"ملخّص يحتوي على معلومات بشأن الاتصال الأول لشركة الهند الشرقية مع الجزيرة العربية التركية، طالما أمكن تتبع ذلك من سجلات حكومة بومباي، بالإضافة إلى أسماء العديد من المقيمين البريطانيين والوكلاء السياسيين الذين عُينوا في بغداد والبصرة في الفترة بين ١٦٤٦ و ١٨٤٦ ميلادي، وبمرافقة معلومات أخرى" [ظ‎‎١‎١] (٢٢٦/٢٤)

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Year.
Miscellaneous information regarding Turkish Arabia,
Paragraph of
Summary.
Page.
A. D.
1841
Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, Political Agent in Turk
ish Arabia, is, on the 10th August 1841, appointed
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bagdad
301
135
1843
The Pacha of Bagdad, on the 7th March 1843,
requests to be furnished from Bombay with
20,000 cannon shot and an iron steamer, on
his defraying their cost, and that Lieutenant H. B.
Lynch, of the Indian Navy, may be appointed to
the command of that vessel. These requests were,
by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor-
General of India, negatived
302
135
1843
The Agent in England of Messrs. Hector & Co.,
merchants at Bagdad, states that the application
of the Pacha for a steamer has created consider
able excitement amongst the trading community,
and complains of the general conduct of Lieute
nant-Colonel Taylor in matters of trade
303
136
1843
An intimation is made to the Government of India,
in August 1843, that the Bombay Government is
of opinion that the Political Agency in Turkish
Arabia is maintained on a far too expensive a
scale, and that all requisite objects could be at
tained either by an Assistant Resident in the
Persian Gulf being stationed at Bussorah, or by
the appointment of a Consul at that place
303
136
1843
In reply, the Government of India, under date the
16th September 1843, state that they have post
poned the above suggestion for future considera
tion, but that that authority has removed Lieute
nant-Colonel Taylor from the situation of the
Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, and has ap
pointed Mr. Rawlinson, C.B., to succeed to that
appointment
303 to 305
136 & 137
1843
Major Rawlinson arrives at Bussorah on the 25th
November 1843, and reaches Bagdad on the 6th
of the following month ...
306
137
1843
Under a Resolution passed by the Government of
India, on the 13th April 1844, the audit and
adjustment of the accounts of the Political Agency
in Turkish Arabia are transferred from the Civil
Auditor, Bombay, to the Civil Auditor, Calcutta...
307
137
1844
On the 5th March 1844 Major Rawlinson is
appointed Her Majesty's Consul at Bagdad in
succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor
308
137