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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' [42r] (85/226)
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.
—1646 TO 1846.
53
122. On the 22nd June 1769 the Agent at Bussorah addressed the
following letter to the Pacha of Bagdad, complaining in the instances
therein mentioned of the conduct previous to his removal of Hadjee
Soliman Aga, the (Turkish) Governor of Bussorah :—
" I have already taken the liberty of addressing my complaints to you, not only on
account of the insults which the English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in particular have received from your
present
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.
here, Hajee Soliman Aga, but on account of his tyrannical proceed
ings relative to the Christian merchants in general. To these remonstrances, to my very
great surprise, I have hitherto received neither reply nor redress. How destructive to
your interests must be the continuation of Hadjee Soliman Aga at Bussorah, it is need
less to point out to you. The Armenian and other Christians, you may be assured, will
not continue long here; indeed, many of them would have left Bussorah some months ago
had not my entreaties with them prevented it. As to justice, your Governor knows it
not; his oppressions are general, nor can age or indigence be exempted from his cruelty
and rapacity. I do therefore again in the most earnest manner request of Your Excellency
to move Hadjee Soliman Aga, if not, you will drive us to measures that will be disagree
able to both. Give me leave to support my request by relating the following
circumstances which your
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.
has been guilty of within these seven days past:—
" ls£.—The permitting two of his servants who were attending him on horseback
to strike with clubs the horse on which was a gentleman belonging to me, and who was
at that time in company with me, complaint made ; no redress.
" 2ad. —The imprisoning and beating the porter of the English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for no
other reason that I know of than because he was a Christian and a servant of that
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
" How great a violation these insults are of the most sacred treaties subsisting
between the Sublime Porte and my Royal Sovereign I submit to your consideration,
and in hopes of redress from you, 1 conclude myself with due respect."
123. In reply, the Pacha in a letter to Mr. Moore, dated 10th July
1769, stated as follows :—
" You write me the causes of your complaints against my
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.
, Hadjee
Soliman Aga, and three other persons. This is much against my inclinations, not only
on your account, but on account of the friendship between your King and mine. I now
write on the strongest manner to my
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.
on these points, and have directed him
to shew you all favor and friendship ; he is likewise ordered to give you every satisfaction
you can desire on account of the insults you have received at Bussorah, and you may
depend you will henceforward receive greater honors than have ever hitherto been
shewn you. Do not listen to every report that is made you. Depend on my friendship,
and be assured of my protection."
124. Previous, however, to the receipt of the above reply, the Mus
saleem had expressed himself desirous of being for the future on a
friendly footing with the Agent in Council at Bussorah, when he was
informed by Mr. Moore (the Agent) that before this could be accom
plished he must, without reservation, agree to the following conditions,
with the whole of which he complied :—
" —That proper persons should be sent to the Agent from 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.
to
ask him pardon for the insult shewn him with imprisonment of one of the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
ser
vants, for the several other insalts which the English have received during his Mussa-
leemship, and to promise in his name a very different conduct towards us in future.
2nd. —That 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.
should give us a Teskera or order on the Shah Bunder
for the payment of 20,000 Cruz on account of the country merchants' property landed at
the Goomrook from the Albion, Rumhald, and Drake, but that the Turkish customs on
all the English property and on all the country property on board them, sold by the
English, be paid by the said English into the Hon'ble Company's Treasury on
account of the Government."
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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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