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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' [60v] (122/226)
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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90 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
British flag in this country, in cases of difficulty arising, should be referred to him,
and that the departure of sill vessels should take place only under his cognizance; and
that no public servants under his orders should be molested under the pretext of
tribute, or certain regulations entitled Kharatz, neither of others named Avariz, nor
of such as is levied by ships called Cassab Akeessi, or other arbitrary impositions
called Tekialie Orfye; that no one shall exact the Kharatz nor other dues lor male
and female slaves in his service, and that no person shall interfere nor obstruct the
domestic on affairs of the said Consul, but, on the contraiy, they shall be free from all
impositions according to the prevailing customs; neither shall they be subject to
customs or excise duties; that the Consul being established by the British Ministers is
not subject to imprisonment; that his house cannot be closed or searched, or have any
body of troops lodged therein ; that assistants and slaves belonging to him shall be free
and exempt from Kharatz* and Avariz,* Cassab* Akeessi* and from all Tekialie*
Orfye* ; that any complaint made by any person against him shall be referred to
me,t and cannot be disposed of by any other means; that should the said Consul
find it necessary to travel into any part of the country either by land or by sea, and
that at any stations or ports he may arrive at, no one shall molest him or his servants,
or cattle, or baggage, guides, or anything connected with him; that any Captain of
country vessels on being paid shall be compelled to carry his provisions according to
the prevailing regulations, and that no one shall seek pretext for disputes against him;
and that in dangerous parts of the country he is allowed to wear a white turban,
sabre, bow, or other warlike instrument.
" That all Judges and Commandants or others shall not molest him, but shall
assist and protect him, and shall prevent any one from throwing obstacles in his way,
and always behave towards him in conformity with the capitulations, and that no one
shall presume to oppose, but, on the contrary, give every credence to this decree given
under my most respectable and noble seal.
" Given under my hand this 7th day of the moon of Rejib 1217, that is to say,
2nd November 1802, at our city of Constantinople."
199. On the 4th April 1803 the residence at Bussorah of a Captain
White, who commanded a trading vessel called the Recovery, belong
ing to Mr. Manesty, the Resident, was attacked by the populace, and
plundered of its contents, on the plea that a Greek Christian female,
native of Cairo, who was living under the protection of Captain White,
either was a Mussulmannee, or wished to embrace the Mahomedan faith,
but was prevented by him from doing so. During this outrage the female
was carried off by the populace, and several of Captain White's, servants
were severely beaten. Mr. Manesty having, without success, applied to
the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
(or Governor) of Bussorah, whom he charged with having
instigated these proceedings, for redress struck the British flag on the
forenoon of the following day, bricked up by the door of the British
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, and prohibited, until reparation should have been afforded, any
intercourse between the British vessels then laying off Bussorah and
the inhabitants of that city. Mr. Manesty at the same time addressed
a letter to the Pacha of Bagdad, informing His Highness that unless
he immediately issued peremptory orders for the restoration of the above
female to Captain White, also removed the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
and Catiff of
Bussorah, and indemnified Captain White the full value of his property
which had been destroyed on the occasion of the above outrage, and
punished by transportation, imprisonment, &c., the ringleader, he (Mr.
Manesty) would forthwith withdraw from Bussorah and proceed to
Calcutta "in order to demand justice from His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor-General in Council." The Pacha on receiving this
* These are Turkish words,
t The Sultau.
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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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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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