The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 542-551
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 13 December 1871, concerning the capture and execution by the Ottoman authorities at Baghdad of Shah Riza, a Persian subject, on a charge of brigandage on Ottoman territory.
The Enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul-General at Baghdad, dated 16 August 1871. This letter encloses transcripts of statements concerning the case; letters of protest from the Persian Consul-General; and a letter in response from Midhut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Governor of Baghdad. Herbert's view was that the execution resulted from the irritation of the Ottoman authorities at cross-border raiding from Persia, and might lead to reprisals.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 542-551
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- Political No. 202 of 1871
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- 16 Aug 1871-15 Jan 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
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- British Consul, Baghdad
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