Baghdad Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 216-223
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The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 26 Dec 1854-16 Feb 1855. 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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The item contains copies of secret letters and despatches concerning Russian troop movements from Asterabad [Astarabad, i.e. Gorgān] to Herat.
Correspondents are: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 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. ; H L Anderson, Secretary to 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. [Mumbai] in the Political Department, Bombay; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 216-223
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- 26 Dec 1854-16 Feb 1855 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 216-223
- Title
- Baghdad Affairs
- Pages
- 216r:223v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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