girl 
His partnership with 
Alexander in the trade
by the contract they made
expired on the 1st Instant
& they were settling the 
account to separate,
as Alexander was disatisfied
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conducting business with 
him; their capital was
900 Liras (600 from Alexander 
& 300 from him) ~
Alexander says, that he
went with Yousif Eassayi
(Shekoory’s brother in law)
to their office & locked every
place & deposited the
keys with Kass Philippus 
the Armenian Priest
The body was interred this  
evening in the cemetry; 
	Sister Medoola & Rezooki
called me in the evening
for an hour ~
	Light N.W. fine cool
weather ~
	I took dinner rather heavy a
piece of cutlet, soup, fried Fasoolia
& Leben. I did not feel well
before dinner & it got very heavy
& had the heart burn all
the night & lots of wind ~
	Subsection: 10 Tuesd 
	Light N.W. fine weather
I wrote a letter to Alexander,
about Shekoory Sayegh’s

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death & his business with him
& sent it with Rezooki Andria
	My wife went to town
with Rufail & her servant
Zekki at 7 AM ~
	Hassan the Carpenter & Abbas
the Khalfah came in the morning
to make the railing for the
top of the house.  Also the 
Blocksmiths of the Pump Raoodi
& Oussy came to fix the Pump
nearer to the door so as to work
it on the river, I bought three
Pipes of about 47 feet in all
to extend it right out to the
bank, each Pipe cost me 3 ½
Mejidies, & the Pump for 5 ¼
Lira’s ; ~
	I had rice soup & stewed potatoes &
meat with some Leben, & I felt
alright all through the day no
puffing or heartburn ~
	Pére Pierre the Superior who
arrived by the Mossul from
Amara on Saturday came
out to visit the Christians here
& came to me also, he has

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been away seven months
& he spent four months at
Bushire, & some time at
Mohamerah, Basreh and
Amara ~
My wife & Rufail came down
in a Goffa at 6 ½ P.M. and
they went to their Tents ;
	The S.S. Mossul left this morning
at 6 AM ~
	I went over to Sister Medoola
to see Rezooki ; he told me that
Alexander & Yousif Eassayi
have sealed the office of
Alexander & Shekoory Sayegh
today, until they settle the
Accounts, it appears that
Yousif Eassayi will be named
as executor of Shekoory’s
Account with Alexander,
I hear that Cholera has 
gone to Nasseryeh & Semawa
from Basreh, & in the latter
place it is again increasing
	Light N.W. & fine clear
Weather ;~

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	I took dinner some Soup &
Cutlets with potatoes & Leben
& some Arrowroot, with Pepsine,
I turned in at 9 ½ & was alright,
but woke up at 12 & could not
sleep at all from the number
of sandflies, flees, & my tooth
ache the only one on which I
can chew ; at midnight 
clouds came on with thunder
& lightning & a slight shower
for ¼ hour ~
Subsection: 11 Wedn
	Again at 1 ½ AM. It rained
slightly & cleared up ~
	I feel alright, I took the
bitter dose of Nux Vomica
Bella Donna & Cascara Sagrada
as I do regularly twice a day
	Light N.W. & fine weather,
Carpenters Masons Alwan
& 2 boys & the Blacksmith
Oussy came to fix the Pump
& piping laid out to the
river ~
	I called on Rufail for
an hour, my wife is staying
there, he was not well

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in town yesterday & has
had a touch of fever ;
I took breakfast soup, also
chiken stewed with Bamia
& potato, with Leben & some
cheese, & felt well I have
not had any puffing or
indigestion at all ; 
think the Leben has agreed
with my stomach ;
	At 4 P.M. Alexander, Marie
Cecil, their servant girl
Habooba & the cook Jejo
Came down in a goffa
	The Pump is working
well & draining River
Water in Abonndance
Cholera has broken out at
Amara, & steamers are not
Allowed to touch there, &
they have made no quarantine
here to prevent the disease
from coming up ~
	I wrote letters to R. Angoorly
& to R. Sayegh & sent to the
latter a Basket of 50 Oranges
	At 6 P.M. Alexander Marie
& I called on Rafail Sayegh

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there came Jeboory Asfar’s wife
Antoine Marine his wife &
children Joory (gabriel) and
Ellen, at 7 we came to
our house ~
I took dinner soup & served Chiken
with vegetables, Leben & Arrowroot
& felt well I slept at 9 & had 
to rig up the curtain & so I
felt no sandflies ~
Subsection: 12 Thurs th5. 64
	Light Ely breeze and
fine ~
	At 4 ¼ AM the Mejidieh
passed down ~
	At 7 ¼ I rode in to town
also my boy Hanna ;  I got
home at 7.40, I dressed & went
to the Armenian Church as
today is the 3d day of Shekoory
Sayegh’s death, there was a
mass & requiem, I then went
to the house at Eliza Erame’s
(my Cousin’s house) lots of
people came there were the
sons of Eassay’s Yacoob Pasha
& Yousif the mourners ; I
then went to see Monseigneur
Jean Drure, who is leaving

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tomorrow morning for
Mossul in a carriage with
his secretary Pére Augustin
& also Pére Anastase the
son of Michael Jesuite as
he is now appointed Delagate
apostolic, like Monseigneur
Altmayer, he has to 
visit & respect all Mesopotamia
he is going in a Carriage
taking the other side of 
the Tigris along the river
	I also went to see my
Sister Emilia for ½ hour
& came home at 11 ;
I took breakfast rice soup &
stewed chiken with Bamia
some Leben & fresh cheese with
5 or 6 Dates & 5 Apricots and
feel no inconveniance or
wind in my stomach, It appears
that my complaint has
passed, my bowels working
regular since 4 or 5 days
	At 3 ½ P.M. I called on
Mennsha & came home
at 5 ½ P.M.
	Today is a Holy day of

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the Assumption, 40 days
After Easter
	Easterly breeze & fine
but warm weather ;
	I took dinner soup & stewed Chiken
with Bamia, Leben & 4 dates,
but it was too much & I felt it
rather heavy at night ; 
I slept in the room and it is rather
hot ;
Subsection: 13 Frid th 5.75
	Light N.W. by West,
hazy a little ~
	I feel alright, took my milk
& coffee, eggs & jam ~
	Alexander came in riding
from my new house ~
At 8 ½ I called on Sister Eliza
& at 9 ½ came home ;
Alexander & I breakfasted at
home, Cutlets & Potatoes, stewed
Cucumber & meat & Pilaw,
Leben etc ~
	At 6 P.M. I called on Sister
Emilia, there were Sister Eliza
Johnny & Artin ~ I bought
some of poor Alice’s Kit
7 Pillows stuffed with cotton
& a mattress of Coir & thelt 
of Chintz for 18 ½ Besh

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also a Tea Poy for 4 Beshlic
came home at 7 ; ~
Light N.W. & fine weather
I took my bed to sleep
in the Corsy, it is rather
warm in the room ; 
I could not sleep well on account
of a very bad tooth ache came
on the only Cananine tooth
I have on my upper jaw on
which I could chew, but
now I am using the false
teeth but with difficulty
Subsection: 14 Satur th5. 74
	Light N.W. & fine,
warm weather
	Alexander came to town at 8
am; ~
	At 9 ½ I went to see Meekha
the Lindal who remained
behind this trip, he not being
well, he has had a stroke of
Paralysis & is speechless, but
looks well, Dr Nezamed Din
is attending him ; I came home
at 10 ~
	Light Easterly breeze & warm,
shifted to N.W. at 11 ~
	Alexander & I breakfasted Cutlets
with potatoes & Stewed Fasoolia
& Pilaw, Leben & dates ~

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    I took a warm bath at 3 P.M.
Weather warm, some clouds
hanging on, light N.W. breeze,
    Alexander rode out at 5 1/2 Pm
after we took tea~
    I called on Mennsha at
6 & came home at 7~I
feel alright, & I think
all has passed since
6 or 7 days, I have no more
trouble with my stomach
whatever I eat or drink
no puffing up, or noise
of wind in the intestines
& no nausia, I have 
good appetite, I feel my
strength gaining, and
no weakness on my Knees
in walking or scaling
up stairs, I cannot
say if it is on account
of the hot weather setting
it, but most likely it
is,my bowels too is
working regular, &

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I am always using 
the Leben at every meal,
Subsection: 15 Sund the 5.74
Light N.W. by westley 
breeze & fine weather; I
have the tooth ache & my
cheek & eye are swollen up;
    At 8 Am I went to the Latin
Church; I then called on
my niece Louisa wife of
Yousif Yaghchi, & on Ferida
widow of Yacoob Pahlawan
she is going down in the
Blosse Lynch this time to
meet her son Johny who
has been appointed at
Basreh from Aleppo, he
is to be the head Manager
of the Ottoman Bank there
where a new Bank Office
is to recommence establishment
& Johny is promoted with
a higher pay about 20 [symbol]
per month, he has been
married at Aleppo with
the daughter of Vilgros,

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& left Aleppo about 15 days
ago by sea via Port Said
& Bombay & his Mother
& sisters are going to meet
him & reside with him
in Basreh~
    At 8 3/4 am. the SS.
Blosse Lynch arrived,
    I breakfasted cutlets & stewed
[illegible] & Leben, Dates & Arrow
root~
    At 1.50 P.m. I left in a
goffa with my boy Hamma
& came to my new house,
where I found Alexander,
marie & Cecil all well,
my wife is at Rufail's Tents,
    My nieces Louisa and
Harriette & nephew Antone
& Yousif Yaghchi came
down in a Boat to Sister
Medoola~
    The river rose today 
about 1 foot~
    I called on sister Medoola &&
came home, some Visitors
called on us, also Artin

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my Nephew with his wife
Serpohi & the two young
daughters, & Rosa & Antone
children of Johny, they had
tea & went to make other
calls & returned, at 6 they
returned to town riding,
    I went to see Rufail,
also marie & Alexander came
there are my wife & her
daughter Medoola with
her children, they came
out today & will stay 
for a day or two~ my
wife never spoke to me
or inquired how I was,
At 8 P.M. we came to
our house & has dinner,
    I am suffering from
tooth ache & swelling of
my cheek again,~
Subsection: 16 Mond
Light air from
west & fine~
    At 7 1/2 am Alexander rode
in to town~
    I have a mason Habib
working, in making a 

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Pond beneath the Pump &
fitting earthenware pipes
to the garden & other work
on the terrace~
    Weather getting cloudy S.E,
    The SS. Ressafah passed
up at 11 Am.~
    It got very warm, at noon
Thema 97[symbol]~ Habib the Mason
worked for 1/2 day, as I have
no more Jooss left~
    weather became very hazy
& dusty & blowing fresh
westerly wind~
    Harriette my niece who
is at sister medoola called
here, also Rufail Sayegh,
    Alexander came down
in a Belem at 6 1/2 P.M.,
The Blosse Lynch is leaving
tomorrow noon on account
of the alteration of the
B.J. Mail Boats departure
from Basreh is altered in
future to be on Friday
every week~
    Wind blowing north
    
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Westerly & dusty~
Subsection: 17 Tuesd
Fresh N.W. wind blowing
and clouds~
    Habib mason & two boys
came to finish work on the
terrace, making the parapet
over my wife's room~
    My wife came in the morning
to take some clothes from her
room, she is going to town
with her brother's family
& taking the children of
Rezooki Angourly to the Bath
of her brother Antone;
    My wife went up to Baghdad
in a goffa with her daughter
medoola & all their children
at 8 am.~
    I got 20 Liras this morning
from Rufail an advance
on the interest of my 1000 Liras
which will be due on the
6 Rahi Thani, or about one
month hence;
    At 8 1/2 P.m. the SS. Blosse
Lynch passed down; Mr.
& Mrs. Adamoff the Russian
Consul of Basreh are

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going down, he was acting
here in place of Mr. Krouglow
who left with his family
about 2 months ago and
now mr. Mashkow who
came up in the Blosse
Lynch via Bombay, has 
been appointed here again,
for the second time~
Ferida the widow of Yacoob
Pahlawan is also on board
going to Basreh to meet
her son Johny coming
from Aleppo & is married
    I have the tooth ache since this
morning most fearful the
canine tooth right up to
the gums & it has swollen
my face, I have put Lin=
seed poultice & it has allayed
it a little~
    At 3 P.m. Mrs. Cowley & her
two daughters hers Hanslow
& Daisy; they took Tea and
cakes & Lemonade & they
left walking at 6 3/4 P.m.

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my wife has not returned
with her grand children
they are sleeping in town,
Light n.w. breeze and 
fine weather;
My tooth ache is better & I could
eat my dinner; I feel very well
and am not going to write 
down my [illegible]until
I feel the contrary, I am
eating every thing, & always
using the Leben with my
food;~
Subsection: 18 Wednes
Light N.W. & fine weather
I sent my boy Hamna to
get us some provision &
other things, Alexander
rode in to town at 7 1/4 am;
I went to see Rufail, and
then we went walking out &
round to Tanton's Garden outside
toward the desert where Antone
marine & his family & Tanton’s
daughters were sitting under
the Malberry tree & taking
their tea etc, we then all
left & I came home~
Harritte my niece came

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to us from Sister Medoola
to stay with us for a day
    my wife came down in
the goffa at 10 with the
Children etc & went to Rufails
Tents
    I called on Sister Medoola at 3
P.M. At 5 1/2 Rufail, Antone
Marine & myself went to
Call on Seyd Dowd son
of Seyd Seliman (fromer Nakib)
in his Kiosk & left at
7; I found alexander
just returned from town,
Shekoory Sayegh's wife
has been appointed guardian
for the estate & business
of her late husband, and
she has appointed [illegible] Kander
Aziz to overhaul & square
accounts with alexander
& liquidate & divide
their Capital in the trade
they have carried since
three years~
    very light & Southery air
& few clouds

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	Subsection: 19 Thursd th.5. 67
    Fresh n.w. wind is blowing
since 3 AM. some clouds are
scattered, cool weather
    Alexander rode in to town
at 8 Am.;~
    I heard that "Mosul" which
is on her way up from Basreh
has had two cases of Cholera
on board, & shall have to
make 10 days quarantine
at gherrara~
    At 8 I called on my Cousins
Eliza & adoola, they are building
& making the walls of their
house higher & stronger &
other reparations, amended
by Yousif Eassayi, I came
home at 10,
    Very strong N.W. Wind is
blowing & Cool~
    Rufail came to me, we took
tea & at 4 1/2 we went out
to the garden of Mahamed
Said Sheikhly, We saw
his brother Mahd Nejib
& he took us inside his
garden to show us his
trees etc, & at 6 we

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	Subsection: 20 Friday the 5.60
returned found Alexander
back from the town,
wind moderatid a little 
but it is dusty & dim;
We went to sister medoola in
the evening for an hour &
came at 8 & took our dinner
	Light N.W & fine cool
weather ~
	I got a carpenter to do some
little work left yet~ 
	Alexander went in to town
riding at 4 am; also Harriette
my niece left sister medoola’s 
with her brother antone
	I went to see Rafail at 8
Am.~
	The SS. Ressafah left yesterday
morning~ 
	I sent for Rkheteh the
widow & Haji Ali, the owner
of the other half of the garden
of Bahram Beg to speak
to her for the sale of the
piece of ground on the 
river which we wanted

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	Subsection: 21 Satur the 5.62 noon 83 4 P.M. 89
to buy from her last year
& she wanted only to give
28 Draaz by 35’: as Rufail
should like to buy it 
so Rezooki andria & I
spoke to her to sell the
piece but it should be 
30 draaz facing the river
& 40 draaz in land and 
offered her 300 Liras, but
she declined she wants 400,
& so left it for her to Consider
as she had asked me
before to find a buyer
for this piece;
	At 11 ½ Alexander came back 
from town~
	Light n.w. & fine pleasant
weather;
	Light n. w. & fine cool
weather; It is very cool in the 
room to sleep~
	At 7 am I rode in to town
taking my boy Hanna, also
Alexander went to town in 
his Bicycle; I got home at
7 ½ ~	
	To my oussary whom 

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	Subsection: 22 Sund thr 5.73 noon 92 4 P.M. 94
I know so well & whom I met
at Deir in 1894 when we
went to Europe with my wife
& alexander, & in coming back
also by myself in Septembeer, 
died this morning from
Disentry aged 42 years. ~
	At 10 ¼ Am. the S. S. Mejidieh
arrived~ I recived a letter
from R. Sayegh
	Alexander left & went down
in a gaffa at 10 am. with 
Rezooki Andria ~
	I took breakfast cultets with Potatoe
Banna & meat & Pilau, with 
Leben & dates & apericots ~
	I took a warm bath~
	Ely breeze & warm ~
at 5 ½ called on mennsha
but no one was at home
it is very warm to sleep in the
Oorsy; some people have goen
on top of the house to Sleep;
	Light Ely breeze and
fine weather~ 
	At 8 Am. I went to Church,
I then called on Pere Pierre
the superior; and also on

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Tookyeh widow of Shekoory
Sayegh with Arter, Johny, 
Terroga & Seipohy, she begun
to weep & yell; ~ I left
& called on Mennsha &
came home at 10 ½ ~ 
Johny & Arter called on 
me ~ 
	Warm & Ely  breeze; 
The SS. Mossul arrived
yesterday evening at about 
6 P.m. as she has had
two cases of Cholera on 
board on her way up,
the quarantine authorities 
have cause all the passenger
make 10 days quarantine
and the Steamer with her
crew allowed to come up 
here, This is a very singular
thing, which I have never 
seen before during my 
40 years service on the 
river between Baghdad &
Basreh~
	At 2 ½ P. m. I called on

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Sister Eliza, and then went
to visit mr. malcolm
Balthazar & congralutated
him on this [illegible]
to his service as Dragoman 
for the Russian consulate
by mr. Mashkow after
the letters arrived here
by the Blosse Lyareh last 
trip; I then called on 
my sister Emilia, there
Were sister Eliza & johny
& artin, she is the same state, 
The Russian new Chancolleer
has offered 90 Llras a year
to let him the house, but
she wants 100~
	At 5 Johny Artin & I went
to call on Mr. Mashkow
the Russian Consul, he 
received us very affably,
there came with him 
his sister a widow

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	Subsection: 23 Mond Thr 5.76 noon 94 4 P.M. 105
and an other lady a relative
of his, he left his wife
at St. Petersburg;, There
were mons mougel and
his wife there, at 6 P.m.
we left & I came home, 
	N. Ely breeze & warm,
	Light Ely breeze and
fine weather, but warm &
Alexander came in to town
at 8 ½ am~
	I sent for my niece Terroeza
she came & sowed a mattress
for me to take out, & some
pillow cases~
	Eliahao Denoos came to 
me, he says that Agha Ibrahim
the nawak is going to pay 
me the 900 Liras shortly
Perhaps in a day or two
	At 10 I went on board the SS. 
Mejidieh to see molly, they 
are shipping cargo, as she
must leave tomorrow
to cater the mail which
leaves Basreh now every
Friday morning~ 

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	I came home at 11, took
Alexander & went to see
Tookyeh widow of Shekrory
Sayegh, to tell her that as 
she has appointed Skander
Aziz to overhaul the account 
with alexander he will 
have to obtain a power
of attorney from the mehkena 
law fully appointed, 
we came home at 11 ½
Rafail has also come 
in to town in a carriage
with Alexander to write
his letters, I went to see
him~ very warm
& light n. w. breeze;
	Alexander & I breakfasted at
home, I took half glass of Beer
with him, but it did not
agree with me, it made me very 
thirsty the whole day I drunk 
a lot of water~
	Yousif Asfar & his sister
Harriette & Regina Tanton
had gone to Bakuba on 
Friday last for a change 
& as they were coming back 

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	Margin Line 26: [A55_199_26:048]

a quarantine has been 
established at the Khom
of 10 days & they have to 
undergo this term, as they 
say that cholera is at 
Khomakin;~
	Alexander went down to 
my new house in a gaffa with 
Rafail at 5 ½ P. m.~ 
	I wrote a letter to Rezooki
Sayegh by the mejidieh leaving
tomorrow;~
	very warm weather, calm and 
light clouds, moon about
9 days old
	Subsection: 24 Tuesd thr 5.82 noon 94 4 P.m. 102
	Light S. Ely, and 
hazy warm weather~ 
	At 8 am I called on Mennsha
& came home at 8 ½ ~
The SS. Mejidieh left this morning 
at 4 ½ Am. ~
	Cloudy weather nasty & 
warm, Ely breeze ~
	I was came to see my house to 
buy it, they saw every place
they are the sons of malem 
Eliahoo who failed about 
22 years ago & I & my wife
lost our money 650 Liras

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which they had on Interest,
& other people with them
	Alexander sent our watchman
Jassim wanting provesion
which I bought & sent out, 
	Breeze shifted to a modte. 
n. wester, & clouds clearing 
off at 11 am & again at 12
it became cloudy sultry warm
	I sent a letter Kit & provesion 
the gaffa & my boy Hanna 
& zt 3 3/4 P.M. I went down 
to my new house, arrived
in 25 minutes, joined mariee
& alexander there, & the little
Cecil has sore eyes since
2 days; ~
	Sister medoola & Rezooki
came to us for an hour;
my wife is at Rafail’s
tents
	A fresh n. w. wind got up 
& freshened the atmosphere
a little but is still cloudy
	Yousif Asfar & his sister
came back from Bakura 
last night, they were 
not put in quarintine 

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	Margin Line 11: [A55_201_11:051]

as the Sanitary Docks saw
that they had no connection 
with any sickness etc, 
	Antone marine has bought
the little stable house of
the nawak Agha mahomd 
(formally of kbalood Dewla’s 
property) for 368 LLiras 
besides what he bought
from moolla Hamadi 
of his garden 46 Draaz 
by 40 @ 8 Besh. Per draaz;
	It is warm sleeping in the
room, although a modte
n. w. wind blew during the 
night;
	Subsection: 25 Wedn the 5.79
	Light n. w. & fine weather
but not cool ~
	The man of the Bitumen
came to cover the Pump Pond 
with Bitumen, also a [illegible]
called Sadek I engaged to 
paint all the wood work
Door, windows, railing etc
& at 25 P. per day, and a
carpenter to finish some 
little work to do~ 

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Rufail came to me this
morning also the brother
for my house, he wants to
know when I am going to
town to settle the price of
my house, I told him, it
is 1400 Liras including the
little house & I cannot
leave it before September
until I find an other 
house ~
	Alexander came out 
at 5 P.M. ~
	I got the two Serdabs changed
& washed, preparatory 
to going down to stay,
as it is too warm upstairs,
	We called on Sister Medoola
till 9 ½ P.M. ~
	Weather warm but light
N.W. & fine ~
	Subsection: 26 Thursd Th 5.80
Light S. Ely breeze &
Cloudy Weather Sultry,
	My wife went to town this
morning with Medoola
Stephan Jorge, to clean the 
Serdab & other work in 
Rufails house, they went

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up in a Goffa ~
I called on Rufail with 
Alexander at 8 AM, the 
widow of Shekoory Sayegh
wishes to appoint Rufail
from her part to our home
the accounts with Alexander
	The day was warm with a 
light variable air ~
	In the evening I took my
bed up on top of the terrace
& also our dinner table
& arranged everything to
shift up & sleep, only
Alexander & Masie could
not go up as Cecil has, 
still sore eyes; a very
light air shifting from
one side to the other,
	My wife came down in 
a Goffa with the servant
of Rufail & Medoola [illegible]
Gorgi & landed at Rufail’s
Tents; very warm &
sultry close weather,
some clouds are still
hanging about; It is
very nice & pleasant

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on top of the house;
Cecil was not quiet tonight 
she could not sleep from her
sore eyes; Alexander came up
& slept on top of the house,
Weather calm & a very light
Ely breeze ~
	Subsection: 27 Frid Th 5.80
Light breeze from
East, & changed to N.W. and
became cloudy; I slept well
on the terrace, ~
	At 6 ½ AM. Alexander, Marie
& Cecil with the servant Habooba 
& the cook Jejo went up in
a Boat to town, to clean
the Serdates & furnish them
for the Summer ~
	At 8 ½ the S.S. Khalifah
passed up, she had been
refitted at Basreh for the
last two trips ~ The
wife of Elias Jejo on board
she has accompanied
her daughter down last
trip who is married to
Mr. Weber the Engineer
	Rufail came to me 
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the matresses & can his out
of her room & put in the
Serdates which I offered to
Rufail & the children of his
late sister Jakoory to come
& pass the midday hot
weather, for it is too hot
to stay under tents now,
the weather is so warm
nasty and sultry, with air
all around ~
	I painted some door & the
Balcony, as the Tilkeply
Sadek would not work
at 25 P. a day without
food as it is usually 
the case so I dispensed with
him he only worked yesterday
Weather warm sultry
and calm;~ It is much cooler,
on top of the house, it is cloudy
every where ~
	Subsection: 28 Satur the 5.78
Light Ely breeze, with 
some clouds, & not refreshing
	I am painting the doors
& balcony myself the whole 
day; I sent my waterman

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Jassim to town with a letter
to Alexander & got me some
provision & print as apples,
apricots, & goujeh, I am
breakfasting in the Serdale
since yesterday, it is too
hot to stay upstairs, but
there is a light Ely Wind
& it shifted to N.W.
	I called on Sister Medoola
at 4 P.M. & then on Rufail
at 6 & came home, 
Weather cloudy all over,
light N.W. but not refreshing
it is so sultry & disagreeable,
but it is cooler on the 
Terrace ~
	Subsection: 29 Sund Th 5.78
Light Easterly breeze,
with clouds all around and
sultry nasty weather~.
	At 7 ½ AM a sudden shift
of wind to the S. & South West
with dust came blowing
strong, for 10 minutes, ~
My wife came to change her
clothes & go to church.
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Asfars, there were about 30
people; afterward Sister 
Medoola Rezooki her husband
& myself called on the Giulettis
& there we met Artin my
Sister Eliza’s son who had
come down to breakfast
& spend the day with me,
he accompanied us to
Eassayis & then we
went to Asfar with
Rezooki & Artin went
to call on Kerap Effendi
the Lawyer; I came
home at 10 ¾ and
arranged for breakfasting
with Artin ~
	Strong wind blowing 
from West with dust,
Artin came at 11 ½ from his
visits & we breakfasted
together~ At 3 P.M. we
called on Rufail Sayegh
& on Kerap Sethyan, and
came back at 5, Antone 
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daughter Rosa & son Gabriel
called on me, we had 
tea, Artin left me at 6 to
go back to town, and 
also Antone & family, they
are going to decamp &
go to town day after
tomorrow ~
	Weather is cooler with
a modte Westerly wind
& quite cool on the Terrace
I went over to Sister Medoola
& came back at 8 ½ P.M. &
took dinner ~
	Subsection: 30 Mond Th 5.66
Fresh Westerly wind and
very cool, I felt it rather Cold
last night on the terrace &
with a thin cotton blanket
for covering ~
	I sent Jassin to town with
a letter for Alexander.
	At 8 I called on Eliza & Adoola
my cousins, & also on Antone 
Marrie in Farhal’s Garden
he is pulling down his 
Tents & they are going in

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to town tomorrow morning 
it is over 70 days since they
have encamped out here
At 10 ½ I came home;
It has been very nice and cool
all throughout the day;
wind blew moodte, but
at 6 ½ P.M. it fell; I have
been painting the wood
work, doors windows etc
	Alexander, wrote to say,
that Marie has very bad
sore eyes & Cecils eyes are 
better; ~
	In the evening I received a letter 
from Alexander saying that
he wants the key of my
room so as to get the Papers
of the Tapo of the mortgage
of Agha Mahomed’s Garden
at Kadumain, so as to
get the 900 L. paid to me by
Eliahoo Donors, Chasly
Cowley also writes to me
and sending me the 2 paint
brushes which I had
asked him to lend me,
	Sister Medoola and
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Rezooki came and spent the
evening with me on the top
of the house, it is very nice
& cool the weather is so
pleasant & cool, they went
away at 8 ½ ~.
	Subsection: 31 Tuesd Th 5.62
Modte N.W. & fine very
cool weather, it is quite
cold on the terrace, the
water is as cold as ice,
	I wrote to Alexander and 
sent him my key with
Rezooki Andria,
	Sister Medoola & I went
at 8 AM to call on Rufail
Sayegh, my wife is there,
very fine moderate & cool
N.W. wind 
	Antone Marrie and his family
went in to town this morning 
for good ~
	Breeze fell in the afternoon
& became rather calm, but
the weather is cool ~
	I found it very nice & cool
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	Section: [June, 1904 ]
	Subsection: 1 Wedn Th 5.66 noon 94
	Light N.W. breeze and 
fine cool weather ~
	At 5 AM. the SS. [strikethrough] Phrat
passed down; she had
arrived on Monday; ~
	My wife & Rufail went in to 
town this morning I heard
riding in at 7 AM ~
	The Bitumen man Hassan
came this morning with an 
other assistant to lay the
Bitumen in the Bath upstairs
& under the Hules down
below ~
	At 8 I sent my boy Hamma
to town to get me provisions,
I am left alone here, my
watchman Jassine having 
left yesterday, but on the
insistence of his father
Khalaf & his relatives I have
agreed to take him back,
but he had gone to town
this morning;
	Skander & Ghaleb the Lawyer
has discouraged from the
ground of Rkheteh & 


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went to town today ~
	At 4 ½ P.M. Alexander came
out to me riding; he says
that Marie is suffering from 
sore eyes & had the fever
but Cecil is well, he 
went to see Tookyeh widow
of Shekoory Sayegh to 
urge on her to go in to 
town so as to appoint
Skander Aziz to see with
him & settle the accounts
& open the office; he
rode back at 7 P.M :
	I went over to sister Medoola
at 8, I came back at 8 ¾ 
Light air & dampy sultry
weather, sister Medoola
is stile sleeping down 
in the Verandah;
	Subsection: 2d Thursd Th 5. 68
	Light westerly breeze
& cool morning, rather dampy 
on the terrace ~
	Rufail came down last
night in a goffa but my
wife remained to sleep

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in town; 
sister Medoola & Ressooki
called on me at 11
	At 11 ½ AM the S.S. Ressafah
passed up ~
	Light N.W. breeze, it shifted
at 10 AM.
	Today is a Holyday of 
Corpus Domini ~.
	At 1 ¾ P.M. the Mejidieh
passed up, she had arrived
at Gherrara this morning
& awaited for the sanitary
Doctor to inspect the passenger
& crew, also the Ressafah
had arrived last night 
at about 9 P.M. & remained
till this morning ;
	Rufail came to me at
3 P.M. & had tea, he received
his letters from Basreh,
they say that Cholera is 
diminishing & there are
few cases;
	At sunset my wife came down
in a goffa with her servant
Zeky, & Jemil the son of her
daughter Medoola they
went streight to Rufail’s

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my wife sent me a letter from
Alexander, & also a letter
& the Times of India from
Rezooki Sayegh by Mejidieh,
he tells me that Cholera
was had in Basreh it had
gone up to 70 deaths per day
but now it is diminishing,
Alexander is waiting for
Tookyeh widow of Shekoory
Sayegh to go to town so
as to appoint Skander
Aziz to overhand the accounts
& Marie is better she has no 
fever now ~
	Subsection: 3 Friday Th 5.72
	Light S. Ely breeze prevailed 
until midnight last night,
At 1 AM it suddenly shifted 
to west & N.W. blowing
so strong that my bed
was flying, I was obliged
to come down below &
sleep in the room; It kept
blowing strong all the
night & the day too ~
	Two Tilkefly men came

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to paint my house, I 
arranged with them for 
five Mejidies for the whole 
wood work;
	My cold is very bad in
chest since three days 
it is very irritating; I 
cought cold 3 days ago on 
the top of the house, & having
changed my woollen flannel 
into a tin cotton one,
	Antoine Giulietti & Rafooli
Tanton called on me at 
9 AM
	I sent Jassim the watchman 
with a letter to Alexander;
he came at 11 with some vegetables 
(Badinjan & Pumkins to) &
a letter from Alexander he 
tells me that my wife sent some
Kit & a box yesterday to 
her brother Antone’s house.
What a foolish thing she is
doing she has recommenced
to play the same trick with 
me as she did two years
ago when her daughter
Yookyeh was here, for
no cause whatever,

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we have had no quarrel lately
It appears that she does not
like to live with me & with 
her son Alexander & his
wife, she slept the night
before in town at her daughter
Medoola, & would not
breakfast with Alexander
& Marie, but went to the 
little house of Rufail &
sent for some Kebabs from 
the bazaar etc, disgusting 
	I have still a bad cold,
in chest & bones aching
& feel feverish, I am going 
to sleep in the room tonight,
wind fell down & became
calm; 
	I dined in my room, some soup 
pillaw & stewed pumkins, it 
is warm in the room, but I 
like it as I want to swet well;
	I hear that a few cases of
Cholera took place among
the passengers on board the 
Mejidieh on her way up this 
time also on board the Rassafah,
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the Photographer who came up
from Bombay about six
months ago & had gone down 
to Basreh died there a 
few days ago, he was very
addicted to drink;
	Subsection:4 Saturd Th 7’
	Light N.W. breeze and 
fine weather ~
My cold is better, I slept in the 
room & found it nice & pleasant
	The two Tilkeflies Khammo
& his brother Naoomy are sleeping
here & working in painting;
I sent for my wife to open her
room so as to be painted 
the windows etc on the canal.
She came & opened it and
remained, but never spoke
to me anything at all;
	I called on sister Medoola 
for ½ hour ~.
	My cold in chest is just as bad
as before, it is very irritating
& harsh ~ I arrived & slept in
my room, & found it nice & cool, 
& no sandflies or mosquitoes,
	Subsection:5 Sund Th 5. 73
	Light N.W. & fine cool 
morning ~ 
	I sent my watchman to

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town with letters to Alexander
and Artin & returning to the 
latter the tin of green paint
to be changed as it is bad
and old; the two tilkeflies
went to town last night to 
spend the Sunday ~
	At 8 AM I went to church 
at Asfar’s; my wife came to 
her room this morning to dress
& go to church ~
After church Rezooki Andria & I 
called on the Tantons family
& I came home, Antone the
son of Johny my nephew came
out this morning with 
Antone son of my brother
Henry to shoot, & they will 
breakfast with me, the 
latter with sister Medoola
& the former with me ~
Yousif Eassayi called on me 
also Yousif Asfar & Fetoohi
Loca but these two come
at noon while Antone & I 
were at breakfast ~
	At 3 P.M. I went to sister Medoola
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down in a goffa my niece
Louisa & her little sun Philip, 
Artin his wife Sirpohi, 
Bella, Rosa, & Artins two
little doughters to my house,
I came to my house &
half an hour after, Alexander 
& Marie came down
in a Boat, they all took
tea etc with us & they
went at 5 to see sister 
Medoola; Mr Malcolm
Baltazar also called on me,
At 6 Artin & all the rest with
him left riding donkeys,
also Alexander & Marie 
went back in the boat,
then Antone my nephew
& Antone son of Johny, also 
Louis & Tom my nephew
had come down in goffa,
left & went back, 
	The SS. Mossul arrived
at the quarantine at Gherrara
since yesterday morning
she has had six cases 
of cholera on board (2
fatal) and the Order

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came from Constantinople to 
let all the steamers make 
ten days quarantine at
Gherrara, as the cholera
is increasing at Basreh 
	I called on sister Medoola in 
the evening & came back to dine
& sleep in the room, my cold 
is still bad & cannot talk 
as the throat & chest are very
irritating ~
	Subsection: 6 Mond Th 5. 75
	Light N.W. & fine cool 
morning, I could not sleep 
well last night from my 
cold & cough, & also sandflies
	Rufail never answered 
my letter of Saturday & 
not even come to see me
for the last five days,
But at 7 ½ he came to me
as he was going to ride in 
to town & asked me where I 
wish to have the 20 Liras
paid I told him to Alexander
as I owe him about 30 Liras,
So with this 20 Liras & 20 
he had paid me about
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which is the interest on 
my 1000 Liras lent to him
for 6 months only he wants
to keep it; it will fall
due on the 6 of Rabi el
Thani or 18 of this month 
of June:~
	Only one Tiekefli came today
to paint, the other Khammo
is unwell ; ~
	The SS. Ressafah passed 
down yesterday morning
having troops on board. 
	Very light air & fine weather
I am still sleeping in the room 
on account of my bad cold
	Subsection: 7 Tuesd Th 5. 74
	Light N. Ely & fine 
weather ~
	At 4 ½ AM. The SS Mejidieh 
passed down ~ My nephew 
Artin Kasperkhan went 
down in her this time in 
place of Metty, whose aunt 
died there days ago, an
old woman, & he obtained
leave to stop behind;
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in to town this morning in a 
carriage~
	I got a mason Alwan & a boy 
working in building the mouth of 
the canal under the pump 
leading to the garden, & on the 
well too, paving the ground 
with bricks for halfd a day;
	Rufail called on me for 
an hour, He wants to buy the 
piece of fround at Rkheta’s 
farden which I had finished 
it for 300 Liras, 40 yards 
in deoth & 20 in length on
the river side~
	Weather became warm & Calm,
Breeze shifted this afternoon 
from North to West & S. West 
very calm & hot~
	I went over to Medoola & saw 
Rezooki Andria who told me 
that they opened today the 
office of Alecander & Shekoory 
Skander Aziz & Yaccob Eassay,
were present & they were 
appointed by the widow of 
Shekoory to examine the 
accounts & goods & to regulate 
	
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	Subsection: [MISSING Wednesday 8 June]
to the house, so as to arrange
for the marriage of Rufail
her son with Rosa her
niece in a fortnight more,
    I took Alexander and
went to see a new house
just built the one of the
Mezrakchies now the
Chaldean Church has
leased & built it, it is a
nice little house, for
25 ₺ if taken for four
years & paid in advance,
    We then went to the
Office & there came Yacoob
Eassayi, Skander Aziz &
Rezooki Andria, we settled
the accounts & business of
the partnership between
Alexander & the late Shekoory
Sayegh, by paying to the
Widow Tookyeh (Sister
of Yacoob Eassayi 215
Liras of the Capital
invested by Shekoory

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	At 6 P.M. Alexander, Marie
Cecil & the two servants came 
down in a Goffa; they 
took [illegible] on top
of the house to sleep there
Rezooki came over to us for 
1/2 hour
	Modte N.W. wind shifted 
suddenly & remained all 
night;
	Subsection: 9 Thursd 
	Light N.W. and fine 
pleasant weather on
top of the house 
	We sent for Rufail and Rezooki
Andria to confer with them
about the settlement that 
Alexander is coming to with
his business with Shekoory 
&the widow of Tookyeh has
appointed Alexander Aziz 
and her brother Jacoob to 
see & overhaul the accord
& yesterday they came 
to an arrangement & 
acceptance that Alexander 
will accept everything 
goods left unsold.

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& Bills ([illegible] notes)
on Merchants of about 
200 Liras etc etc, and 
he pays the widow 230 
L from the Capital of 300
L which Shekoory 
jas put with Alexanders 
cpaital of 600 L but this 
deficient sum of 70 L
Shekoory has drawn it
himself in Cash, But 
Alecander wants to give 
only 200 L as he is to accept 
all the [illegible]
& risk on himself,
	At 7 AM. Rezooki Andria 
Alexander, Reffooki 
[illegible] & muself, taking 
my boy Hamma came to town 
in a carriage paying at 
on Keram (8 Praitn) each 
we left at 7.20 and got to near 
capt Albert house by 
7.35; I called on sister 
Emilia with Rezooki 

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and then came home ~
	I went to the Dentist Naroomy
Lasso the father in law of
Abdulahad who made 
me two sets of false teeth 
in Mareh last for 12 myidis 
& one (the upper part) has 
split in two and have it to him 
to mend it, I had to pay 
him for it.
	Alexander rode out at 
11 AM
	The Khalifah arrived
at 9 AM. she had arrived at 
Gherrasa quarantine this 
morning & was allowed to come 
up without making quarantine
although the Cholera is still 
bad in Basreh & the Mossul 
is still at Gherrara to complete 
her 10 day quarantine
	At 5 P.M. I called on Mennsha 
but she was not at home.
	I went to sleep on top of the 
house but I found no bedding 
or any other requisites 
my wife having removed

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most of it, & some even carried 
to Antone her brothers house
she is getting very foolish
& she wants to leave me
altogether it appears, even 
some utensils & Pots etc
are taken away;
	Light N.W. breeze pleasent 
Morning 
	Subsection: 10 Frida
	I am suffering stil from 
my bad cold in the chest
& coughing, also the tooth
ache, & a boil on my 
back side~.
	At 8 am I called on Sister Ahja 
& came home at 9. I called on 
Mennesha & came home at 11, 
Eliahao Dennoos called on 
me on account of my 900
Kura by the [illegible] Agha 
Ibrahim, the payment
has been postponed now
on account of Mahar
Nermarh having some 
objection & caused difficult 
in the property here left
by the late [illegible]

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Ikbalrad Dowleh to the 
administration for the 
amount of 20000 Liras 
to be held for the [illegible]
on his soul & the Nawak
Agha Mabarrd. ([illegible] 
appointed Agent & [illegible]
for this sunni) had bought
all the property for the 
20000 Liras which he 
has now to reimburse 
the sale of the property
otherwise I would have 
been paid & new days
Age. ~ I wrote to Agha 
Ibrahim a letter today & 
sent it through Elim Hool 
impressing on him the 
payment of my money 
	It has been very hot 
today, the sun is very hot;
	Light N.W. breeze & fine 
pleasant tonight
	Subsection: 11 Satur
	Light N.W. & fine 
morning ~
	I am cleaning & arrangin 
the Serdah for sitting &

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got sleven, the [illegible] 
from the sitting room below
	At 9 AM Alexander 
& Marie Carrim in the 
Carruage so Marie wants 
to feel Dr. [illegible] to 
consult with him about 
a complaint & pain she
has on his side ~ She 
could not see Dr. Bigstocke,
he was too occupied by
operations, although he had 
appointed the twice & friend
it for Saturday noon 
we brekfasted together,
& Marie Asisted me in putting 
the Serdads to right but
I have the boil still on 
my sitting backside, I have 
put Linseed poultice, but 
to no use.
	At 4 1/2 P.M. Alexander
& Marie went out in the 
carriage to my new 
house.
	Weather very hot today 
with [illegible] patches of 
clouds, & a few drops of 
rain fell, clouds and 

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[illegible] with heat a very 
unpleasant weather
it became equally & cloudy 
at sunset & then cleared up
& became fine at night,
	Subsection: 12 Sund 
	Light N.W. & fine 
Weather. ~
	At 8 AM. I went to Church 
I then called on Antone 
Marie, Mrs. Mashkow
the Russian Concul & Mr.
Maloon Rattagar called 
there returning Atone's 
visit; I then called on 
Mennsha & came home
at 10 1/2 ~
	The weather is better today,
it was I think the change 
of the bad sultry coudy 
weather of yesterday on 
account of the constellation 
Pleyad appearing in the 
early morning ~
	I sent my boy Hamma 
with the key of my room [illegible]
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for the painters when they 
come to work on Tuesday
morning~
	At 4 P.M. I went to Sister
Eliza, & also on Sister Emilia 
my sister Eliza came then,
also Johny & his sister 
Guiseppina & insisted very
much on Emilia to go 
& sleep with them, as she 
is down below in this heat 
& she wont go; at 6 I 
came home~
calm & fine but not cool 
at all;
	At 8 P.M. the [crossed out] Phrat arrived
from the quarantine at Gherraha
[line crossed out]
[line crossed out]
[line crossed out]
[line crossed out] without making 
quarentine.
	Subsection: 13 Mond
	Light N.W. & fine weather 
but not refreshing at 
all~
	At 8 AM. Alexander came in
on doorkey, He says that his 
mother wants to come in 

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to the house, so as to arrange 
for the marriage of Rufail 
her son with Rosa her 
niecce in a fortnight more
	I took Alexander and 
went to see a new house 
just built the one of the 
Mezrakies now the 
Chaldean Church has 
leased & built it, it is a 
nice little house, for 
25 L if taken for four 
years & paid in advance.
	We then went to the 
Office & there came Yacook 
Eassayi Skander Aziz & 
Rezooki Andria, we settled 
the accounts & business
Alexander & the rate Shekoory 
Sayegh, by paying to the 
widown Tookyeh (Sister 
of Yacook Eassayi 215
Liras of the capital
invested by Shekoory

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of 300 Liras & finish all,
and Alexander accepts
all the goods left unsold
at a reduced evaluation
as well as all the outstanding
debts etc etc ~
    I called on Mr. Rosenfeld
at the Austrian Consulate
there is no news of the arrival
of a New Consul yet,
& Major New March does
not want to do any
work for the Austrian
Consulate he is so lazy
& ignorant of the work
& would not interfere[strikethrough]
anymore, he says that Mr.
Rappaport now sold him
by asking him to act in
his absence only for a few
weeks etc~
    Jew Brokers came again
to me for the purchase
of my house, I have
spoken to Eliahoo Denoos

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    Margin Line 25: 4 P.M. 107
    
and allowed him to finish
the bargain for 1200 Liras
both houses;~
I came home at 11 am.
    Alexander went down in the
goffa at 5 P.M.;~
    I went over to Mennsha at
7 P.M. to spend the evening with
her & the children, went on top
of the house, I found it nice
& airy, it is the old house
where Demarki was living
& then Johnstone (of Hector &
Ferin) was living, now it
belongs to the son of Yousif
Shahbender or his wife;
At 8 1/2 I came home~
Light N.W. breeze & fine
weather~
Subsection: 14 Tuesd the 5.79
Light N.W. & fine
cool morning~
    The S.S. Khalifah left
this morning for Basreh,
    The SS. Mossul arrived
last night at 9 P.M. from

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the quarantine at Gherara
where she passed ten days,
as she had six cases of
Cholera on board on her
way up~
    Alexander came in at 8 AM
riding~ The painters came
out today to finish the
rest of the work;~
    I went with Abduljebbar Affendi
the Lawyer to consult him
about Alexander's arrangement
yesterday with the executors
appointed lawfully, Yacoob
Eassayi, & Skander Aziz 
by the Widow of Shekoory
Sayegh; & the settlement
of the partnership between
them; It appears that he
does not approve of it,
it being rather risky
here after for Alexander
to recover all the credit
they have from merchants,
they may refuse payment
or detain it, but it
would be better for

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Alexander to let them
also be responsible for
half of the claim etc,
    I then called on Metty
the Clerk of the Mejidish
(who remained behind
this trip on account of
the death of his Aunt
supposed by Cholera)
I saw Mikha the Tindal
there he is well now except
his speech, he cannot
talk well yet, it is an
Appoplectic stroke he got
& perhaps will never recover
his speech completely;
    Alexander went down in
a goffa at 4 1/2 P.M.; I
cannot go down because
my wife wants to come
in whenever I go out, so
I am going to stay in the
house to see what she
wants to do Other things
with the house kit etc

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  At 5 P.M I called on Sister
Amilia, they took her last
night at Sister Emilia &
slept there; I also called 
on Sister Eliza & came
home at 4 P.M.
    Light N.W. & fine weather
	Subsection: 15 Wedn the 5. 48
Light N.W. breeze 
& fine cool morning~
    The SS. Phrat left this
morning~
    I recieved a letter this morning
from Alexander saying that
Cecil is not well she has
the fever, sore eyes & coughs,
it is a cold she caught on
the top of the house &
sends a letter to Nizam
ed Din for advice & wants
Medicine, & that he is
not coming in today,
I got the Medicine for Cecil
it is a dose of Castor Oil &
sent it with Jassim the

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Watchman~
    At 10 3/4 my wife came to
the house with her servant
Zekki, she only saluted one
& went to the room to look
after her Clothes & Kit, she
sent Bundles of Clothes etc
away to Rufails house
and at 12 she went 
away to Rufails house; 
 It appears that my wife
is preparing beds & Kit in
his house for his marriage
shortly;~
    At 5 P.M. I called on Mennsha
but she was not at home,
I came back;
    Hot day but fine & clear,
    A Christian by name
Shekoory son of Fetoohi Bahoshi
dies four days ago from
an attack of Cholera, as
well as an other woman 
a christian in the Meydan,
It appears that Cholera
exists here in a mild
form~

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  My wife with Rufail slept
in his little house, there
were Yacoob Tessy & his family
I could see them from the
top of my house~
	Subsection: 16 Thursd the5. 81
Moderate N.W. wind &
fine weather~
    My Wife & Rufail dined and
slept at Antone Marine last
night;
    Alexander came in walking
from outside, he says that 
Cecil has still the fever and
soreeyes & coughing, he gave
her the Castor Oil this Morning,
    I called on Mennsha this
morning for an hour~
    The SS. Mejidieh arrived
from Basreh at 9 1/2 AM;
    At 11 1/2 Alexander went back
to my new house in a goffa,
he could not get the paper
finished in the Mahkemzh
for appointing Yacoob Eassay
& Skander Aziz there is some
clause which requires the
presence of Tookyeh (widow
of Shekoory Sayegh) until

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Saturday~
    Very hot day & sultry [illegible]
sky ; It cleared up the after
noon~
    At 6 P.M. I went to Sister
Eliza, to see Artin who had
gone down in the Mejidieh this
trip in place of Metty, he
says that they arrived to Gherraha
last night at 10 P.M. and
anchored at the quarantine
until the Doctor came this
morning to inspect the 84
Deck passengers they had,
Sister Emilia came in the
evening to sleep there as
she does now every night,
we went on top of the house
& spent the evening~
    My wife with Rufail & 
the children of Rezooki Angoorly
& servants went down in
a goffa at 6 1/2 P.M. to
their Tents~
    I came home at 8 1/2~
    
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    Subsection: 17 Frid the 5. 80
	Light N.W. & fine weather
    The SS. Mossul left this
morning~
    Alexander wrote to me with
our Watchman that Cecil is
well & has no fever, & wants
provision~
    At 10 I went out to the bazaar
& to Eliahoo Denoos & spoke
to him about my money
from the Nomad Agha Abrahim
of Kadumain, & about the
sale of my house etc & came
home at 11~ Weather
very hot & calm;
    Watermelons & Melons came
in the season since last week
it is selling now at 6 Piaster
the big Ake the watermelons;
    At 4 1/4 P.M. I went down
in a goffa with my boy Hanna
& some Kit to my new house
reached at 4 3/4 found Alexander
Marie & Cecil, but poor
Cecil is still suffering from
bad cold, her sore eyes &
some fever, she is pulled

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down & looks thin~
	Rafooli Tanton, & Sister
Medoola & Rezooki called
on us, & had tea; my 
wife is with Rafail in 
his Tents & has not come
here~ Cecil got a strong
fever & had to be brought
down below to sleep, as
well as Alexander~
It blew fresh alnight, 
	Subsection: 18 Satur
	Fresh n. w. wind 
blowing & fine~. 
	Cecil is still suffering from 
sore eyes, Coughing & feverish, 
we thought it better for
alexander to take her to 
Baghdad & see what Dr
Nizamed Din says, so 
Alexander went in walking 
at 7 ½ am & sent a carriage
to take Cecil her mother
Rezooki Audrin, my boy 
Hanna & Habooba the 
servant went in at 9 am

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in a carriage~
	I called on Eliza & Adoola
my cousins & came 
back at 10 am ~
my wife came to her room 
to take some kit & went 
away, without speaking
to me at all, also Rafail 
is not showing himself
to me now~ 
	wind blowing fresh 
n. w. ~ 
	Alexander wrote out to me
saying that Nezamed Dine 
will come at 2 P. m.  to see 
Cecil, & he sends me two 
Camihialas Promissory 
(notes) he wrote out each 
for 70 LLiras in his name 
payable to Tookyeh widow 
of Shekoory Sayegh 
one in 3 monthes sight & 
the Balanew of the 215 Liras 
he pays in cash to her 
for the settlements of all 
Shekoory’s claim of

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partnership with Alexander
this sum of 215 L is for, 
the settlement of his capital 
of 300 L he had put in 
trade with Alexander
who has put 600 L which 
I had paid him, aud 
the executors yacoob 
Eassaye & Skander Aziz 
want me to guarantee
the 140 Liras in the two 
[illegible], should 
Alexander be unable to 
pay it, so I signed them 
& sent them back to 
Alexander~ 
	Mr. yacoob Abdnela 
Malcolm, his sister mrs 
Culteert, & his young daughter
called on me at 6 P. m. 
as they were returning 
from asfars in a carraige
	At 6 ¼ P. m Alexander
wrote out to me with my 
boy Hanna saying

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that nezamed Din 
wants Cecil to say in town
for 2 or 3 days to treat her 
as she has a slight touch
of Bronchites & has to 
come & see her, so they 
must remain, he sends
me some provesion, &
I then sent them gejo the 
cook back 
	The SS. Reesafah passed up 
this morning at 2 Am~
	I went over this evennig to 
Sister Medoola to see Rezooki
about what they have done
today with alexander’s 
affair with Tookyeh, they 
had been to Kerop Sethgan 
the Lawyer who drafted for them 
a paper to be written in 
the Mahkemeh appointing 
Rezooki andria as third
party for the settlement of
all claims & authorization 
to alexander to recover all 
claims, debts etc, and
he took the Keys of the 
office in his possession 

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	Margin Line 15: [A55_246_15:072]

	Subsection: 19 Sund
	Light N. W. breeze and 
fine cool morning; it
is very nice & cool on top
of the house; 
	At 8 am. I went to Church
at Asfar & heard mass 
officiated by Pêre Thomas
the Irish carmelite father, 
I then called on the giuliettes 
as they are going to town 
for good tomorrow, having 
been there months here
at Rafodi Tantons house, 
we also called on Polus
Serkis & came home at 
10 am my wife also came 
to church from Roofail’s 
Tents~
	jeboory Asfar, Yousif Asfar 
& Pere Thomas called on 
me at noon~
	at 4 P. m. artin my nephew
came out to me riding
he also called on Eliza & [illegible]
my cousins; I called 
with Rezooki on the Asfars
& came at 6 ½ ,

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	Alexander wrote to me to 
say that Cecil is better a 
little & they do not know 
when they can come out, 
I sent him a letter with 
Artin;~ 
	nessoory abood came out 
today to live in the house 
of Rafooly Tanton, which 
he had mortgaged last
year for 400 Liras~ 
	Subsection: 20 Mond the 5.83
	Light n. w. & fine 
weather;~ 
	Light n. w. fine, 
The SS. Ressafah passed down 
at 5 Am~ 
	I sent my watchman jassim 
with a letter to Alexander to 
send me some Bread etc
	The ginliettes family went in 
to town this morning for food
	I hear that Cholera has 
been working in every place, 
town & village since a 
long time, at Kermanshah 
it is very bad 60 & 40 deaths 
daily, at khanakin 

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Bakulea, nejef, Hilla, 
Musseyeb, Coot, amara
Basrem & here too, there 
are a few cases daily, 
even here at Kerada, 
also at Kadumain 
but it is no so noticiable 
or virulent, & people are 
not taking much notice
of it, It is very bad still
at Kerbella, 40 & 80 cases
per day;~
	The day has been hot all
throughout, also at night 
the n. w. breeze was warm,
	Ellen the daughter of Anton
marine is at Rafail’s since
yesterday;~ 
	Subsection: 21 Tuesd the. 5.76
	Light n. w. breeze
& fine~ 
	At 7 ½ Am. the Mejidieh
passed down to Basreh 
	At 7 ½ am I walked in to 
town with Rezooki andria,
passed into the house of 
jeboory Asfar to see the

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separation, & alterations, 
he is making to live in 
it, it is the one he had 
bought for 2000 Liras opposite
the house of mrs Cowley 
where Capt Holland has
living in former years
it was the property of 
the Paelinchies; I
went home saw alexander 
marie & Cecil, but poor
Cecil is looking thin & 
altered, she has no fever, 
but the diarrhea since 
yesterday; I went to Alexanders
office at 9, he has shifted
below & plastered the walls 
we then went to the bazaar
to the shoemaker Tucki 
& ordered a pair of shoes for
me; I called on Mennsha 
but she was at my sisters, 
	Cholera is working in 
town slightly, some children 
been attacked & carried 
away~ 

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	At 4 P. m. I called to see 
my sister Emilea there were 
mennsha Harriette, and 
Terrooza my niece, I heard
there that a man on board
the Comet (the Captain’s 
Butler) was attacked by
Cholera & he died this 
afternoon, I called on 
sister Eliza & at 6 ¼ I 
came down in the gaffa
with Rezooki Andria who 
came to fetch me, and
we arrived to my new 
house at 7, I found my Kit
firewood 4 waznas etc 
which I had sent down 
in the gaffa arrived since
noon~ my wife was
here in her room she had
been here all the day & 
been looking every where
& on top of the house & 
had sent for Tookyeh 
widow of Shekoory Sayegh.
who came & spent the time 

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with her, she went away to 
Rafails soon after I had
arrived~ modte & 
increasing n. w. wind,
	At midnight it blew
very fresh & blew my 
bed off, so I was obliged
to come down to the 
room & sleep;
	Subsection: 22 Wedn
	Fresh n. w. wind and
dusty weather~ 
	At 6 ½ Am my wife with 
the Children of [illegible] 
& servants & Kit all
went up in a gaffa, as
well as two other gaffa
loads, and Rafail remained
to see the Tents pulled 
down, I sent to tell them 
that I want my two 
tents here, Rafail then 
rode in at about 8 and 
some people to pack the 
Tents (one of antone marine 
& two mine) ~

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	I sent my boy Hamma to
town to bring me the apples
one & half Ake for making
preserves Eliza Erame
my cousin has offered to 
make it for me;
	I passed to my sister Medoola
& Rezooki tells me that he
was in our house before
sunset and Alexander is
doing his best to prevent his
mother from carrying away
any kit or opening rooms
& he also ordered the Indian
Watchman to prevent any
thing being taken away
while he was there, her
servant Zekki came and
went on top of the house
to unfasten my iron bed
stead to take it away
pretending that it is hers
but Alexander stopped 
her & did not let her
take anything away ~

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	Fresh N.W. wind blowing 
all the night, I could not
rig up my mosquito
curtain; ~
	The river is falling fast 
as the hot wind is evaporating
it;
	Subsection: 23 Thursd
Fresh N.W. Wind with 
dust flying ~
	I sent my watchman Jassim
with a letter to Alexander 
at 9 ½ AM
	The SS. Khalifah passed
up at 10.5 AM ~
	Alexander writes to me that
he saw Père Pièrre this morning 
& spoke to him of what his
mother is doing with me,
He have the reason to me
and advised Alexander 
to let me go in on Saturday
& let my wife take away
her Kit, as Rufail his
son is going to get married.
	I called on Sister Medoola

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for ½ hour ~
	Wind falling down at 4
P.M. it is hot during the
day; ~
	At 6 ½ Alexander, Marie
Cecile & their servant Habooba
& the cook Jejo came down
in a Goffa, Cecil is well now
but she is weak ~
	Alexander tells me that
Père Pièrre had been to see
him in the office this morning
& spoke to him that my
wife had spoken to him
demanding her kit and
all what belongs to her
and he promised her that
on Saturday I will go in
to town when she can
come & take what belongs
to her etc~ Alexander 
has locked every place 
& ordered the watchman
not to let any body come
into the house ~
	
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	Fresh N.W. Wind blew
all the night on the terrace
	Subsection: 24 Frid
Fresh N.W. Wind 
& fine ~
	Père Pièrre called on 
us at 6 ½ AM on his way
down to the Father’s Garden
at [illegible] Adam, he spoke
to me about my wife’s 
demanding her Kit,
I consented most willingly
to acquiesce to her demand
& I asked him to be present
also himself, but he declined
& we thought of asking
Yacob Oossy Messiyen
& Risha Maghak Kasperkhan 
to be present & she can
claim what actually 
belongs to her ~
	Alexander went into town
at 7 ½ AM ~
	Nassoory son of Toma
Khayat (Brother of the
Chaldean Priest Theodore)
	
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died yesterday afternoon
from a long suffering of
dysentery, & hemorrhoids
he was over 65 years old
he came from Basreh
lately with this malady
he had for years, he [crossed out]
leaves a large family
his wife is the daughter
of Eassayi, his eldest
son is Dr. Behjet & has
three other sons employed
at Basreh~
	The day has not been so hot,
the N.W. Wind blowing until
6 P.M. when it fell.~
	Sister Medoola called on 
us;
	I do not feel well since
two days, this ungrateful 
behavior of my wife &
the scandalous way she
is causing among the 
people is very unbecoming
for a person like her and
for our name and reputation
	
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her infatuity and bad
temper, and also her arrogance
in the way she speaks &
threatens us, have become 
so intolerable, it is very 
curious that whenever
she sees one of her sons
or daughters come up from
Basreh, she gets so unmanageable
and does not care a 
bit for us or for the
management of the house
as she did two years
ago, when Tookyeh had
come up & she also cast
us up & went to live with
her & went to Basreh
with her~ All this and
other misbehavior have 
cased me much grief
& pain to see my wife
treating me in this 
manner;~
	Alexander came out riding 
at 6 ½ P.M; his mother did 
not come to the house, he
thinks Rufail will get

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	Subsection: 25 Satur
married on Sunday~
	Modte N.W. Wind and
freshening up;
	At 6 ¾ AM Alexander & 
I rode in to town and came home,
my boy Hamna also~
	I sent for Yacoob Oossy but 
he was not at home, so I
sent Alexander to Père Pièrre
to see what he has done
yesterday; he told him that
he spoke to Yacoob Oossy
& Risha Khaghak & they 
are ready to come at 8 ½
AM; I went to Yacoob
Oosy’s house and found
him just returning so I 
took him home & then
explain all to him and
what my wife wishes to
take away, her Kit by
proving & on oath that
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she has bought them
with her own money
Resha Maghak also
came & I explained to 
him & we sent for my
wife, she came and knocked
at the door in such a 
furious way, & scolded
my Indian watchman
& abused him for
not having let her
come in three days ago, 
she was so fearfully
enraged & in such a 
language that I never
seen her doing so before
she pitched into Alexander
& called him every thing 
she was in fact wild
& insolent, she went into my
room & began searching for 
her Kit & close, I called her
out to sit down & to speak
to the two witnesses present
that is Yacoob Oossy and

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Resha Maghak, I then
explained to them all that
since she wishes to take
away all what belongs to
her she can do so, only
the Alyiets which I doubt
if they are hers, she will have
to prove and on oath, 
she consulted, I took
them to our sitting room
first, where there are two
Blackwood Satin Spring
couches she had bought
for my son to furnish his
room & given to him as
present, she claimed them
and said she will certainly 
take them & not give any
thing to her son; they were
carried away by Coolies
& servants of Rufail; she
then took away a glass
candlestick with sheet
& crystal hanging she

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swore that it is hers &
had bought it from Rezooki
Louis Lessy; & that was
all she had, she tried
to take her enlarged photo
framed & hanged on the
wall I declined giving 
it, it was sent to Parris
& enlarged by Alexander,
but she disputed, so I
threw it on the ground
& smashed it to pieces,
we then went in the
Oorsy, she found one empty
blackood box, she took
& some worthless objects
& her sewing machine
I locked that room then, 
& went in the Kefesh Kain
she took everything away
as clothes, bottles of
Arack, Rose Water, Tabacco
for [illegible], small
Bahrein mats, washing 
Jugs & Basins and

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other objects, which she 
made me wild to see 
her mean way and 
greediness in depriving
me of everything, I 
could see plain that she
wants to injure me as 
much as she can out
of spite, she wanted to
take the bedding and 
pillows but I objected 
most energetically and 
resisted in not letting her
take them, she saw
from me that I was willing
to allow her to take away
things that she wanted &
she took advantage of 
this; Had I not been
advised by Père Pièrre &.
other members of my family
to allow her to take what
she wants I would not

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	Notes:

let her do what she liked,
but to avoid the scandals
before these two persons 
& before the servants and
coolies I kept my temper
but some times she
used to pass the limits &
she was in fact, robbing
me like a depredation
& plunder, by tearing
away every thing she
can lay hold off; even
my old clothes arriving 
her kit she took away
in bundles. Even my
two cotton blankets she 
would take them away
but I took them, all sorts
of small articles, cloth,
boxes, she swept her chest 
& wardrobes, & the Doolabs
in the wall, so far she 
went, that at times I used
to burst out with rage
& prevent her from

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such a plunder, I kept 
quiet all for the sake
of my health & the scandal 
so that people on hearing 
of what took place not
to blame me; and 
especially that Pere Pièrre 
asked me not to say 
any thing; & let her take 
what she likes, she even
clamed my big wardrobe
saying that I had bought 
it from her late son Michail
& a few days before his
death & never paid him
the cost, well this wardrobe
I had bought it with other
furniture belonging to 
Colonel Mockler a year
before Michails death
& paid for it; she took
away a lot of crockery 
about 15 large flat dishes
pretending all are hers

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	Notes:

but not half belongs to
her only about 6 or 8
old fashioned round
dishes, she took four 
dozen plates dinner and 
desert with flowers and 
gilted round I had bought
from Asfar Khan
& she claimed them as hers 
& had the courage to 
swear that they were 
hers, she wanted to take
my 6 gilt tumblers, but 
I go so enraged that I 
threw them & smashed
them all; she stole
from my other cupboard 
a long linnen table 
cloth & a dozen napkins 
just 10 minutes before
& concealed them in her
Box with the other kit
and when I came to
 
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	Margin Line 3: June 

look for them I could
not find them & I asked
her then she said that
they belonged to her, I 
told that I had bought
them from Augoorly at 
Basuh & insisted in having
them she then took them 
out of the box & gave them 
up; in fact she was
trying to rob me as much 
as she could; the copperware
pots, basins, two mankals 
trays, washing basins
& all copper utensils she 
took by saying & swearing
that she had made them
with her own money
I retained by force one 
copper pot, belonging to 
Alexander which, he 
had brought with him

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	Notes:

from Aleppo; & I have
four my own also brought 
there from Diarbekir
& Aleppo which are out in 
my new house using them
she took away what 
flour, rice & ghee there 
was saying that she
had bought that for
Rufail’s marriage, 
she took some old carpets 
& besaats from the Serdab
& finished this bloody
comedy before the coolies
servants & Nacoo & Oossy
(Risha had gone at 1 P.M)
which lasted till 2 ½ P.M.
& we had not taken breakfast,
& she left the house in 
a very tyred & done up
state for having done 
a very good days haul
& left by saying to me
goodbye & with many 

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things, I was glad to 
have finished with long
standing disputes & 
had prevented me from 
getting any rest & piace, 
we then Alexander & I,
took our breakfast, [strikethrough]
but in what a state of 
excitement & disgust I 
was as well as Alexander
and she did not let me 
quiet, but kept sending
the servant after such 
& such article not taken, 
she sent for her single
Iron bedstead from the 
terrace which I loosend 
& sent to her; she only 
posseses one & it is out
in my new house, but
swore that she had this
for the last 20 years;
	What a scandal

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	Notes:

she has caused in the 
town among all the Christian 
she has no shame, &
the fools of her brother Anton 
& her son Rufail not 
speaking to her & reproaching
her for such deeds which
are unbecoming to a
person like her and
at her age nearly 65
years to do such acts;
	At 5 P.M. I called on my 
sister Eliza & related to them
what took place they were
so astonished; Alexander
came there at 5 ½ and
then went down in a goffa
to our house; I came
home at 6; I had to 
make my bed in the veranda
down below & sleep on 
one of my new takhets,
it was nice & cool at 
night ~

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	Subsection: 26 Sund. The 5.78
	Light N. W. breeze & fine
	Our sleeping room is 
desolate all cupboards
open & empty, as if robbers 
or some plunder has 
taken place, even a small
oval gilt mirror hang
on the wall has been taken
away, without my knowledge
and I had to send for it
so as to dress myself ~
	At 8 AM I went to church
I then called on Dr Behjet
to condole him on the death 
of his father Nessory three
days ago, there I saw Père 
Pièrre & we rose to go away 
& I went with him to church
& related to him what took 
place yesterday with my
wife; he was astonished but 
what could he do; I 

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came home my nephews 
Johny Artin, my nieces 
Louisa & her husband Yousif
Yaghchi, Harriette, Terrooza 
& Sirpohy called on me,
	I called on Mennsha & 
came home at 11~
	At 5 P.M. I went over to see 
Sister Emilia she spoke to 
me about my wife’s doing 
yesterday we talked a 
good deal; At 6 I went 
over to sister Eliza & spent
the evening on top of the 
house on the river, ~
	At 7 the SS. Phrat came 
up from Basreh, having
good many passengers
	At 8 I came home,
dined on top of the terrace
& slept down below.
Light N.W. breeze and fine weather~

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	Light N.W. & fine weather,
	Alexander came in from
outside at 8 AM ~
	Subsection: 27 Mond
	Jews came the Brokers
also Eliahoo Denoos &
then the buyer of my house
[F]rahim Nessim to settle
the price, at last gave it
for 1,200 both houses and
demanded 20 Liras for present
as it is the rule they agreed
but only wanted to give 10
Liras present, & there the
dispute arose by the Brokers
Ibrahim & his friends
regarding their brokerage
which I firmly objected
& so nothing was settled
& they went away ;
I went to Alexander’s office
& sent to the man of Agha
Ibrahim the Nawab and
I got the interest for my
money 900 Liras of the

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mortgage of the garden at
Kadumain, he paid me
for three months more,
Liras 20 ¼ commencing
from the 4 of May Old
style equal to 17 May
up to the 17 of August &
I gave him a receipt for
the sum ~ I then took
Rezooki Andria & went to
the Copper smiths & I bought 
one large washing Basin
weighing 4 Okes & 1 ¼ [weghi]
at 63 P. per Oke ,
one Cooking Pot weight}
one Oke & 1 ½ weghie}	 Piast
Two Copper Cups or}
[Tasses] for bathing} 		42. 9 ¼ 
weight 1 ¾ Oke}
And for tinning above	    	20      
		      Piast	449 ¼ 
At 12 Alexander & I came
home to breafast ~

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	Margin Line 3: June

At 4 ½ P.M. I sent some Kit
& Hanna my boy to the Goffa
& locked up every place ,
I then went to see Sister
Emilia & then went to Sister
Eliza, Artur & his wife Serpohy
with their two children
Harriette & Mary are coming
down tomorrow to stay
in my new hose for a 
week or two ; Alexander
came there & we then
got in the Goffa at 5 ½ P.M.
& picked up Rezooki Andria
& we came down to our
house, found Marie
& Cecil all well, Sister
Medoola & Adoola my
cousin were here, they were
very sorry to hear what
took place on Saturday
and of what my wife
and etc. etc ~
	At 7 ½ P.M. the SS. Mossul
& Barge passed up

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We dined & slept on the 
terrace a very nice and
cool N.W. Air prevailing,
We have discharge our
blackguard cook Jejo
this morning & got an
other young Moussully
called Yacoob just arrived
from Mossul ~
	Subsection: 28 Sund
	Modte N.W. wind and
fine weather ~
	The Khalifah passed
down at 4 ½ AM ;
	Alexander & Rezooki Andria
went in to town at 7 AM on
donkeys ;~ Sister Medoola called
she had been to see Eliza Erame
my cousin who was in town
yesterday & heard what
occurred between my wife &
myself on Saturday, all
the people are talking ;
I hear that my wife is
unwell suffering from
the effects of what she 

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	Margin Line 3: June

did. Rufail & all are
now living in Serkis house
close to mine they have
taken it from Polus Serkis
& Mily his sister in law
for two months for the
marriage of Rufail,
	The day has  been warm
with light Westerly breeze,
	At 7 P.M. Artin my nephew
with his wife Sirpohy and
Mary & a servant girl
came down in a Goffa,
Also some of their Kit in
an Other Goffa, I gave them
a room & one of the two
Serdabs & on the Terrace
there bedsteads etc they
are to stay with us for a
few days; They dined
with us & we spent a
pleasant evening;
	Alexander also came
at & in a Goffa with some
Kit ~

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	The Agent for Lynch
Brothers Mr. Hoffmayer
at Basreh died from Cholera
three days ago, he was
the only European attacked,
	Fresh N.W. wind blowing
all the night ;
	Subsection: 29 Wedn
	Fresh N.W. Wind &
fine ~
	At 4 ½ AM. The Phrat
passed down ~
	Today is a Holy day of St
Peter & St Paul ; Alexander
Marie, Artin & Sirpohy
went to hear Mass at Asfars,
We breakfasted together, Artin
& his wife are also furnishing
some of their provision ;~
	Rafooly Tanton, Sister
Medoola etc called on us ; 
At 5 P.M. Rezooki & I called
on the Tantons saw Pére
Pierre then ~ At 6 we left
	Eliza Erame called on us,
	Light N.W. breeze & warm

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River is falling fast ~
	Early this morning as
the young Armenian boy of
about 18 years an Adopted
son of Kerop Effendi Settiyan
the lawyer was riding in
to town on the mare of
Kerop he was knocked down
by some Arabs near the
entrance between the Gardens
& the mare taken away
it is worth about 30 or 40
Liras, the government have
wired to every village &
place around Baghdad,
	Light N.W. & fine cool
night ;~
	Light N.W. breeze
& fine cool weather ~
	Subsection: 30 Thursd
	Alexander & Artin rode
in to town at 7 AM.
	The S.S. Mejidieh passed
up at 8 A.M. ~ Very few
passengers in her, A new
Persian Consul for Baghdad

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	Section: [July, 1904]

arrived in the Mejidieh ~
	The day has been warm 
today the sun is very hot
It is the [Saam] wind that
has sat in ~
	I went to see Sister Medoola
at 5 ~
	At 6 P.M. Alexander
came down bringing me
a letter from Rezooki from
Basreh & two [Lines] of India,
	Subsection: 1 Frid
	Light N.W. breeze &
fine weather ~
Breez S. West in the evening
	Light N.W. breeze and
fine weather ~
	The [Tilkefly] Khamo came
to finish the painting, he 
is so  lazy & ignorant & had
left many places undone
& dirty ~ They finished today,
	Alexander & Artin
rode in to town this morning, 
	The SS. Mossul passed
down at 4 ½ AM~
	I called on Sister Medoola 
at 5 P.M. Adoola my

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	Margin Line 5: [A55_280_05:080]
	Margin Line 12: Th. 4 _ 80 Noon 106 4 P.M. 110

cousin called on us
	Alexander came down in
a Boat at 7 P.M ~
	The Cholera at [Kerbella]
is still very bad over 150
or 200 calls daily, at
[Killa] & Basreh it is now
decreased ~
	Subsection: 2 Satur
	Very light N.W. breeze &
fine weather ~
	At 6 ½ AM. I rode in to town
& sent my boy Hanna forward
I got home at 7, The Indian
watchman Abdulrahin
is guarding the house well.
I cleaned our sleeping room
from so much dirt & rubish
also the Bath room
It is much hotter in the house
in town than in my house
outside where there is always
some breeze coming across
the river ~
	I took a bath with
cold water or rather 
[strikethrough] lukewarm

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	Margin Line 21: [A55_281_21:081]
	Margin Line 24: yesterday

I called on Menusha at 6 P.M.
but she was not at home,
	I dined & slept on top of the house
nice & cool night ~
	Subsection: 3 Sund
	Light N.W. breeze &
fine weather ~
	At 8 AM. I went to church, on
the road as I was walking
with Meekha the Tindal
& his son, who were at Rufail’s
I met my wife with her
servant Zekky returning 
from Church going to 
Rufails house, none of
us spoke ~ I called
on Menusha & on the
[Juiliettis] & came home
at 9 ½ AM ~
	I hear that after the
arrival of the Russian Consul
general Mr. Mashkow here
he went to visit the Waly
(the [Menshir] Pasha) and
it appears that he was not
received with the proper
guard of honour on alightning
except a few Zaptyes, so

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	Margin Line 27: 4 PM 110

he thought it was not the
proper honour due to his
dignity & returned back
immediatly without seeing
the Mushir, although
the latter sent this aide de
camp after him to persuade
him to return & that the 
desired honours will be
paid to him immedially
The Mushir sent to Mr.
Mashkow Fekhry Pasha
to arrange the matter,
& [strikethrough "yesterday"] today Mr. Mashkow
visited the Mushir &
the proper guard was in
attendance of many Soldiers
	Johny my nephew called at noon;
It is very hot in the house 
from 10 am till 6 P.M ~
	At 4 P.M I called on Sisters
Eliza & Emilia & came
home at 7. Very light breeze 
& warm ~
	Subsection: 4 Mond, Th.4.84
Light N.W. & fine
weather ~
	Mason came to work

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in my small house in
repairing a bit of wall 
between mine & that of 
Yacoob Eassayi in partnership,
	Alexander came in from
my new house at 8 AM
Harriett my niece was
at us yesterday & she slept
also there, & her sister
Louisa & husband Yousef
Yaghchi were at Medoola
& they came in last night
also my sister Medoola 
with them & she slept also
at Yaghctis, but Harriette
remained with us ~
	I went to Alexander over in his office
& then been in the bazaar to 
Nasoory Abood's office and
called on Menusha and
came home at 11 1/2;
Hot wind fresh & N.W. 
and dust flying in the sky ~
	At 4 1/2 P.M. I went over to
sister Emilia where Sister 
Medoola is passing the day
I left my boy Hanna to go down
with the provision etc. with

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	Margin Line 21: Noon 108
	Margin Line 22: 4 P.M 109
	Margin Line 24: [A55_284_24:084]

Alexander in a boat at 5 1/2 
P.M.& I am going with sister
Medoola & Rezooki in a 
carriage out to our houses
	At 5 1/2 we left sister Emilia 
my sister Medoola Rezooki 
her husband & myself in
the carriage reached my
house at 6 found Marie,
Cecil Serpohy etc. all there
Artin came out in the
evening, my niece Harriette
is with us; ~
Mooth wind from N.W. &
fine cool night;
	Fresh N.W. wind & fine
weather 
	Subsection: 5 Tuesd Th.4. 84
	The S.S. Mijidieh 
passed down at 4 1/2 A.M.;
The SS. Ressafah which 
arrived on saturday noon 
Left yesterday at 11 A.M
taking Troops to Amara 
as there is great disturbance
among the Arabs there
	A bad day today was
the strong hot wind blew

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with such violence and 
brought such a thick dust
covering all the sky & the
shore on the opposite side 
of the river was invisible 
the house & rooms all
covered in dust my
plantation in the courtyard
are dying away from 
the heat of the sun, ~
I called on Medoola at 4 P.M
also Sirpohy, Alexander
& Marie, Harriette my
niece went to stay at
Sister Medoola today; 
The wind kept blowing very
fresh all the time, so much I 
had to go down to sleep
in my room after dinner, we
also dined below, ~
Light N.W. breeze but
not cool, fine weather,
	Subsection: 6 Wedn, 4.86
Alexander & Artin also
his wife Sirpohy rode in to town
at 7 1/2 A.M. ~
Wind again freshened up
before Noon, blowing hot

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Sister Medoola & Harriette
called on us ~
	I am drinking so much water
from the heat that I feel
pain in stomach, I am so 
thursty for the last month
or more since I begun to
drink so much, & so is
every body also feel it so
thursty ~
	The river is falling very 
fast, the islands begun 
to show themselves, The
piping of my Pump is also
getting short, it is only
about 3 Inches below the
surface of the river and 
I am getting another piece
added to it; 
	Alexander came down in a 
Boat at 6 1/2 AM. but Artin 
& his wife came at 8 1/2 they
had been to the other side
with Louisa Yousif Yaghchy
her husband & Terrooza etc,
	Strong hot N.W. Wind
is blowing  ~
	Bella the daughter of 
	
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Terrooza came to us with
Artin & Sirpohy to stay
with us; ~
	Wind blowing fresh all the 
night, ~
	Subsection: 7 Thursd Th.4- 81
	Light N.W breeze &
fine morning ~
	At 7 1/2 AM Alexander Rezooki 
Andria, Artin & Sirpohi rode
in to town, the latter is gone to
see the Doctor she being rather
weak in Constitution ~
	At 7 3/4 AM. the Khalifah
passed up having few passengrs, 
	Sister Medoola & Marie
went to visit the wife of Nessoory
Aboud & they were retained
there to breakfast with
her, they are living in one of
Rafooly Tanton's houses,
being mortgaged by Nessoory
for 400 T. Liras ~ So
that Bella & myself only
breakfasted at home,
	The day is warm but not 
so bad as yesterday;
	Alexander came down in a
Boat with Rezooki, Rafooli

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Tanton & Wasfy Beg the son of
the Nadir of Wakuf who is 
living with his father & family
in the small house of Ali
Beg next to Medoola's house,
	Modte N.W. & fine weather	
Preparations & invitation
are going on in Rufail's
house & Antone Marine
for the marriage of Rufail	
with Rosa (Antone Marines
oldest daughter) on next
Sunday, but most people
are not going on account 
of the mourning for
Tooza Asfar & the ceremony 
is to be private, my wife
is very busy I hear at 
Rufails for the preparation,
We have received no 
invitation from None,
	The son of Antone Marine
Gabriel (Joory) has got 
into a trouble for 
having abused and 

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bitten a man, who was
sitting & selling cucumber 
pickles opposite Sister 
Emilia's house while Gabriel
was driving in his carriage
for no offence whatever
done to him by the seller
except that he was singing
some insignificant songs
which Gabriel took it
to himself, The seller
has complaint & has Six
witnesses against him, 
& they say that he will have
either he imprisoned or
pay a fine ~
	Today is Alexanders
birthday born in 1878
so that he has completed
his 26th year ~
	Artin & his wife returned 
this evening in a Goffa,
we have Bella here
still with us ~

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Modte N.W. Wind and 
fine ~
	At 6 1/2 AM the S.S.
Comet passed down going
to Basreh to undergo Some
repairs as I hear ~
	Subsection: 8 Frid, Th. 4.82
	Alexander, Artin & Rezooki
rode in to town at 7 1/2 AM.
the day has not been so hot,
a Modte N.W. breeze prevailed,
Eliza Erame my cousins
called on us at 5 P.M;
At 7 P.M Alexander & Artin 
came out riding ~
Light N.W. & fine cool
evening;
	Subsection: 9, Satur, Th.4.76 
	Modte increasing N.W.
wind & fine ~
	The Nadir of the Wakuf
Wassif Effendi & his family
left Ali Begs house for good
this morning & went to town
in Carriages & goffas ~
Alexander did not go to town 
but only Artin ~
	The river is falling fast and 
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the water, I had to fit a 
round timber about 8 Inches
long the same diameter &
tied a piece of cloth around 
it & it worked; ~
	I took a cold water bath
in my new bath room; this 
afternoon Alexander also
had a bath ~
	Jeboory Asfar & his wife &
children went to town this
morning for the wedding
of Rufail Sayegh tomorrow,
But Yousif Asfar & his 
sister Harriette stayed
out, as they are in mourning
for their mother ~
	Artin came down in a 
goffa at 7 P.M.;
	Weather Calm & warm; 
	Subsection: 10 Sund Th.4. 86
	Fresh N.W. wind blowing
and fine weather ~
	At 7 1/2 AM Terrooza 
my niece, with Antone &
Rosa the children of Johny 
my Nephew came out
to us; at 8 we all

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went to hear mass at Asfars,
There are only Yousif Asfar
& his sister Harriette staying
out, Pere Louis Officiated,
there were 23 persons at 
Church, Polus Serkis
his wife also came out,
We then called on Yousif
Asfar & his Sister; and 
on Nessoory Abood with
Rezooki Andria & Alexander,
also on Eliza & Adoola
and came home at 10,
Strong N.W. Wind; 
This morning Rufail 
Sayegh got married
with Rosa daughter of
Antone Marine in the 
latter's house at 8 AM.
Officicated by the Armeninian 
Priest Philippus ,
	At 4 P.M. the SS. Phrat
passed up ~
	I called on sister Medoola
at 4, also at 5 called with 
Rezooki Andria on Kerop

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Sethyan the Lawyer; 
	Terooza with Antone and
Rosa rode in to town at 6 1/2
P.M. ~
	Rafooli Tanton called 
on us in the evening, he was
returning from town, he 
was at the breakfast
at Antone Marine after
the marriage of Rosa 
his daughter with Rufail,
there were few people there
invited ~
	Subsection: 11 Mond Th.4. 82
	Modte N.W. Wind
& fine weather ~
	Alexander & Artin rode 
in to town at 7 1/2 AM;
	At 10 AM Alexander wrote
to me with a messenger to
say that Eliahoo Dennoos
& the Brokers came to him
in the Khan for the purchase
of my house for Frahim
Nessim & after a long talk
& discussion he got the 
offer of 1200 T. Liras exclusive
of all expenses except 
four liras that I am to


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give the brokers as presens
as I had offered them before
but I wanted 20 Liras
besides as it is the custom
in the shape of a present,
for both houses 1 with
the small one behind
mine in the [illegible],
I wrote back saying
that I accept the bargain,
of 1200 L. & I will pay
the brokers the 4 Liras
& Frahim Nessim must
advance me 200 Liras
until we make the
Title deeds at the Tapo &
declaration of having sold
it, I shall then receive
the balance of 1000 Lira's
and the evacuation of
the house will be at
the end of September,
	Sister Medoola called in
the afternoon ~
Wind fell down, it is not
so warm today ~
 
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    At 6 3/4 P.M. the SS. Mossul
passed up ~
    Alexander came in the
carriage at 6 1/2 P.M. He
has taken 50 Liras from
Frahim Nessim in advance
for the sale of my house,
until I go up to town
tomorrow ~ Artin also
came at sunset ~
    Modte N.W. breeze & fine
cool weather ~
    Subsection: 12 Tuesd Th 4. 85 
	Modte N.W. wind blowing
and fine weather ~
    The SS. Khalifah
passed down at 4 1/2 AM.
I prepared my Kit etc to
go to town.
    At 7 Rezooki Andria, Artin
Alexander & I came to town
in the carriage paying at
8 P. each of us & got home
at 7 1/2 ~ I went at 8 1/2
to Alexanders Office & I
took my Title Deeds of
 
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the two houses, as in both
of them the Tapo had put
my name in the large house
& my wife Eliza's name
in the small one as
Turkish subjects; it
cannot be dealt with in
obtaining other papers as
Certificates etc, so I had
to go to the Tapo to my
friend Hafiz Effendi the
head Clerk & asked his
advise he told me that
I have to apply to my Consul
& let him write to the
Waly & enclosing the two
Title Deeds & ask him to
have them corrected in
the Tapo & they will do it
at once, so I left & went
to see Mr. Rosenfeld the
Dragoman, he told me
that I shall have to
write a letter to Major
 
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New March & ask him
so & enclose the two Title
Deeds to him to be sent
to the Vilayet etc,
I came home & wrote
to him & enclosed the
two Title Deeds;
    I received 50 Liras in
part payment of the
sum of 1200 Liras of the
sale of my house, and
the evaquation will
be by the end September,
& the remainder 1150
Liras will be paid as
soon as the papers in the
Tapo & my confession
there of it being sold take
place, will be paid.
    Alexander & I breakfasted
at home;~ I paid the
50 Liras to Eliahoo Denoos
for my debt which I
had borrowed from him
on the 10 of Nover last
for 6 months and
 
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paid him interest @ 8%
for 8 months & 8 days;
    Alexander went down in
a boat at 5 P.M.;
    Subsection: 13th Wedn Th.4.78
	Light N.W. & fine
cool morning~
    I got a mason & two boys to
repair the wall inside of
my small house with
Usta Khomeys for 1/2 day
for which I paid 50 Piaster
    At 8 A.M. I called on Sister
Eliza we then went to see
the house of Haji Mahmood
Pachachy in the corner
of the Sheria of [Arabic]
just outside the house of
sister Eliza’s it is nice &
good but there are very
small rooms in it, &
they want it for 45 Liras
a year; I then called
on sister Emilia & came
home at 11 AM ~
 
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    Alexander sent me a letter with
Jassim our watchman while
I was at Menusha at 5 P.M
wanting some provision, & telling
me that the Pump is not
working well to send the
Blacksmith out in the
morning ~
    The S.S. Phrat left this morning
at 4 1/2 AM ~
    Subsection: 14 Thursd Th.4. 84
    Light N.W breeze
    The SS. Mossul left this
morning at 4 1/2 AM;
    Alexander came in at 7 1/2
in a carriage, he says that
Sirpohy & Artin my nephew
will come in probably on
Saturday;~
    The S.S. Mejidieh arrived
at 8 AM; I only received the
Times of India from Rezooki
but no letters ~
    It became very hot today
the sky is so sultry loaded
with heat, the sun is scorching,
    Alexander went out in the
Carriage at 5 1/2 P.M. with
 
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Rezooki Andria & Rafooli
Tanton;
     At 6 1/2 I went over to Menusha
we spent the evening on top of
the house & drunk Arak,
her brother Azoori (Lazar
Chanteduc) also came
then; I left at 8 1/2 ~
    Today being the fete of the
French Republique, Mons.
Rouet the Vice Consul did
not give a reception he sent
us a Circular round yesterday,
An excuse for economy but
he illuminated his flagstaff
& railing at night;
    Subsection: 15 Frid Th.4. 79
	Light N.W. find weather
Alexander did not come
in but sent me the watchman
Jassim with a letter for
provisions etc ~
	It became very hot toward
noon, the sun is like fire ~
    We have discharged our new
cook Yacoob yesterday morning
he had come to serve us since
the 1st & have retaken our
old cook Elyeh in his place
 
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at 5 Mejidieh per month both
are at this pay ~
    At 4 1/2 P.M. I went to see my
sister Eliza, she [strikethrough] says that
the widow of H. Majmood
Bachahi wont let the
house which we saw the
day before for less than
45 Liras a year, they offered
her 35, she wont give it
At 6 I came home ~
    Light N.W & fine~
New moon two days old
    Subsection: 16 Satur Th.4. 88
    Fresh N.W. Wind begun to
blow early before day break,
& not at all pleasant;
I got a Mason boy Jussim to
repair the kitchen from the
place I took away the Iron Cooking
Range & other reparation
    Alexander came in
at 7 1/2 on donkey; he says that
Artin & Sirpohy want to
come in tomorrow for good
they have been staying
with us since the 28 [illegible],
    A very hot day the sun is like
fire~
    I took a cold bath~
 
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    Alexander & Rezooki Andria
went down in a Goffa at 5 ¾
I sent some kit down~
    Subsection: 17 Sund
    Light N.W. breeze
& fine but not cool~
    At 8 A.M. I went to church
Today being a Holyday of the
Virgin of the Scapulary ~
On leaving the church I met
my wife entering as I passed
she did not salute or even
looked at me~
    I called on Abduljebbar
Khayat the Lawyer as his
son Anwar & his brother
Rashid arrived 4 days
ago from Constantinople via
Aleppo, the former had been
in Paris he was at school
in Beyrout where he went
twelve years ago & learnt
agriculture & the latter
his brother also went to
Paris 17 years ago and
learnt medicine & has
a doctor’s diploma~
 
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	I also called on Mr. & Mrs.
Giustini & on the Eassayis
& came home at 10 &
called on Mennsha also
Johny my nephew called
on me at 11~
    Very hot day & light breeze
Mr. Ginstini the controller of
the quarantine sanitary
told me today that two men
postmen arrived from Salahyeh
north of Baghdad were
attaked by Cholera & died
yesterday in the Civil Hospital,
at Kerbella & Nejef then
very few cases now,
    At 3 ½ P.M. I went to see my
sister Emilia & left Hanna
my boy & Juma the coolie
to take the kit in the Goffa
I then called on Sister Eliza
my Goffa came down
to the steps & at 5 ¼ I left
& came down to my new
home, I reached at 6, found
Sirpohy & Artin had already
sent their kit up in
the goffa & they were

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ready to go in on donkeys
they do not want to stay
longer they have been 
out here since the 28th 
of last month; Kerop
Settiyan & his wife were
visiting us;~
went over to Sister Medoola
	Light n. W. & fine,
The river Keeps falling
& the piping of my Pump
is getting short ~
Subsection: 18 mond the 4.81
	Light n. w. & fine 
cool morning ~
	alexander rode in to 
town at 7 Am~ also 
Sister Medoola & Rezooki
went in the carriage they 
are to return back tomorrow 
	The day is not so warm 
as in town, I have put up 
on the Windows of the Solar
some Candthorn, & the 
breeze comes through very
nice & cool~
	Alexander came back at
6 ½ P. m [illegible] goffas~

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Subsection: 19 Tuesd the 4.76 
	Light westerly breeze &
fine cool morning~
	The SS. Mejidieh passed 
down at 4 ½ Am.~
	I sent my boy Hamma to 
town with few bunches of 
black grapes from our only 
vine here, there are about 
20 bunches in all, I have 
sent some to Sister Emilia
& Eliza & to Mennsha to 
take them~ I also sent 
some to Eliza & Adoola my 
cousins~ 
	At 7 alexander rode in 
to town~
	At 8 I called on Eliza & Adoola
my cousins & came home a
at 9 ½ ~
	The S.S. Rassafah passed
up last night about midnight
	At noon a very light air
turned to the South & became 
very warm & oppressive 
it became dead calm
later on~
	Sister Medoola & Rezooki
Came out from town at 6
P. m. in a carriage

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	There are some cases of Cholera
in Baghdad some people
who have imported it from
Kerkook & Salahyeh and 
died here, & some have
been attacked new, In the 
quarter of Hyderkhana
some cases occurred, about 
15 deaths since last friday 
all the villages around 
Baghdad are infected,
It is now about five months 
since it broke out at 
Kerbella, Basreh and 
all along the Euphrates & 
Tigris its form [strikethrough] and
the way it is working is so 
different than what it 
used to be in former years
is is so confusing it is not 
so virulent & infectious, 
still it carries away a 
person in three or four
hours~ 

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Subsection: 20 wednes th 4.77
	Light Westerly breeze
& fine cool morning;
	I sent our watchman to 
town for some provision,
Alexander did not go in,
	Wind shifted to n. W. at 10 
Am. In the afternoon again 
it shifted to west & then to 
South & became calm & 
unpleasant but not so 
warm  as in town~
	We called on Sister medoola
there were the wife (Tookyeh) 
of nassoory abood, & Eliza 
& adoola my cousins, 
they all then came to visit 
us till sunset~
pleasant cool on top of the 
house, but breeze from 
South~ 
	Subsection: 21 thursd the 4.46
	Light Southerly breeze
& cool morning~
	The SS. Khalifah passed
up last night at 9 ½ 
P.m.~
	Alexander rode in to 
town at 6 ½ am~
	At 7 I went to yousif 
Eassayi & then we 

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both left to walk down 
the Keradah reach and 
cross over to see the gardens 
of the carmetite fortress, 
as it was proposed before 
we crossed over in a
fishing Terrada, we saw 
the first old garden, 
it is fairly good they 
have leased it for 130 
Liras for two years, 
but the expences take 
away all the revenue, 
we then walked up about 
10 minutes further & came
to an other piece newly 
boight for 150 Liras, but 
it is not worth, them an 
only 90 Date trees in it, & 
a small mud enclosure 
where we saw the greek 
Priest son of Kallab &
about 7 or 8 [illegible]
boys working there 
peasants, & a lot of fowels, 
Rabbits, & a fine cow,
& they are living there
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at 9 & had to walk up 
river to catch a goffa 
to ferry us & with minor
difficulty we could not 
persuade the man to 
cross us we were then 
just opposite my house, 
we had to take the goffa
By force, & he crossed us over 
I then gave him one Keram 
& he was much pleased,
I got to my house at 10 
	Wind shifted to n. w. 
& get pleasanter ~
	I took a cold water bath
In my bathroom at 11 am 
Breeze shifted to west, 
	Alexander came out on donkey 
at 4 P.m.~ He says that my 
Little Deeds which I had sent 
to major new march on the 
12th have not come back yet
although they went to the 
Tapo & been carreded regarding 
my nationality~ 
	Light Southerly Breeze
& cool weather~
	The S. S. Ressafah left [strikethrough]
[strikethrough] on Wednesday morning 

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	Subsection: july 22 Frid 
	Light westerly breeze & 
fine cool morning~ 
	Alexander rode into town 
at 7 am.~ we sent our watchman 
to town for provision~
	Light westerly air all the 
day~ Sister medoola called
in the afternoon~
	Alexander came down in 
goffa at 4 P.m. he brought a 
long pipe I bought for 3 ½ 
mejideis to add to the
piping of the Pump as the 
river keeps falling; 
Subsection: 23 Sater the 4.45
	Light Westerly breeze 
and fine cool morning; 
	alexander did not go to town, 
We had to send the watchman 
to town to fetch the Blacksmith
Oossy to come out & add 
the other 14 feet tube. I 
bought for 3 ½ mejideis no 
the Pump has not worked 
since three days, He came 
at 2 ½ P.m & fixed the 
tube, & it is now working 
but it has more strain 

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to pump out on account 
of the distance; 
	I took a cold water bath, 
as well as alexander; 
	Modte n. W. wind & 
fine weather; 
Subsection: 24 Sund the 4.78
	Light westerly breeze 
& fine cool morning; 
	At 8 Am Alexander marie &
I went to church at Asfars
the mass performed by Peré 
Piérre the younger, we 
then came down & sat with 
Yousif Asfar & his sister
Harriette, nessoory abood 
my sister medoola & Rezooki, 
we then all left together 
& came to Sister medoola, 
& then they called on us 
too & left at 10 ½ ~
Breeze west by no & not 
pleasant or cool, as yesterday,
Yousif Eassayi & his wife called 
on us~
	The [illegible] of Jeza & his 
family have come out yesterday 
& is living in the little 
house of Ali Beg at 4 

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Liras per month~
Subsection: July 25 Mond the 4.48
	Light n.w. & fine
but it is so calm~ 
	At 7 am Alexander, myself, 
yousif asfar & his nephew 
Abkar Apikyan came to town 
in the carriage with my boy 
Hamma in 20 minutes, he
paying one Keran an eight
Piasters each~ 
	the brother of Abduljebbar 
Effendi Dr. Rashid and 
Anwar the son of Abduljebbar 
& the elder brother called on 
me to return my visit;~ 
	At 9 I went to alexander’s 
office, there came the jew 
Brokers Teak & Hangal 
who sold my house to 
Frahien nessim & said
that the Title Deeds which 
I had sent to neajar new 
much to he sent through 

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the Waly to the Tapo to 
correct my nationality 
which had been entered as 
Turkish Subjects, have 
been sent to the Beledyeh
there to ascertain of my 
correct name, nationality 
and place of abode, 
& they asked me to with 
them to the Reis of Beledyeh
to ask him to hasten its
Accomplishment, I went 
to the Reis Abdrlraman 
Effendi, son of Dernish 
Effendi (appointed since 
one month in place of 
my friend Ibrahim Beg 
Son of mahomed Pasha)
he asked the Clerks to 
Look after my papers, they 
wanted me to get a 
Certificate from the 
Mokhtov of the Latin
Church to declare my 
proper name, nationality 
& locality etc, so I 

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left & came to Alexander
& gave them one Keran to 
go & write it out & put
a stamp of 1 [illegible] & I 
came home ~
	Weather very warm & Calm
At noon I went to Alexander, 
in Office & then we went to 
breakfast at a Turkish 
Restaurant near the Serai 
Kept by an Armeinan 
called Artin, the food is 
fairly good the dish costs
one 9. S. Praitn we had
3 dishes & bread & [illegible] 
in all it came to 4 ½ [illegible] 
we came home at 1 P. m.
	at 3 I went to see Pêre Pierre
the Superior, & asked him to 
sign the Certificate for the 
Beledyeh about my nationality 
Religion & place of abode 
he promised to do it and
send it tomorrow;~  I 
called on Mennsha & 
came home at 4 ½ ~

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	Alexander went down in a 
goffa with Rafody Tanton & 
Rezooki Andria~ 
	I sent & got three dishes of 
dinner from the Lakanda 
of Artin in meydow for 3
ysPrasters ~ 
	The SS. Mossul
arrived today at 11 am.
and the [crossed out] S. S. Phrat also 
Arrived at about 11 ½;
	Subsection: 26 Tuesd the4.82
Light n. w. air &
fine~ 
	the SS. Khalifah
left at 4 am.~
	At 7 am I called on Sister Eliza 
I spoke with Terrooza my niece 
To see the widow of H. mahmood 
Pachachi & Speak to her about 
the lease of her house & to
offer her the 40 ₤ a year as 
she demands on condition 
that she must make the
alteration I want and 
some reparation~ at
9 I came home, alexander 

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came in from outside, 
	my wife sent zekki to 
ask me to take away an 
old blackwood bedstaed 
she had brought with her 
after marriage, I let her
have it, also her big 
box in the serdab containing 
her winter clothes & some 
of mine also, I told her 
to send for it at noon
	I went to see alexander
in his Office~ we sent & got
our breakfast from the Lokmda 
	my wife sent zekki & 
took away all the bundles
of clothes carpets etc which 
were in her big box in the
Serday I did not interfere
& let her take it all, she 
only sent me back one 
red woollen table cloth
& Kept the rest, also she 
took away two old tables
	at 3 ½ P. m I called on
Sister Emilia where
alexander also came

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at 5 to go down, I sent
Terrooza to the widow of
H. mahmood Paehachi
to offer her 40 Liras on
the conditions of making 
the necessary alterations
she consented to this 
offer but wants to confer
with her sons~
	Alexander & I called then
on Sister Eliza, & from
there he went down in
the goffa with Rezooki
Andria & Raffodi Tanton
& I came home at 6 ½ 
	Light n.w. Breeze & 
not cool at all; 
	Subsection: 27 Wedne th9.84
	Light n.w. Breeze
& fine weather but not cool,
	Alexander did not come to 
town today~ 
	Pere Pierre sent me the 
Certificate signed, which I
had given to him the day
before to be signed by him
& the makhtas johny Lonenee

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and I sent it to the brokers, 
	at 7 ½ am. I called 
on jeboory asfar in his 
new house which he had
bought from the Pachachies
(opposite Captain Cowleys
on the river for 2000 Liras) 
they have put it to right, 
& regaired it looks very 
nice & pretty; I left them 
at 8 ½ & called on mrs
Cowley, we had long talks, 
she enquired about my 
wife & the rumours she 
heard about her leaving
me, etc, I told her part 
of it & explained to her
the cause of her misbehavior
with me & so on, I left
at 10 & came home;
I got 3 dishes breakfast from 
the Lakandah~ 
	I took a cold water Bath
at 3 P.M.
	The S.S. Phrat left this 
morning for Basreh

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	Subsection: 28 Thursd the4.81
	Light n.w. Breeze and 
fair weather~ 
	The SS. Mossul left this 
morning for Basreh
	The SS. Mejidieh arrived
last night at 11 ½ P. m.
I recieved a letter & paper
from Rezooki Sayegh, also
5 planter trees he sent [crossed out]
as I asked him; 
	Alexander came in from
outside at 8 am in the carriage, 
he says that the Phrat is
aground since yesterday, 
in different places from 
the southern Bastion down 
to the [illegible] garden & is
still there the Ressafah
also arrived this morning & 
is aground there, but the
Mossul passed down, 
without much groundings
	I sent alexander to Pêre
Pierre to sign an other
Certificate which has been 
altered by the Beledyeh 

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	I called on Mennsha at 9, &
then we went to see a small
house next to hers but one 
the property of Fetoshi 
Maghak, but it is very small
and uncomfortable,
came home at 10 ½ ~ 
it became very hot during the
day~ 
	at 5 P.m. alexander, 
Rezooki andria & Raffodi 
Tanton went down in a 
goffa~
	Light n.w. & some
clouds of western horizon
at night clouds speed up
& covered the sky in patches
	Subsection: 29 Frid th.4.79
	Light n.w. & fine
Cool morning; 
	at 4 ½ am I called on Sister
Eliza & at 9 called on Sister
Emilia & left @ 10 ½ ~
	Eliahoo Denoos’s daughter
in law got the children but 
she is better, the son of 
Stefan megherdteh about 
7 years old also died 

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from cholera 5 days Ago, 
& other people are getting it,
It is working in the jewish quarter,
in the meydom, Oweynah
Heyderkhana etc; This 
sort of Cholera has been 
working since last winter
but in different forms, 
It is now every where, even 
in all Persia & has broken 
out at Tehran,~
	At 5 ¼ P. m. I came down 
in a goffa with some Kit
& provesion & my boy Hamna, 
I brought down the
Stuffed Lion which 
shot in 1874 in march
it is all spoilt only the
body & head remain, 
I reached my new house
at 6 found marie, Cecil
& alexander all well,
	Mous. Rouet with Regina
&Raffody Tanton came
& spent the evening with 
us on top of the house

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Mr Rouet came to stay a
few days at Tanton’s as he
has masow working in 
his house (Tantons house
which he has leased) 
	Light Southerly breeze
& fine~  
	Subsection: 30 Satur the.4.80
	Light S Wly breeze &
fine ~
	Alexander marie & Cecil
with the cook Elyeh and
their servant Habooba left
at 6 am in the carriage for
the town, they want to stay 
a few days to collect their
Kit from the rooms etc; 
wind shifting to west &
n.w. increasing; The day 
has been so warm but 
bearable~
	I took a Cold bath~ 
River Keeps falling down,
	The brother of Mr. Segre
(the station merchant who had
called on the with mr. Rappaport
last year who is trading with
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called on me this evening
he had been to see mr. Rouet
at Tantons & the latter told 
him to call on me & thank 
me for having assisted him 
in saving his gun from
Confiscation while out 
shooting pigeons, though 
Mr. Rouet who had asked 
me two weeks ago to let
him have my shooting 
permit to get his gun 
back & so he obtained 
it in my name~ 
	Modte westerly wind
& fine cool morning;~ 
I killed a large snake
this morning which had
crowled up from the road 
to the tope of the house, 
	I sent jassim to town 
with a letter to alexander,
	At 8 am I went to church
at asfar with Sister medoola
& Rezooki~ I then called
on Eliza & Adoda my cousins

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also on Tanton’s where Mons
Rouet is staying, he is going
in tomorrow, Père Pièrre
the superior who made the
mass also called there
then called on Sister Medoola
& came home at 10 ½
Père Pièrre is breakfasting
at Sister Medoola~
Jassim came back with
a letter from Alexander
& some fruit etc~
Weather getting hazy,
dusty sky & overcast;
	At 4 P.M. Père Pièrre called
also Mad Mongèl Sister
Medoola & Rezooki the
farmers went in to town
in a carriage~.
some Jews are encamping
about Kerop’s house; they came
this evening, it seems that
the Cholera is increasing
in town, it is everywhere;
I went over to sister Medoola
in the evening
	Light wisterly breeze & fine

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	Section: [August, 1904]
	
	Subsection: Augt. 1 Mond
	Modte westerly breeze &
increasing~ fine cool morning
The SS. Myidieh passed
down at 4 ½ AM. she
left a day before her time
on accounting of the state of
the river~
	Sister Medoola & Rezooki
went to town at 7 am in
the carriage, she went to
see Sister Emilia~
	The Cholera seems to
be getting worse. I hear
that one of the English
Sisters of Charity died
yesterday evening, also a
Sepoy of the English Residency,
this looks bad; The
English nurse or sister of
Charity is miss Kelsy
the only one near, assisting
Dr. Brigstocke in the Dispensary
	at 6 ½ P.M. Sister Medoola
& Rezooki came out in a
carriage, she went to

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see Sister Emilia; I passed
over to them in the evening,
	Modte & increasing N.W.
wind all through the night,
	Subsection: 2, Tuesd, The 4. 82, noon 98, 4 p.m. 102
	Fresh N.W. Wind & find,
some dust flying~
	I sent the watchman with
a letter to Alexander in
town at 7 am;
	Wind increased & is blowing
very strong N.W. with dust
& hazy weather~
	Rezooki called on me till noon,
Jassim came with some
bread & letter from Alexander
they are coming down
this evening;
	Wind fell at sunset,
	Alexander, Marie, Cecil
the cook Elyeh & servant Habooba
came out in the carriage at
6 ½ P.M; Marie is afraid
of the Cholera, but yesterday
there were no cases, they
say that miss Kelsy’s death
was caused by eating some

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putrid old preserved dish
& had the dyarrhea only~
	It blew very fresh all the
night~
	Subsection: 3, Wedn, The 4.83, noon 98, 4 p.m 102
	Strong N.W. wind
blowing with violence~
	Alexander did not go to town
	It blew very fresh all the
day with dust, but it is not
so hot
	I wrote a letter to Blockey
for tomorrow Damascus Post
in answer to his of the [strikethrough] 7th
July, in which he tells me
that as Mr. Taylor had left
the service of the Lynchs he
has taken him into his business
& in partnership~
	The son Anwar & brother
Jemil of Abduljebbar came
out riding & paid us a
visit this evening~
	Subsection: 4, Thursd, the 4.78, noon 99, 4 p.m. 104
	Fresh N.W. wind
& dusty weather~
	Alexander went to town at
7 am. in the carriage~

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	An Arab of the Kerradah
here called Mahomed, who
had made my sud on the
river last year died yesterday
from Cholera'~
At 10 ¾ AM. the S.S. Ressafah
passed up;
	At 0 ¾ P.M. the SS. Khalifah
passed up, also the small
steam Lynch of Lynch Brother
from Basuh is brought
up & she went up under
steam by herself; Both
the Ressafah & Khalifah
grounded further up
opposite the first garden
of Eluyeh; But the Khalifah
went on headed by the steam
Launch & the Ressafah
was still aground but had
sung upstream, & apparently
got clear; she left at 1 P.M.
	Alexander came down in the
goffa at 6 ½ P.M. there were no
cases of Cholera he says in town
as he was told~
 
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	Fresh N.W. wind it calmed
down at night & became very
fine & cool~
	Subsection: 5 Frid, Th 4.75, Noon 98, 4 P.M 102
	Light S.W. & fine cool
weather it shifted to west
& N.W at 6 AM. & became
very cool for this time of the
month~ all the day has been
pleasant with modte N.W.
wind ~
	Alexander came down
from town at sunset in the
boat~
	I hear that the S.S.
Blosse Lynch is going to
run up & down the river
as third boat for the
E.& T. Company, in the
place of the Indian Marine
steamer comet which
had gone to Basreh last
month & will then go down
to Bombay, so that the
English government will
have the right to have
three steamers carrying
English flag on the Tigris
	The little steam Launch

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	Margin Line 19: The Transfiguration
 
“Ishtar” of Lynch Brothers
will remain here as stationary
boat for the Residency
for any emergency;~
	Subsection: 6 Satur, Th 4.80, Noon 99, 4 P.M 106
	Modte n. w. wind and
fine~
	Antone my nephew (Henrys
son) came out at 6 AM.
to see me & consult me
about his intention of
applying to Lynch to be
shifted from their office
into the Blosse Lynch as
second clerk where the
pay is higher about 80
Besh. instead of 40 which he
is getting now~
	Today is the Holyday of
Tejelly consequently is the
fête of Rezooki Andria, we
called on him~
	Antone returned to town
at 7 ¼~
	Alexander wants to buy
the ground of Rkheta’s garden,
we sent for her & her son

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Mahomed & spoke to them,
she will give it at 30 draaz
in breadth on the river &
40 in length for 300 Liras
but we wanted 42 in
length & they wont give it,
	I took a cold water
Bath, wind blowing very
strong N. Wester,~
Zekki my wife’s servant has
left her since 5 days, she came
down today with Skander
Aziz at Asfar’s she came to us
today to see us~
	Strong N.W. wind blowing
and hot day~
	Subsection: 7 Sund, Th 4.80, Noon 100, 4 P.M 105
	Fresh N.W. wind blowing
& fine, some clouds are on
the n. Et horyzon~
	At 6 ¾ AM the SS. Ressafah
passed down~
	At 8 I went to church
Alexander also, we then called
on Eliza & Adoola & came
home at 10; Rafooli Tanton
called on us; the young milliner
girl of Marie came out to
spend the day with her

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Very strong wind & dusty,
not pleasant at all;
	The girl milliner Nejonch remained
& breakfasted with us, she
is a Mossully Protestant girl
& teaches English to the girls
in the missionary school here,
	Strong hot wind & dusty,
I called on sister Medoola,
Yacoob Eassayi & [strikethrough] his
wife called on us, also sister
Medoola & her husband
wind had died away in the evening
but it got up again after midnight
& blew strong~
	Subsection: 8 Mond, Th 4.82, Noon 99, 4 P.M 105
	Strong N.W. wind &
dusty,~
	Alexander went to town at
7 AM in the carriage~
	I was going to town today
to see about the papers of
the sale of my house and
Other business, but was waiting
for the mason alwan, to
have the Tarma below with
bricks, but he did not come,
	At 9 ¾ AM. the SS. Mossul
passed up~
	Wind fell down at 2 P.M.
 
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Alexander came out at 7
he says that Cholera is
increasing, yesterday over
40 deaths (5 Christians
the daughter of Cesar son of
Antone Moossa 12 years
old 2 Tilkeflies & others)
an other Sipoy of the Residency
also died
	Seyd Dowd son of the
late Seyd Lehnam Nakib
called on us on top of the
house till 8 ½ PM.~
	Wind blowing fresh,
	Subsection: 9 Tuesd, Th 4.84, Noon 104, 4 P.M 111
	Fresh N.W. wind
fine but not pleasant
The S.S. Khalifa passed
down at 4 ½ AM.~
	At 7 ½ I came in to town
in the carriage with Rezooki
Andria & Rafooli Yanton
at 1 Keran each; At 8 we
alighted near sister Emilia’s
house, Rezooki & I called
on her & at 9 I came
home~

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	Margin Line 25: [A55_334_25:121]

	at 10 I called on mennsha
she is very much afraid
of the Cholera, she said some
of the Christians died lately
& it is on the increase, lots of
Christians are going to encamp
out〜
	It is very hot in the house
here much hotter than outside;
	At 4 1/2 P.M. I called on 
Sister Eliza & come home at 
5 1/2 〜 Calm warm weather 
	I slept in to of the home but 
it was not cold 〜
	Subsection: 10th Wedn, th 4.82, noon 105, 4 P.M. 109
	Light N. W. breeze &
fine'~ alexander came
in to town at 8 am;
	I went to see a house
to be hired of Kesber an Armenian
near or rather on the back
of Armenian Catholic Church
but found it simple and 
uncomfortable; I then called
on Menusha, she and 
Harriette are afraid of the 
Cholera; A woman the 
daughter of Korkis Kasha
died last night from Cholera

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I went to Ezra Daniel's 
Dispensary, I heard that 
the Cholera cases were
about 30 two days ago,
but it is better yesterday
& today 〜 I came home
at 10;~
	I got washer women &
washed my clothes for 12 [illegible],
	At 4 1/2 AM the SS Mossul
left for Basreh 〜
	At 11 AM. the SS. Phrat
arrived from Basreh 
	At 6 P.M. I called on Sister Eliza 
& spent the evening on top of the 
house where Emilia also 
came to sleep there as usual
The Turkish new Steamer
of the Sennyeh called the
Hamidyeh have in sight
coming up below my
new house of Cherd el Pasha 
this is her first trip, she
left Basreh last Tuesday
& has her Bargo in tow,
	At 8 a.m. I came home
	
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	At 8 1/4 the SS. "Hamydieh"
came up & anchored at 
the Castor House, she
has been aground at cherd
el Pasha for an hour
	Light N.W. & cool night
	Subsection: 11th Thursd, th 4.80, Nonn 106, 4 P.m 110
	Light N.W. & fine
cool morning;
	At 9 1/2 am. Alexander sent
me a message to say that he
is not coming as he could
find no room in the carriage 
or get a donkey 〜
	At 10 I called on Mr. Rosenfeld 
to see about the certificate
for the sale of my house etc,
& I came home at 11;
I took a cold bath at 3 P.M
	At 5 I called on Mennsha
I did not feel well in talking
as at breakfast had some
fried fish & a piece of very 
small bone stuck in my throat
on the tongue & could not 
get rid of it, so I left &
went to see Dr. Nezamed
Loîn, he sounded my throat 

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with a spoon but could find
nothing, he said it must be
the place irritating & the
bone is gone down, I left
& came home, I couldnt 
speak without feeling some
pricking 〜
	Day light n.w. & fine night,
	Subsection: 12th Frid, th 4.80, noon 110, 4 P.M. 115
	Light breeze from 
N.W. & fine〜 It was calm 
all night last night
	At 8 1/4 alexander came
in from outside in the carriage
	At 9 3/4 the S.S. Mijidieh
arrived in freeing only the
Lines of India from Rezooki 
& no letters;
	It became very hot today,
the sun is like fire〜
	at about 3 P.M my throat began
to irritate me & especially that
place where the fish bone had
stuck, I tryed by swallowing 
bread & drinking, it got worse,
I shoved a quill with a piece 
of cotton & smothered with
oil of almond, & irritated

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my throat on the left gall;
I found the pain so pressing
that I cannot possibly 
go down today with alexander
without consulting the doctor,
So I went mezamed Din,
he examined my throat &
shoved his finger & searched
about but found nothing
& no bone; he prescribed
me a gargle to use and 
I went & got it, I went
to alexander's Office,
At 5 3/4 P.M. Alexander 
& I with the boy Hanna &
a lot of kit & provision & we
got to our house at 7, I saw 
Marie & Cecil all well,
	the pain still troubling me,
& the gargle is not making
any better;
	Very light N.W. 
breeze & pleasant 〜
	The opposite side of the
river is getting full of
Tents people are encramping
Christians & Europeans 
all along the bank there

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is the place to be let, as 
it is all engaged; also
on our side from Kenop
Sethyan's house & upward
is getting filled with Tents
in a few days more, as
every year the Christians 
do, & especially this year 
on accounting of the Cholera,
at Gherrara the Jews
have gone this year;
	Wind got up at night
& blew very fresh & also it
got cloudy ~
	Subsection: 13 Satur
	Very fresh wind from
N.W. & cloudy all over,
wind blowing with violence
My throat is the same
slightly better I do not feel
that pricking like a needle
	Sister medoola & her 
husband Rezooki came
to see us 〜
	I got Masons, alwan
& four Athens to pique the 
Tarma down below
With 590 wrieks etc

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The day has been warm but sultry
with clouds 〜
	A dead body from Cholera
of a mason died in Baghdad
passed my house to the burial
of Seyd Dheez in the Kerrada;
	Light westward & fine
new moon two days old;
	Subsection: 14 Sund, th 4.86
	It blew fresh N.W. at day
break & then it fell calm
some clouds are scattered 
about, & warm;
	At 8 we went to Church at
Asfars, I then called on my
cousins Eliza & Adoola &
on Tantons; I heard that the
son of Rezooki Francis Black
Smitte at Lynchs Khan of 
about 26 years died at
Coot from Cholera, also
Hylany the jebelyeh an 
old woman died in Baghdad
	I called on Sister Medoola
& came home at 10 1/2
It has not been so warm 
today but calm 〜
	We called on Sister Medoola,
at 4 P.M 〜

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	Light n.w. & fair 〜
	Subsection: 15 Mond, th 5.76
	Light n.w. breeze and 
fine little dampy; At 7 AM 
a fresh breeze sprung up, 
	Dates are commencing 
to get ripe now; since 5 or 6 
days they were just getting
ripe
	Today is a Holyday
of the Virgin Mary;
	Alexander went in to town
walking with Rezooki @ 7 1/2,
	Mason Alwan & three boys 
came to work in finishing the
pavement of the corridor
inside the door of the terrace,
& plastering the stair walls
leading up the terrace etc
	Weather got warm and 
breeze from S.W. with some
clouds; at 4 P.M. it shifted
to West 〜
	Antone son of Johny called
out on his Bicycle also
Sister Medoola & Rezooki,
	Alexander came out in 
a Belem at noon an account
of Marie's fête〜 

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	we went over to Sister Medoola
& spent the evening till 8 ½
	Light n. w. & fine weather
	Light N.W. breeze
	Subsection: 16 Tuesd Th 5. 78
& fine cool morning~
	At 5 AM. the S.S. Mejidieh
passed down; Ruphail
Sayegh & his wife Rosa
left in her, taking the
servant Zekki who was
at my wife, the sister of Hanna
my boy; My wife is left here
to look after the four children
of Rezooki Angoorly in the
house of Polus Serkis near
my house but they are
going to shift to the small
house of Rufail~
	Capt Hanslow did not
go down this trip being left
sick with a typhoid fever,
the chief mate taking the
Mijidieh down~
	My throat is paining me
awfully, where the fish bone
had stuck cast last Thursday

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I caused the irritation yesterday
evening by quarelling &
singing out so loud with
our brute of watchman
Jassim & had to discharge
him at once~
	alexander went to town
at 7 am in a Boat with Rezooki,
I have been applying Linseed
Poultesse on my throat but to
no purpose; the pain still
exist~
	Mrs Giulietti called on us
they had come this morning
all of them to spend the day
at Rafooli Tanton’s garden,
also Eliza Erame called,
	alexander came down
in a Belem with Rezooki,
He brings alarming
news about the Cholera
today it made ravages
& increased so much
that over 150 deaths
took place~
	Mrs Gaskin (carry
Holland) died this

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	Margin Line 5: Mrs Gaskin died
 
afternoon from Cholera,
she fell yesterday, also
some more Christians
Ambersoon an Armenian
his wife & son died,
six tilkeflies & many
others, lots of Mahomedans
& Jews ~ People are
leaving the town and
encamping out or
going elsewhere, no
place is left on this opposite
side or this side of the
river for people to encamp,
	Light in from N.W. and
fine,~
	Subsection: 17 Wed Th 5.80
	It blew fresh N.W. at
daybreak, It fell down
at about 6 AM~
	alexander did not go in
to town nor Rezooki Andria,
	I took back our watchman
Jassim as he came with
his father to beg & pray to
take him~

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weather has been warm
all the day with light N.W.
	Yousif Yaghchi has sent his
Tents today to encamp
in Mahomed el Jassim’s
ground where Rufail
was encamped; great
many people have come
out to encamp at Cherd
el Pasha & the other side,
	Subsection: 18 Thursd Th 5. 76
	Light N.W. fine cool
morning~
	Alexander went in to town
riding; Our cook Elyeh
again began to show his
fulishness & talking such
words with me like a mad
I was so enraged & had
to discharge & orderd him
out of the house~
	Yousif Yaghchi came out
this morning to see his Tents
dressed at Mahomed
el Jassim’s ground, & went
in at 10 am; he is very
much afraid of the Cholera

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wind freshening up~
	The families of Serkis
Fetoohi Maghak and
Apikyan are encamping
out above Kerop’s house
where Antone Marine
was encamped last year.~
	0% day being the Birth day
four Emperor of Austria
Francis Joseph we have
no concul yet arrived in
the place of Mr. Rappaport
who left this since last
Septr; only Major Newmarch
is acting and unwilling to
do anything for us; So
there is no reception at our
consulate where only the
Clerk Mr. Rosenfeld is~
	The S.S. Khalifah passed
up at 2 ½ P.M.~
	An Arab lure called Ibrahim
el Amair a Karadi died
today from Cholera close
below us;~
	Alexander came down in
 
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the goffa at 6 ½ P.M.~ He
says that there has been very
few cases of Cholera today
in town, Among the Christians
only the daughter of
Yousif Goomoosh died
Today aged about 13 years
	Light N.W. & fine cool,
night~
Subsection: 19 Frid
	Light N.W. & fine
The Turkish new steamer
Hamidyeh passed down
at 5 ½ AM. without her
Barge she looks well &
fine boat similar to the
Mijidieh & Khalifah, she
had good many passenger &
mostly Jews, running
away from Cholera I
believe~
	Dr. Nizamed Din who came
out to see the Moodai el Umoom
living in one of Rafooli Tanton’s
houses, & who is ill with
fever & internal derangements


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	Margin Line 21: [A55_348_21:128]


of the Kidneys, came to pay
us a visit, he says that that
town is better now & there
are not many cases of cholera
	I heard from Yousif Asfar
today that the arab
Ibrahim did not die, he
only had a little cholic &
is well now, but he says
that the little daughter of
Yousif Eassayi has the
Cholera since last night
& is very bad now; I
sent to ask how she was
at 11 AM & was told that
she died, she was about
3 or 5 years old,
	At 4 ½ P.M Rezooki, Alexander
& I called on Seyd Dowd
Effendi, we met there
Sebri Pasha, who had
come out to see the garden
of Meer Moshi Bahar to
mortgage it for 1200 L
It is very hot in the sun
dead calm & suffocating


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at 6 we came [illegible]
	We got a new Tickefli;
cook called Shamoon
he came with Alexander
yesterday evening;
	Yousif Yaghchi, his wife Louisa
& his mother Catherina came
down in a boat at 6 P.M.
to stay in their Tents in the
ground of Mahomed el Jassim
	Lots of goffas keep coming
down river laden with
Kit for people coming out
for Gherrana & here about
to live either under Tents
or in Reed Huts;
	Yacoob Eassay’s & his
family also came down
to live in the house he has
hastly arranged above
my home on the river,
	Weather calm & not so
pleasant & cool~
	Subsection: 20 Satur
	Light N.W. air &
fine weather.~
	The Moodai el Umoom


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died last night from his
desease, he is about 60 years
old; Lots of people & carriages
came out to accompany his
funeral, the carriages are
stop along my house on
the canal side, and
the coffin was brought &
put in a carriage & all
went away at 9 ½ ~
	I went to see Louisa & her
husband Yousif, they are
putting their Kit to right,
	The day has been very hot
the Thermal at 4 P.M was 110°
in the Balcony; I called on
Sister Medoola at 5~
	Light N.W air & warm;
more goffa loads of Kit
are coming down river &
going somewhere below,
	The son of Reshoory Tessy
came down with mats &
Bunks & took a piece of
ground from Mahomed el
Jassim close to Yousif Yaghchi


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on the Eastern side & set up
a Hut etc; by paying him,
	Light N.W. breeze & fine
	Subsection: 21 Sund
	Fresh N.W. wind &
not so cool~
	I sent my boy Hanna,
to town to get us some Kit
& provisions~ we did
not go to church at Asfars
	I called on Yacoob Eassayi
in his new house of one story
near mine him & his family
are all living here; We
also went to Yousif Yaghchi
& came home at 10
Modte N.W. wind but hot
	My boy Hanna came down,
in goffa bringing provision
& the door I had made
for the water Hules down
at 1 P.M.~
	Yousif Yaghchi his wife,
Louisa & their two children
Philip & Marie came at
noon & spent the day from
the heat in their Tents.
Shekoory Andria came
down to spend the day


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at his brother Rezooki they 
also called on us with
Sister medoola; 
It got very hot today, the
humid 109 at 4 P. m.;
    The S.S. Ressafah passed
up at 6 ¾ P.m.~ 
    I have got the pain & pricking 
of the fish bone in my throat
back again this evening in
going to sleep & kept on
all the night irritating me 
awfully & cannot swallow
    Subsection: 22 Mond the 5.85
    Light n.w. air 
fine~ 
    The pain keeps irritating
in my throat very, badly, 
as if the fish bone is not gone
yet~ 
    The S.S. Mossul passed
up at 10 Am, she took the
other side of the island
opposite us~
    Alexander rode in to town 
at 7 am~
    The day was warm & light
n.w. air~ 
    Alexander came down


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    Margin Line 22: 4 P. m. 108

in a goffa at 6 ½ P. m
He says that cholera is
still bad in town, 
Hamna Khayat the Mossuly
Merchant died yesterday
evening from cholera, 
also the sister of [Abdnyebdoo]
Khayat the Lawyer has
been attacked & is very 
bad, also many other
Christians & Tiekeflees
perhaps the mortality 
is over 200 a day, they
say 180 were on Friday
    Light n.w. air & fine,
    Subsection: 23 Tuesd the 5.49
    Light n.w. & fine, 
The SS. Khalifah passed
down at 5 Am.~ 
    At 7 Am I rode in to town
on a Donkey also sent my
boy Hamna~ I alighted 
at Sister Emiliais found
her well & then I went over
to Sister Eliza, they are 
all afraid of the cholera


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but the mortality is not 
so alarming, there are
four cases among the 
Christians, perhaps one 
or two daily but among
the mahomedan & jews
certainly there are many 
but I did not meet any
Coffins on the road, 
The lease of H. mahmood
Pachachis house to me
is settled at 40 Liras a
year & I must make any 
alterations or repairs
myself~ at 9 I came to 
my house;~
    at 10 I called on mr. Rosenfeed 
at the consulate, he is also 
in great way about the
Cholera, among the jews
there are some, I saw
the weekly Bulletyre of 
the quarantine, putting
the attack in Baghdad
as 124 per week, at 11 it
61 & all other villages
as Coot 5, & so on, but 

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this an error, it should
be 124 Casis daily in 
Baghdad;~ Because
the Carpenter Hassan
told me today, that in 
his quarter at Oweyna
then occurs 15 to 20 cases
daily, he has had his
stepson abbossy, & the
Sister attacked but recovering
& today his uncle is 
attacked~ I passed to
alexanders Office to
see this Clerk Eelias & 
came home at 11;
    at 4 P. m. I went to Dr Nezim 
ed Din about the pain in my 
throat he examined and
prescribed some medicine to
touch it with a cotton, as
he could see a small mark
in the throat: I took the
medicine from Ezra Daniels
& used it~ I called on 
Mennesha at 4 ½, she
is also much afraid

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    Margin Line 22: noon 105
    Margin Line 24: 4 P.m 108

of the Cholera~ The Sister
of abduljebbar the Lawyer 
got better & recovered
Dr Brigstocke treated
her yesterday~ there 
has been no cases today
among the Christians;
    All the house in my 
neighborhood are empty
their tenants have gone
out encamping, except
yousif Hamosh Tessy is 
still here~ 
    I have a bad toothache
again a canine which kept
me awake all the night,
    Subsection: 24 Wedn the5.79 
    Very light air from
n. w. & fine but not pleasant 
    Alexander writes to me with
our watchman saying that
he could not find a donkey
or Carriage to come in, so
he remained; he sends me
some Khastany dates from
our date tree the first time
we picked yet~ I called
on Mennsha at 9~


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    Margin Line 23: 4 P. m. 109


    My Indian Watchman tells
me that yesterday there were
25 dead bodies from Cholera
at Sheikh abdnekadm, 
	I took a cold water bath at 3
P. m.~ weather very hot
    The S.S. Ressafah left this
morning at 4 ½ am;
    At 5 ½ P.m. I called on Sister
Eliza a spent the evening on
top of the house, Sister Emilia
came to sleep there as she does 
always now; At 8 I came
home & had my dinner on
top of the house, Light
N. W. air & fine~
    Subsection: 25 thursd the5.89 
	Light Easterly breeze & 
fine~  
    The S.S. Mossul left
this morning at 4 ½ am
    Alexander came in riding 
at 8 am. He says that a child 
of 5 year old got attacked
yesterday with Cholera in the
[illegible] of Rkheteh below
our house & was sent to town, 
Otherwise nothing occured
outside~ The Child 


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is a christian boy the son
of joonky جنمكي an Arak
seller & is encamped in
the garden of Rkheteh
he died here today~
    The Jew brokers of my 
house Ibialnin Faraj 
and Isak etc came to me
to pay them the fees to the
Tapo for the alteration
of the Title Deeds & I paid
them it came to [illegible] 6.89 ½ ,
they altered the Old ones into a 
new set by putting me down
as an Austra Hungarian Subject
    I also sent my boy Hama 
to my wife to tell her that
as I heard she was going
down to Basreh by the
Mejidieh this time, taking 
the Children of Rizooki
angoorly also with her
She will have to make her
declaration to the Tapo’s 
people at the sale of my 
little house as it in her 


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name it was written when 
I was absent in Europe
in 1891, so she said she 
is ready to make it, when
ever they come~ 
	It is very hot also today, 
I was going down to my 
new house, but as I have
arranged with Dr Cazassion 
(the father of Artin my
nephew’s wife Sirpohy) 
to go to him tomorrow 
in the Turkish Hospital 
to opserve my throat with 
the instrment by Dr Izzet
Effoud at 9 am;~ 
    Rezoki Andria called at 4 P. m.
and at 5 alexander & him left 
down in a goffa~
    At 6 I went over to Mennsha
& spent the evening; I persuaded
her to come out to my new
house & stay about a month 
with her five Children &
She consented for monday 
next, at 8 I came home


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    Margin Line 3: Augst
    Margin Line 9: noon 107
    Margin Line 10: 4 P. m. 111
        
    Subsection: 26 Frid the 5.82
	Light n.w. breeze or
rather calm & not cool, 
    I sent this morning to tell
Sirpohy to tell her father
That I am not going to the
Hospital to examine my 
throat as I feel it alright
now & I think something
got detached yesterday at
breakfast & then felt 
well;~ At 7 ½ am. I called
on Sister Eliza, also on Sister
Emilia & at 8 ½ called to 
see mrs Cowley to condole 
her on the death of her Sister
mrs gaskin, but she was
in the bath, I saw her son
Alfred who came up 
from Basreh for a few
days leave, he is employed
at mr. Darby, now Agent
for Frauk Stneck & co, 
& is going down in the
Mejidieh this time, I 
Came home~ 


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Today is the anniversary
[crossed out] coronation of the
Shah of Persia Muzaffar
el Din~
    There has been no cases 
of Cholera among the christians
since three or four days
but many cases among 
the jews & Mahomedans,
At Babel Sheikh princi 
there were 15 deaths the day 
before, 10 yesterday & 6 today
as my Indian watchman 
who has just come from 
there tells me; the Bazaar
is dull & everything is
at a standstill~ 
    At 4 ½ the S. S. Mejidieh
arrived, she brought no 
passengers scarcly~ 
    At 5 I left in a goffa
with some Kit & my boy
Hama & came to my new
land alexander, marie
& Cecil all well~ 


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There is no cases of Cholera
here anywhere 〜 
	Light S.W. air & fine 〜 
    Subsection: 27 Satur, th 5.77        
    Light S. Westerly
air & sultry but cool morning
	We sent the waterman to look
for provision & for letters
if any from Rezooki Sayegh
from Basreh by Mejidieh 
he came back without
any letters this is the
second time that Rezooki 
has not written to me,
perhaps he is also angry
with me like his brother
on account of his mother
leaving me 〜 
    I called on Yoneif Yaghchi
& Louisa & also on Sister 
Medoola;
    Weather warm & Sultry,
Light S. Westerly air 〜 
    Everybody here & in town 
have abstaining from eating
fruits especially watermelon
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& also most of the vegetables
for fear of giving them
diarrhea, But we are
not making this strong
diet I always eat
watermelon, dates, grapes 
& after sorts of all the
vegetables
    I took a cold bath 
Light S.W. & rather calm and
warm all the night;
    Subsection: 28 Sund, th 5.46
    Light S. westerly & fine
I got the carpenter Seliman
to put the new rad door
on the houses;
    Artin my nephew come
out to us to spend the day 
he says that there has been
no cases of Cholera among
the Christians since five
days, but at Babel Sheikh 
Deveyna, Saidryeh etc,
none at the Meydan,
    Breeze shifting to west
at 4 AM.
    Artin breakfasted with us
        
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Many people visited us
Yousif & Michail yeeghehi
& Louisa Yoneif Asfar,
Rafooli Lanton; Antone
my nephew came out on
Bicycle with Antone son
of Johny, Adoola my 
cousin ate 〜 
    Antone Marine & his
family are encamped at
Gherrara suice Din day &
above the Bridge;     
    Light N.W. & fine,
Today being the birth day of 
Cecil my grand daughter
having completed two years
	Modte northernly breeze
and fine    
    Subsection: 29 Mond, th 5.48    
    At 5 1/2 AM the S.S. Phubot
passed down 〜 
    At 6 I walked in to town
with my boy Hamma and 
reached at 6 3/4 〜 our
watchman Abolulrahman
asked me to allow him


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to go to the mosque of 
Adlyeh where he wants
to stay 40 days to make
his penitence as seclusion 
him being very religious
& is bringing them an other in
his peace, so I had to
Allow him & he had brought
an other Jardian by having
Fookh and Din but not 
so good as him 〜
I hear that my wife is
going to Basreh tomorrow 
in the Mejidieh with the
four children of Angoorly 
& Medoola Stigmna Gorgi 
& our former cook
Elyeh & two female servants
    So I had to get the
Jew Dellals to take her
Yakhir an deposition for
the sale of my little house
(which is in her name)
and as the little Deeds are
not finished yet in the


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	Margin Line 2: [A55_366_02:136]


Lapo Alexander who also
rode in after me but
to inform his mother 
an Agent should be
appointed by us to give
the Yakrir & that Artin
my nephew is appointed 
so the Dellals & Elias
the clerk of Alexander
took people from the
Mahkemeh as well as
the mokhtov Mahomed 
al Sobbagto & went to
my wife but they wanted 
Artin also to come,
So I sent for him and
it was all done by
noon; I had to pay 
all the fees & expenses
of the Mahkemeh and
to the mokhtars & stamps
which has amounted 
to about 40 Beshlics,
all this lose is through 

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my wife's leaving to Basreh,
    I called on Menusha
to see whether they are
all going down with me,
but they said she will not
be ready before tomorrow
or the day after; ~       
    A Christian the brother 
in law of Georgi's the Tallyman
of Lynch, died from Cholera
yesterday, he was attacked 
the day before, at the
Flour Mill outside the
Babel Moaddem, the 
sickness is the same among
the Mahomedans & Jews,
perhaps slightly decreased,
    At 4 P.M. I called on 
Sister Emilia & then on 
Eliza, where Alexander 
came in a Goffa & Kit
& at 5 1/4 we came down
to my new house ~
    Very light N.W. breeze and 
warm weather ~

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	Margin Line 2: my wife Eliza went to Basreh

It became cooler later
on at night ~
    Subsection: 30 Tuesd Th.5. 80        
Moderate & then increasing 
wind from N. West & 
dusty ~
    At 5 AM. the Mejidieh
passed down, full of 
passengers; my wife
with the children of Tony
Angoorly & servants are
on board going to Basreh,
I hear that they could not
get cabins & are on the
upper After deck as the
cabins were taken, by
Manuel Dinha, Alfred 
Cowley & others ~
Yousef Yaghchi, Louisa,
Raffooli Tanton, sister
Medoola & Rezooki called
on us, Alexander did
not go to town today;
	Menusha's Kit came
down the Goffa at noon
Mahomed the Coolie brought
it, as Bedding, Bunks

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chairs tables & utensiles,
I gave her one Serdab
& two rooms upstairs;
    Very strong wind and
thick dust;
    At 4 P.M. I went over to Louisa
& took tea there, also Alexander,
Marie Medoola & Rezooki,
Wind very strong & dust
thick & blinding; 
    At 5 1/2 Menusha & her five
children, Antone, Harriette,
Louis, Thomas & Marie
came down in a Goffa,
with their two servants;
Mahomed the cook and 
a Tilkefli female servant;
They arranged their Kit &
Beds & bedsteads on top
of the house; & they all 
dined with us this evening, 
but the wind & dust are
still blowing strong, a
very disagreeable weather,
I hear that there have 
been many cases of
Cholera today, mostly 

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	Margin Line 2: [A55_370_02:138]

among the Jews, also two
Tilkeflies, & a Christian
woman daughter of Gog
on the other side of the 
encampment ~
    Subsection: 31 Wedn Th.5. 76  
    Modte N.W. & fine cool
morning ~
    Alexander went to town
on the donkey, also Antone
my nephew on his Bycicle
to Lynchs office ~
Sister Medoola called & she
took Menushas children
to show them her house,
Wind getting up & blowing
strong again ~
    Alexander came down
at 11 1/2 in a boat;
The Cholera is the same
as before, many cases among
the Jews & Mahomedans,
two Tilkeflies died, also the
wife of Ismail the Sakka
near sister Emilia's house,
& a coolie of Lynch's Khan;


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	Section: [September, 1904]

Eliza & Adoola called to see
Menusha, also in the evening
Yousif Yaghchi & Louisa spent
the evening ~
    Cecil is not well since
yesterday, she has dyarrhea
sore eyes & cold, her bowels 
work 6 or 7 times a day,
we are giving her 3 or 4 drops of
Chlorodine ~
    Subsection: Sept 1st Thursd Th.5. 83
    Light N.W. & fine,
Cecil is the same her bowels
working 3 times & has pain
in stomach, Alexander sent
Jassim with a letter to Nizam
ed Din asking him what to
give her ~
    Today is the 
Anniversary of the Coronation
of Sultan Abdulhamid, 
It is just like this morning
last year that we were
robbed by thieves at night,
and up till now, it has 
not been discovered or
anything done by the
Turkish Authorities,

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	Margin Line 2: Mr. Abdulla Malcon died
	
as by our consuls 〜
	Our cook Shamoon 
went to town last night
by permission & has not
returned today; 〜
	Cecil's diarrhea still the same
Hezaning Din sent her a bottle 
of solution of [illegible] Arabic,
but I think the Chlorodine
doing better 〜
	We went over to Yousif Yaghchi 
at 4 P.M. 〜
	Weather calm & N.W. ;
	I heard this evening 
that Mr. Abdulla Malcon
died today from a long 
illness of paralysis and
old age, I knew him since
1855 he was an Engineer 
in the old Inohan naval 
steamer Comet he retired
from the service on pension
since 1868 or 70, 〜 He 
was over 80 years Old,

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	Large illumination every
where in town & out here,
But the government has
got no demonstration as
usual, no fireworks or
rockets etc; Yousif Yaghchi
& Rezooki came & spent the
evening with us, we passed 
a pleasant time, the
view from my house is
splendid & commanding
	Modte N.W. & fine night
	Subsection: 2 Frid, th 5.80, noon 93, 4 P.M 94
	Modte N.W. wind &
fine cool mornings
	Alexander went to town on
the bicycle of Antone my 
nephew who stayed out 
today, as Lynch Office is
closed today giving a holiday
to the clerks 〜 
	I went with Mennsha &
sister medoola to Eliza
& Adoola & I came back 
at 9 ~
	wind blowing strong

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	Margin Line 2: [A55_374_02:139]
	
N.W. with dust flying 〜 
	Sent the watchman to town
to bring provision and
firewood down in the 
Goffa 〜 
	Azoory Chautiduc the brother
of Mennsha came out to us
to spend the day with his
sister at 11 AM〜 
	Alexander came out at 11
AM〜 
	The Cholera is the same,
there were many cases the
day before over 30, but
yesterday it is better 〜 
Strong wind but cool &
refreshing 〜 
	Subsection: 3 Satur, th 5.46
	Modte N.W. Breeze & fine
cool morning, it was quite
cool last night 〜 
	At 8 1/4 AM. the SS. Khalifah
passed up, she has few
passengers 〜 
	Kespoor Maghak Kesper Khan
his wife Feriola Petrak 
came down & landed at
our steps to end up on

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	Margin Line 25: [A55_375_25:141]

Mahomed al Jassims Ground
near Yousif Yaghchi's
tents 〜 
	Sleman Agha Farhat 
came to me he is the brother
of Saoody Farhat, he says
that Cholera is still bad
in town many people died 
yesterday over 80, & it is still
bad at Oweyn, Babel Sueika,
Sadryeh etc, & also now
on the other side 〜 
	I took a cold bath 〜 
	medoola called on us ;
Antone my nephew came
and he says that on of the
french nuns Loeur
Catherine died yesterday 
from Cholera, also the
wife of Ismail the Sakka 
& four others near sister
Emilia's house & so on
	Light N.W. & fine cool night
	Yacoob Eassayi has
invited Mr Mashkow the
Russian Consul & the two 
ladies with him this relatives
I believe his sister & an other
to dinner, also he had

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invited Mr. Ronet, and 
the family of Asfar, Fetoohi
Magho, Serkis etc but none
went 〜 
	Subsection: 4 Sund, th 5.72
	Modte N.W. & fine cool
morning;
	At 10 AM Mennsha
& I went to hear mass at
Asfars, but there were too
many people from 80 to 85
persons & there was no room
upstairs; I then called with
Alexander & Rezooki Audria
on Eassayi (Yousif) on
Lantons & sister medoola,
	While out shooting
on the Gherrara road
the four young lads Antone
my nephew who had
taken Alexander's gun,
Antone son of Johny &
Antone son of Jeboory
Lanton, some soldiers when
passing they seized 
their guns & took them
away because they had
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a Mejidieh from each to
give them back, we
sent people after them &
I gave my permit to
Alexander by which he 
saved his gun, but the
others had to pay the
two mejidies; the soldiers
has no right to interfere
as they do not belong
to the six contribution,
but they intimidate the
boys to extort money;
	Strong wind blowing
at 4 P.M. I went to Louisa 
& Yousif & then took him
& called on Kerop Sethyan &
on Yousif Asfar & we came
Artin his wife Serpohy,
Lerrooza his daughter Bella
& Rosa had come down
in the Goffa, there were
also the Lantons daughters
& Jeboory Lanton & his 
wife 〜  At 5 1/2 Artin 

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& the rest with him went
back in the Goffa to
town;
	the town is better
yesterday & today from
the Cholera 〜 
	Modte n.w. & fine cool
weather;
	The wife of Monsoor Shanologha 
living in a little house next
to Chanteducs & opposite
Yaghchi's was attacked
with cholera yesterday &
died today; 〜 
	Subsection: 5 Mond, th 6.70
	Light N.W. & fine very
cool weather; 
	Alexander went up to
town in a boat at 7 AM.
	Yousif Yaghchi & Louisa called
on us also Yacoob Eassayi 
& stayed till noon 〜 
	At 3 1/2 P.M the residency
Indian Marine steamer
Comet passed up from 
Masreh, where she had
been under some repairs,
since the 8 of July 〜 
	Alexander came down in

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	Margin Line 22: TH 5. 79
	Margin Line 24: [A55_379_24:143]

the Boat at sunset, he says
that no thing can be done
in town as the most part
of the bazaars & shops are 
shut, & business is at a 
standstill, most of the
Jews are out; the papers of 
the sale of my house are
not yet finished;
	The Cholera is the same
as before~
	Capt Hauslow who has
been ill since last month
first with a dislocated ancle,
& then the typhoid fever
now his liver & is seriously
ill; his liver is bad from 
the effect of drinking ;
	Weather calm & cool
	Subsection: 6 Tuesd 
	Modte N.W. & fine weather
	The S.S. Khalifah passed 
down at 5 ½ AM.~ The
clerk Faraj son of Yousif Faray
has stopped luking on a
months leave.
	Also the steam Lanner Ghtar

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	Margin Line 13: [A55_380_13:144]

passed down at 7 ½ on her
way to Basreh for Lynch
Brother’s business there
But she returned at 9 & went
up to Baghdad
	I called on Yousif Yaghchi
also on Kespoor Maghak
and his wife Ferida in the 
Zents close to Yousif Yaghchis
Tents~
	Light N.W. & fine weather
	I hear that Fetoohi son 
of Bakos the Baker near
my house in Baghdad got 
the Cholera yesterday and
died today, also a Christian
carpenter at Raselghereyeh
died, & many other Jews 
& Mahomedans.
	Cecil has still the diarrhea
since six days, it works
about 5,6 & 7 times a day
but in small quantity and
rather costive, I am
still giving her 3 to 4 drops
of Chlorodine, it does
not do much effect, but 

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	Margin Line 26: TH 5. 75

she feels allright and 
jolly, it is rather doing
her good; at night her
bowels do not work.
	Moderate N.W. wind & fine
	Subsection: 7 Wedn 
	Modte & increasing wind
from N.W. & fine weather;
I was going to town, but as
we have no cook & cannot
get one, so I could not take
my boy Hanna who is cooking 
here;~
	I called on Louisa & 
Sister Medoola~
	Wind blowing fresh all
the day~
	Alexander sent for
Bihjet son of Messoory, at
Yacoob Eassay’s to see Cecil
for her diarrhea, he ordered
a dose of caster oil in the morning
& then some medicine to stop
the diarrhea as Bismuth etc,
	Subsection: 8 Thursd 
	Modte N.W. wind & 
fine cool weather~
	Alexander rode in to town
at 7 ½ AM~
	The S.S. Mossul 
arrived the day before at 
	 
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	Margin Line 15: [A55_382_15:145]
	Margin Line 24: [A55_382_24:146]

about 12 P.M she passed
up; 
	Père Pièrre the younger called
on us, he is at Asfar’s today 
as he celebrated a mass, it 
being the birth day of the Virgin,
	The SS Ressafah passed
up at 10 ½ AM~
	Kerop Effendi, Sister Medoola
Yousif Yaghchi & Louisa called
on us~
	Alexander came down
in the Boat; He could do nothing
or see any body, regarding
the sale of my house and
the [illegible] as every body
are out even Frahim Nessim
the buyer; & not also 
my claim of Interest for
three months from Agha
Ibrahim of Kadumain 
the time expired since
the 17 [illegible]; ~ The Cholera
at Kadumain  is bad
now, yesterday they say
there were about 80

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deaths, but Baghdad
is better~
	Subsection: 9 Frid 
Light Easterly breeze
and fine cool weather~
	The SS. Mossul
passed down at 5 ½ AM.
full of passengers~
	At 7 I walked in to town
as I have not been since the
2 [illegible], & sent Hanna my 
Boy up in the boat with
Yousif Yaghchi; I get to 
Emilias house at 7 ¾,
found her alone as usual
I hear that Capt Hauslow
is the same he has the
inflamation of the liver
	I then called on Sister
Eliza found them all well
They say the Cholera is the
same, perhaps a little
better, but among the 
Christians there are 
still few cases 3 or 4
daily mostly Tilkeflies

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	Margin Line 19: [A55_384_19:147]

and also some Mahomedans
& Jews;~ I came home
at 9, found the Indian
watchman Fookhrood
Din alright~ I am
looking for a cook
but in vain will they 
be persuaded to serve 
us;~
	I went to see Mr. Rosenfeld
at 11 ½ he tells me that major
new [illegible] had wired again 
to the Ambassador at
Constple enquiring, what
had become of our new
Consul Mr. Jacob Neines
the answer came that he
will be here in a month,
I saw the Bulletins of
last weak’s attacks &
mortality, it gives only 
275 attacks & 170 deaths
whereas twice as three
times the number should
be added; Amara 18
Kadumain 2, Shahraban 
& Khalis 35 & so on 

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	The S.S. Mejidieh arrived
at 0 ¼ P.M while I was
at Rosenfeld’s~
at 0 ½ P.M I went over to 
Sister Eliza & breakfasted
with them; I came home
at 2 P.M.;	It is impossible
to get a servant cook no 
one wants to serve us~
Three Tilkeflies died today
from Cholera~
	At 4 ½ P.M. I sent Hanna
out on a donkey with some
Kit & I walked out myself
from Sister Emilia’s house
but I felt the sun very 
hot~
	This time too I have received
no letter or the [illegible] by the 
Mejidieh from Rezooki Sayegh
it is the third steamer that
he does not write to me, and 
I have always written to him,
he must have joined his
mother also & they have 
been telling him all sorts
of nonsence~

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Light S. Ely breeze & rather
dampy night~ 
	Cecil has now the fever, 
because her bowels have
been stopped since she took 
the Castor oil, & we have
been using the Enema
with glyserine~ 
	Subsection: 10 Satur the 5.77
	Light S. Ely breeze
and Cloudy weather, 
clouds are dispersed all 
over;~ Breeze shifted to
S. West at 9 am~ But
the day remained calm & 
sultry with clouds~ 
	I took a Cold water Bath;
mennsha, Harriette & mary took 
their hot bath at medoolas, 
& antone, Louis & Thomas took 
a Cold bath in mine~ 
	Wind increased blowing
fresh all the night, and 
prevented me from sleeping
	Subsection: 11 Sund the 5.78 
	Modte n. w. & fine
weather~ 
	Mennsha & Children went 
to Church, we did not go

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there were two masses, 
	I called at 9 on Sister Medoola
& I took Rezook & went to 
Call on his Sister Catterina 
widow of Rezooki Serkis, 
on Fetooli maghak, on 
Polus Serkis, Skandes Aziz 
and on Shekoory Andria &
his brother & mother, all 
are encamped above the
house of Kerop Settry an 
we returned at 11 am 
	at 4 P. m. I called at Sister medoola
& took Rezooki  & went to see
nassoory Abood, who has
te diarrhea about 10 times 
& is very [illegible]; Dr Behjet 
came to see him, and
we preposed to give him 
chlorodyne, I sent them 
the Bottles to use, it
we called on yousif yaghchi
& came home at 6
	Wind died away and 
became nice & pleasant
	The SS. Ressafah left

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	Margin Line 5: [A55_388_05:150]
	Margin Line 9: [A55_388_09:151]
	Margin Line 23: [A55_388_23:152]


this morning at 5 ½ am 
& passed down~ 
	nessoory abbood has still
the diarrhea, his bowels worked
about 20 times till the evening
in small quantity, they have
only three young boys of 
doctors attending, like 
Behjet & Rezooki Bahoshy 
who have studied in Beyrout
& Hamdh Hary the attendant 
of the Residency Surgeon
	Light n. w. & fine Cool
night~
	Subsection: 12 Mond the 5.76
	Light nw. & fine 
Cool weather~
	The SS. Mejidieh passed
down at 5 Am. followed by 
the SS Lanuch Ishtar going 
also to Basreh~ 
	We hear that nessoory Abbood
is worse, he is too weak 
although the diarrhea has 
ceased; the docters give an
unfavorable report of him
they wanted to take him
up to town, but the Boatman

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	efused for fear of getting
fined, should he die
on the way up~ they 
sent for the Residency Surgeon 
Dr McConaghy whom Hamadh 
went & fetched at 9 ½ to see 
nessoory; I sent our servant
Hanna to enquire, they
said that he is the same
he has the peal Cholera and
there a hope of one per Cent
that he recovers, he had 
vomited once at night, 
& the urine is suppressed;
Rezooki andria went 
to town to fetch Dr Brigstock
the missionary Doctor
Azoori Chantedreg
came out at 10 to his
Sister Mennsha;~ 
	Nessory Aboud died
at about 2 ½ P. m. he
became speechless and 
sunk, Dr. Brigstock did
not come out to see him, 
they ought to have get 
him yesterday as

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soon as he felt unwell
	all the Christians are in 
a great consternation
and fear, But it is really
astonishing how this 
malignant epidemy Attakcs
a person, for nessoory 
is very Cautious and 
had abstained from eating
everything he is [illegible] &
Cllan; Besides since the
death of Eassayes daughter
about three weeks ago, no 
other case occurred in 
our vicinity & none on 
the opposite side, among
the Christians, the town
is getting cleaner now
He leaves a wife Takoohy 
the daughter of Reesha andria 
and five Children (two sons
& three daughters) one of the 
eldest daughter is married
with nassoory Eassaye, 
He had inherited his 
father & brothers and 
must have a [illegible] 

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fortune of between 25
to 30,000 Liras, he was 
over fifty~ His body
was taken in a carriage
to the cemetery at
	Artin my nephew with 
Terroza, Bella & Rosa
had come down in the goffa 
at Tantons & breakfasted
there, they called on us & 
left for the town at 5 P.m. 
as well as Azoori~
	We all brought our beds 
down below to sleep
fearing the strong wind
& Cook nights;
	The body of nessoory Aboud 
was brought to the carriage 
near any house on the 
canal only home by
3 or 4 Teikoflees & no
one with it at all except 
the Priest, with no cover 
on the box & drove away 
at 5 ½ to the cemetery 

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	Mennsha & her children all
came down to sleep in the 
Saloon, also alexander &
his wife in the vesandah
except myself slept on the 
terace~ 
	Subsection: 13 Sund th 5.74
	Modte & increasing 
wind from n. west & fine 
cool weather~
	Alexander rode into town at 7 ½ am:~
	The Reis of the Jezaa Amar
Effendi, living in the small
home of ali Beg, behind Sister
Medoola’s house, has been 
robbed lastnight of some 
Copperware etc, the thieve
broke into the compound
from over the wall of the 
garden behind us; 
	The SS. Phrat passed up 
at 9 ½ am having very few 
passengers~ 
	Alexander came down 
in the Boat at 5 ½, He says
that there were not many 
cases yesterday & today
they say three jews today

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died & no Christians, 
	modte n.w. wind
& fine weather;
	Alexander asked me to 
let him go down to 
Basreh in the new [illegible]
steamer of the Sennyeh
thee Borhanyeh which
is coming up tomorrow
just to go down & up
without landing at 
Basreh for a change
& because marie is
afraid from the cholera
& gets very much upset 
whenever she hears of a case
of death etc~
See Diary no. 56