The Steam Ship Nitocris on the Rivers of Mesopotamia

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 102 of 1848, dated 30 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-36 and are dated 13 January to 23 December 1848. They mostly consist of copies of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay, regarding the East India Company's steam ship Nitocris on the rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq].

The enclosures discuss matters including:

• An application from 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. for sanction to purchase a supply of two hundred tons of coal for the use of the Nitocris , which was about to be despatched from England to Bussorah [Basra]
• The views of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy on the inexpediency of allowing Commander James Felix Jones to be absent from the Nitocris for the purpose of conducting surveys in Mesopotamia and adjacent areas
• The grant of a superior command allowance to Commander Jones of the Nitocris while employed on the rivers of Mesopotamia
• The continuance of the allowance of one hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month granted to Commander Jones, for defraying the expenses incurred in making presents to Arab Chiefs.

The main correspondents are as follows: the Chief Secretary 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. (Arthur Malet); 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. (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Commodore Sir Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Henry Miers Elliot); and the Military Auditor General, Bombay (Lieutenant Colonel George Moore).

Extent and format

1 item (56 folios)

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/458

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-36, on folios 320-324. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure.

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English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374

Former external reference(s)

No. 102 of 1848

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Nov 1848 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Mesopotamia

People & organisations

President and Governor of Bombay in CouncilPolitical AgentSuperintendent of the Indian NavyNitocrisGovernment of Bombay, Military Auditor GeneralGovernment of India, Foreign SecretaryJames Felix Jones

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