!['Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎33r] (67/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0067.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [‎33r] (67/226)")
'Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with Turkish Arabia, as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information' [33r] (67/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (111 folios). It was created in 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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WITH
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.
—164G TO 1846.
35
manding him for the above order. The
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
also addressed a letter to Mr. Shaw
expressing his concern at the Frenchman's impudence,"
and inviting him to pay him a visit at Bagdad, in order that he might
have an opportunity of rendering " his superior regard and esteem for the
English nation public to the world." Mr. Shaw excused himself from
accepting this invitation on the plea that the Hon'ble Company s
affairs prevented his leaving Bussorah at that period.
89. Shortly afterwards, however, Solyman
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
sent another
pressing invitation to Air. Shaw to visit him at Bagdad, and having sent
this invite by some special messengers, who had been ordered to escort
Mr. Shaw to Bagdad, he deemed it advisable to accept the invitation, and
accordingly proceeded to Bagdad, where, on his arrival on the 15th June
1759, he was received with marks of favour and distinction. During
Mr. Shaw's stay at Bagdad the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
granted him a general phir-
man confirming all the rights and privileges previously enjoyed by the
" English." The following is an extract from Mr. Shaw's report on this
subject;—
" My last address waited Your Worshipful in Council by Captain Price of the Swal
low, since which time, at the repeated invitations of Solyman
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, I have made a trip to
Bagdad, which I would gladly have excused; but he having sent down a particular
favorite of his to invite me, and after him another, and all the friends and well-wishers
of our nation, both officers and merchants at Bagdad, writing me more pressingly to
accept the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's invitation, whom they represented as inclined to do me every
favour I could demand, whereas on the reverse, a refusal must need disgust him, as he
had sent his particular favorite to invite and attend me up, and had even fitted up a
house and garden at Bagdad, and furnished it for my reception, and had sent orders
both to all the Turkish and Arab Governors and Shaiks in the way to treat me with
singular respect. This being the case, and the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and
Kia
A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge.
repeating the most
pressing instances by letters one after another to see me a day sooner, and all the well-
wishers of our nation here (as well as at Oagdad as above mentioned) pressing me to
accept of this invitation, and at the same time receiving advices from my Attorney at
Hossein
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's Court that without the immediate interposition of Solyman
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
nothing could be recovered, and that other creditors were eating up the remains of
his fortune by phirman from Stambole, &c., presents to his officers; I say, this
being the case, and considering that the heats being fairly set in, I had little hopes
to clear the warehouses of the Hon'ble Company's woollens before the approach of the
cold weather, and as to despatches I was there in the way to forward them with
more care and expedition, whether to or from Europe, I was at last prevailed on to
set out, attended by the officer whom the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had sent to invite me, and 1 happily
arrived at Bagdad the latter end of June, where, as well as by all the officers in the
way, the most extraordinary marks of favour and distinction were shown me; and to do
honor to our nation, the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
repeatedly on the way sent me letters of welcome,
and on my near approach ordered many of his officers of the greatest distinction, and
also of the troops and janizarees, to attend me in my entrance into that city, and by
his daily invitation and compliments, each day exceeding another, was I detained till
the middle of August, and in short had such public honors and favours conferred on
me as has rejoiced the friends, and confounded the enemies, of our nation, particularly
the French, the ill-behaviour of whose Resident here was in some respect the original
cause of this invitation, as Your Worshipful, &c., will see by copy of my address to the
Hon'ble Company under date the 18th April last, to which I beg leave to refer you as the
letter book for last year goes enclosed. The
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has favoured me with a general
phirman confirming all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the English, even in
Stambole, by which means our private trade will be cleared of many impositions here,
and no further shawbuudees or other fees to be collected of the shipping, which amounts
to between three and four hundred Cruzrais for every ship, great or small, no further
marbar charges, nor uctosobs (a large duty for exporting goods up-country), and this
for ever excludes the ships' presents, and further enables to send over cloth up to
Bagdad (should the Hon'ble Company at any time choose it) custom free, or to supply
the merchants there on the same terms as we do at Bussorab, the risque only to be
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The volume is Precis Containing Information in regard to the First Connection of the Hon'ble East India Company with 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. , as far as the Same Can Be Traced from the Records of the Bombay Government, together with the Names of the Several British Residents and Political Agents Who Have Been Stationed at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussorah [Basra] between A.D. 1646 and 1846, accompanied by Other Information (Calcutta: Foreign Department Press, 1874).
The volume includes a five paragraph introduction stating that the record had been compiled following a request 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. from the Government of India (folio 15). The information is a mixture of précis and direct quotation, with comments. The sources are correspondence; minutes; extracts from proceedings; treaties; lists; the diary of the Bombay Government; the diaries of Surat and Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; reports; committee reports; dispatches to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; statements from the Military Auditor-General; and firmans.
The record includes selected information on appointments; personnel; treaties; trade; relations with the Ottoman authorities; diplomatic contacts; political developments; climate and health; administration; and naval and martime affairs.
Five appendices at the rear of the volume (folios 85-109) give transcripts of treaties between England/the United Kingdom and the Government of the Ottoman Empire (the Sublime Porte), signed 1661-1809; and a 'Memorandum on the present condition of the Pachalic [Pachalik] of Bagdad and the means it possesses of renovation and improvement' dated 12 November 1834.
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- 1 volume (111 folios)
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There is an index on ff 2-15. The index gives the following information in parallel columns: year; miscellaneous information regarding 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. (ff 2-11); appointments etc. 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. commencing with the year 1728 (ff 12-14); Euphrates expedition and flotilla (f 15); paragraph of summary; and page. Entries in the index refer to the numbered paragraphs that compose the main body of the text (headed 'Summary').
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 109, on the last folio bearing text. The numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. There is also an original printed pagination, numbered i-xxviii (index); [1]-137 (main body of text); [i]-xlix (appendices).
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