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General No. 33 of 1874, Reporting the Transfer of Colonel Herbert to the Political Agency at Oodeypoor, and the Appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel John Pigott Nixon as Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [362r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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No. 33 of 1874.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
FOREIGN EEEA.RT1MENT,
GENERAL.
To
The Most Hon’ble
The MAEQUIS oe SALISBUEY,
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Tort William, the %)th November 1874.
My Lord Marquis,
With reference to paragraph 11 of our despatch in the Political Depart
ment, No. 185, dated 16th October 1874, we have now the honor to report, for
the information of Her Majesty’s Government, that we have transferred
Colonel Herbert to the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Oodeypoorin Eajpootana, and have
appointed 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.
at Oodeypoor, Lieutenant-Colonel John Pigott
Nixon, to be
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.
.
2. We would request Your Lordship to take the necessary steps for in
vesting Lieutenant-Colonel Nixon with the powers of a Consul-General.
We have the honor to be,
My Lord Marquis,
Your Lordship’s most obedient, humble Servants,
NOETHBEOOK.
B. H. ELLIS.
H. W. NOEMAN.
A. HOBHOHSE.
E. C. BAYLEY.
(Signed)
35
33
33
33
33
JOHN INGLIS.
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This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 November 1874, reporting the transfer of Colonel Charles Herbert to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Oodeypoor [Udaipur], and the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel John Pigott Nixon as 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. [Ottoman Iraq]. The despatch requests that Lieutenant-Colonel Nixon be invested with the powers of a Consul-General. It is in continuation of despatch No. 185, of 16 October 1874.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 362, and terminates at f 362a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 362a.
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- IOR/L/PS/6/122, ff 362-362a
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- General No. 33 of 1874, Reporting the Transfer of Colonel Herbert to the Political Agency at Oodeypoor, and the Appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel John Pigott Nixon as Political Agent in Turkish Arabia
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- 362r:362v, 362ar:362av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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