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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' [‎2v] (6/226)

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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Year.
MiscellaneooB 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. .
Paragraph of
Summary.
Page.
A. D.
1661
A Treaty of 67 Articles concluded in January 1661
between Great Britain and Turkey ...
22
10
1765
A further Treaty concluded in September 1675 ...
23
11
1765
There are no records in the possession of the
Bombay Government from the year 1664 to
1670
26
11
1672
List of the Bombay Factors in December 1672,
and showing at what stations they were then
employed
27
12
1676
Ditto ditto in the year 1676 ...
28
12
1676
Another vessel despatched from Surat to Bussorah
in April 1676 with an investment of goods in
charge of Mr. James Adames
30
12
1677
From a letter, dated the 14th July 1677, it appears
that the East India Company's Factories at
Bussorah and in Persia were under the control
of the Agent in Council at Gombroon in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
32
13
1683 to
1707
Nothing important connected with Bussorah can
be found on the records of the Bombay Govern
ment between the years 1683 and 1707
34
13
1708 to
1719
There are no records in existence belonging to the
Bombay Government between the years 1708
and 1719 ...
35
13
1724
Review taken in April 1724 by the Bombay Gov
ernment of the then state of the Company's
affairs at Bussorah
36
13
1727
Substance of two letters addressed to the Bombay
Government by Mr. French, in charge of the
Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah, on the subject of the then
state of the East India Company's affairs in that
quarter, dated the 17th and 18th November 1727
37
14
1728
From ditto to ditto dated the 2nd March 1728
38
15
The Pacha of Bussorah in October 1728 imprisons
and puts in irons the Linguist attached to the
East India Company's Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bussorah. Mr.
French demands satisfaction, and declares that if
this be not granted he will withdraw from Bus
sorah. This demand is complied with by the
Pacha
40
16

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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)
Arrangement

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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'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' [‎2v] (6/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C30, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023252871.0x000007> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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