Turkish Arabia Affairs [132v] (8/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1847. 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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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 83 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosure is dated 7 August 1847.
The primary document is a letter from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 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. [Ottoman Iraq], to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, for the information of the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Kemball reports that, according to a letter from Lord Cowley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], to Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, HM Consul and the Honourable Company’s Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 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. , the Ottoman Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] has issued instructions to the Governor of Baghdad to suspend the operation of the new passport code regulations, as far as British subjects are concerned, for one year. An extract of Lord Cowley’s letter is enclosed.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 129-132
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- Turkish Arabia Affairs
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