!['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' [‎13v] (28/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0028.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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' [‎13v] (28/226)")
'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' [13v] (28/226)
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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[ XXIV ]
Year.
Appointments, &c., 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.
Paragraph of
Summary.
Page.
A. D.
The changes which occurred in the constitution of
the Bussorah
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.
between 1788 to 1844 are
exhibited in detail in a statement framed by the
Civil Auditor, Bombay, in December 1844, copy
of which was forwarded to the Government of
India on the 24th January 1845
164
70
1796
Mr. Manesty removed on the 1st January 1796
from the office of Resident at Bussorah by
order of the Hon'ble the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
171 to 175
73 to 75
Mr. Harford Jones, Joint Factor at Bussorah, ditto
ditto ditto
171 to 175
73 to 75
Mr. Nathan Crow appointed by Government to
succeed Mr. Manesty as Resident at Bussorah, and
assumed charge of that office on the 1st Januarv
1796 ... ... ... ...
172 to 175
74 & 75
Mr. Peter LeMessurier appointed Joint Factor at
Bussorah in succession to Mr. Harford Jones, re
moved ditto ditto ditto
172 to 175
74& 75
1796
On the 8th July 1796 Mr. Manesty is restored to
the office of Resident by order of the Hon'ble
the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
. Mr. Crow and Mr.
LeMessurier accordingly return to Bombay
169 to 179
72 to 77
1798
The Hon'ble the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
re-establish Bri
tish
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 Bagdad independently of the
one at Bussorah, and Mr. Harford Jones, then in
England, is appointed by the Court Resident at
the former place. Mr. Jones arrives at Bagdad
on the 24th August 1798 and enters upon the
office of Resident at that place
181
78
1800
In September 1800 Government appoints a Civil
Surgeon to the Bagdad
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.
...
190
83
1800
Government attaches a native guard to the Bagdad
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.
, which is accordingly sent from Bombay
191
83
1805
On the 5th March 1805 Mr. Manesty proceeds to
Bombay (without leave) on private affairs, leaving
Lieutenant E. H Bellasis, of the Bombay Engi
neers, in temporary charge of the Bussorah Resi
dency
202
91
1805
Mr. John Law (then in Bombay) is appointed on
the 15th April 1805 Assistant to the Resident at
Bussorah, and is directed to proceed forthwith to
that place and receive charge of 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.
until the return of Mr. Manesty. Mr. Law arrives
at Bussorah and receives charge, on the 3rd July
1805, of 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.
and
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
from Lieute
nant Bellasis
204
92
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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).
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