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'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' [‎12v] (26/226)

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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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[ XXII ]
Year,
Appointments, &c. t 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.
Paragraph of
Summary.
Pago.
A. D.
1762
Mr. James Stuart died suddenly on the 2l8t July
1762. Mr. Dymock Lyster, belonging to the Gom
broon Factory An East India Company trading post. , immediately proceeded to Bussorah,
and assumed charge of the liesidency
99
i
39 to 41
1763
On the 22nd January 1763 Government directed the
removal of the Gombroon Factory An East India Company trading post. to Bussorah,
and appointed Mr. William Andrew Price " Pro
visional Agent in Persia," and directed him to
establish his head-quarters at Bussorah
99
39 to 41
1764
On the 14th January 1764 Mr. Price quits Bussorah
on his return to Bombay, leaving Mr. Dymock
Lyster in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ...
104
43
1764
On the 12th February 1764 Mr. George Skipp, a
writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. on the Bombay Establishment, is sent to
Bussorah for the purpose of keeping the Factory An East India Company trading post.
books
105
43
1764
On the 16th April 1764 Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench
was appointed by the Bombay Government the
Hon'ble Company's Agent " for all aifairs of the
British nation in the Gulf of Persia, &c., in
Council at Bussorah." Mr. Wrench arrived at
Bussorah on the 10th July 1764, and assumed
charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at that place on the follow
ing day
106
43
1766
Mr. James Morley appointed by the Bombay Gov
ernment, on the 5th January 1766, the First
Eesident at Bagdad: this appointment, however,
was cancelled in the month of November follow
ing by order of the Hon'ble the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
111
47
1797
On the 31st January 1767 Mr. Wrench, in conse
quence of ill-health, resigns the office of Agent
at Bussorah and is succeeded on the 11th of the
following month by Mr. Henry Moore
113
47
1767
Mr. William Digges Latouche is appointed, on the
11th February 1767, Assistant to the Agent at
Bussorah
113
•47
1767
Mr. John Yockly Bothan is at the same time
appointed Secretary to the Agent ...
113
47
1767
Mr. Dymock Lyster, 2nd in Council at Bussorah,
dies on the 15th November 1767, and by order
of Government is succeeded by Mr. John
Beaumont ...
116
50
1768
Mr. George Skipp proceeds on a mission to the
King of Persia, and by order of Government is
succeeded as 3rd in Council at Bussorah by Mr.
William Lewis
116
50

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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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Title: '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'
Pages: front, front-i, 1r:84v, 84ar:84av, 85r:110v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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