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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' [48v] (98/226)
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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66 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
"We will admit of no larger sum than
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
300 being expended in one year in
repairs to the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
" We allow the Resident to purchase three horses on the Hou'ble Company's
account, the cost of which must not exceed
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
200 each.
" No presents are to be given to any one, but in cases of the most absolute neces
sity.
" The
factory
An East India Company trading post.
guard of
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
now at Bussorah are to be returned to India by the
Eagle, on which account we have in the above Statement added two J anisaries to the
number before allowed."
152. Mr. Latouche replied to the above letter on the 14th Decem
ber 1778, and expressed his acknowledgment for the confidence reposed
on him by Government in appointing him Kesident at Bussorah.
153. In the same letter* Mr. Latouche made the following represen
tation to Government:—
" The private trade of this place, since the capture of it by the Persians, has been at
such a low ebb that the 1 per cent. Consulage which is allowed to the Agent, or Resi
dent, on the European imports, and which used in some measure to compensate for the
deficiency in their appointments from the Hon'ble Company, is now a mere trifle. Last
year it amounted to little more than
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
200; in this it will hardly be as much. What
little trade is stirring consists in cofi'ee and other 4 gruff' from Bushire and Muscat,
and in a few piece-goods from Surat. The country merchants find a method of import
ing these goods at a very moderate duty, whilst the Resident is liable to the payment of
8 per cent, here, besides the 6 per cent, paid to the Hon'ble Company at iSurat, on
such goods as he may bring from thence; the country merchants therefore can afford
greatly to undersell him, and he has little prospect, whilst the present Government
continues, of obtaining a profit on such trade in any shape adequate to the risk and
great uncertainty of the markets. Would Your Honor, &c., however, extend your
indulgence still further to him by exempting his own trade from the payment of the
Company's 3 per cent, customs here, which it is at present liable to, it would be no
real loss to them, whilst it would in some measure remove the disadvantage that he
at present labours under.
" The Resident most humbly hopes that this representation of his situation may
not be considered by you as proceeding either from discontent or ingratitude. He is
highly sensible of the honor you have done him by your late appointment. He is
convinced that at the same time you intended him advantage by it, and he would
rather trust to his fortune for the one than be deterred by still greater difficulties
from accepting the other."
154. In the diary of this Government for the 25th May 1779
allusion is made to a letter having been received from the Residentf
at Bussorah, dated the 25th of the preceding month, " reporting the
circumstances of the late revolution in that city, by which it has again
reverted to the hands of the Turks " and that the Resident entertained
the pleasing hope that by this change " the Hon'ble Company would
again possess every advantage which they formerly had in the gulf."
The following is an extract from this letter :—
"Our last respects were dated the 29th December (1778). We are sorry to inform
Your Honor in Council that your original packet per Eagle, despatched the 31st October,
was not received at Aleppo the 19th January, though the duplicate which followed it
19 days after was received at, and forwarded from, Aleppo the 8th and 9th January.
We are advised from Bagdad that the messengers who carried it had been obliged to
* No reply or Resolution of Government on this letter can be traced,
f The letter was signed by the Kesident and by Mr. Abraham, his co-adjutor.
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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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