Bagdad Pachalic Affairs [‎13v] (6/20)

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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure 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 94 of 1847, dated 12 November 1847. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 27 September 1847.

The enclosure consists of a letter from the Acting 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 Arnold Burrowes Kemball, 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. in the Political Department, forwarding under a flying seal a copy of a despatch to the address of the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, forwarding copies of three letters addressed to HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], Lord Cowley, on the affairs of the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik, also spelled Pashalic in this item]. The letters to Cowley are dated 27 August to 15 September 1847.

The letters concern matters including:

• Intelligence of the movements of a Turkish [Ottoman] brig of war, including its visit to Muscat and its return to Bussorah [Basra], communicated in an enclosed copy of a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Major Samuel Hennell
• Intelligence received from Bussorah regarding Moolah Farraj Oollah [Mullā Faraj Allāh], formerly Governor of Arabistan, having ‘marched’ upon Dezfal [Dezful] to take up his ‘alleged’ re-appointment, and his subsequent actions upon resuming this office
• Nejib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Gürcü Mehmet Necip Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , or Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā] returning to Baghdad for ‘Eed’ [‘id al-fitr], and how he had been occupied in directing the clearing of the canals of Aboo Ghumib [Abu Ghraib] and the repairs of the old ruined dam at the mouth of the Hindeeah [Hindiya], while he was in the districts
• The cholera epidemic in the Southern parts of the Pachalic having reached Bagdad.

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