The Steamer Nitocris on the Euphrates River [‎28r] (15/88)

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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 95 of 1847, dated 12 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 14 April to 30 October 1847.

The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes and resolutions of 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. , relating to the steam ship Nitocris on the River Euphrates. They discuss matters including:

• The price which should be paid for the purchase of a supply of coal for the use of the Nitocris on the Euphrates (to be landed at Bussorah [Basra, also spelled Bussora in this item] and stored at Bagdad [Baghdad]), and the type of coal which would be most suitable
• The resolution of 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. that the officer proceeding in command of the Nitocris should be enabled to distribute presents to persons (‘Arab Chiefs’) from whom he may receive aid in facilitating the surveys contemplated
• The amended scale of establishment (rates of pay for the Commander and crew) submitted by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Governor of Bombay for the Nitocris
• The recommendation 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] that Lieutenant James Felix Jones, commanding the steamer Nitocris , be appointed Surveyor in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in addition to his present duties, to carry out ‘surveying mapping and reporting on the countries watered by the Tigris and Euphrates, and their affluents’, and his subsequent appointment on an allowance of five Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per day or 150 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month when actually employed on survey duty.

The main correspondents are the following: 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 Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver; 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; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, William Edwards.

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