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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' [66v] (134/226)
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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102 PRECIS OP INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OP E. I. COMPY.
ever have any important business, and demand a confidentisl person on the part of
the Pacha to converse with, there shall be no objection made to it, and the person
required shall be immediately sent: the benefit arising from this Article are clearly
reciprocal.
"Aeticle VI.
" There shall be no equivocation on any of these Articles. Should any doubts
hereafter arise relative to any particular contained in the Articles (especially Article
II.) the explanation of it shall be in favor of the Resident."
224. The Pacha sent the above agreement to Mr. Kich (on the
25th January 1810) in charg-e of the second officer of the Palace, with
a retinue of 200 Georgians, with orders to escort that gentleman into
Bagdad. Mr. Rich accordingly returned to Bagdad and two days
afterwards (the 27th January) paid a "public ceremonial visit" to the
Pacha, on which occasion he was invested by His Excellency with a
Pelisse, and received a present of a horse with housings, his assistant
(Mr. Hine) and Dragomen being at the same time invested with
Pelisses.
225. The Pacha on the 1st February 1810 addressed a letter to
Mr. Governor Duncan, informing him of his reconciliation with Mr.
Rich, and engaging strictly to observe the whole of the conditions
embraced in the Articles of the Agreement above alluded to.
226. In reply to repeated calls made upon him by this Govern
ment by order of the Government of India, Mr. Manesty, after consider
able delay, forwarded, on the 20th December 1809, the following informa
tion in regard to the Turkish import and export duties levied at Aleppo,
Bagdad, Bussorah, and Constantinople. These statements were forwarded
by this Government to the Government of India on the 27th January
1810:—
Statement of Turkish duties, import, collected; at Bagdad, native property,
according to the regulations of the Custom House of the present* day, viz.—
7^ per cent.
n
71
h
8i
9| Piasters per chest.
On Bengal goods of all descriptions whatever ...
On Surat, Guzerat, and Sind piece goods of vai
descriptions ...
On Cambay goods ...
On Surat, Leree, and Germasoot goods
On cotton yarn called Terbund
On ditto ditto called Shagyree
On Guzerat, Leree, Teffereck, and Germasoot goods
On indigo
On pepper, sugar, suguar-candy, sandal-wood, iron, black-
wood, ginger, tea, lead, sticklac, coffee, cinnamon,
cardamoms, nutmegs, cassia, cloves, and all other
gruff articles ... ... ... ... ... percent.
N.B.—These customs are collected on a valuation some times very exorbitant
and always exaggerated, whilst with respect to the Surat, Leree, and Germasoot, and
the Guzerat, Leree, and Germasoot and Tefiereck goods, the customs, now apparently
moderate, have been reduced to prevent smuggling and to encourage their owners to
convey them to the Custom House, although they there suffer exceedingly by the selec
tion therefrom of the choice prices by 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 Custom Master at their own
prices.
* December 1809.
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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).
Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.
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