‘Application from Lt. E. H. Bellasis of the Engineers for some remuneration for the duties he performed as Acting Resident at Bussorah during the absence of Mr Manesty in the year 1805.’

Content

This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes, orders, and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It concerns the application from Lieutenant Edward Hutchins Bellasis, of the Corps of Engineers in the Bombay Army, for remuneration for services performed and expenses incurred in relation to the 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. at Bussora. The main subjects are:

• The furlough granted to Bellasis from 1803 to 1805
• The departure from Bussora [Basra, also referred to as Bussorah] in March 1805 of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, with the 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. left under the temporary charge of Bellasis and subsequently John Law
• The applications by Bellasis for remuneration for the duties he performed as Acting Resident at Bussora, compensation for the losses he sustained at sea following his departure from Bussora, and for additional allowances to cover the period in 1804 when he commanded the detachment that accompanied Manesty to Persia [Iran]
• The calculation by John Elphinstone, Accountant General, 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. , of the salary and allowances of the Resident and Assistant Resident in Bussora from 1802-06
• The consideration of Bellasis’s case by the governments of Bombay and Bengal and the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , and the delay in a verdict being reached.

The title page (f 223) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 11, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.

Extent and format

1 item (35 folios)

Arrangement

The item has no chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 223, and terminates at 257, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/448/10771

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Feb 1803-19 Oct 1813 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bombay Pol 19 May 1815, draft 190/1814-15, IOR/E/4/1032 pp 741-44

Subjects

WagesCompensation

People & organisations

Government of BengalGovernment of BombayGovernment of Bombay, Accountant GeneralAssistant to the Resident, BussoraCourt of DirectorsResident, BussoraEdward Hutchins Bellasis

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‘Application from Lt. E. H. Bellasis of the Engineers for some remuneration for the duties he performed as Acting Resident at Bussorah during the absence of Mr Manesty in the year 1805.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/448/10771, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001714.0x00027e> [accessed 1 October 2024]

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