Bagdad Pachalic Affairs

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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 101 of 1848, dated 28 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 28 September to 14 October 1848.

The enclosures consist of copies of despatches 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. (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Palmerston) and HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul] (Sir Stratford Canning), forwarded under flying seals to the 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. . The despatches concern affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] and Persia [Iran], including the views and actions of the Assef-ed-Dowlah [Allahyar Khan Asif al-Dawlah Qajar Davallu] in relation to the Persian succession, following the death of the Shah [Mohammad Qajar].

Extent and format

1 item (23 folios)

It is part of

‘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 1-4, on folio 297. 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.

Written in

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 296-318

Former external reference(s)

No. 101 of 1848

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Nov 1848 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Kings and rulers--Succession

Places

Pashalik of BaghdadPersia

People & organisations

Shah of PersiaPolitical AgentAllāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū

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Bagdad Pachalic Affairs, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 296-318, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000a> [accessed 20 November 2024]

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