'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎249] (358/496)

TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
Art. XI. Narrative of a Journey through parts of Persia and Kur
distan, undertaken ly Commander J. F. Jones, I. N ., of the Horible
Company s Steam Vessel 66 Nitocris,” in company with Major liAYf-
linson, 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 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. . —Dated Baghdad, 31st
December, 1817.
[Presented by Government.]
The accumulating disputes between Persia and Turkey in <1843 threat
ened to involve those Empires in a destructive war, that would ill accord
with the interests of European States. The frontier had already become
the scene of strife, on which acts both of aggression and retaliation
were of daily occurrence. In this menacing attitude, the offer of a
friendly mediation by Russia and England was accepted, and the Mi
nisters of the contending parties prepared accordingly to submit the
°ng-pending disputes to the arbitration of these great powers, who
had invested with full authority a Commission for the purpose. Erzroum
was determined on as the most convenient spot for the prosecution of
its Liboi s, and archives, records, and former treaties, were soon collected
to aid in the complicated task. So vague and conflicting, however, was
the evidence before the Commission, that it was deemed advisable to pro-
c tue oral and more direct testimony from the Chiefs of some of the