‘State of affairs in the Baghdad Pachalie’ [‎69v] (32/52)

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Enclosures no. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 25 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 2-27 November 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in and around Bagdad [Baghdad], including:

• Flood defences on the Euphrates
• Trade and immigration through Bussorah [Basra]
• The unauthorised boarding of a British vessel at Bussorah by local authorities
• Troops raised by the Governor of Kormanshah [Kermanshah] to fight against ‘brigands’ in his province
• The immunity from British interference of Persian [Iranian] ships transporting enslaved persons in the Gulf and the difficulty of securing the release of those brought to Bussorah by them.

The primary correspondents are 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 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. , the British Consul in Bagdad and the Ottoman Governor of Bagdad.

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