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'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎58r] (117/226)

The record is made up of 1 volume (111 folios). It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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WITH TURKISH ARABIA A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. —1646 TO 1846.
85
"The contingencies have however been reduced in the progress of the Civil
Auditor's Reports, so as to stand as follows. Reduction in the Civil Department at
Bussorah since August 1798—
Average amount of coffee room expenses,
lamp oil, mats, and contingencies
Fixed allowance granted by Government
in lieu of the above
Average amount of stable charges, straw,
shoeing, &c. ...
Fixed allowance in lieu of the above
Horses and horse furniture ...
Allowance granted by Government
Allowance to Surgeon for country medi
cines
Fixed allowance granted by Government.
Total saving per annum
Per annum.
2,167 2
1 ,680 0
36
0
4,320
0
0
2,400
0
0
2,480
0
0
1,200
0
0
308
2
56
240
0
0
Saving per annum.
487 236
1,920 0-0
1,280 0 0
68 2o6
3,756 0-92
" The Resident at Bussorah has been prohibited from making any addition to the
furniture without the express authority of Government being first obtained. He has
also been allowed Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 40 per annum to furnish the factory An East India Company trading post. , carpenters, and smiths
with winter clothing, but the charge has not yet appeared in his disbursements.
" The above includes not any part of what may be termed the Political contin
gencies of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for presents to Arab Chiefs, the average of which cannot
be taken at less than Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 16,000 per annum; according to the actual dis
bursements from 1797-98 to 1799-1800 inclusive, neither does the charge of the
transmission of mails to and from Europe make any part of the above expenditure,
respecting which it may however be here remarked that by a statement delivered in by
Mr. Fawcett on the 17th of March last, it appears that from the first establishment of
these mails to the 30th of April 1800 there is a considerable net gain, after paying
every expense incurred on this account here and at Bussorah."
193. On the 9th June 1801, the Pacha of Bag-dad sent a message
to Mr. Harford Jones to the effect that the popular feeling- at Bagdad
had been roused against that gentleman in consequence, as was alleged^
of a Turkish female having been observed to come out of his house.
The Pacha at the same time advised Mr. Jones speedily to quit Bagdad
to avoid ill-treatment from the populace, and offered to render him any
assistance, of which he might stand in need in making his escape, but at the
same time intimated to him that unless he availed himself of this offer he
(the Pacha) would not be answerable for the consequences. Mr. Jones
declared that he was entirely innocent of the charge imputed to him,
and therefore refused to quit Bagdad. The Pacha subsequently refused
to recognize Mr. Jones any longer as the Representative of the British
Government, and forbad any of his officers having communication with
that gentleman, and at the same time informed him that he had with
drawn his protection from him. Mr. Jones accordingly informed the
Pacha that he had represented to the Right Hon^ble the Governor-
General of India and to the home authorities the ill-treatment he had
received from His Excellency in having an ex parte evidence, without
having afforded him the opportunity of clearing his character, withdrawn
his confidence from him and treated him with indignity, and that the Pacha
might depend on it that the British Government on being acquainted

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The volume is Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information (Calcutta: Foreign Department Press, 1874).

The volume includes a five paragraph introduction stating that the record had been compiled following a request to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. from the Government of India (folio 15). The information is a mixture of précis and direct quotation, with comments. The sources are correspondence; minutes; extracts from proceedings; treaties; lists; the diary of the Bombay Government; the diaries of Surat and Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; reports; committee reports; dispatches to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; statements from the Military Auditor-General; and firmans.

The record includes selected information on appointments; personnel; treaties; trade; relations with the Ottoman authorities; diplomatic contacts; political developments; climate and health; administration; and naval and martime affairs.

Five appendices at the rear of the volume (folios 85-109) give transcripts of treaties between England/the United Kingdom and the Government of the Ottoman Empire (the Sublime Porte), signed 1661-1809; and a 'Memorandum on the present condition of the Pachalic [Pachalik] of Bagdad and the means it possesses of renovation and improvement' dated 12 November 1834.

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1 volume (111 folios)
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There is an index on ff 2-15. The index gives the following information in parallel columns: year; miscellaneous information regarding Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (ff 2-11); appointments etc. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. commencing with the year 1728 (ff 12-14); Euphrates expedition and flotilla (f 15); paragraph of summary; and page. Entries in the index refer to the numbered paragraphs that compose the main body of the text (headed 'Summary').

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 109, on the last folio bearing text. The numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. There is also an original printed pagination, numbered i-xxviii (index); [1]-137 (main body of text); [i]-xlix (appendices).

Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.

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'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎58r] (117/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C30, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023252871.0x000076> [accessed 22 November 2024]

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