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'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' [19v] (40/226)
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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8 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
Shawbunder, and officers of the town, enables him to tell you what hath been the
practice of your predecessors; besides Mr. Flower's years of residence there will render
him to be master of the custom of the place, of both which you may make use as you
shall see occasion, desiring you to be as frugal both in presents and house expences as
possible. So much hath been the villainies and baseness of Tockersee that long since we
turned him out of the Hon'ble Company's employment, and then sent for him to repair
hither that he might have justice done him, as on the side also of the Hon'ble Company;
but those we employed failed us, and Mr. Buckeridg promised to bring him, but sickness
prevented: we sent therefore Captain Middleton to force him hither, but if our expecta
tion be not answered, and that you cannot procure his mission so much desired, we do
by these presents discard him the Company's service and forbid him coming into their
house or any employment in reference to their affairs, having, for the despatch of what
affairs of theirs of the nature as shall present, sent another along with you named
Suntockee Verchez, having had experience of his abilities both here and there, also as
good security for his truth, therefore shall recommend him unto you for his encourage
ment.
" Death hath been so familiar in those parts, caused by ill air, staying so long in it
in Gombroon, that to remedy it we cannot deny you licence of absenting yourself out
of it either to Shirauz or Ispahan, and though in either there will be but littlf> of our
masters' affairs to be acted, yet your presence will cause respect unto the nation, and
in the spending of some few months in absence from Gombroon, recovery of your
health, which cannot be obtained in that place, but as before we earnestly desire
your frugality, that the Hon'ble Company may not complain of a costly
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. Much
we must leave unto your discretion, and therefore desire your frequent advices, that
in what you may be wanting of information may be returned and supplied from
us, with what our experience can furnish you. Our masters' advices are daily expected,
which we give you * liberty to open and take copies of, keeping the contents very
private, because we suppose affairs of great consequence will be treated of in them, not
fit for the view of all; what is here wanting, we hope your diligent endeavours after our
Hon'ble employers' benefit will prompt you to supply, therefore wishing you health
and a blessing on your endeavours subscribed.
" Your assured loving friends,
" (Sd.) Mathew Andeews.
„ John Lambton."
18. On the 13th April 16G1 a Commission was issued by the
President in Council, Surat, to the Commander of the ship Amerira, on
her proceeding on a voyag-e to Gombroon, and thence to Bussora. This
document, which is signed by 'Mathew Andrews' and ' John Lambton/
is headed—
" Commission and instructions given by me, the President and Council of India,
Persia, &c., unto our loving friend. Captain Thomas Crouther, Commander of the
Frigate Amerira, now by God's permission bound from Swally Hole unto the port
Gombroon, and from thence to the port of Bussorah, within the Kiver Euphrates,
to be observed by him until his return to Swally Hole again. Dated on Swally
Marine, the 13th day of April, Anno, 1661."
The following is an extract from this Commission :—
" You being now laden with most part of the Hon'ble Company's goods and
completed with freight, we desire you on sight hereof, wind and tide permitting,
to weigh anchor and set sail directing your course for Gombroon, there to deliver
our letter to our friends there resident, which we hope may be done in one or two
* It appears, from this and many similar expressions which occur in other letters of the
same date, that at this period the East India Company forwarded the originals of their
letters to the Chief in Council of the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Surat overland vid Constantinople, Aleppo,
Bagdad, and Bussora, by Cossids, and thence by sea; the vessel conveying them calling at
Gombroon. The duplicates were forwarded vid the Cape.
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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).
Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.
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- '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'
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- front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
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