[1:] Nº 47
[2:] 1897/98

[1:] Arabic

Continued from Diary (//) No. 46 of 1896/7 [4 NOV 1897 — V047_00_N] (//)

Novr.

4 Thursd The @ 6.62

1897

Novr

[1:] Light N.W. & fine weather at
[2:] at 8 am I came on board the
[3:] Steamer, Finished Alexanders
[4:] letter to be posted today;
[5:] I sent it to the Post Office and
[6:] had it registered, also wrote one
[7:] to Rezooki Korkis London
[8:] of Yesterday’s date~ At 10 ½
[9:] went home & had my breakfast
[10:] & returned at 12 ½~

[11:] We shipped a good deal of local
[12:] cargo & finished at 4 p.m.
[13:] All the cabins are engaged,

[14:] The river is standstill~
[15:] At 5 p.m. I went to my house
[16:] the carpenter has finished
[17:] his work & I paid him for
[18:] 4 days~

[19:] I went over to Sister Medula
[20:] to dine with her: & while
[21:] there I received a letter from
[22:] my son Alexander by
[23:] the Damascus Post which

[1:] arrived this afternoon; it
[2:] is dated the 15 Octor, and
[3:] I read it before Medoola &
[4:] Grzesky; Alexander is very
[5:] well, he is learning the German
[6:] language well; he has
[7:] received my telegram in
[8:] which I informed him of
[9:] my arrival to Baghdad on
[10:] the 14th Octor, & he received it
[11:] the next day when he was
[12:] writing the letter;
[13:] At 9 I came home &
[14:] turned in~

5 Frid

[15:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[16:] at 4 am I came on board;
[17:] We are to wait for Mr. Bottomley
[18:] who is going down with us
[19:] to Basreh~

Baghdad to Basreh [5 NOV 1897 — V047_01_S] (//) Voy 366 (//)

1897

Novr

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[1:] At 7 AM. proceeded from Baghdad
[2:] the Steamer is very light, drawing

[3:] 3,,2 Inches;~

[4:] Passed Gherrarah & the Tents are
[5:] still encamped the Christians
[6:] there are nearly 50 Tents~

[7:] At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
[8:] At 10,,25 passed Ctesiphon;

[9:] At 1 p.m. we rounded & came
[10:] to at Ledje for the Khalifah
[11:] coming up; We went on board
[12:] of her with Mr. Bottomley,
[13:] Mr. Braine, Reynolds & George
[14:] Cowley & his young brother,
[15:] to see Capt Cowley who is
[16:] coming up in her, on his
[17:] return from England in
[18:] the Arabistan, he looks well
[19:] the same as before; he gave
[20:] me a letter from my wife
[21:] Eliza from Basreh; the
[22:] Arabistan came out in 25
[23:] days from Marseilles a
[24:] a very good passage~

[1:] At 1,,35 P.M. we left and
[2:] went on~

[3:] We have altogether 128 ½
[4:] passengers, (4 in 1st 1st Class Eassa
[5:] Zheir & 3 females the family
[6:] of Ahmed Beg Zheir from Constple,
[7:] and 2 Jews in 2nd Class, & 5 also
[8:] in 2nd Class but counted as 2 ½
[9:] they are the Mère Marie Thérese
[10:] & an other Sister going as far
[11:] as Basreh accompanying
[12:] the daughter of Fetoohi Loca
[13:] & two other girls of Mossul
[14:] going to France to become nuns
[15:] they paid at ½ Passage)
[16:] Also Mr. Bottomley the Agent
[17:] to Basreh for business as
[18:] Mr. Taylor left for London
[19:] in the Afghanistan about
[20:] a week ago; & two deck
[21:] free~

[22:] At 4,,25 p.m. passed Baghdadieh
[23:] Fort~

[24:] At 6,,45 passed Azizieh,
[25:] At 8,,20 anchored for the night

[1:] at Toweel, cloudy weather &
[2:] light breeze~

6 Satur

[3:] Light S. Ely breeze & cloudy a
[4:] little; at 5,,20 am. proceeded
[5:] from Toweel;

[6:] At 9,,15 passed Memlah;
[7:] At 2 p.m. arrived at Coot, landed
[8:] 22 ½ passengers & 58 packages

[9:] At 3 p.m. left Coot~ Took
[10:] 6 passengers; Light S.Ely
[11:] with clouds and warm weather
[12:] Therm @ 3,,85˚~

[13:] At 7.20 came to Aboo
[14:] Dood for the night; fine
[15:] weather & clear moonlight
[16:] night 12 days old;

7 Sund.

1897

Novr

[17:] Light air & getting fine~
[18:] At 5,,45 AM. we got underway;

[19:] At 8,,45 l landed 4 passengers
[20:] and 8 packages at Ali Gherbi
[21:] and went on at 9; weather
[22:] got cloudy all over~ It got
[23:] fine at about 1 p.m. but it is
[24:] very warm~

[25:] At 5 P.M. arrived at Amara
[26:] landed 15½ passengers

[1:] and 81 packages; Took 4
[2:] Tons of Coal~ Weather very calm
[3:] & warm but fine~

[4:] At 6,,50 pm. we left Amara
[5:] fine moon light night & clear;

[6:] At 10.20 we anchored below
[7:] Kalat Saleh, fine clear weather,

8 Mond The @ 6.60

Eliza’s arrival from Paris

[A47_009_19:002]

1897

Novr

[A47_010_09:003]

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[8:] Light n.w. & fine~ At 5,,45
[9:] am. we proceeded~ We took
[10:] 17 passengers from Amara,

[11:] At 9,,5 passed Azair, they
[12:] have pulled down the Green
[13:] Dome to rebuild it new;

[14:] At 0,,5 p.m.. stopped at Gorna
[15:] landed 3 passengers and
[16:] 20 packages, at 9,,20 p.m.
[17:] left Gorna~

[18:] At 5 P.M. passed the SS
[19:] Baghdad & Barge going up just
[20:] Opposite Rufail’s house
[21:] & I saw my wife Eliza
[22:] standing on the bank with
[23:] Rufail Tukyeh etc;
[24:] We anchored at Basreh
[25:] the SS. Arabistan, Mobile
[26:] & Dwina are here &
[27:] also the Rusafah & Mosul;

[1:] I went up to Rufail’s place,
[2:] & met Eliza there, I could not
[3:] keep myself from the tears on
[4:] seeing her without my son
[5:] Alexander, but got very sorry
[6:] on hearing from her the bad
[7:] account she gives me, and
[8:] behaviour of Ibrahim Gejou,
[9:] who has not yet furnished his
[10:] rooms & they use Alexander’s room,
[11:] he has got not servant cook &
[12:] feeding Alexander outside
[13:] @ 3 frcs per day, he has got a
[14:] wife for the second time since
[15:] a year & half & goes often to
[16:] her; he wanted to force
[17:] Eliza to pay him 150 frcs per
[18:] month to keep her in the
[19:] same room as that of Alexander
[20:] & feed her in fact she
[21:] says he is a lyar & a
[22:] swindle & space has nothing at
[23:] all & wants to make money
[24:] out of us; and she says
[25:] that Alexander must not
[26:] remain in Paris but he
[27:] should return soon, because
[28:] he will be spoilt & he
[29:] expends more money

[1:] than what I have allowed
[2:] him (200 frcs per month) he
[3:] is selling his postage stamps
[4:] & expending; she made
[5:] me so very sorry & broken
[6:] hearted that I lost all the
[7:] pleasure of talking with
[8:] her about anything else;
[9:] She has apparently expended
[10:] the 1010 frcs I had given
[11:] her at Marsilles and I shall
[12:] have to pay her passage
[13:] now to Jeboory Asfar of
[14:] 31 1/2 £ Sterling. She has
[15:] bought some clothes and
[16:] perfumery etc for sale
[17:] she drew 40 £ Stg from
[18:] Rezooki Korkis to be paid
[19:] here by her to his brother,
[20:] she says they had fine weather
[21:] on the way out from Marseilles
[22:] except for two days it
[23:] was bad after leaving
[24:] Marseilles, & in the Red
[25:] Sea it was very calm &
[26:] awfully hot; she landed
[27:] in Bushire for few hours

9 Tuesd

1897

: Novr

[3:] S. Ely breeze & very foggy &
[4:] dampy: I have had no
[5:] sleep at all on account of
[6:] the mosquitoes that were in
[7:] great number & being so
[8:] out of humour on account
[9:] of Eliza's relating to me of
[10:] Alexander’s life in Paris;

[11:] At 7 ½ am. I came on
[12:] board, we are discharging
[13:] & loading cargo;~

[14:] Yousif Marine & Naoom Loca
[15:] called on me & also Fehmy
[16:] Bey the Nadir of the Six Contribution
[17:] he is here going to P. Said for
[18:] a change; Père Pierre also,
[19:] & Jeboory Asfar,~ Eliza
[20:] & Rufail & Rezooki came
[21:] on board & got Eliza’s kit
[22:] also the Boxes etc etc,
[23:] also Meneshi Gareh called
[24:] on me & Naoom Loca;

[25:] We have no 1st Class
[26:] Cabin passengers but
[27:] Eliza my wife~

Basreh to Baghdad [9 NOV 1897 — V047_02_N] (//)

[3:] At 5,,30 P.M. got underway
[4:] & proceeded ship drawing
[5:] 4 feet;~ fine weather &
[6:] light S. Ely breeze; Eliza
[7:] did not dine with us, she has a
[8:] bad cold & had eaten something at
[9:] Rufail’s house~ At 11,,10 passed Gorna

10 Wedne The @ 6.72

[10:] At 3,,30 AM. passed
[11:] Azair~ at 5 we came to the
[12:] shoal above Ghumeyjeh, there
[13:] is a boat aground in the channel
[14:] we took anchors out & hove
[15:] over~ At 7.30 got over and
[16:] proceeded easy~

[17:] Gave tickets and finished with
[18:] the passengers~

[19:] At 9,,45 the ship struck the
[20:] shaol bank below Abdulla
[21:] in Ali & broke 3 arms & floats
[22:] & we anchored to repair the
[23:] damage, At 11.30 proceeded,

[24:] At 1,,30 P.M. landed 5 passengers
[25:] & took one & went on at

[2:] We have altogether 124 ½
[3:] passengers none in 1st Class,
[4:] but 3 in 2nd Class; also besides
[5:] these 5 Tilkeflies free~

[6:] At 6,,15 arrived at Amara
[7:] landed 21 ½ passengers and
[8:] took in 7 Tons of Coal;
[9:] Shipped some cargo as Ghee &
[10:] Hides etc~

[11:] At 8,,15 left Amara fine
[12:] weather & S. Ely breeze;

11 Thursd The @ 6.66

1897

Novr.

[13:] Light S.Ely & fine; at 7 am.
[14:] landed one passenger at Ali
[15:] Gherbi & went on at 7,,5
[16:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge on
[17:] her way up, just went alongside
[18:] the village~

[19:] Gave tickets to 30 Amara
[20:] passengers;~

[21:] Picked one passenger from Sheikh
[22:] Saad at 12 AM~

[23:] At 6 p.m. arrived at Coot
[24:] landed 11 passengers & took
[25:] in Coal;

[26:] At 7,,45 left Coot~ Fine

12 Frid

[4:] Light S. Erly breeze & fine~

[5:] At 3,,10 am passed Memlah,
[6:] at 4 ½ grounded at Sheresh took
[7:] anchors out & hove off, fore &
[8:] aft the chain parted three times
[9:] of the stern anchor~

[10:] At 7,,50 got off & proceeded
[11:] Gave tickets to 38 ½ Coot passengers

[12:] At 2,,25 P.M. passed Azizieh;
[13:] At 4,,55 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[14:] going down at Gutnyeh~

[15:] At 5,45 passed Baghdadieh
[16:] Fort; modte n.w. wind & fine
[17:] cold weather~

13 Satur The @ 6.47

1897

Novr.

[18:] Very Cold Weather, Fine clear
[19:] at 2,,30 am passed Ctesiphon,

[20:] At 4,,20 passed Diala
[21:] river,~ At 5.30 passed
[22:] Gherrarah, all the Christians
[23:] are out encamped yet, a
[24:] very sharp cold N.W. wind
[25:] blowing~

[26:] At 8 we landed the mails at
[27:] the Residency & steamed
[28:] to the Custom House, no

[2:] Eliza & I landed and went home,
[3:] Yousif Korkis, Yacoob Tessy &
[4:] the sons of Toni Tessy came
[5:] to meet us at the beach &
[6:] went home with us, there
[7:] came my sisters, Grzesky,
[8:] & other people;~ Also
[9:] Henry who has arrived
[10:] from Hwedir by himself
[11:] in the carriage for a few
[12:] days & will return; they
[13:] were all glad to see Eliza,
[14:] Sisters Eliza & Medula
[15:] Grzesiky & Henry breakfasted
[16:] with us, & left in the afternoon,
[17:] weather is so unusually
[18:] cold & sharp N.W. wind,
[19:] we have not prepared any
[20:] rooms yet, & are sitting in
[21:] the divan & veranda in
[22:] this cold wind,

[23:] The river has risen about
[24:] one or two feet~

[25:] I found a letter here

14 Sund The @ 6.33

[9:] N.W. breeze & very cold
[10:] weather; it is so sudden
[11:] & so bitterly cold, the water
[12:] frose in some houses~

[13:] At 9 am I went to church
[14:] & then called on Chekury Andrea,
[15:] Yacoob Oossy, Eassayis,
[16:] Kass Phillippus etc; many
[17:] visitors came to visit Eliza
[18:] my wife~ I called on Sister
[19:] Eliza, Henry called on us,

[20:] It is very cold throughout the
[21:] day;~ This is very unusual
[22:] cold which came on so
[23:] soon & sudden; we are
[24:] not prepared for it yet,

15 Mond The @ 6.31

[1:] Light n.w. & fine, bitterly
[2:] cold, dry weather; there
[3:] must have fallen snow
[4:] up the country~ at 8 am
[5:] I came on board; we are
[6:] discharging cargo; sent
[7:] money to the office & went
[8:] home,~ Henry came & breakfasted
[9:] with us; the weather is awfully
[10:] cold;~ I called with Henry on
[11:] Alice; I also called on Sister
[12:] Medula & came home; more
[13:] visitors are coming; it is
[14:] awfully cold~

[15:] The SS. Baghdad arrived at
[16:] about 2 p.m.~

16 Tuesd The @ 6.32

1897

Novr

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[17:] Light N.W breeze & very cold
[18:] weather~ at 8½ am. I
[19:] came on board; the river is rising
[20:] a little; the cold is awful all
[21:] my hands are sore & chapped

[22:] I went home & at 2 p.m. I
[23:] called on Alice where Henry
[24:] was breakfasting, I took
[25:] him & went to call on
[26:] Colonel Lock the new English
[27:] Consul General whom I

[13:] We then called on the new
[14:] French Vise Consul Monsr.
[15:] Roné & Mons Jacquerès the
[16:] Engineer in the Turkish Service
[17:] also on Mr. Hasse the young
[18:] German Chancellier or
[19:] Dragoman to Mr. Richarz
[20:] but he was asleep & so we
[21:] left our Cards; I then went
[22:] to Alice had tea, & called
[23:] on Capt Cowley & his wife,
[24:] I came home at 5 p.m.

[25:] Henry came to dine with
[26:] us found Antone Marine

[4:] Very Cold weather & we
[5:] are shivering; great quantity
[6:] of snow fell on the Antolian
[7:] Mountains~

17 Wedn The @ 6.32

1897

Novr

[A47_020_17:007]

[8:] Light N.W. & fine Very Cold
[9:] & freezing as before; at
[10:] 8 1/2 am called on Henry
[11:] for few minutes & then
[12:] came on board;~ We
[13:] shipped some cargo; through
[14:] for the SS. Alphonse Parran

[15:] At 11 went home to breakfast
[16:] Henry called on us~
[17:] At 2 1/2 p.m. I came on board
[18:] wrote in the cargo we are
[19:] shipping; The river keeps rising
[20:] it rose in all 12 bricks or
[21:] about 2 feet; It is still very
[22:] cold~ At 5 p.m. went home
[23:] Antone Marine called on us,
[24:] he paid me his account of the
[25:] clothes I got for him from
[26:] Vienna Flors. 71.¾ & 12 frcs,

[1:] Henry is going out to Howedir
[2:] tomorrow morning at day break,

[3:] Very cold & fine weather;

18 Thursd Th @ 6.33

[4:] Light N.W. & very cold weather
[5:] At 8 1/2 am I came on board,
[6:] The river is still rising it
[7:] rose 1/2 foot since yesterday;

[8:] We shipped a good lot of cargo,
[9:] also 550 Bales Wool of Yousif
[10:] Korkis~

[11:] I finished my letter for
[12:] Alexander up till today, I
[13:] begun it on the 5th & sent it to
[14:] the Post Office leaving today
[15:] for Damascus & had it
[16:] registered, also the one for
[17:] Rome for Gabriel Oossany
[18:] & Michail Baho of the 8th
[19:] Instt;~ went to breakfast
[20:] & came back at 1 P.M;

[21:] At 4 P.M. I received a letter
[22:] from Alexander of the 29th
[23:] Ulto, & a packet of Photograph
[24:] of his mother & himself
[25:] taken in Paris, by the Damascus
[26:] Post arrived today~

[1:] At 5½ I went home; Johny
[2:] my Nephew called, he has also
[3:] received a letter from Alexander
[4:] in todays Post which we
[5:] red~

[6:] Light N.W. & cold weather,

19 Frid

[7:] Light N.W. & fine; at 5 ½
[8:] AM I came on board;

Baghdad to Basrah [19 NOV 1897 — V047_03_S] (//)

1897

Novr

[9:] At 6,,15 AM we proceeded
[10:] Capt Cowley has resumed
[11:] his Command; & Mr.
[12:] Braine remains behind
[13:] to join his Steamer the
[14:] Khalifah as chief mate,

[15:] The river fell about 1/2 foot
[16:] this morning~

[17:] At 8,,10 grounded at Rustumyeh
[18:] Got an anchor aster out & hove
[19:] her stern out of the bank;

[20:] At 9 proceeded, at 9,,25
[21:] passed Diala

[22:] At 10,,40 passed Ctesiphon
[23:] At 3,,40 P.M. passed Baghdadieh

[1:] Weather became cloudy
[2:] & the cold weather has ceased
[3:] the Thermo is 60 at 4 p.m;
[4:] It has been so very cold
[5:] since Sunday last; On
[6:] board the SS. Comet they have
[7:] had it down to 22° at 4
[8:] am on the 16th & 25 at the
[9:] Residency Garden; this an
[10:] extraordinary occurrance,

[11:] Finished with the passengers
[12:] tickets we have altogether
[13:] 102½ (one Jew in 1st Class &
[14:] 2 Jews in the 2nd Class Cabin)

[15:] At 5,,50 passed Azizieh~
[16:] Cloudy weather;

[17:] At 7,35 we anchored at
[18:] Towil for the night; weather
[19:] became fine & clear;

20 Frid The @ 6.40

1897

Novr

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

[21:] At 5,,25 am the Khalifah
[22:] passed up~

[23:] At 6,,15 we proceeded,-
[24:] It became very cold & sharp wind

[25:] At 6,,45 the SS. Mossul &
[26:] Barge passed up~

[1:] At 9,45 passed Memlah,
[2:] At 10 landed 5 passengers
[3:] at Bughela & went on at 10,5

[4:] Fresh N.W. wind & very cold,

[5:] At 2,,10 p.m. arrived at Coot
[6:] landed 26 passengers and
[7:] 46 packages~ Metty writes
[8:] to me to say that it took the
[9:] Khalifah 5 days to go down
[10:] they were detained 26 hours at
[11:] Ghumeyjeh aground, and
[12:] the SS. Mossul in
[13:] her way blocking her passage,

[14:] At 3 P.M. we proceeded, Took
[15:] 8 passengers & 2 Bales~

[16:] At 3,,20 passed the SS.
[17:] Ressafah & Barge going
[18:] up~

[19:] At 7,5 we rounded & came
[20:] to at Sheikh Saad for the
[21:] night, & landed 9 Packages
[22:] and 1 passengers, Shipped
[23:] 8 Bales Abbas & two passengers
[24:] We remained for the night,
[25:] Weather very fine & cold

21 Sund. The @ 6.37

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[1:] Light N.W. & very fine and
[2:] Cold weather~ At 6 AM.
[3:] left Sheikh Saad;

[4:] At 9,,40 landed 4 Bales &
[5:] one passenger at Ali Gherbi,
[6:] went on at 9,,50~
[7:] The weather became a little
[8:] milder this Afternoon, I
[9:] have not felt it so since the
[10:] 14th, I am suffering from it
[11:] very much, & yesterday I
[12:] cought a very bad cold
[13:] through changing my shirt
[14:] & exposing myself in the Cold
[15:] Wind~ It is 65˚ at 4 P.M

[16:] At 5,,45 P.M arrived at Amara
[17:] landed 20 ½ passengers and
[18:] 36 packages;~

[19:] A crowd of people filled the
[20:] Ship, & passengers wanting 1st
[21:] Class Cabins, it is one Nejib Beg
[22:] a Clerk in the Serai of Basreh
[23:] who has married the daughter
[24:] of Mostapha Pasha the
[25:] Motserrif of Amara all

[6:] The cold weather they say
[7:] here caused all the fish in
[8:] the marshes to be frozen to
[9:] death~

[10:] At 7,,20 we left Amara,
[11:] Fine cold weather~

[12:] At 10,,10 anchored at Kalat
[13:] Saleh~

22 Mond The @ 6,39

1897

Novr

[14:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather
[15:] At 6,,15 am. Got underway;
[16:] Gave tickets to 30 ½ passengers
[17:] from Amara (5 in 1st Class
[18:] Nejib Beg & 4 women)

[19:] Detained at the Elbow
[20:] 20 minutes, in turning the Ship
[21:] below the point~

[22:] At 10,,5 passed Azair,
[23:] We have 6 Zaptyes as usual
[24:] from Amara every trip they
[25:] come up & down for no
[26:] purpose whatever;

[1:] At 1,,5 P.M. went alongside
[2:] At Gorna & landed 8 ½
[3:] passengers and 76 packages

[4:] I heard here that Rufail
[5:] Sayegh is up here above
[6:] Gorna on the Euphrates
[7:] looking after his property
[8:] for the last 8 days~

[9:] At 1,,55 left Gorna
[10:] At 6 landed 3 passengers at
[11:] Maghil (H. Mohsen of Maghil
[12:] & two followers) The SS. Phrat
[13:] came to pass up by this time,

[14:] Calm & fine weather & still
[15:] Cold; I do not feel well at all
[16:] My cold is all over my body &
[17:] bones & feel feverish~

[18:] At 6,,30 arrived in Basreh,
[19:] there is only the Persian St. Mobile
[20:] here; & the Mail Str Assyria
[21:] down in Quarantine; no one came
[22:] from Rufail’s place; I did not
[23:] go to them as I do not feel well,

[24:] We coaled Ship & discharged
[25:] some Cargo at night;

23 Tuesd

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1897

Novr

[26:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[27:] Not so cold as before~

[1:] I finished my letter for
[2:] Alexander via Bombay of
[3:] today’s date & told him all
[4:] from Baghdad till here, &
[5:] posted it~

[6:] At 12 I went up with Rezooki
[7:] Sayegh & landed at Asfar
[8:] saw Jeboory, also Mon De Sarzec
[9:] his wife & son who are still
[10:] living here & are going up
[11:] in a few days to Coot &
[12:] up the Hai to Tello to
[13:] dig; At 1 P.M. I returned
[14:] to the Ship Rezooki fetched
[15:] me;

[16:] The Str. Launch of the
[17:] Sheikh of Mahomerah
[18:] (now Mahomed son of
[19:] Sheikh Jaber) came up &
[20:] bringing the body of Sheikh
[21:] Mezel who was the Sheikh of
[22:] Mahomerah formerly & was
[23:] Shot by his brother in May
[24:] last & succeeded him to the
[25:] Governorship; It is to be
[26:] sent up with us to go to Kerbella
[27:] & be interred there

[6:] Rezooki Angoorly Nessoory
[7:] Andrea the Shahbender
[8:] of the Custum House, Rezooki
[9:] Sayegh & Jeboory Asfar
[10:] called on me~

[11:] We finished the Cargo
[12:] at 6 ½ P.M.

Basreh to Baghdad [24 NOV 1897 — V047_04_N] (//)

[13:] At 7,,15 P.M. we got under-
[14:] way, but soon after 5 minutes
[15:] it became foggy and had
[16:] to Anchor just opposite
[17:] Rufail’s place~

[18:] At 11.20 it cleared off
[19:] we proceeded~

24 Wedn Th @6.4

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1897

Novr

[20:] At 4 AM landed 2
[21:] passengers at Gorna &
[22:] went on at 4,,5. Fine
[23:] weather & not so Cold

[24:] At 8,,10 passed Azair

[3:] At 3,,5 P.M. landed a bundle
[4:] of specie at Kalat Saleh &
[5:] went on; weather is mild
[6:] & S. Erly breeze & cloudy a little

[7:] We have altogether 109 Passeng.
[8:] (3 in 1st Class, Mr. Bottomley
[9:] free not included; a Dr. Z
[10:] Yèronimakis a New Inspector
[11:] for the Quarantine of Baghdad
[12:] coming from Jedda to
[13:] replace Dr. Lubiez who is
[14:] dismissed by order from
[15:] Constantinople as well as
[16:] Dr. Malakis of Basreh &
[17:] his clerk Solon Calothi,
[18:] for some political affair
[19:] that is not yet ascertained,
[20:] Also Ezra Daniel the Jew
[21:] Apothecary; 12 in 2d Class
[22:] with the dead body of Sheikh
[23:] Mezel of Mahomerah who
[24:] was shot dead by his brother
[25:] Khazal) also 2 of
[26:] the Custom House Mamoor
[27:] free by Lynch Brothers;

[28:] At 7,50 arrived at

[7:] The Phrat left at 10,,15~

[8:] At 10,,30 we left weather
[9:] Cloudy & light S. Erly breeze,
[10:] We passed the Phrat at 10.35.
[11:] 10,,35~

25 Thursd The @ 6.55

[12:] S. Erly wind & cloudy weather,

[13:] At 7,,10 passed the S.S. Baghdad
[14:] & Barge going down~

[15:] Gave tickets to 13 Amara
[16:] passengers, also H. Abdulrezack
[17:] Khdery returning in 1st Class
[18:] free~

[19:] At 10 passed Ali Gherbi
[20:] fresh S. Erly & cloudy all over.

[21:] At 2,,30 P.M. passed Sheikh Saad
[22:] Cloudy weather, very few drops
[23:] of rain fell~

[24:] At 8,,45 P.M. arrived at
[25:] Coot, landed 2 passengers &
[26:] took in Coal~

[27:] At 10,,30 left Coot, weather
[28:] clearing up~

[29:] Detained few minutes

26 Frid The @ 6.47

1897

Novr

[2:] Light N.W. & fine Weather,
[3:] Clouds clearing up~ At
[4:] 6,,20 AM passed Memlah;
[5:] Gave tickets to 22 ½ Coot
[6:] passengers;

[7:] At 2,,20 P.M. passed
[8:] Azizieh Village~ River is
[9:] falling about 1 foot;

[10:] At 5,,50 P.M. passed
[11:] Baghdadieh Fort;

[12:] At 6.15 Anchored for the SS.
[13:] Khalifah coming down, Sent
[14:] letters & Specie & Capt. Cowley
[15:] & Mr. Bottomley went on
[16:] board;~

[17:] I heard the Koorkies
[18:] noise flying off here from the
[19:] Sand bank, which I have
[20:] not seen for many years ago;

[21:] At 7,5 we proceeded; Mr.
[22:] Hamilton of Hotz & Co is returning
[23:] in the Khalifah; the Comet
[24:] has also left Baghdad
[25:] this morning going to
[26:] Basreh;~

27 Saturd The @ 6.32 Noon 53

1897

Novr

Joseph Sayegh died at 5 am~

[1:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather
[2:] At 3,,30 AM we Anchored at
[3:] Joorf el Batta, fearing a Shoal
[4:] here; at 6 ½ we landed
[5:] and at 6,,45 proceeded
[6:] on~ At 7,,5 landed a
[7:] dead Afghan passenger at
[8:] Ctesiphon & went on at 7,,10;

[9:] At 9,,30 passed Diala
[10:] River~

[11:] At 10,,55 landed a deck man
[12:] at Gherrara, Mr. Bomley also
[13:] landed & walked to Baghdad
[14:] I could not do it on account
[15:] of a bad corn I have in my
[16:] big toe since I came from
[17:] Aleppo;

[18:] At 11,,45 met the SS.
[19:] Comet coming down, we stopped
[20:] & gave her their mails, Colonel
[21:] & Mrs. Lock the Resident
[22:] on board going down, we
[23:] went on at 11,,55; But
[24:] at 0,,10 P.M. the Comet turned
[25:] round & steamed up following
[26:] us & we stopped, She sent
[27:] the boat & Demello came

[5:] At 1,,30 landed Mails at
[6:] the Residency & went to the
[7:] Custum House, the Mossul
[8:] is loading & the Ressafah also
[9:] discharging cargo~ I went
[10:] home & saw Eliza, she has
[11:] worked hard in putting the
[12:] rooms to right, & is little
[13:] unwell; I found a letter
[14:] from Alexander arrived this
[15:] morning dated the 5 Instt;
[16:] he is very well & the cold
[17:] winter is setting in & snow
[18:] begun to fall; he asks me
[19:] to let him buy a thick
[20:] Coat; he also sends me a
[21:] packet of french Papers, etc,

[22:] Antone Marine came in
[23:] the evening; he asked us to
[24:] drive with him tomorrow,
[25:] because Jeboory Asfar’s wife
[26:] & children are going down
[27:] with us this time~

[1:] I hear that Yousif Sayegh
[2:] is very bad he has sunk
[3:] down for the last two or
[4:] three days~

28' Sund. Ther @ 6. 39

[A47_035_09:013]

[5:] Light N.W. & fine, not so cold
[6:] as yesterday~ at 8 ½ am
[7:] Eliza & I went to Church; I
[8:] heard here that poor
[9:] Yousif Sayegh died early
[10:] this morning at day break,
[11:] After Mass Antone Marine
[12:] & I went to his house, Many
[13:] people came; there is no
[14:] body of his family left in
[15:] the house he was the only
[16:] one living in the house,
[17:] his sister Catherina was
[18:] there, the body is to be enterred
[19:] at 2 P.M outside in the Christian
[20:] Cemetry, he was 51 years
[21:] Old, his two brothers Elias
[22:] (Père Augustine & John
[23:] are at Mossul with the
[24:] Monseigneur Altmayer)

[25:] I called on Mr. Julietti &
[26:] other people & came home
[27:] at 12 had breakfast,

[1:] The SS. Mossul left this
[2:] Morning~

[3:] At 1 1/2 P.M. Antone Marine
[4:] came & we called on Yousif
[5:] Korkis Tessy, & then went
[6:] to the house of Yousif Sayegh
[7:] & accompanied the body
[8:] to the Armenian Church,
[9:] Crowds of people were, all
[10:] the Priests, & christians
[11:] also Mr. Mashkow the
[12:] Russian Consul etc,
[13:] After the funeral they took
[14:] the body in a Mourning
[15:] Carriage outside~

[16:] I called on Alice & Sister
[17:] Emilia, at 6 Eliza &
[18:] I went over to Antone's
[19:] to dine, there were all the
[20:] Asfar's family, also Sedy
[21:] the wife of Jeboory Asfar
[22:] & her two children~
[23:] at 10 We came home
[24:] light breeze & fine

29 Mond

1897

Nov.

[25:] Light S. Erly & cloudy
[26:] a little, at 8 ¼ am

[5:] At 9 3/4 am the SS. Phrat
[6:] arrived from Basreh~
[7:] We are discharging Cargo~
[8:] At 11 1/2 went to Mr. Bottomley
[9:] for money & other business;
[10:] Came home at 12 1/2 Very
[11:] cloudy & blowing fresh S. Erly,

[12:] At 2 P.M. it began to rain
[13:] hard, it kept it on till 7 P.M.
[14:] this is the first good rain we
[15:] have had yet & must do good
[16:] to the desert which is still dry

[17:] I took a warm bath, the
[18:] Cold weather became very
[19:] mild;~

30" Tuesd

[20:] Light S. Westerly & cloudy
[21:] gloomy weather;

[22:] at 8 am I came on board
[23:] Paid the Ship's Company their
[24:] wages for this month;

[25:] The SS. Ressafah left this
[26:] Morning at 6 am~

[27:] At 11 I left the ship & went
[28:] home~

[1:] Called on Catterina Sayegh &
[2:] her sons in her father's house
[3:] (or brother Yousif) to condole
[4:] her on her brother Yousif's death
[5:] she is receiving the Visitors there
[6:] for the three days & came
[7:] home at 5; Light N.W. & fine
[8:] weather; I am painting
[9:] my house all the Pillars &
[10:] railings in Yellow & green,

[11:] Johny called in the evening

Decr 1 Wedn. The @ 6.42

[A47_038_10:014]

[12:] Light N.W. & foggy morning
[13:] called on Antone for 1/2 hour
[14:] & came on board; we are
[15:] still discharging cargo;

[16:] At 10 1/2 I went on shore called
[17:] in the Office & left with Alfred
[18:] Holland Mr. Braines pay
[19:] from 1 to 25 Decr at 25 £
[20:] Stg per month to be given to
[21:] him in the Khalifah~
[22:] I called on Sister Eliza &
[23:] on Alice & sister Emilia
[24:] came home at 12~

[25:] At 2 P.M. came on board
[26:] & worked we are shipping
[27:] Cargo a good lot~

[28:] At 5 P.M. Went home

1897 Decr 2' Thursd

[1:] Light N.W & few clouds &
[2:] dampy~ At 8 1/2 Am. I
[3:] came on board~

[4:] At 11 1/2 Went home to breakfast
[5:] & returned at 12 1/2, We have lots
[6:] of cargo being shipped~

[7:] I finished Alexander's letter
[8:] & sent it to the Post Office at
[9:] 2 P.M. I also wrote to the
[10:] Bishop Bassil at Damascus
[11:] & to Michail Kerawany;
[12:] also to Signori Giovanni
[13:] Rottondi & Co at Novara
[14:] in Italy~

[15:] I worked Very hard today. We
[16:] shipped a lot of cargo & I
[17:] got so mad by the crowd of
[18:] people wanting their receipts &
[19:] paying etc~

[20:] At 5 1/2 P.M went home,
[21:] Weather cloudy a little &
[22:] light S. Erly breeze~

[23:] Nassoory Abood called for
[24:] 1/2 hour~

3' Frid

[1:] Cloudy weather & light S. Erly
[2:] breeze~

[3:] It began to thunder
[4:] on the South East, with sharp
[5:] lightning at 4 am. and
[6:] worked it up with loud
[7:] thunders, & a heavy rain
[8:] came down at 4 1/2 for
[9:] 1/4 hour & ceased~

[10:] At 5 1/2 I came on board,
[11:] the streets are very muddy
[12:] & slippery~

Baghdad to Basreh [3 DEC 1897 — V047_05_S] (//)

1897

Decr

[A47_040_03:015]

[A47_040_07:016]

[13:] At 6,,10 AM. We proceeded
[14:] Clouds breaking up~
[15:] Ship drawing 3,,11 Inches,

[16:] At 8,,20 passed Diala River
[17:] Weather Cloudy all over &
[18:] overcast & dampy~

[19:] At 9,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
[20:] Clouds opening a little & having
[21:] some sunshine~

[22:] Finished with the Passengers
[23:] Tickets at noon, We have
[24:] in all 147 1/2 (4 in 1st Class

[17:] At 3,,20 P.M. passed
[18:] Baghdadieh Fort~

[19:] At 5,,45 P.M. passed Azizieh;
[20:] Weather still cloudy, a light
[21:] N.W. breeze, moon 9 days Old;

[22:] At 7,,30 we anchored for
[23:] the night at Toweel~

[24:] at 8,,15 the S.S. Khalifah
[25:] passed up~

4 Satur The @ 6. 55

[1:] Very light N.W. air & thick fog
[2:] dampy weather~ It had
[3:] rained at 3 Am for a short
[4:] time~

[5:] At 10 fog cleared off
[6:] We got underway~

[7:] At 1,,40 P.M. passed Memlah;
[8:] lots of rain has fallen here about;

[9:] At 3,,45 grounded at
[10:] Umel Ajaj, took an anchor
[11:] ahead & hove off~ at
[12:] 4,,30 proceeded~ Fine
[13:] Clear Weather~

[14:] At 7,,15 P.M. arrived at
[15:] Coot landed 20 passengers
[16:] and 86 Packages; I received
[17:] a packet of news paper from
[18:] Alexander via Bombay dated
[19:] the 24 Octor; we remained at
[20:] anchor for the night; Fine clear
[21:] weather~

5 Sund. The @ 6.48

1897

Decr

[A47_042_18:017]

[22:] Light N.W. & fine; at 6,,15 Am
[23:] left Coot; at 6,,30 anchored
[24:] it came on foggy; at 7,,30 it
[25:] cleared off we proceeded~
[26:] Took 9 passengers from
[27:] Coot~ At 8,,10 passed

[3:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed
[4:] Ali Gherbi; At 6,,35 passed
[5:] Ali Sherghi, light N.W. & fine
[6:] Clear Weather, Moon 11 days
[7:] Old~ At 9,,30 anchored on
[8:] account of fog, at 10 proceeded

[9:] At 11 arrived at Amara
[10:] landed 22 1/2 passengers and
[11:] 48 packages~

6 Mond. The @ 6.52

[A47_043_18:018]

[12:] At 1,,15 Am left Amara, &
[13:] at 1,,30 had to anchor, the fog
[14:] came on again~ at 6 proceeded
[15:] Weather Cloudy & overcast &
[16:] Misty~ Took 12 passengers
[17:] from Amara (one in 1st Class;
[18:] Missakyan Effendi the Turkish
[19:] Civil Engineer of Basreh) and
[20:] 7 Zaptyes guards as usual;

[21:] At 0,,50 P.M. passed Azair,
[22:] At 3,,40 stopped off Gorna
[23:] landed 2 passengers & 25 packages
[24:] Abdulamohsen Zheir & seven
[25:] persons came to go to Basreh
[26:] also his Belem, he told me

[3:] We Went on at 4~

[4:] At 8,,20 P.M. arrived at Basreh
[5:] there are only here the S.S. Comet
[6:] which brough Colonel & Mrs.
[7:] Lock from Baghdad; the
[8:] Mossul & Ressafah &
[9:] Esther~

[10:] We coaled ship during the night;

7 Tuesd.

1897

Decr

[A47_044_14:019]

[A47_044_22:020]

[A47_045_05:021]

[11:] Light N.W. & fine Weather;
[12:] We discharged & shipped Cargo;

[13:] The Mail St Kapurthala &
[14:] the S.S. Mushtery are in the
[15:] quarantine station;

[16:] At 10 1/2 I landed & Walked
[17:] in to Basreh, called on Rezooki
[18:] Angoorly, & Tookyeh, I also
[19:] called on Terrooza Wife of
[20:] Nessoory Andrea who is
[21:] the Shahbender her of the
[22:] Custum House; I then
[23:] went to Rezook's shop
[24:] & came back to his house
[25:] had Tea With Tookyeh
[26:] where Yousif Marine

[24:] Rezooki Sayegh came
[25:] & I gave him the two boxes

[4:] Jeboory Asfar came to me,
[5:] I asked him to send the two cases
[6:] of dates etc by the Alphonse
[7:] Parran, he is very Obliging &
[8:] promised to do so with great
[9:] pleasure & free of freight;
[10:] he brought a Carmelite
[11:] father called Père Pièrre
[12:] Coming out Via Bombay
[13:] & escaped Quarantine at
[14:] Mahomerah~

[15:] We finished loading at 8 1/2
[16:] P.M.~

Basreh to Baghdad [7 DEC 1897 — V047_06_N] (//)

[17:] At 8,,45 P.M. left Basreh,
[18:] weather cloudy; The SS. Comet
[19:] also was to leave after us,

[20:] The Mossul had left at
[21:] about 4 1/2 P.M~ We passed
[22:] her on the way,

8 Wedn.

1897

Decr

[A47_046_15:022]

[23:] At 2,,45 Am passed
[24:] Gorna~ At 7 passed
[25:] Azair; Very Cloudy and

[3:] At 1,,45 P.M. landed 2 and
[4:] took 1 passengers from Kalat
[5:] Saleh, Very Cloudy gloomy
[6:] with some light rain;

[7:] Thunder & Lightning and
[8:] drizzling rain & then came
[9:] on hard & thick; It lasted
[10:] more than 1/2 hour~

[11:] We have altogether 96
[12:] passengers from Basreh
[13:] (2 in 1st C Cabin, Rezooki son
[14:] of Beshoori Tessy Hotus Clerk
[15:] & a new Carmelite father
[16:] Père Pièrre coming from France
[17:] Via Bombay, took 2nd Class
[18:] but as Vartan's Sister is
[19:] in the 2nd Class free R. Ticket
[20:] we have put him in a 1st
[21:] Class) also 5 others free
[22:] 2 Tilkeflies & 3 men caulkers

[23:] Weather Very Cloudy, dark
[24:] with S. Erly wind~

[25:] At 6 P.M. it began Again
[26:] to rain heavily;

[1:] At 6,,35 P.M. arrived at
[2:] Amara, landed 31 passengers,
[3:] Took in Coal, Lots of rain
[4:] has fallen here, all is wet &
[5:] Muddy~

[6:] At 8,,45 left Amara, Still
[7:] very cloudy, but the moon is
[8:] 14 days old~

9 Thursd

1897

Decr

[9:] Light S. Erly & cloudy all
[10:] over gloomy weather~

[11:] At 7,,55 landed 2 passengers
[12:] at Ali Gherbi & took 7 and
[13:] went on at 8~ Gave tickets
[14:] to 19 1/2 Amara passengers,
[15:] and Isak Ezra Hyim in 1st
[16:] Class Retn Ticket by S Lynch co
[17:] free~

[18:] at about 3 P.M. the breeze
[19:] shifted to N.W. & Clouds breaking
[20:] up~ At Sunset it became
[21:] very fine & cold N.W. breeze;

[22:] At 7,,45 P.m. Arrived at
[23:] Coot landed 15 passengers
[24:] and took in Coal 7 Tons,
[25:] The S.S. Phrat is here on her
[26:] way down~

[27:] At 9,,20 left Coot~

10 Frid

[A47_048_09:023]

[1:] At 2 am anchored, fog came
[2:] on, at 5 proceeded & again
[3:] came on the fog & anchored
[4:] after 1/2 hour;

[5:] At 8,,20 fog cleared off
[6:] we proceeded from Umel Ajaj;
[7:] We took 18 passengers from
[8:] Coot (one in 1st Class Colonel
[9:] Bekri Effendi the Bimbashi
[10:] of Haȋ, Sennyeh)~

[11:] At 11,,10 passed Memlah;
[12:] Very fine & clear weather;

[13:] At 6,,5 P.M. passed the SS.
[14:] Khalifah going down at
[15:] Brenij above Humenyeh;
[16:] Jeboory Asfar's wife & Children
[17:] must have been
[18:] on board; also Hannosh Asfar

[19:] At 7,,30 passed Azizieh
[20:] At 10,,40 passed Baghdadieh
[21:] Fort; fine clear weather;

11 Satur The @ 6.45

[A47_049_25:024]

[22:] Light N.W. & some clouds &
[23:] cold~ At 8 Am passed
[24:] Ctesiphon~

[25:] At 10,,15 passed Diala,
[26:] Sky covered with fog as if
[27:] it is snowing, it is Very Cold

[2:] At 11,,30 I landed at Gherrara
[3:] & walked in to Baghdad, It
[4:] has also rained here~ I
[5:] arrived at 1 P.M. saw Eliza
[6:] but she is complaining again
[7:] from her old complaint and
[8:] palpitation & weakness of the
[9:] heart etc~ I found two
[10:] letters from Alexander of
[11:] the last two Damascus Post,
[12:] one dated the 12 Novr and
[13:] the other the 16th Novr. in the
[14:] last one a very long letter he
[15:] mentions of his having received
[16:] my first letter from Baghdad
[17:] of the 21 Octor, he is Very Well
[18:] & enjoying~ The Mejidieh
[19:] arrived at about 2 P.M;

[20:] Johny My nephew called &
[21:] dined with us,

12 Sund

1897

Decr

[22:] Light N.W. & fine~ at 8 1/2
[23:] Am We Went to Church;
[24:] I then called on the Bishop
[25:] Aghnatius the Assyrian
[26:] who has come back from
[27:] Mossul on the 6 Instt.
[28:] by Order from Rome

[6:] Henry & his family are
[7:] still in Howedir but is coming
[8:] I believe tomorrow~

[9:] at 2 P.M. Eliza & I called
[10:] on Sister Eliza, on Captn
[11:] & Mrs. Cowley, & on Alice
[12:] but she was not at home
[13:] I called on Mr. Bottomley
[14:] but was not at home,
[15:] we returned at 5, Antone
[16:] called on us for an hour,

[17:] Eliza was again ceased
[18:] with that distressing complaint
[19:] of nervousness & hysteria
[20:] at tea time till midnight
[21:] When she calmed down
[22:] I gave her some Ether, and
[23:] Brandy & water; she wept
[24:] & was then quiete~

13 Mond

[A47_051_07:025]

[25:] Light or calm Air & fine
[26:] with few clouds~ at 8 1/2
[27:] am I came on board,

[2:] I sent money to the Office,
[3:] at 11 went home, I worked
[4:] in putting my room to right
[5:] cleaning it & arranging all
[6:] the Kit till 6 P.M~

[7:] Henry & his family came
[8:] back from Howedir
[9:] this evening for good,

[10:] Light N.W. & fine~

14 Tuesd

[11:] Light air & fine Weather;

[12:] I called on Henry at 8 am
[13:] & then came on board,

[14:] The SS. Mossul has arrived
[15:] this morning at about 7 am;

[16:] At 10 went to the Office to see
[17:] Mr. Bottomley, for a mistake
[18:] in Mr. Braine's pay of last month,
[19:] came home at 11;~
[20:] Henry called on us for an
[21:] hour; I took a warm bath,
[22:] Weather fine & not cold
[23:] at all, light S. Erly breeze;

15 Wedn

1897 Decr

[24:] At about 1 am, it became
[25:] Very Cloudy with thunder
[26:] lightning & then a heavy
[27:] rain Came down With
[28:] hail for about 1/2 hour

[8:] At 11 went on shore called
[9:] on Henry for few minutes &
[10:] came home breakfasted and
[11:] at 2 P.M. came on board;

[12:] At 4 1/2 P.M. the S.S. Comet
[13:] arrived from Basreh with
[14:] Colonel & Mrs. Lock on board,

[15:] At 5 I went home;
[16:] Henry, Menusha & Louisa their
[17:] daughter came to see us, Menusha
[18:] & Louisa have not seen Eliza
[19:] my wife yet since she arrived
[20:] from Europe; Artin also called
[21:] they left at 7 1/2~

[22:] Fine Clear Weather;

16 Thursd

[23:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather
[24:] at 8 1/2 am I came on board,
[25:] worked in shipping cargo;

[26:] At 12 am I went to breakfast
[27:] and came back at 1 P.M.

[28:] I finished Alexander's

[6:] At 5 P.M. I finished work
[7:] and went home~ Light
[8:] N.W. & Cold weather~

[9:] The SS. Ressafah arrived
[10:] at 8 P.M.~

[11:] At 10 while we were asleep,
[12:] the Postman came & brought
[13:] us Alexander's letter having
[14:] arrived this evening, dated
[15:] the 26 Ulto; he is very well,
[16:] & complains of the weather
[17:] being so cold & foggy, the
[18:] temperature always at zero,
[19:] or freezing point; We also
[20:] received a Christmas Card
[21:] from Miss Tanner from
[22:] London~

17 Frid

1897 Decr

Draft/ 3,,4

[23:] Light N.W. & fine cold
[24:] weather~ at 5 1/2 Am
[25:] I came on board~

[26:] The river is stationary
[27:] there is no rise~

Baghdad to Basreh [17 DEC 1897 — V047_07_S] (//)

[A47_055_05:026]

[A47_055_10:027]

[A47_055_16:028]

[A47_055_20:029]

[1:] At 6,,10 Am we proceeded,
[2:] ship is light drawing 3 feet 4
[3:] having 60,000 Okes of Cargo;

[4:] At 8,,15 passed Diala river
[5:] At 9,,45 passed Ctesiphon,

[6:] Gave tickets & finished with
[7:] the passengers; We have
[8:] altogether 121 (5 in 1st
[9:] Class, Dr. Lubiez & his son
[10:] Leon the latter paying deck
[11:] fare, Mr. Hiles of Muir
[12:] Tweedy also paying deck
[13:] and two Turks to Coot,
[14:] Bekry Effendi Bimbashi &
[15:] Sehmy Efendi, & two in
[16:] 2nd Class Christians) 2 Deck free

[17:] At 2,,15 P.M. landed
[18:] one passenger Iskender Aziz
[19:] at Swera, The S.S. Khalifah
[20:] is here just opposite the
[21:] Village at anchor on her
[22:] way up, & I suppose repairing
[23:] some thing in her Engines,

[24:] At 2,,20 we went on;

[1:] At 3,,25 P.M. passed
[2:] Baghdadieh Fort~

[3:] At 5,,30 passed Azizieh
[4:] Fine clear & cold weather;

[5:] Dr. Lubiez is going to
[6:] Constantinople in the Alphonse
[7:] Parran from Suez, having
[8:] been dismissed the Service
[9:] & recalled as well as Dr.
[10:] Malakïs of the Basreh
[11:] Quarantine, no one knows
[12:] for Certain the exact cause,
[13:] all the staff of the Basreh
[14:] quarantine have also been
[15:] dismissed;~

[16:] Mr. Richarz the German
[17:] Consul was on board the
[18:] Khalifah returning, there
[19:] were also the two German
[20:] travellers & Mr. Parfit the
[21:] English Missionary coming
[22:] back with his New wife
[23:] having been marrȋed~

[24:] At 7,,20 we anchored at
[25:] Toweel; Fine clear weather;

18 Satur

1897 Decr

[26:] Light N.W. & little cloudy &
[27:] Cold weather~

[28:] At 6,,15 Am left Toweel

[1:] At 10 AM. passed Memlah,
[2:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
[3:] Phrat going up~

[4:] At 2,,50 arrived at Coot,
[5:] landed 47 1/2 passengers (2
[6:] Turks in 1st Class)~ and 92
[7:] packages,

[8:] At 4 P.M. left Coot, took
[9:] 5 passengers~

[10:] At 8,,15 anchored at Sheikh
[11:] Saad for the night~

19 Sund

[12:] Light N.W. & fine; at 6,,15
[13:] am proceeded, took 2 passengers
[14:] from Sheikh Saad; It
[15:] became cloudy all over
[16:] a thick fog passing high
[17:] above & covered the whole sky,

[18:] At 9,,40 Am anchored
[19:] off Ali Gherbi & landed two
[20:] passengers & 20 packages
[21:] At 10 we went on; Weather
[22:] cloudy still all over;

[23:] At 6,,15 P.m. arrived at Amara
[24:] landed 16 passengers and 66
[25:] Packages, cloudy dark
[26:] night~ we finished the

20 Mond

1897 Decr

[4:] Weather keeps cloudy on some
[5:] parts~ At 4,,30 AM. left
[6:] Amara; hazy overcast Weather
[7:] & light N.W. breeze~ Took
[8:] 13 1/2 passengers;

[9:] Detained at the Elbow &
[10:] below it where a Boat has Sunk
[11:] 3 months ago, from 9,,45 till
[12:] 10,,20~

[13:] At 11,,45 passed Azair,
[14:] Cloudy still all over;

[15:] At 2,,40 P.M. Went Alongside
[16:] at Gorna landed 102 packages
[17:] and 2 passengers~

[18:] At 3,,10 the SS. Baghdad
[19:] left down~

[20:] At 3,,35 We left Gorna,
[21:] Cloudy all over & S. Erly breeze,

[22:] At 4,,10 we passed the
[23:] Baghdad going down;

[24:] There are thunders & lightning
[25:] ahead of us toward Basreh,
[26:] & over us, but upwards to
[27:] the Northern parts it is clear
[28:] & fine~

[1:] At 7,,5 we were obliged to Anchor
[2:] it became very dark cloudy
[3:] with thunder & strong lightning
[4:] & a heavy rain came down
[5:] we must be at the bottom of
[6:] Kteban reach; It kept on
[7:] raining for some time & remained
[8:] cloudy & dark.

[9:] At 10 we weighed & proceeded
[10:] the Baghdad had passed down,

[11:] At 11,,20 arrived at Basreh,
[12:] It rained all the night;

21 Tuesd.

[A47_059_01:030]

1897 Decr

[A47_060_05:031]

[A47_060_06:032]

[13:] Light S. Erly breeze, cloudy gloomy
[14:] weather, It rains still with
[15:] short interruption till 8 am,

[16:] We are shipping cargo; &
[17:] taking coal, but are not
[18:] going to leave till tomorrow
[19:] at 8 1/2 it began to rain again
[20:] with dark misty weather;
[21:] the wind also freshened up
[22:] from S. Est;

[23:] Rezooki Sayegh came to
[24:] me, Roofail has returned
[25:] from Gorna about 10 days
[26:] ago; I gave Rezooki the
[27:] 3 Arabic Manuscript
[28:] Books packed & sealed

[16:] Rufail came at 1 P.M.
[17:] I then went up with him
[18:] to Jeboory Asfar, saw
[19:] his Wife & children and
[20:] his father Who have come
[21:] down in the Khalifah,

[22:] I also gave Jeboory a small
[23:] case of Dates (about 11 cartoons)
[24:] to be sent to Bazin Savon
[25:] at Port Said for their own
[26:] use as a present from
[27:] Me, and the case of

[10:] I got from Jeboory the
[11:] case of shoes for Eliza
[12:] which she had bought in
[13:] Paris & came out in the
[14:] Alphonse Parran and
[15:] I sent it on board the
[16:] Mejidieh; we remained
[17:] till 6 P.M. the weather
[18:] changed, the wind shifted to
[19:] a sharp & cold N.W.
[20:] & got fine, we went to
[21:] Rufail's place, the ground
[22:] is very muddy & dirty
[23:] weather cold; we dined
[24:] & I slept there~

22 Wed

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[A47_061_08:034]

1897 Decr

[25:] Modte Cold N.W. Wind
[26:] & fine~ At 8 1/2 AM

[5:] Rufail came to me, also
[6:] Ali Beg Saîb the Mudir of
[7:] Tapo & Hassan Effendi
[8:] the Mooday el Umum,
[9:] Rezooki Angoorly etc,

[10:] We finished loading at
[11:] about 1 P.M.~

[12:] Yousif Marine wrote to
[13:] me a letter from Shaebyeh
[14:] and tells me that he wants
[15:] a bill from Jeboory Asfar
[16:] for 200 francs payable
[17:] to Alexander my son
[18:] as a Christmas present
[19:] from him & sends me a
[20:] letter for Jeboory, I sent
[21:] it to him & he sent me
[22:] a Cheque on Asfar frères
[23:] at Marseilles for the 200
[24:] frcs payable to Alexander
[25:] which I will enclose in
[26:] my letter to him;

[27:] The Alphonse Parran
[28:] leaves on the 26th~ The
[29:] mail Str Patna is in

Basreh to Baghdad [22 DEC 1897 — V047_08_N] (//)

[2:] At 3,,40 P.M. we left
[3:] Basreh, ship is deep drawing
[4:] 4.6 Inches;

[5:] At 10,,15 landed 3 passengers
[6:] at Gorna & went on at 3,,20
[7:] Fine clear weather~

23 Thursday Th@ 6.47

[A47_063_02:035]

[8:] At 3,,30 AM. passed Azair
[9:] At 4. dropped anchor and
[10:] at 6,,30 proceeded; Light
[11:] N.W. & fine cold weather

[12:] At 11.30 landed 7½ Passengers
[13:] at Kalat Saleh & went on

[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets we have altogether
[16:] 199½ (one in 1st Class the
[17:] Reverend Dr. Sturrock an
[18:] English Missionary Doctor
[19:] coming to replace Dr.
[20:] Sutton who is going to
[21:] England for about 2 years
[22:] and one in 2nd Class free
[25:] by Lynch, Shooker Effendi
[26:] the Mudir of Custum of
[27:] Abool Khassib)

[1:] At 5,,10 P.M. arrived
[2:] at Amara landed 24
[3:] passengers, Took in 10 Tons
[4:] of Coal; shipped some Hides
[5:] & wool about 3500 Okes~
[6:] There has been a lot of rain
[7:] fallen here yesterday~

[8:] At 7,,10 P.M. left Amara,
[9:] we anchored at 10 for 1/2 hour
[10:] on account of fog & left again,
[11:] weather got cloudy~

24 Frid

1897 Decr

[A47_064_04:036]

[12:] Light N.W. & Cloudy weather
[13:] all over~

[14:] At 7,,20 AM landed 4
[15:] passengers at Ali Gherbi
[16:] & went on at 7,,25~
[17:] Gave tickets to 32½ Amara
[18:] passengers (one in 1st Class
[19:] a Turk FatHi Effendi)
[20:] S.Erly wind & cloudy~

[21:] At 7 P.M. arrived at Coot
[22:] landed 17½ passengers~
[23:] Took in Coal 8 Tons~
[24:] The river has risen about 3
[25:] feet, but has not got in

[12:] At 9 P.M. we left Coot, Fine
[13:] clear weather~

25th Saturday Th@ 6.47

[A47_065_01:037]

1897 Decr

[14:] Light N.W., it got little foggy
[15:] & we lost some time in easying
[16:] & stopping~

[17:] At 4,,45 AM had to
[18:] anchor at Bughela a
[19:] thick fog came on~ The
[20:] SS. Mossul & Ressafah are
[21:] here on their way down
[22:] they carry Soldiers to go
[23:] to Kweit as there is a
[24:] disturbance there among
[25:] the Arabs, between the
[26:] followers of the Sheikh of

[7:] At 9,,5 fog cleared off
[8:] We proceeded, also the two
[9:] Steamers Mossul & Ressafah
[10:] steamed down~

[11:] Gave tickets to 26 Coot
[12:] passengers~

[13:] At 9,35 passed Memlah
[14:] At 10,,40 passed the S.S.
[15:] Khalifah going down at
[16:] the bottom of Sheresh;

[17:] At 5,30 P.M. passed
[18:] Azizieh~

[19:] As today being Christmas
[20:] Francis Capt Cowley’s Butler
[21:] made a Cake for me, as he
[22:] does every year, for my son
[23:] Alexander, but now he
[24:] is not here to join with us.

[25:] Weather very fine & clear and
[26:] New moon two days old

[1:] At 9,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[2:] Fort; Light N.W. & fine;

26 Sund

[3:] Light N.W. & little cloudy~
[4:] At 6,,50 AM passed Ctesiphon
[5:] River is falling a little~ It
[6:] became fine & clouds cleared
[7:] off~

[8:] At 9,,5 passed Diala
[9:] river~

[10:] At 10,,15 I landed at
[11:] Gherrara & walked in, a
[12:] pleasant fine day & mild
[13:] weather I got home by 11 ½
[14:] saw Eliza she is well,
[15:] many people have called
[16:] on us for the Christmas;

[17:] The Damascus Post has not
[18:] arrived yet since last
[19:] thursday, it is now four
[20:] days overdue, & so have no
[21:] letter from Alexander;
[22:] Visitors & Priests called;

[23:] The Mejidieh arrived at
[24:] 12 AM~

[25:] Henry called on us for an
[26:] hour; I went to visit
[27:] the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius

[10:] Strong N.W. wind, fine &
[11:] Very Cold Weather;~

27 Mond Th@ 6.31

1897 Decr

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[A47_068_17:039]

[12:] At 8 1/2 AM I came on
[13:] board, the SS. Phrat is
[14:] inside discharging; It
[15:] is fearfully cold the wind
[16:] is cutting & blowing hard

[17:] At 10 I went to the Office
[18:] to see Mr. Bottomley for
[19:] some Money for Officer's
[20:] Pay; I then called on Sister
[21:] Eliza & came home at
[22:] 12~ At 1 P.M. Eliza & I
[23:] called on Catterina Yaghchi
[24:] & on Alice & Sister Emilia
[25:] I then went to call on

[3:] I heard that the Damascus
[4:] Post arrived this afternoon;
[5:] the man that was sent
[6:] out from here to see about
[7:] it found the Postman
[8:] dead in the desert somewhere
[9:] between Hit & Saglawyeh
[10:] on this side of the Euphrates
[11:] and the camel standing
[12:] near the dead man & the
[13:] Mail Bag~

[14:] At 6 1/2 P.M. the Postman
[15:] brought me Alexander's letter
[16:] a registered one, also a letter
[17:] from Nessoory Sayegh; he
[18:] has advanced Alexander
[19:] 500 frcs; Alexander sends
[20:] us lots of Christmas Cards
[21:] for Henry, Louisa, Antone
[22:] Marine, Alice, Johnny
[23:] & Sister Medula~

[24:] Light N.W. & very cold,
[25:] it very bitter & severe;

28 Tuesd Th@ 6.26

1897 Decr

[1:] Light N.W. & bitterly cold,
[2:] all the jars pots etc are
[3:] frozen to solid ice, I
[4:] am so shivering from it,
[5:] the Thermor. in my Verandah
[6:] was 26 this morning,

[7:] At 8 1/2 AM I called on Henry
[8:] & read them Alexanders
[9:] letters etc; he has also written
[10:] to Henry; at 10 I came
[11:] on board; the Phrat is still
[12:] inside along the steps;

[13:] At 11 the Mejidieh went inside
[14:] to discharge & the Phrat hauled
[15:] out~ At 12 I went home
[16:] and at 2 1/4 P.M. Came on board
[17:] to pay the Ship's crew their
[18:] wages for this month;

[19:] At 3 1/2 P.M. went on shore
[20:] called on Mons. & Madm. Dallow
[21:] the Jewish School master &
[22:] came home, it is bitterly
[23:] cold, Henry called on us
[24:] also Artin & they left at 7

[25:] Very Cold & fine weather
[26:] I am trembling from it;

29 Wedne Th@ 6.26

[1:] Light N.W. & fine very cold
[2:] and the water froze, I feel
[3:] it worse than ever my hands
[4:] & feet are like ice~ At
[5:] 8 1/2 AM I came on board;

[6:] I recieved a letter from
[7:] Monseigneur Altmayer from
[8:] Mossul answering mine
[9:] from Aleppo of the 24th Septr.

[10:] Weather changed a light S.Erly
[11:] breeze is prevailing & became
[12:] cloudy all over~ At
[13:] 10 AM I went home, and
[14:] returned at 2 P.M~
[15:] We shipped some cargo~ At
[16:] 4 1/2 went on shore to Sister
[17:] Medula where Eliza & Terrooza
[18:] wife of Antone Marine were
[19:] there, we then left & went
[20:] to Antone's & spent the evening
[21:] it is very cold, although
[22:] the breeze is S. Est & getting
[23:] cloudy, we left at 7
[24:] Very Cold & I am shivering
[25:] from it~

30 Thursd Th@ 6.33

1897

Decr

[1:] Weather cloudy, gloomy &
[2:] a drizzling rain since last
[3:] night; at 8 1/2 AM. I came
[4:] on board; it is still very
[5:] cold the streets are very
[6:] muddy & rain continues,

[7:] I finished Alexander’s letter
[8:] I enclosed Yousif Marine’s
[9:] Cheque for him of 200 frcs,
[10:] on Asfar Marseilles; and
[11:] sent it to the Post & had it
[12:] registered to Paris, I told
[13:] Alexander every thing from the
[14:] 20 Instt up till today~

[15:] Went to breakfast at 11 1/2, raining
[16:] still & streets very muddy
[17:] I returned at 12 1/2 & worked
[18:] hard We got a lot of cargo,
[19:] Weather very wet & rainy
[20:] Many people Persians have
[21:] taken the Cabins,~

[22:] At 5 P.M. I went home,
[23:] I feel the cold very bitterly,
[24:] weather very cloudy & dark
[25:] & the rain begun to come
[26:] down continually~

[1:] Weather cloudy & rain
[2:] continue all the night;

31

[3:] At 5 am I came on
[4:] board, the streets swampy
[5:] & muddy~

Baghdad to Basreh [31 DEC 1897 — V047_09_S] (//)

1898

Jany

[6:] Very cloudy gloomy overcast
[7:] weather, rain ceased~

[8:] At 6,,30 am we proceeded
[9:] light N.W. breeze~

[10:] At 7,, we took our Pilot
[11:] Mahmood from Kerradah
[12:] & went on at 7,,5~ It begun
[13:] to rain with a fresh N.W wind

[14:] Detained from 8 till 8,,40
[15:] at Gherrara for the Bridge to
[16:] be opened; awfully cold
[17:] N.W. Wind & cloudy still;

[18:] At 9,,20 passed Diala,
[19:] awfully cold wind blowing,
[20:] I cannot write, my hand are
[21:] nearly frozen~

[22:] At 10,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
[23:] bitterly cold & very cloudy

[24:] I finished with the passengers

[1:] Tickets~ We have altogether
[2:] 254 (6 1/2 Persians in 1st Class
[3:] in 3 Cabins, H. Assad Khan,
[4:] & friends, and 4 Indians in
[5:] The 2nd C. Cabin)

[6:] At about 3 P.M. Clouds begun
[7:] to break off a little & got a
[8:] little sunshine; weather
[9:] is getting fine~

[10:] At 3,,55 passed Baghdadieh
[11:] it is still as cold as ice
[12:] the wind is so cold & cutting

[13:] Weather again became cloudy
[14:] all over~

[15:] At 6,,5 P.M.passed Azizieh
[16:] at 6,,25 passed the Khalifah
[17:] at Brenij, we gave her three
[18:] cheers in the whistle for
[19:] the New Year;

[20:] At 7.50 we anchored at
[21:] Toweel; it is bitterly cold
[22:] and with some clouds~
[23:] The wind blew throughout the
[24:] night a S. Easter, I could
[25:] not get warm in bed

1st Satur Th@ 6.36

Snowing

[A47_074_14:040]

[A47_075_04:041]

* at 7¼ the SS. Baghdad passed up~

[1:] It begun to Snow after
[2:] midnight, a phenomena
[3:] for this part of the world &
[4:] a great rarity, I never saw
[5:] it like this but once some
[6:] 25 years ago; The whole
[7:] desert, banks of the river and
[8:] brush wood are covered with
[9:] it so white & picturesque,
[10:] The weather is cloudy all
[11:] over or thick fog hanging

[12:] At 6,,10 am we left Toweel,
[13:] all along the banks the
[14:] snow is covered, the clouds
[15:] are clearing off, the breeze
[16:] is from South East~

[17:] At 9,,45 passed Memlah
[18:] at 10 landed a passenger at
[19:] Bughela & went on at 10,,5,
[20:] Clouds again came on & covered
[21:] all over;

[22:] At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at Coot
[23:] landed 33½ passengers and
[24:] 59 Packages; weather cleared
[25:] off & have sunshine now

[26:] Here also a heavy fall of
[27:] snow took place this

[7:] At 3,,40 we left Coot,
[8:] fine weather & breeze still
[9:] from S. East~ Took 7
[10:] passengers (one in 1st class
[11:] the Clerk of Hotz & co, Debono)

[12:] At 7,,50 anchored at Sheikh
[13:] Saad & landed 13 packages
[14:] and took 12 passengers for
[15:] Amara, weather very fine
[16:] and awfully cold~

2d Sund Th @ 6.32

1898

Jany

[17:] Light N.W & fine weather
[18:] at 6 AM left Sheikh Saad,
[19:] Terribly cold freezing and
[20:] frost on the banks~*

[21:] At 8 passed the S.S. Ressafah
[22:] going up, having very few
[23:] passengers about a dozen,

[24:] The Lohristan Mountains
[25:] are all covered with snow;

[26:] At 9,,20 anchored off Ali
[27:] Gherbi and landed [illegible]

[9:] At 5,45 P.M. arrived at
[10:] Amara landed 45½ passengers
[11:] and 79 packages;~ Here
[12:] too they have had some snow
[13:] yesterday & the cold is just as
[14:] severe~ We took 4 Tons of
[15:] Coal~

[16:] At 7,,45 left Amara
[17:] it is still bitterly cold & I am
[18:] shivering from it;~ Fine clear
[19:] weather and moon 10 days
[20:] old~

[21:] At 11 anchored above
[22:] Kalat Saleh; very cold & sharp
[23:] N.W breeze all the night~

3rd Monday Th @ 6.35

[24:] Light N.W & bitterly cold,

[25:] At 6,,5 am proceeded, gave
[26:] tickets to 22½ Amara passengers,

[27:] Detained at the Elbow from
[28:] 7,,50 till 8,,15~

[3:] At 9,,40 passed Azair
[4:] At 0,,35 P.M. anchored alongside
[5:] at Gorna & landed 65 Packages
[6:] & 2 passengers,

[7:] At 1 proceeded; the cold
[8:] is still cutting the wind is so
[9:] cold~

[10:] At 5,,15 P.M. arrived at
[11:] Basreh; fine, clear & cold
[12:] weather; I did not go to Rufail
[13:] as it is too cold to get up in
[14:] the Belem, There is only one
[15:] Steamer here consigned to
[16:] Gray Mackenzie & Co the "Fresco"
[17:] having brought out large cargo
[18:] for our Steamers & is leaving
[19:] tomorrow for Bombay to load
[20:] there~ We coaled ship at
[21:] night & took some cargo~

4 Tuesd

1898

Jany

Draft: 4,,9

[22:] Light N.W air & cloudy
[23:] gloomy weather~ We
[24:] shipping & discharging cargo,
[25:] Rezooki Sayegh called on me,

[26:] I wrote a letter to Alexander
[27:] in English of today's date to
[28:] be sent via Bombay

[8:] The mail St. Assyria is in
[9:] Quarantine leaving on the 6th.

[10:] It cleared up about 11 AM
[11:] & became fine;~ The cold
[12:] keeps severe yet, I am feeling
[13:] it terribly I never felt it so in
[14:] my life as I did in these cold
[15:] days~

[16:] Yousif Marine & Rufail
[17:] came to me as well as Rezooki
[18:] Angoorly, Nessoory Andrea &
[19:] Rezooki Sayegh to whom I
[20:] gave Alexander's letter to be
[21:] posted~

Basreh to Baghdad [4 JAN 1898 — V047_10_N] (//)

[A47_079_23:042]

[1:] At 7,30 we got underway
[2:] from Basure, light N.W & fine
[3:] cold weather, moon 12 day
[4:] old, Ship is drawing 4 feet 8,

[5:] Weather keeps very cold
[6:] still,~

[7:] The troops which came
[8:] down last time in the Mossul
[9:] & Ressafah 1200 men are
[10:] encamped on the opposite side
[11:] of the river at Lebany, and it
[12:] is probable that they will not
[13:] be sent down the Gulf to Kweit
[14:] & Katif as the Sheikh of Kater
[15:] Jassim el Thani has forwarded
[16:] to the Turkish Government
[17:] his submission~

5th Wedn The @ 6,36

1898

Jany

[18:] At 1,,20 AM landed one
[19:] passenger at Gorna & took
[20:] one & went on~

[21:] At 6 passed Azair~
[22:] Weather became foggy like
[23:] clouds up above, it is bitterly
[24:] cold, it icreased all oround
[25:] us enveloped with the fog,

[26:] Finished with the passengers

[6:] At 0,,45 landed 2 passengers
[7:] at Kalat Saleh;

[8:] At 5,,55 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Amara landed 15 passengers
[10:] and 2 Bales of through Baghdad
[11:] Cargo; Took in 10 Tons of Coal;
[12:] Shipped cargo (210 Tins Ghee
[13:] & 35 packages Skins etc)

[14:] At 8,,25 P.M. left Amara,
[15:] weather became cloudy
[16:] all over like fog;

6 Thursd The @ 6.42

[17:] S. Ely breeze, cloudy all over
[18:] Gloomy weather and raining
[19:] since midnight, the banks
[20:] are all wet

[21:] Gave tickets to 18½ Amara passengers

[22:] At 8,,30 stopped at
[23:] Ali Gherbi & took 5 passengers
[24:] and went on at 8,45~

[25:] It kept on having raining drizzly
[26:] nearly the whole day, weather
[27:] very cloudy & gloomy dark

[3:] It begun to rain again at, 4 P.M,
[4:] & kept it till night; it is awfully
[5:] wet, all the ship is so saturated
[6:] with water, the weather is very
[7:] cloudy & overcast, if it had not
[8:] been for the moon, we could
[9:] not have gone on~

[10:] at 8,,50 P.M. arrived at
[11:] Coot still raining; S. Est wind
[12:] landed 9 passengers, Took
[13:] 19 Tons of Coal; Mons De Sarzec
[14:] sent to tell me that he wants to
[15:] to go up to Baghdad being ill
[16:] & if there is a Cabin for him;
[17:] he came only himself to go
[18:] up; his wife & son remain
[19:] at Coot;

[20:] At 11,,25 we left Coot,
[21:] Cloudy gloomy weather;

[22:] Light S. Ely Cloudy gloomy
[23:] overcast weather~

7 Frid Th @ 6,51

1898

Jany

[24:] At 7,,30 am 7,,30 passed Memlah
[25:] Gave tickets to 17 Coot passengers
[26:] (2 in 1st Class Mons De Sarzec
[27:] and a Turkish Officer Husny

[7:] The S.S Phrat was at Coot
[8:] last night when we were there
[9:] she has also Troops about
[10:] 400 taking down to Basreh,

[11:] At 10,,25 passed the
[12:] S.S. Mossul & Barge going up
[13:] at Sheresh~ Weather getting
[14:] foggy on the surface of the river
[15:] so thick that the banks can
[16:] scarcely be seen, no wind
[17:] to drive it away;

[18:] At 10,,45 it became so
[19:] thick the fog that nothing
[20:] could be seen at all and
[21:] we kept along the bank;

[22:] At 2 P.M. the fog lifted up
[23:] & a modte cold N.W breeze
[24:] blew, but it remained very cloudy
[25:] & dark~

[26:] At 4,,5 P.M. passed Azizieh
[27:] a heavy shower fell for few
[28:] minutes clouds are breaking
[29:] up a little on the North
[30:] & Eastern hemispheres,

[1:] The river has risen about
[2:] 3 feet since we came down;

[3:] At 6½ it begun to rain
[4:] & weather got very cloudy
[5:] & gloomy;

[6:] At 8 P.M. passed Baghdadieh

8th Satur The @ 6.40 Noon 38

1898

Jany

[A47_085_09:043]

[7:] Light N.W cloudy all over
[8:] & overcast~ at 5,,15 am
[9:] we anchored below Hudeitha
[10:] At 7,,30 proceeded still foggy

[11:] At 7,,45 passed the S.S.
[12:] Khalifah at anchor at
[13:] Hudeitha on account of
[14:] fog; at 8,,50 we also
[15:] anchored at Ctesiphon; The
[16:] Khalifah is close astern of us;
[17:] cold & chilly with modte N.W
[18:] wind & thick fog~

[19:] At 8,50 it got little better we
[20:] proceeded from Ctesiphon;

[21:] Detained at Jaffer in crossing
[22:] to the East bank from 10,,15
[23:] to 10,,30; still foggy and
[24:] cloudy;~ it became awfully
[25:] cold from 10 am the Thermometer

[6:] At 12 passed Diala river
[7:] At 1,,20 P.M. landed a
[8:] Deckman at Gherrarah;

[9:] Weather getting fine and
[10:] the the fog clearing off,

[11:] At 3,,30 landed mails at
[12:] the Residency & went up to the
[13:] Custum House, the SS. Phrat
[14:] & Baghdad are inside; I
[15:] went home the streets are most
[16:] fealthy & muddy I never saw them
[17:] in such a state; I saw Eliza
[18:] she is well; found letters for
[19:] me from Alexander, the
[20:] Bishop Bassil of Damascus
[21:] & Nessoury Sayegh, all arrived
[22:] on Sunday the 2nd Instt;~

[23:] Weather has been here very
[24:] severe cold, snow and
[25:] rain, fogs & dampness such
[26:] as has not been seen for
[27:] a century~

9' Sund

1898

Jany

[A47_086_09:044]

[A47_087_18:045]

[1:] Light N.W. & foggy, it cleared off
[2:] at 8 AM. The Mossul arrived
[3:] at 4 ½ AM. I went to the
[4:] Latin Church; I called to see
[5:] and congratulate the Superior
[6:] Père Marie Joseph whose
[7:] Celebration of his 40th Anniversary
[8:] Year in Baghdad took place
[9:] on 6th Instt with great ceremony
[10:] & the French Vice Consul
[11:] Mons Ronet had written &
[12:] obtained for him the Palmes
[13:] d’Officier d’Académie from
[14:] the french Government~
[15:] I also visited Habib Chiha,
[16:] Asfars, Antone Marine,
[17:] Sister Medula & came
[18:] home at 12;

[19:] Today is the Coronation
[20:] day (16th of Shaban) of the
[21:] Sultan Abdulhamid,
[22:] All the Consuls etc paid
[23:] Official Visits to the Waly
[24:] Atta Allah Pasha &
[25:] the Commander in Chief
[26:] Rejeb Pasha etc etc

[19:] Called on Eassayis with
[20:] Johny & then went to his
[21:] house saw Sister Eliza,
[22:] & also on Alice & Emilia
[23:] & I came home at 5 P.M
[24:] the streets are very muddy,
[25:] the weather keeps very
[26:] cloudy misty & no sun
[27:] at all, every thing is wet

10' Mond The @ 6.32

1898 Jany

[5:] Very light air & cold
[6:] weather, foggy & misty,
[7:] at 8 ½ AM I called on Menusha
[8:] Henry’s wife, & then came
[9:] on board, sent money to
[10:] the Office; while on board
[11:] Eliza sent to tell me that
[12:] a telegram has just come
[13:] from Alexander Paris &
[14:] wants to come home quick,
[15:] I went at 11 AM & found
[16:] this telegram dated the
[17:] 7th Instt.

[18:] Svoboda Baghdad
[19:] Obtenu Situation dette
[20:] Publique Caire départ
[21:] necessaire 25 Janvier
[22:] repondez~

[23:] I was astonished to see
[24:] such a message, how
[25:] could I possibly let him

[8:] Svoboda
[9:] 22 Rue Duroc, Paris
[10:] Attendons maniere,
[11:] propositions poste,
[12:] Déféréz moment~

[13:] But the servant came
[14:] back to say that the line
[15:] is interrupted~ Antone Marine
[16:] & Artin my nephew came
[17:] in the evening, their opinion
[18:] was that this situation for
[19:] Alexander is a beneficial
[20:] one & should let him accept
[21:] it, but my telegram is
[22:] good & better to receive
[23:] first all particulars by
[24:] letter;~

[25:] Very cloudy & misty all
[26:] the time, it wont clear up

11th Tuesd

1898 Jany

[2:] Calm & thick fog and
[3:] mist, very dampy~
[4:] At 8 ½ AM called on Sister
[5:] Medula & then came on
[6:] board, we are still outside
[7:] the Baghdad is now gone
[8:] inside~ I sent my
[9:] telegram to Alexander
[10:] of 12 words & paid 7 frcs,
[11:] but the line is not working
[12:] perhaps tomorrow or
[13:] later, but it was left
[14:] with them~

[15:] I went home at 11, weather
[16:] keeps very cloudy & foggy
[17:] the whole day & it is very wet
[18:] & chilly~ At 2 P.M. Sister Medula
[19:] Menusha her daughter Louisa came
[20:] to us, also Alice with my
[21:] nieces Terrooza & Regina the
[22:] daughters of Sister Eliza,
[23:] also Michail Yaghchi called
[24:] & stayed till 5 P.M~

[25:] Very cloudy still we have

[3:] The SS. Ressafah left at 10 AM

12th Wedne The @ 6.34, Noon 43

[4:] Light N.W. & foggy, the fog
[5:] is passing on & the sun
[6:] come out for few minutes
[7:] & it again became thick,

[8:] At 8 ½ AM I came
[9:] on board; the Mejidieh
[10:] is inside discharging;

[11:] At 11 I went home, weather
[12:] Keeps very cloudy & overcast
[13:] no sun & is very cold,

[14:] I called on Yacoob Pahlawan’s
[15:] family & at 2 P.M. Came
[16:] on board; We are shipping
[17:] & discharging cargo;
[18:] At 4 ½ P.M went home it is
[19:] raining drizzly for ½ hour;
[20:] At 7 it cleared off & became
[21:] fine~

13th Thursd The @ 6.32

[22:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
[23:] the first day we have seen
[24:] the sun & very cold~

[25:] At 8 ½ AM I came on
[26:] board, The S.S. Baghdad
[27:] left at about 7 ½ AM

[1:] I finished Alexander's letter
[2:] for today's post & enclosed for
[3:] him copies of N. Sayegh's letter
[4:] & mine to him~ I also
[5:] wrote to Miss Tanner from
[6:] my wifes part, & N. Sayegh's
[7:] letter~

[8:] At 11½ went to breakfast
[9:] & returned at 1 P.M; I sent the
[10:] letters to the Post Office & got the
[11:] one for Alexander registered,

[12:] We finished at 4½ P.M.
[13:] I went home~ Weather getting
[14:] cloudy a little~

14 Frid Th@ 6.37

1898 Jany

[15:] Light air & cloudy weather
[16:] At 5½ AM I came on board
[17:] and learnt that the Steamer
[18:] will not leave till 9 AM.
[19:] on account of 7 Bundles of
[20:] Wool belonging to Lynch
[21:] which were shipped for
[22:] Amara last evening &
[23:] no pass had been taken from
[24:] the Custum House by Lynch's
[25:] man & they were taken on
[26:] shore, these bundles of wool
[27:] are to be pressed at Amara

[14:] We could not get the 9 Bundles
[15:] of wool, the Custum House head
[16:] Clerk would not come because
[17:] it is friday so we leave without
[18:] them~

Baghdad to Basreh [14 JAN 1898 — V047_11_S] (//)

[A47_093_01:046]

[A47_093_19:047]

1898 Jany

[A47_094_15:048]

[19:] At 10,,10 AM we left Baghdad
[20:] clouds breaking up and
[21:] getting fine a little N.W.
[22:] breeze; ship is light 3 feet 2

[23:] Weather cleared up by 10 &
[24:] became fine~

[1:] Gave tickets to the Passengers
[2:] We have altogether 113½
[3:] (6 in 1st Class; 3 Persians in
[4:] one large Cabin; Mons De Sarzec
[5:] returning to Coot, Mr. Ricky
[6:] an English Merchant of
[7:] Manchester who had come up
[8:] in the Afghanistan, and Tom
[9:] Tartt returning to Basreh
[10:] but will land at Amara,
[11:] and one in 2nd Class free
[12:] Khalaf Agha Mamoor of the
[13:] Custum House) we have also
[14:] two men from Lynch's Office
[15:] Jejo ibn Moorad & Rezooki
[16:] Georgis to Amara;

[17:] At 0,,15 P.M. passed Diala
[18:] At 0,,45 we rounded and
[19:] went alongside the bank
[20:] below Jaffer on West bank
[21:] to ship 1100 Bags of mash
[22:] of Eassa Khdery to Basreh
[23:] @ 5 GSP. per Bag of 80 Okes
[24:] At 3,,35 P.M. we finished
[25:] taking in the Mash having
[26:] shipped only 850 Bags~ We
[27:] left Jaffer & proceeded;

[28:] At 4,,35 passed Ctesiphon

[1:] At 7,,10 P.M. we anchored
[2:] at Ledje reach; fine clear
[3:] night & light N.W. breeze;

15 Satur The @ 6.41

[A47_095_01:049]

* has since been increased to 150 from 1st Instant by Mr. Bottomley~

[4:] Light N.W. & very thick fog,
[5:] At 9,,10 fog cleared off, we
[6:] proceeded from Ledje;

[7:] (We have 18 persons free
[8:] in all, 10 men working for Amara
[9:] with Jejo Moorad & Rezooki &
[10:] others for Coot & Basreh by
[11:] S Lynch & co)~

[12:] At 12 AM passed Baghdadieh
[13:] Fort; fine clear weather,

[14:] At 1,,50 P.M. met the Khalifah
[15:] coming up at Raddat,
[16:] We stopped & sent 2 passengers
[17:] who wanted to return to
[18:] Baghdad the Mamoor Khalaf
[19:] Agha with free 2nd Class
[20:] ticket & his man; I sent
[21:] a letter to Henry, we went
[22:] on at 1,,50~

[23:] At 2,,10 PM. landed two
[24:] passengers at Azizieh;
[25:] went on at 2,,15,

[1:] My Assistant Clerk
[2:] Metty Yacoob, who was
[3:] put in my place during
[4:] my 6 months absence to
[5:] Europe, with an increase of
[6:] pay of 50 Beshlics per month
[7:] making his pay to 180 Besh.
[8:] and 90 Besh per month as
[9:] messing money, and after
[10:] my arrival to Baghdad, my
[11:] brother Henry had taken
[12:] leave of 2 months to go to
[13:] Hwedir, Metty was also
[14:] put in his place with the
[15:] same pay, until this trip
[16:] when Henry has gone back
[17:] to his ship, and Metty
[18:] returned to his place on
[19:] board here, drawing his
[20:] former pay of 130 Besh.
[21:] only per month~*

[22:] At 7,,15 passed Memlah
[23:] At 7,,55 anchored at Hamrayah
[24:] weather getting cloudy with
[25:] light S. Erly breeze;

16 Sund.

1898 Jany

[A47_096_21:050]

[26:] Light S. Erly breeze, very cloudy
[27:] gloomy and raining drizzly

[1:] At 6,,20 AM we left Hamraya
[2:] Weather very cloudy & overcast

[3:] At 8,,30 grounded at the
[4:] bottom of Um el Ajaj, took an
[5:] anchor out & hove off and
[6:] went on at 9;~ Weather
[7:] rainy & cloudy~

[8:] At 11,,35 arrived at Coot,
[9:] landed 23½ passengers (Mons.
[10:] De Sarzec in 1st Class Cabin) and
[11:] 95 packages; They have had
[12:] lots of rain here the ground is
[13:] very muddy~

[14:] At 1,,30 P.M. left Coot,
[15:] took 6 passengers~

[16:] At 4,,30 passed the Phrat
[17:] & Barge in tow bound up;
[18:] Very cloudy misty & gloomy
[19:] weather;

[20:] At 5,,50 we anchored at
[21:] Aboo Dood (below Sheikh Saad)
[22:] for the night, still daylight but
[23:] cloudy all over~ At 8 P.M.
[24:] it cleared up & became very
[25:] fine~

17 Mond The @ 6.39

[26:] Light N.W. & fine clear
[27:] Weather & sunshine~

[1:] At 9,,20 landed Eleven
[2:] packages at Ali Gherbi and
[3:] went on at 9.35~

[4:] At 5,,35 P.M. arrived at
[5:] Amara landed 24 passengers
[6:] and 31 packages; also 14
[7:] men of Lynch's (Mr. Tom
[8:] Tartt, Jejo Moorad, Rezooki
[9:] Georgis & 10 men to try the
[10:] Wool Press & return with
[11:] us~

[12:] At 7,,20 we left
[13:] Amara, fine clear weather,
[14:] and very cold~

[15:] At 10,,45 anchored above
[16:] Kalat Saleh~

18 Tuesd The @ 6 32

1898 Jany

[17:] Light N.W. & fine very cold,
[18:] freezing, At 6,,20 AM we
[19:] proceeded, the banks are
[20:] covered with frost & bitterly
[21:] cold~ The SS. Baghdad and
[22:] Barge are ahead of us going
[23:] down~ At 7¼ we passed
[24:] her~ Gave tickets to 18½ Amara

[2:] At 9,,40 passed Azair;
[3:] I have made a fire in my Cabin
[4:] in a small Iron mankal which
[5:] I bought in Baghdad, this is the
[6:] first time I have ever had fire
[7:] in my Cabin, the Thermometer
[8:] went up from 45 to 62˚~

[9:] At 0.25 P.M landed 24 Packages
[10:] and 2 passengers at Gorna,
[11:] went on at 1 P.M;~

[12:] At 3,,50 passed the SS.
[13:] Ressafah & Barge going
[14:] up at Kteban;

[15:] At 4,,50 arrived at Basreh
[16:] no steamers are here; The
[17:] mail Str Simla and the
[18:] Persian Str King Arthur are in
[19:] the Quarantine~ I went
[20:] up in Rufail's Belem called
[21:] on Jeboory Asfar for an hour,
[22:] there was his father Hannosh
[23:] & Naoom Loca & then went
[24:] up to Rufail's house where
[25:] Yousif Marine was there,

[26:] on our arrival at Basreh
[27:] I received a telegram sent

[8:] “Différé Moment Fin
[9:] Fevrier~"

[10:] All here advise me to let him
[11:] go after I receive the full
[12:] particulars of this situation
[13:] in Cairo if advantageous;

[14:] I was so restless all the
[15:] night thinking about Alexanders
[16:] project of wishing to go to
[17:] Cairo~

19 Wedn

1898 Jany

[A47_100_03:051]

[18:] Light N.W. & fine cold morning
[19:] At 8 AM I came down to
[20:] the Mejidieh; We are discharging
[21:] and loading ship;

[22:] The SS. Baghdad arrived last
[23:] night at about 7 P.M~

[24:] The weather has not been
[25:] so cold here throughout the day

[1:] The Turkish man of aur arrived
[2:] Yesterday from Katif bringing
[3:] back the Nakib Seyd Rejeb
[4:] Effendi who had gone down
[5:] to settle the disturbance between
[6:] Jassem el Thany & the Sheikh
[7:] of Kwet; the Turkish Troops
[8:] of about 1200 are still encamped
[9:] here on the opposite side at
[10:] Lebany waiting for Orders;

[11:] Rufail, Rezooki Angoorly,
[12:] Nessoory Andrea & Rezooki
[13:] Sayegh came to me & stayed
[14:] till sunset~

[15:] At 7 P.M. we finished loading
[16:] Cargo~

Basreh to Baghdad [20 JAN 1898 — V047_12_N] (//)

[18:] At 7.35 P.M got underway
[19:] & proceeded; fine clear weather,
[20:] Ship is very deep, drawing
[21:] 5 feet of water;

20 Thursd The @ 6.41

[A47_101_20:052]

[A47_101_24:053]

1898 Jany

[22:] At 1,,50 AM. landed one
[23:] passenger at Gorna~

[1:] At 7 passed Azair~
[2:] Modte N.W. & fine clear weather

[3:] Finished with the passengers
[4:] Tickets;~ The river has risen
[5:] here about~

[6:] At 1 P.M. landed 2 passengers
[7:] At Kalat Saleh & took 2
[8:] & went on at 1,,5~

[9:] We have altogether 157½
[10:] passengers (4 in 1st Class
[11:] the Hejjyeh Khejjeh Khan widow
[12:] of Shekh Jaber of Mahomerah
[13:] & her companion also the
[14:] widow of Sheihk Jaber, being
[15:] the daughter of Aziz Agha, who
[16:] went down with us on 2 Decr;
[17:] Also Mr. Cree the Clerk of Blockey
[18:] returning as he had gone down
[19:] in the Khalifah, and Mr. Mayle
[20:] Clerk of Muir Tweedie or the
[21:] Persian Gulf Trading Copy both
[22:] these are paying deck
[23:] fare & occupy 2 Cabins in
[24:] 1st Class; & 3 Indians in
[25:] 2nd Class)~

[26:] At 6,,45 P.M. arrived at
[27:] Amara landed 19 1/2 passengers
[28:] and 6 packages (2 Bales

[2:] We took in 10 Tons of Coal;

[3:] At 9 P.M. left Amara
[4:] fine weather;~

21 Frid Th @ 6.37

[A47_103_09:054]

1898 Jany

[A47_104_10:055]

[5:] Light N.W. breeze & very fine
[6:] cold weather & frosty~

[7:] Gave tickets to 3 Amara
[8:] passengers~ (Mr. Tom Tartt,
[9:] Jejo Moorad & 5 workmen
[10:] returning with us also)~

[11:] An old Indian woman
[12:] died last night on board

[13:] At 10,,20 AM landed one
[14:] passenger and the dead body
[15:] at Ali Gherbi & went on
[16:] at 10,,30~

[17:] Air shifted to a light S. Erly,

[18:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed
[19:] the S.S. Mossul & Barge going
[20:] down, having some Troops
[21:] and field Guns on board,

[22:] At 3,,30 P.M. we grounded
[23:] At Aboo Dood, had to heave
[24:] her off with a bower Anchor
[25:] and left at 4,,30~

[26:] At 5,,5 landed 3 passengers

[3:] Light N.W. or Calm and
[4:] fine weather;

[5:] At 6,,40 we passed the SS.
[6:] Khalifah going down, I
[7:] have all the letters & Papers for
[8:] her, which I was leaving at
[9:] Amara last night, if it had
[10:] not been for AbdulKadur
[11:] Khdery who told me that she
[12:] will leave this morning as
[13:] a telegram had come from
[14:] the Mushir Pasha to the
[15:] Agent of the Senyeh saying so,

[16:] I knew at Basreh that
[17:] our time of departure from
[18:] Baghdad had been altered in
[19:] future to be every thursday
[20:] & must arrive at Basreh on
[21:] Saturday so as to catch the
[22:] Mail leaving on Sunday
[23:] for Bombay & has to await
[24:] for the arrival of the mail on
[25:] Tuesday & bring it up, that
[26:] is What Colonel Lock
[27:] had telegraphed down

[2:] At 11.15 P.M. passed
[3:] the SS. Ressafah & Barge
[4:] going up~

22 Satur The @ 6.31

[A47_104_16:056]

[A47_105_05:057]

1898 Jany

[5:] At 0,,45 AM arrived at Coot
[6:] landed 13 passengers; Took
[7:] 15 Tons of Coal; many people
[8:] came wanting Cabins,
[9:] The German traveller Professor
[10:] Dr. Sachau, the friend
[11:] of Mr. Richarz returning from
[12:] Babylon via Shetra, and
[13:] Capt Cowley gave him the Cabin
[14:] which Francis the Butler
[15:] now occupies, also Khorshid
[16:] Effendi the Ex KaimaKam
[17:] Of Shetra & his family &
[18:] an other Turkish Officer
[19:] have occupied the Quarter
[20:] Deck Aft~

[21:] The Ressafah arrived at about
[22:] 2 AM,

[23:] At 4.20 AM left Coot,
[24:] a very cold morning freezing
[25:] on the decks but the wind
[26:] is very light~

[27:] Gave tickets to 47 1/2 Coot
[28:] passengers (one in 1st Class

[10:] At 9.30 were detained
[11:] At Umel Ajaj in shoal water
[12:] could not pass, & while
[13:] there the big boat got a
[14:] hole knocked out in
[15:] her bottom by the rudder;
[16:] and begun to fill in; We repaired
[17:] her after anchoring & finished
[18:] by 11 ½; and tryed to get
[19:] over the Shoal, we went
[20:] alongside the West bank and
[21:] hauled the Launch out on
[22:] the bank to be repaired;

[23:] At 3 P.M. the S.S. Ressafah
[24:] came up and passed without
[25:] stopping taking close along
[26:] the Eastern bank~

[27:] At 5,,30 we finished and

[2:] Very cold & fine weather

23 Sund The @ 6.37

[3:] Light N.W. & fine Cold weather,
[4:] At 4 AM passed the Ressafah
[5:] on her way up~

[6:] At 8 passed Azizieh Village
[7:] River is falling;

[8:] At 0.20 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[9:] Fort, very calm weather;

[10:] River is falling, about
[11:] 2 feet;.

[12:] I saw new moon this
[13:] evening but it is new moon
[14:] yesterday by the Almanack;
[15:] Tomorrow is the fȋrst of
[16:] Ramazan the fasting month

[17:] A light S. Erly breeze came on
[18:] at sunset & begun to get Cloudy,

[19:] At 6,,30 we landed the Shoal
[20:] at Ledj & Could not pass, so
[21:] we anchored & sent to sound,

[22:] At 7.40 proceeded; it is
[23:] getting cloudy;

24 Mond Th@ 6.39

1898

Jany

[A47_108_04:058]

[A47_108_06:059]

[A47_108_11:060]

[A47_108_16:061]

[1:] At about 2 AM passed
[2:] Ctesiphon; at 3,,15 we came
[3:] to the Shoal at Gusseiba &
[4:] anchored, weather cloudy
[5:] & S. Ely wind, We lost
[6:] about an hour below Ctesiphon
[7:] having grounded & hove off with
[8:] an anchor~

[9:] At 6,,30 we left Gusseiba;
[10:] At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
[11:] at 10,,35 landed a Deckman
[12:] at Gherrara with letters. I
[13:] could not land to walk in
[14:] as my feet are sore and
[15:] am suffering the chillblain
[16:] all my toes pain me &
[17:] swollen from the cold

[18:] Strong S. Erly wind and
[19:] cloudy~

[20:] At 1,,10 P.M. landed the
[21:] mails at the Residency & went
[22:] to the Custum House, the SS.
[23:] Phrat is alongside loading
[24:] & will leave tomorrow;
[25:] I went home found Eliza well,
[26:] I found two letters from
[27:] Alexander of the 24 & 31 Decr

[22:] Johny & Artin called
[23:] in the evening for an hour

[24:] Very strong S. Erly wind
[25:] blowing awfully~

25 Tuesd Th @ 6.47

1898

Jany

[A47_110_22:062]

[1:] Strong S. Erly wind blowing
[2:] to half a gale~

[3:] At 8 am I called on Antone
[4:] Marine, his wife has
[5:] been confirmed of a son on
[6:] Saturday last the 15th Instt
[7:] they are thinking of calling him
[8:] Philip;

[9:] At 9 I came on board, the
[10:] river is very rough
[11:] & wind awfully strong;
[12:] We are discharging the
[13:] cargo into the Barge, as
[14:] the Phrat has not left
[15:] yet; At 10 I went to the Office
[16:] for some money etc. Mr. Bottomley
[17:] told me that we cannot
[18:] leave on thursday as the
[19:] ship cannot be discharged
[20:] & so will have to leave on
[21:] Friday;~ I called on Sister
[22:] Eliza & on Alice & Emilia
[23:] & came home at noon,

[24:] At 2 P.M. called on Menusha
[25:] & on Sister Medula &

26 Wedn.

1898 Jany

[6:] S Erly wind & cloudy weather
[7:] all over overcast~ At
[8:] 8½ am I went to see Edward
[9:] Blockey but he was asleep,
[10:] he was at a party given
[11:] by the English community at
[12:] Alfred Holland’s house till
[13:] late this morning~ I then
[14:] called on Sister Eliza and
[15:] at 9 went to Mr. Richarz
[16:] the German Consul with
[17:] my Passport to & Heimatschine
[18:] to have copies made
[19:] of them & legalized so as to
[20:] send them to J. Bőhm
[21:] at Vienna to try and
[22:] obtain a Passport for
[23:] my son Alexander, and
[24:] also to certify my Passport
[25:] as usual every year

[1:] I saw Dr. Hesse the
[2:] Chancellier who was sent
[3:] for from his house and I
[4:] gave him my Passport and
[5:] Heimatschine, and he promised
[6:] to let me have them next
[7:] trip when I come back;

[8:] I came on board at 10
[9:] the Mejidieh is alongside
[10:] discharging, the Phrat
[11:] left this morning;

[12:] At 11 went home, Sisters
[13:] Eliza & Emilia also Alice
[14:] called on us, I left them at
[15:] home & came on board at
[16:] 2 p.m. worked in shipping
[17:] cargo, there is a lot of galls
[18:] skins & wool etc~

[19:] A Circular from Mr. Richarz
[20:] came round anouncing the
[21:] Birthday of the Emperor of Germany
[22:] tomorrow the 27th & will hold
[23:] a reception from 8 till 10
[24:] p.m. (as being a Ramadan
[25:] & the Turkish Officials are fasting)

[26:] At 5 p.m. I went home
[27:] Antone Marine called on us

[1:] S. Erly wind but fine~

27 Thursd

[A47_113_03:063]

1898 Jany

[2:] Wind shifted to a sharp cold
[3:] n.w. wind & became fine,
[4:] At 8 1/2 AM I came on board,

[5:] I closed Alexander's letter, also
[6:] for Effie my niece; Blanche
[7:] Alexander's wife & Coll Mockler

[8:] At 11 1/2 went to breakfast,
[9:] saw Tooza widow of Georgis Asfar
[10:] then~ At 12 1/2 I came on
[11:] board~ We finished discharging
[12:] & loading by 4 p.m~

[13:] Weather got again cloudy,
[14:] but the wind is n. wester;

[15:] The river has fallen very
[16:] low; nearly to its lowest
[17:] level & current dead almost;

[18:] Today being the Birth
[19:] day of the Emperor of Germany
[20:] William, II, Mr. Richarz
[21:] is holding an Official reception
[22:] this evening from 8 to
[23:] 10 p.m.; the Comet has
[24:] dressed ship; he sent his
[25:] Circular to all his protegées

[6:] At 5 p.m. I went home;
[7:] Took Eliza & went to Alice
[8:] with our dinner & we dined
[9:] with them, Johnny & Artin
[10:] came to spend the evening,
[11:] at 8 1/2 I went to call on
[12:] Mr. Richarz; the Turkish Band
[13:] was there playing, and great
[14:] many people called, the
[15:] Europeans; the Wali Atta
[16:] Allah Pasha, the Mushir
[17:] Rajah Pasha; Mr. Mashkow
[18:] the Russian Consul; Mons
[19:] Ronet the french Consul &
[20:] Colonel Lock & Dr. Ramzey
[21:] & Capt Baumont of the Comet
[22:] came while I was there,
[23:] At 10 I left, came to Alice
[24:] took Eliza & came home,
[25:] Richarz has had a supper
[26:] and a dance afterward

[5:] Fine cold weather;

28 Frid Th @ 6.37

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

[7:] At 5 1/4 am I came on
[8:] board~

Baghdad to Basreh [28 JAN 1898 — V047_13_S] (//)

[9:] At 6.10 am we proceeded,
[10:] ship drawing 4 feet~

[11:] At 8.30 passed Diala river
[12:] Cold morning;

[13:] At 10 passed Ctesiphon;
[14:] we have in all 75 1/2 passengers
[15:] (2 in 1st Class Jews, & 2 Mahomedan
[16:] women in 2nd Class) Besides
[17:] we have 21 persons free,
[18:] Tom Tartt in 1st Class, & 18 men
[19:] for the Dock to work in the
[20:] Mejidieh & 2 Mossully women,

[21:] At 2.55 P.M. passed the
[22:] SS. Baghdad & Barge going up

[23:] At 3,,25 passed Baghdadieh
[24:] Fort~

[1:] At 5,,40 passed Azizieh-
[2:] Very cold wind & fine weather;

[3:] At 7,,30 we rounded and
[4:] came to at Toweel for the night,
[5:] modte N.W. & fine cold weather,

29 Satur Th @ 6.32 noon 43

1898 Jany

[6:] At 1,,30 AM. the Khalifah came
[7:] up, she stopped and sent us the
[8:] through specie, as she did not
[9:] catch the mail steamer, she
[10:] had left on Sunday morning
[11:] for Mahomerah & the mail
[12:] was only sent down to her in
[13:] G. Mackenzies steam launch, the
[14:] Khalifah having arrived on
[15:] Sunday evening, and left
[16:] on Tuesday evening and the
[17:] mail steamer had not arrived
[18:] then; I recieved Henry's letter
[19:] the Khalifah has 236,043 Okes
[20:] cargo; and Jew passengers about
[21:] 60~ Very cold weather

[22:] At 6,,15 am we left Towil;
[23:] very cold weather, water has
[24:] frozen on deck~

[25:] At 9,,50 passed Memlah
[26:] At 11,,15 grounded, got off with
[27:] an anchor & went on at 0,,15
[28:] P.M.~ Still very cold

[2:] At 3,,30 P.M. arrived at
[3:] Coot landed 24 passengers
[4:] and 1 free & 75 packages~

[5:] Mr. De Sarzec with his wife
[6:] & son are still living here,
[7:] there is no water in the Hye
[8:] river to go down to Shatra
[9:] & Tallow~

[10:] At 4,,30 we left Coot, took
[11:] 13 1/2 passengers;~

[12:] At 8,,35 we anchored at Aboo
[13:] Dood for the night; Light n.w.
[14:] & fine cold night~

30 Sund Th @ 6.33

[15:] Light n.w. & fine cold morning
[16:] At 6.30 am we proceeded

[17:] At 8 passed the SS. Mossul
[18:] & Barge going up~

[19:] At 9,,20 passed Ali Gherbi;

[20:] At 5,,45 P.M. arrived at
[21:] Amara landed 20 1/2 Passeng.
[22:] and 53 Packages; They have
[23:] had lots of rain here a few
[24:] days ago until yesterday;
[25:] We took 4 Tons of Coal,

[1:] At 7,,30 we left Amara,
[2:] fine clear weather & moon light
[3:] night 8 days old~

[4:] At 11 we anchored above Kalat
[5:] Saleh~

31 Mond Th @ 6.36 noon 52

1898 Feby

[6:] Light n.w. & fine cold weather,
[7:] At 6.30 am we proceeded~

[8:] Gave tickets to 8 Amara
[9:] passengers (one in 1st Class, Perter
[10:] Effendi an employé in the Règie)

[11:] At 10 passed Azair~
[12:] At 0,,45 p.m. passed Gorna
[13:] Detained 10 minutes in Maghil
[14:] to get men, workmen Indians
[15:] to come down to do some work
[16:] in the Blosse Lynch~

[17:] At 4.50 we rounded and
[18:] went along side the Blosse
[19:] Lynch on the other side of
[20:] the river; I found my cabin
[21:] there very dirty & uncomfortable
[22:] no table to put my desk on,
[23:] the keys are all common made
[24:] here, & most of the cabins have
[25:] no keys; she is already
[26:] loaded with cargo~ I did
[27:] not go on shore to Rufail
[28:] as I am busy with the