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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' [75r] (151/226)
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 TUEKISH AH AD IA —1646 TO 1846.
119
eluded with the Paeha through the medium of an Agent he (Captain
Taylor) had deputed to Bagdad requiring the Paelia to agree to the twelve
following demands which, with the concurrence of the Government of
India, this Government had directed him to make on the Pacha, with an
intimation that they must be conceded by His Highness before friendly
relations could be considered to be restored between the British Indian
Government and His Highness. To the whole of these demands the
Pacha gave his full and unreserved assent in the following letter to
Captain Taylor :—
" The dragoman of the English nation has arrived here bearing a sealed despatch
from the Government and a letter from yourself containing the following demands:—
" i s t.—A compliance with all stipulations contained in the Imperial Treaties and
Eoyal Firmans, ancient or recent.
" 2nd. —The restitution of whatever was taken from Mr. Sturmy, above the
proper rate of customs, and of such property of Mr. Scooboda as was damaged or lost.
" 'ird. - Whatever may be deemed to constitute the complete safety in every respect
of the life, property, and honor of all Agents or Vakeels of the Government, of their
protected dependents and subjects, together with an attentive regard for their views,
wishes, a due estimation and honoring of them, and an admission of their rights to
grant asylum, and all other claims, according to their ancient rights and customs, and
that they may entertain as many servants as they see necessity for.
" 4,1/1.—Should hereafter an Agent, not an Englishman, be established at Bagdad, he
shall unquestionably meet with every proper honor and consideration as it is due to his
station.
" —Bills 0 f Exchange shall not be taken from their shroffs by force, nor money
from their dependents or proteges by compulsion, nor shall temporary or arbitrary taxes
of anj kind ever be levied on their landed or other property contrary to their due right
and custom.
« 0/^,—No tax, except one previously well defined and arranged, shall be levied on
boats, the property of British subjects and proteges, such for instance as pass between
Bussorah and Bagdad, nor shall their boats be seized for the public service, nor shall
the property of merchants, being British subjects or proteges, arriving at Bagdad,
otherwise than as is usual on the arrival of the same at Bussorah, enter the Custom
House contrary to stipulation and covenant.
" 1th. —Should British subjects and proteges lose any property in the town, or on
public roads, and by theft or plunder, every exertion shall promptly be made to recover
the same.
" %th.- Should any dependent of the Government suffer from any of our subjects
offence or injury, the injured individual shall receive immediate satisfaction and
reparation,
" 9^.—i n commercial dealings goods having been bought shall not be returned,
except on legal and just plea, and commercial disputes shall be adjusted by an assembly
of merchants according to mercantile usage.
" 10th.-- Should British or Indian seamen desert they shall not be forced to become
converts to Islam, and in case of their willing conversion they shall be subsequently
delivered up to their duty in order to prevent any. detriment to the interest of the ship.
"Wth. —A spot shall be assigned on lease to the Resident for a house and garden
wherever he may point out.
" 12th. —The proven claims of British proUgh to be enforced on whomsoever of
our subjects it may be, without the smallest loss or injury to the claimants.
" We have considered and fully comprehended these demands, in like manner also,
as we are convinced of the very great and faithful regard of His Imperial Highness for
the English nation, with regard therefore to such part of them as are contained in
those Imperial Treaties and Boyal decrees which are in their hands, it has even been
fulfilled to them hitherto, and we shall continue likewise to observe it in time to come.
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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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- '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'
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- front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
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