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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' [87v] (178/226)
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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[,vi ]
Since which time His Majesty of England, James, deceased in the
time of our grandfather of happy mem or}*, Sultan Ahmed Han, having
sent unto our Imperial throne his Ambassadors, letters, and presents which
were most acceptable, and desired that the already contracted peace and
friendship and good correspondence made with our grandfathers, and the
Capitulations, Articles, and privileges abovementioned, should be again
ratified, and the said peace and friendship renewed, further requesting
that certain Articles, very necessary, should to the same capitulations be
added. The desire of His Majesty being declared in the Imperial pre
sence of our said grandfather. Sultan Ahmed Han, was presently granted,
and he gave express command and order that the said peace and friend
ship should be renewed and fortified, and the ancient capitulations and
privileges confirmed, and that the new desired Articles should be inserted
and added to the Imperial capitulation, granting further to the English
nation all those Articles and further privileges which were given and
written in any capitulation with other nations, potentates or Kings, in
peace and amity with this Imperial port. And by this Imperial command
he gave order that these his Imperial commands should be obeyed of all
men and the tenor of them duly observed. The Articles which then
were granted and added to the capitulation were these following:—
XXI.
That our Ministers shall not demand or take of the said English
nation any custom or other duties of
No custom to be ta en on monies. ^ the dollars and chequecns they or
any under their banner shall bring in or transport from place to place,
or carry out of our dominions, and that neither Beglerbeys, Caddees,
Treasurers, Mint Masters or others shall
None to force change of monies. , , i i n i
take and demand either dollars or che-
queens from the said nation to change them into small aspers, nor shall
give or do them any violence or trouble thereupon.
XXII.
The English nation and all those that come under the banner of
their vessels, small and great, shall and may navigate, traffic, buy, sell.
No ammunition to be carried in our and abide in all parts of our domi-
sbips. nions, and except arms, gunpowder and
other such prohibited commodities, they may load and carry away in
their ships whatsoever of our merchandizes at their own pleasure
without the impeachment or trouble of any man, and their ships and
vessels may come safely and securely to anchor at all times, and traffic
at all times in every part of our dominions, and with their money buy
Provisions may be brought for our victuals and all other things without
ships. any contradiction or hindrance of any
man.
XXIII.
And if any difference shall happen with any of the said English
No press to be made without pre- nation by suit in law, or any other
sence of the Ambassador, &c. controversy, the Caddees or any other
Ministers of our justice shall not hear nor decide the cause until the
Ambassador, Consul, or Draggoman of the said nation shall be present.
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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'
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- front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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