!['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' [‎37r] (75/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0075.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' [‎37r] (75/226)")
'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' [37r] (75/226)
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.
43
and restore him to the service until our Hon'ble masters pleasure can be known
regarding him, and as Mr. Price represents he may he serviceable in their attairs at
Bussorah, we permit of his continuing to ju;t in his station there, but we cannot think
of confirming him as second, until his further behaviour shall induce us entirely to
look over his past misconduct, and convince us he merits so great an indulgence-
103. On these proceedings however being reported to the Hon'ble
Court, they directed that Mr. Shaw should be dismissed from the Hon'ble
Company's service, and that Mr. Garden should no longer be employed
at Bussorah. The following is an extract from the Hon'ble Court's
despatch, dated the 8th November 1764, containing these orders
" Mr William Shaw having left Bussorah without any leave from his superiors at
Bombay, and notwithstanding it appears he has been at Aleppo for a considerable time
past he has not thought fit to write one line to inform us oi his motives for so doing,
or indeed to give us any account of his proceedings, we have thought proper to dismiss
him from the Company's service. You are, therefore, incase of his being at Bussorah, to
signify the same to him, and at the same time to acquaint him we require his return to
England forthwith, to answer for his conduct in general, which has been very unsatis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
to the Court. As Mr. Eobert Garden was joined with Mr. Shaw m the manage-
ment of the Company's affairs at Bussorah, we do not think it is proper he should
continue there any longer, he is therefore to return to Bombay by the first proper
conveyance that oilers."
104. Mr. Price having completed the enquiry into the conduct of
Messrs. Shaw and Garden, he, in conformity with instructions he had
received from Government, left Bussorah on the 14th January 1764, and
returned to Bombay, leaving Mr. Dymoke Lyster in charge of the Com
pany's
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
105. On the 12th February 1764, Mr. George Skipp was sent
from Bombay to Bussorah for the purpose of keeping the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
books.
The following is an extract from the letter addressed by Government to
the Agent in Council at Bussorah, informing him of this arrangement:—
" The return (to Bussorah) of this vessel (the Drake Ketch) has given Mr. George
Skipp, whom we have appointed to keep the books of your Settlement, an opportunity
of proceeding thither accordingly; he has received his salary to the 1st ultimo (J anuary
1764), diet money for this month, and an allowance for his passage: he is to have an
allowance of 20
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per month for keeping the books."
106. On the 16th April 1764, Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench (then in
Bombay) was appointed by Government the Ilon'ble Company s Agent
for all affairs of the British nation in the Gulf of Persia, &c., in Council
at Bussorah. Mr. Wrench arrived at Bussorah on the 10th July 1764, and
assumed charge of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at that place on the following day.
107. On the 5th September 1764, the Right Hon'ble Henry
Grenville, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople,
addressed a letter to Mr. Wrench, informing him that His Excellency
had after considerable difficulty obtained from the Sublime Porte " a con-
sulary Birat" for the English East India Company's Agent at Bussorah.
The following is an extract from the Ilon'ble Mr. Grenville s letter tor-
warding the Birat:—
" You will have learnt the difficulties I have had to encounter at the 1 orte, the scenes
of entanglements which I found myself engaged in with the Vizier, ere 1 could work
out an accomplishment of the great object in view, and obtain leave tor dispatching
away an officer of distinction from the Porte, and making him the bearer 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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