Euphrates Flotilla [‎441r] (53/60)

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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. 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 136 of 1842, dated 29 November 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 7 October to 30 November 1842. They consist of papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the steam ship flotilla on the River Euphrates.

The correspondence discusses matters including:

• The approval of the Government of India and 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. to the proposal of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, that the single steamer which is to be left on the Euphrates should be placed under the orders of the Commodore in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and be placed by him at the disposal of 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. [Ottoman Iraq]
• The Honourable Company’s steamers Assyria and Nimrod , brought down to Bombay [Mumbai] from the Euphrates, being fitted out for service on the Indus
• A report of the proceedings of the Honourable Company’s flotilla on the Euphrates and Tigris for the months of August and September 1842
• 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. informing Commander Henry Blosse Lynch (commanding the steam flotilla on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris) in response to his report on the depot at Marghill [Al Ma‘qil], that it is not necessary for it to either purchase or rent the buildings at the depot as the Euphrates Flotilla has been disbanded
• 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. requesting the removal of the stores at Marghill and at other places on the River Euphrates to the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , with the exception of those which are required by the steamer Nitrocris , ordered to be retained for service on the Euphrates.

The correspondence is between the following: 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. , John Pollard Willoughby; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor; the President and Governor in Council of Bombay, Sir George Arthur; and Commander Lynch.

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