!['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' [‎75v] (152/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0152.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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' [‎75v] (152/226)")
'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' [75v] (152/226)
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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120 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I, COMPY.
and this too in due consideration of the fulness of that valued friendship, and the
abundance of ancient and lasting unanimity which has existed between the two States
in ages past.
" With respect, however, to the overplus of customs taken from Mr. Sturmy and
the goods lost to Mr. Scooboda, we have made investigation and discovered that these
circumstances occurred by chance, and not from premeditation, we have consequently
returned them to the dragoman above mentioned, as we cannot consent to any conduct
towards the British Government contrary to Treaty and covenant, our friendship for
them being of ancient date, and also in compliance with the engagements of our pre
decessors up to the present date.
" In conformity therefore with the firm and lasting alliance formed between the
Imperial and British Government, with a view to confirm and secure the foundation of
that faithful alliance and to strengthen the bonds of the immutable and important
union set forth in the Imperial Treaties and Royal Edicts which are in their possession,
and in conformity with ancient rule and former precedent, we have agreed to the
observance of all the stipulations above mentioned, and have sealed this instrument as
a proof of our consent, and delivered the same into the hands of the dragoman afore
said.
" Be you therefore informed of this and consider it as fully efficient."
S. S.
261. In a letter from Mr. Swinton, Secretary to the Government
of India^ dated the 17th February 1821, this Government was informed,
in reply to a reference made on the subject, that the Most Noble the
Governor-General in Council had resolved to adopt a suggestion which
had recently been made by Mr. Rich, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Turkish
Arabia, that in order to restrain the indiscriminate admission of needy
adventurers and others into that country, a prohibition should be issued
against British subjects proceeding Irom the ports in India visiting the
interior of the Bagdad Pachalic, unless provided with a passport by the
Political Secretary at one of the Indian Presidencies granting such per
mission. This Government was at the same time furnished with the
following notification, which had, on the date of Mr. Secretary Swin-
ton's letter, been issued at Calcutta by order of the Most Noble the
Governor-General of India in Council. His Excellency the Most
Noble the Governor-General in Council deeming it necessary that all British
subjects proceeding from this
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
to any of the ports in the Persian
Gulf for the purpose of visiting or passing through the interior of
the territories dependent on the Pachalic of Bagdad shall provide
themselves with a passport from this Government, notice is hereby given
that • application for such passport is to be made to the Secretary to
Government in the Political Department, and that any person failing to
conform to this notice will be exposed to the hazard of being stopped on
his arrival at any of ports aforesaid, and of being prevented from the
further prosecution of his journey into the interior. Notifications to the
same effect were, at the suggestion of the Government of India, issued
by this Government on the 24th April 1821, and also by the Government
of Madras.
262. On the 9th May 1822 Captain William Bruce, of the
Hon'ble Company's Marine Service, then Resident at Bushire, was
informed that, in consequence of the abolition 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.
at Bagdad,
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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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