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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' [63v] (128/226)
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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96 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
their persons and property, whether private or public : both of these
officers therefore resolved to continue in charge of their respective
Residencies. This resolution was approved by the Government of India.
212. On the * June 1807 an insurrection took place at
Constantinople, which ended in the deposal, and subsequent assassination,
of " Selim," Sultan of the Sublime Porte, and the elevation to the
Ottoman throne, under the name of Mustapha, of Beram, son of Abdool
Hamid, a former Sultan.
213. On the 18th August following "Ali" Pacha of Bagdad
was assassinated by a party of Georgians, and in consequence of this
event
Kia
A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge.
Pacha, the Minister of the deceased, assumed, by general
consent, charge of the Government of the Pachalic, pending a reference
to Constantinople. In reporting this event, Mr. Hine, the Acting Resi
dent at Bagdad, stated that the death of Ali Pacha had diffused a general
satisfaction throughout the Pachalie, and that he was of opinion that the
interests of the Hon^ble East India Company 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.
would
in consequence be greatly promoted. On intelligence of the death of
Ali Pacha reaching the Sultan, he appointed " Soliman, w nephew of the
deceased. Pacha of the Bagdad Pachalic.
214. Sir Harford Jones was, on the 24th September 1807, delegated
by His Majesty's Government on a special mission to the court of the
King of Persia. The Bombay Government therefore deemed it unneces
sary to keep the situation of Resident of Bagdad any longer open for
Sir Harford Jones, and accordingly, on the 16th January 1808, Mr.
Claudin James Rich of the Bombay Civil Service was nominated f to
that appointment.
215. On the 9th February 1808, Mr. Jonathan Duncan, then
Governor of Bombay, addressed the following letter to Soliman Pacha,
congratulating him on his accession to the Government of the Bagdad
Pachalic, and intimating the appointment of Mr. Rich as Resident at
Bagdad, in succession to Sir Harford Jones:—
" The Government has seen with the greatest satisfaction the accession of His
Excellency to the Pachalic of Bagdad, and offer their sincerest congratulations to him
on his new dignity, which it hopes he may enjoy for a long series of fortunate years,
with increasing prosperity, doubting not but that his Government will eclipse the
splendour, not only of all the former Valis of Bagdad, but even of his illustrious uncle,
the late Vizier Soliman Pacha. The Government ever anxious to preserve the relations
of friendship and amity which have subsisted from time immemorial between the
British Governments in India and the Valis of Bagdad, but more especially with the
late Soliman Psujha, have appointed a new Resident, Sir Harford Jones, the former
Resident at the Court of the Pacha having heen removed to a different service, and
have charged him with their congratulations to His Excellency, and empowered him to
strengthen and confirm the bonds of alliance. The Government for this purpose has
made choice of Mr. Rich, a person whose acquaintance with the language and
manners of the East (having already resided^ a considerable time in the dominions of
the Sublime Porte), they hope, cannot fail of being acceptable to His Excellency. Ha
is in possession of the entire confidence of Government."
* The precise date cannot be ascertained from the records.
t Mr. Rich arrived at Bagdad on the 4th May 1808, and on the same day received
charge of the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
from Dr. Hine.
t As Consul General in Egypt.
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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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