!['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' [‎52v] (106/226)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00013b/IOR_L_PS_20_C30_0106.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' [‎52v] (106/226)")
'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' [52v] (106/226)
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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74 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
their power to cultivate the friendship of the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
and other officers of the Turkish
Government. Should the line here drawn for the guidance of the new Resident and
Factor fail of producing the desired accommodation, they are to state all the circum
stances to His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, who will be instructed by His
Majesty's Ministers how to act in consequence."
172. On receipt of the above despatch Government (on the 15th
September 1795) appointed Mr. Nathan Crow, then in Bombay, Resident
at Bnssorah in succession to Mr. Manesty, and Mr. Peter LeMessurier,
Joint Factor for that place, in the room of Mr. Harford Jones, with
instructions to proceed to Grane and assume charge of those appoint
ments with all practicable expedition. Mr. Harford Jones had, however,
intermediately" proceeded to England overland on account of ill health.
173. On the 29th of the same month, however (September 1795),
Government received a letter from Mr. Manesty, dated the 8th August,
reporting that a Turkish officer of very high rank was then on his way
to Grane, having been deputed by the Pacha from Bagdad on a Mission
to the Resident to solicit his return to Bussorah, and in the event of his
agreeing thereto, to escort him to that place. In a further letter, dated
the 18th August, Mr. Manesty reported the arrival at Grane on the
9th of the same month of " Ismael Effendi," the " Turkish officer above
alluded to, with a letter* from the Pacha to the address of Mr. Manesty,
couched in the most kind, friendly, and conciliatory terms," inviting
him to return to Bussorah, and promising that, in the event of his doing
so, the ten Jews who had insulted him should be delivered up to him
(Mr. Manesty) by the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
" for personal chastisement and impri-
sonment." Mr. Manesty accordingly agreed to return to Bussorah, and
left Grane for that purpose on the 26th of August (1795). Mr. Manesty
arrived off Bussorah on the 2nd of the following month, and twof days
afterwards made his public entry into the town and rehoisted the
British flag at the Company^
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
. Mr. Manesty stated that he had
been received by the
Mussaleem
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
in the most friendly and honorable
manner, and that the promise of the Pacha had been fulfilled of deliver
ing up to him the ten Jews, above alluded to, for punishment.
174. On receiving this intelligence the Governor of Bombay
addressed, on the 4th November 1795, the following letter to the Pacha :—
" The great proof you have given of your wish to be on terms of friendship with
our nation, by having invited Mr. Manesty to re-establish the English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
again
at Bussorah, has given me more satisfaction than I can well express. Mr. Manesty
has written me a particular account of his reception at Bussorah, which was, such as
may, to be expected from a friend. As Mr. Manesty is desirous of going to England,
I have at this propitious time sent Mr. Crow to relieve him, whom I have desired to
cultivate your friendship, and to whom, I have no doubt, you will show every attention.
I hope you will at all times favor me with friendly letters, giving an account of your
health and command me as your friend."
175. Messrs. Crow and LeMessurier arrived at Bussorah on the 1st
January 1796, when the former received charge on the same date of
the Resident from Mr. Manesty. In a letter to the address of Govern
ment, dated the 28th of the following month, Messrs. Crow and
* There is no copy of this letter in the records of Government,
f Namely the -Ith September 1795.
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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).
Condition: the volume is disbound and has lost its front cover.
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