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File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.' [44r] (96/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1910-1912. 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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Uefto* ot&sU** If thmt report h** bfc-^is mwto, it owi
hardly hmvm fa^ilfed to bo is
factory
An East India Company trading post.
to those «no im4 beefi
working for our humiliation* Qrmmt p«ouniar> loss hu# been
inflicted on British subjects, and in some oases s whole
year h&s pssssd without the recovery of d single piastre of
oosBiensatisn* British cxtr»*territori«l jurisdiction bus
been infringed with Immunity. t»^st but not ledst, tm
British British Indisn communities have been kept in s
stmts of constant rnixiaty and &f»j*rsh*nsisn which as highly
dstrlsMifital to their wellbeing. The onl^ emses In which
aggressions on British interests have been frustrated are
those of the ftttempt on the British
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.
in August IvlO
and of a later design ago Inst Iftsero Lynch* s premises in
jMiuery 1911. These two failures, however, «re of little
oonsCHuenoc/to our ill-wishers in view of their triuiaphsnt
advance along the rest of the line.
1 earnestly beg Tour lx ceil on qy to take the foregoing
facts into sen side ret ion and to r© commend some line of
set ion tows rdf the Turkish Government which will result not
only in the recovery of oonipensfttiori due, but also in the
rehebllitfttieii of British prestige in lesoeotmmift end in ft
prudent resolve on the part of our saver series not to pro-
voice the British Oovonrment any further. It seems to me.
with
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, relating to the encroachment on the British 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. in Iraq by the Vali of Baghdad for the purpose of road widening. Also discussed is interference by the Turkish authorities with the property of Messrs Lynch Brothers as well as the ice factories of British Indians.
The file also includes monthly summaries of events in Turkish Iraq compiled by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 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. and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General Baghdad, John Gordon Lorimer. These are generally arranged in the following sections: Musal [Mosul] wilayet; Baghdad wilayet; Basrah wilayet; Persian affairs; Najd affairs; British interests; foreign interests and cases other than Persia and British; commercial matters; general and miscellaneous.
Correspondents include: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Viceroy; Ambassador in Constantinople, Sir Gerard Lowther; British Vice-Consul, Karbala, M.H. Mosin; Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 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. and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Baghdad.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3846 (Mesopotamia:- Baghdad affairs; Miscellaneous) consists of one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- Title
- File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:262v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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