!['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' [‎43v] (88/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0088.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' [‎43v] (88/226)")
'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' [43v] (88/226)
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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56 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
iust after we last addressed you, which was the first of this month, the Agent and some
of Your Honor's servants retired to Belvoir, about four miles from Bussorah, and the
rest shut themselves up in the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in town, hoping that in a short t ime the summer
setting in would put a stop to this calamity. In the meantime the Drake and Tiger
were stationed at Belvoir, and all communication was stopt with the countrypeople;
the disorder since that time has continued to rage with unrelenting rigour; one
thousand and upwards have been daily carried off by it, and contrary to our expecta
tion, and the opinions of several here, the heat instead of checking has rather in
creased it. In this calamitous situation the contagion spreading around us, even to
our very doors, the provisions which we had laid in for our subsistence beginning to
fall short, and no method of recruiting them without running the greatest risque at
the same time of receiving the contagion, our domestics too having all left us, we
have unanimously thought it the most prudent and eligible _ method, as well for the
preservation of our own lives as those oi the people belonging to the two vessels,
to leave the place and retire to Bombay, trom whence we can return at the opening of
the season in case we hear that the disorder has ceased. Our stay here could answer no
one good purpose, no business whatever can be transacted, nor would it be prudent at
any rate to have any communication with the countrypeople for these six months at
least; Your Honor's house no outstanding debts of any consequence, and as we have
recommended the care of your
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, after having seated up the godowns, &c., to
the Government here, and have besides appointed Coja Petrus and Coja Miriar, two
respectable Armenian merchants, your Vakeels, in our absence, we do not think your
effects will run the least risque. We have concealed from the people, however, our in
tention of going as far as Bombay, for whilst they are ignoiant when we shall return
they will be more on their guard. Your Honors may be assured we have maturely
considered this step, and that our regard to your interest, as well as to our own for
tunes, which on account of outstanding debts, &c., are left in a much more precarious
situation than your affairs, would prevent our adopting it without we were convinced
of the absolute necessity of it."
130. In conformity with the above Resolution, the Agent in
Council, consisting 1 of the gentlemen mentioned below,* left Bussorah
on the same day, the four former in the Hon'ble Company's vessel
Brake, and the two latter in the Tiger, The Brake arrived in the
Bombay harbour on the 14th of the following month, when she was
ordered to proceed to Butcher's Island to perform quarantine. Messrs.
Moore, Lewis, LaTouche, and Abraham accordingly remained on
Butcher's Island until the 17th June, when they were allowed to land in
Bombay.
131. The Tiger, however, having on board Messrs. Beaumont
and Green, was captured off the island of Ormus, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
on the 26th April, by some Bunderick Gallivats, and both of those
gentlemen were taken prisoners to Shiraz, where, after being kept for
some time, they were removed to Bushire. Mr. Green was released on
the 2nd September 1774, and reached Bussorah on the 19th of the same
month. Mr. Beaumont was detained a prisoner at Bushire until the
22nd April 1775, when he was released after a captivity of nearly two
years.
132. In conformity with instructions from Government, Mr.
Moore left Bombay on the 28th October 1773, on his return to
Bussorah, for the purpose of resuming his duties as Agent, and was accom
panied by Mr. William Digges LaTouche, Mr. George Abraham, Mr.
James Collings, and Mr. Galley. These gentlemen arrived at Bussorah on
* 1 Mr. Moore.
2 „ Lewis,
3 „ W. D. LaTouche.
4
5
6
Mr. G. Abraham.
„ Beaumont.
„ Green.
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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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- front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
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