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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' [&lrm;13r] (27/226)

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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' [‎13r] (27/226)

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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'

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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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[ XXIII ]
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.
1768
Mr. George Abraham is appointed Assistant to the
Agent in Council at Bussorah on the 20th
February 1768
116
50
1768
Mr. George Green, Factor at Bushire, arrives at
Bussorah on the 3rd October 1768, and takes his
seat as 3rd in Council ...
116
50
1770
Mr. Robert Garden is " restored to his standing in
the service," by order of the Hon'ble the Court of
Directors, and is appointed by the Bombay Gov
ernment 2nd in Council at Bussorah
126
54
1770
Mr. James Morley is at the same time appointed
an additional Member of the Bussorah Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ...
126
54
1775
In consequence of ill-heath Mr. Moore, the Agent
at Bussorah, resigns that apointment on the 15th
July 1775, and is succeeded by Mr. Latouche ...
142
61
1778
The " Council" at Bussorah abolished and 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. re-established. Mr. William Digges
Latouche being appointed Resident with an
establishment on the scale mentioned at page 237
of the Summary
151
65
1779
Mr. Abraham appointed Joint Factor with the
Resident at Bussorah on the 31st December 1779
155
67
1779
A Surgeon is also at the same time appointed to
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. .
1780
In consequence of the death, on the 17th June 1780,
of Mr. Abraham, Government appointed Mr.
Samuel Manesty, 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 Estab
lishment, Assistant to the Resident at Bussorah...
158
68
1783
A Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. on behalf of the East India
Company is appointed at Bagdad on a salary of
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 1,100 per annum
160
68
1784
Mr. Latouche in consequence of ill-health resigns
the office of Resident on the 6th November 1784,
and proceeds to England overland, leaving his
Assistant, Mr. Manesty, 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.
at Bussorah
161
68 & 69
1786
On the 10th March 1786 Mr. Manesty made over
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. to Mr. John Griffith, who
had been appointed by Government Resident at
Bussorah, and resumed his own duties as Assistant
to that 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.
161
68 & 69
1786
On the 5th December 1786 Mr. Griffith is compelled,
from ill-health, to return to Bombay again, leaving
his Assistant, Mr. Manesty, 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. , who from this date became Resident
at Bussorah ... ... ...
161
68 & 69

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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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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C30
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
Usage terms: Open Government Licence