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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' [22r] (45/226)
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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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.
—1646 TO 1846.
13
the 22nd September 1676, it appears that Mr. Thomas Holt, the East
India Company's " Chief in Persia/' was a short time previous to that
date appointed by that authority their " Agent" in Persia, feince our
"last despatches to you by ship Retume, we have received your advices of the 10th by
the Revenge frigate and the Ghingavurr : in the first we read Mr. Kelt's indisposition
to health, which affliction we hope continued not long upon him, and that the next
advices will give us account of his good health. AVe have not hitherto received any
orders from the Hon'ble Company for his leaving the charge they have entrusted him
with, nor may we presume to call him thence without their permission ; for we find by
their especial grace and favor to him that they did expect his longer residence there,
having this year conferred the title of Agent on him, and appointed great quantities
of Europe goods to be consigned him by their ships appointed to the service, with which
honor we congratulate him, and proceed to acquaint you that it pleased the Almighty
to bring in safety to Bombay, the 13th August, the Hon'ble Company's fleet consisting
of five sail."
32. In a letter dated the 14th July 1677, addressed from Surat
by the President in Council, Surat, to the Deputy President in Council,
Bombay, the following passage occurs, from which there can be no doubt
that the East India Company's factories at Bussorah and all parts of
Persia were under the control of Mr. Bolt, who, as above stated, was
appointed in the previous year by them their Agent in Persia :—•
" If we can procure for the Retume a freight to Persia or Bussorah this year, we
shall be mindful to recommend to the Agent in CouncU to send by her, when she returns,
six or eight low-priced horses for supply of the troops."
33. In another letter, dated the 4th May 1683, the Hon'ble Court
observed:—
" The affairs of Persia we can say little to until we hear of the arrival of our Agent,
Mr. Gibbs, from whom we have received only one short letter from Bussorah, the larger
letter which he wrote us before being not yet come to our hands.
34. There are numerous letters on record, dated between the years
1683 and 1707, written from the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Gombroon and from the
Chief in Council of that
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
from Ispahan while on occasional visits
at that place. In these letters, however, no allusion is made to any Agent
on the part of the East India Company being permanently stationed at
Bussorah. These letters allude to the sale of Company's investments in
Persia, but no specific allusion is made to Bussorah, further than that the
"Bussorah ships" are occasionally mentioned, but no account is given of
arrival or departure at that place, or ot w hat sales were ellected
there on the Company's account.
35. Between 1708 and 1719 there are no records in existence
belonging to this Government. In the Diary of this Government for
the 20th t November 1720 the following entry occurs:—
" Imported the Hauk Goomy from Surat; received a letter from the Chief and
factors thereof, the 16th instant, acknowledging the receipt of ours of the 9th instant,
and advising us they had sent the several papers wrote for, which we intended to send
by the Tartar, but they came too late. They likewise advise us they are apprehensive
that new troubles will arise should any of the Bussorah ships fall into the pirates' hands.
They enclose us an invoice of one hundred and fifty-eight bales of piece goods, amount
ing to
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
55,887.
36. On the 6th April 1724, as appears from the following entry
from the Diary of the Bombay Government, a special meeting of the
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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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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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