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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' [56r] (113/226)
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.
81
Seead Sultan, of which I had long foreseen the issue, has^ been amicably settled, the
Muscat Fleet has repaired to Bussorah, and the usual friendly intercourse has taken
place between the Turkish Government and the subjects of the Imam. 11ms, Honor
able Sir, without taking one single measure or exposing the nation, or the Hon ble Com
pany to the smallest political ditHculty, I have in the Pacha s estimation rendered him
a most essential service, and given him the most unequivocal proof of my being autho
rized by you, and personally inclined to promote his interests on all occasions.
185. On the 5th January 1799, His Britannic Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary at Constantinople concluded a ireaty of defensive alli
ance with the Sublime Porte, having in view the co-operation of British
with Turkish troops against the French Army under Buonaparte in
Egypt.
186. In a letter, dated the 30th January 1799, the Resident at
Bussorah stated he had reason to think that it might become extremely
necessary that he should pay a visit to the Pacha of Bagdad, which
Mr. Mauesty stated, from an ardent wish to communicate with him per
sonally, His Excellency had been long desirous to receive. Mr. Manesty
therefore solicited permission to proceed to Bagdad in the event of its
appearing to his judgment politically necessary and likely to be productive
of beneficial effects : In reply Mr. Manesty was informed on the 26th
February 1799, that Government was desirous on account of the expense
it would entail that he should dispense with his proposed visit to Bag
dad, and that they could only authorize his doing so,—
" provided the exigency be of such a nature as could not be equally well answered
through the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of Mr. Jones,"
the Resident at Bagdad. In consequence of this intimation Mr. Manesty
abandoned his proposed visit to the Pacha.
187. During the years 1798 and 1799, Government complied with
several applications from the Pacha to be provided from Bombay on his
defraying the cost, with mortars, shells, muskets, gunpowder, and other
munitions of war. The Pacha also requested to bn furnished for service
with his army with an experienced gunner and an—
" able bombardier of the Mahomedan persuasion, who had been trained in the Military
service of the Hon'ble Company in India."
With reference to this application Government, in August 1799, sent to
Bussorah, and thence on to Bagdad, a conductor* and two European
Gunner for the purpose of serving in the Pacha's army.
188. On the 15th October 1799, Mr. Manesty received an intima
tion from the Right Honorable the Earl of Mornington, Governor-Gene
ral of India, that Tippoo Sahib had sent an embassy to the Sublime
Porte vid Bussorah, with presents for the Sultan and letters, re
presenting—
" that the British Government tyrannically and cruelly oppressed Mahomedans in
India,"
» This person's name was Raymond. He subsequently occasioned Government consider
able trouble in consequence of his having deserted and taken service under the t rench, as
serting that his real name was " Siddard," and that he was of French extraction. He
was afterwards appointed by the French Government their Consul at Bussorah ; successive
Pachas refused for upwards of 20 years to surrender this person to the British (lovormuent.
In 1826, however, he was finally surrendered and brought to Bombay, when, in consideration
of the time which had elapsed, he was pardoned.
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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).
Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.
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