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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' [‎12r] (25/226)

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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[ XXI ]
Year.
Appointments, &c., 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.
Page.
A. D.
1728
The first allusion which can he traced on the records
to a British " Resident" being at Bussorah, occurs
in a document dated the 12th October 1728.
This appointment was then filled by a Mr. "Martin
French," one of the East India Company's
Factors
40
16
1737
Consequent on the death, at Bussorah, on the 7th
November 1737, of Mr. French, Mr. Nathaniel
Whitwell, one of the Council of the Gombroon
Factory An East India Company trading post. , is appointed his successor ...
47
20
1739
Mr. Thomas Dorrill, belonging to the Gombroon
factory An East India Company trading post. , in July 1739, succeeds Mr. Whitwell as
Resident at Bussorah ...
48
20
1746
Mr. Dorrill is succeeded as Resident at Bussorah by
Mr. Thomas Grendon, belonging to the Factory An East India Company trading post.
of Gombroon
59
24
1748
Mr. Grendon, upon his own authority, makes over
charge of the Bussorah 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. to Mr. Nathaniel
Pompet and proceeds to Bombay on private
affairs
67
27
1750
Mr. Pompet is removed by the Bombay Govern
ment from the office of Resident at Bussorah, and
is succeeded by Mr. Brabazon Ellis, 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
69
28
1750
Mr. John Holmes is appointed by the Bombay
Government Assistant to Mr. Ellis and proceeds
with him from Bombay to Bussorah
69
28
1753
Mr. William Shaw appointed by the Bombay Gov
ernment to relieve Mr. Ellis from the office of
Resident at Bussorah ...
77
30
1753
Letter of instructions addressed to Mr. Shaw on
his appointment to the above office. Mr. Shaw
arrived at Bussorah on the 2l8t August 1753, and
assumed charge of the office of Resident on that
date
78
31
1754
Mr. Robert Garden is appointed by the Agent in
Council at Gombroon Assistant to the Resident
at Bussorah in succession to Mr. John Holmes ...
79
31
1761
Mr. Shaw, the Resident at Bussorah, and his Assis
tant, Mr. Garden, are removed, in April 1761,
from their situations 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. ... ... ...
94
37
1761
Mr. Shaw is succeeded by Mr. James Stuart, belong
ing to the Gombroon Factory An East India Company trading post.
95
38

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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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'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' [‎12r] (25/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C30, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023252871.0x00001a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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