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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' [42v] (86/226)
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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54 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
" 'ird. —That the Turkish customs on the cargoes of the several other ships
expected this season he thus divided.
" The 3 per cent, on till English property to be all paid to the Hon'hle Company.
" The 7 per cent, on all country property whatever, whether sold by the English or
country merchants, to be equally divided between the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
and the Hon'ble Com
pany, or 82- per cent, each."
125. On the Mth August 3 769 the Pacha of Bagdad addressed
the following letter to the Agent in Council at Bussorah :—
" The conduct of Shaik Abdoolla, the Montifick Shaik, having been such, I have
been obliged to turn him out of that Shaikdom, and in his room have appointed Fazel
Ebna Saigar the Shaik of the Montificks; in consequence I have sent him the ' Coork,'
as usual, upon his appointment. The distresses of the poor have at length obliged me
to quit Bagdad with almost all my forces this month of Ilebi-el Saaney. From time
immemorial there has been the greatest friendship always subsisting between the
several Pachas of Bagdad and the English Chiefs residing at Bussorah, at this
time, if possible, that friendship is stronger than ever. Your being strangers in our
country claims our kindest consideration, and we are well convinced how steady are
your friendships, how ready you have ever been to assist us whenever we have had
occasion for the same. It is this reliance on that friendship that induces me to request
you would assist me and my
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, lladjee Soliman Aga, in our present war
against the Montifick Shaik, particularly with your Council and with your ships on
the river, in case my
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
should find it necessarj' to apply to you for them : the
affair now in question is of much greater consequence than anything that has hitherto
ever passed between us, and if you will assist in it, you may be assured the favor
will never be forgotten. Upon my arrival at Bussorah you may be assured I will
leave nothing undone to serve and oblige you. I beg you would advise and assist my
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
all in your power, and do everything that you can for my interests."
On receipt of this letter the Agent in Council resolved—
" that it would be time enough to give the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
the proper reply relative to
the assistance of the Hon'ble Company's vessels against the Montifick Shaik and such
like matters as soon as ever the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
was weak enough to ask it."
After agreeing to this resolution, the Agent returned (on the 29th
August 1769) the following reply to the Pacha:—
"I have received Your Excellencies letter; it gave me much pleasure to understand
by it that I shall soon have the honor of seeing you at Bussorah, and I hope Your
Excellency will meet with every success in your present undertaking. You desire me to
continue in friendship with your
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, and assist him, not only with my advice,
but with our ships, if he desires them ; I have convinced him of the difficulty of such
large ships as our's acting in this river, of which I doubt not he will inform you.
From our first settling in your country we have always been ready to assist the Turks
to the utmost of our power, and will ever continue to do so."
126. On the 1st March 1770 the Bombay Government made the
following intimation to the Agent in Council at Bussorah:—
" Our Hon'ble Masters have in their aforesaid commands, received here the 24th
September last, been pleased to restore Mr. Robert Garden to his standing in the
service, and as, from his prudence and knowledge of their affairs at Bussorah, we are
of opinion he will be useful at your settlement, we have thought proper to appoint him
second thereof, and he must take his seat at your Board accordingly, and remain con
stantly on the spot to take charge in case of the death or absence of the Agent.
Having appointed Mr. William Walker (Surgeon at Bussorah) Surgeon of Surat
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, he must repair thither, and Mr. George Birat to be your Surgeon in his room.
Mr. J ames Morley was also about the same time appointed an additional member of
the Bussorah
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. Mr. Garden and Mr. Morley having arrived at Bussorah joined
that
factory
An East India Company trading post.
on the 5th May 1770."
127. In a letter from the Agent in Council at Bussorah to 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.
, dated the 11th June 1770, that authority
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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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