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The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad [551r] (19/20)
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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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- 542r:542v, 549v:551v
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