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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' [20v] (42/226)
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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10 PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I. COMPY.
to lay out any quantity of money for that which is their own, and afterwards it will
be charge enough to keep it in repair; therefore endeavour so to act in this affair that
the Hon'hie Company may have the least charge. We have not more to enlarge, but
wishes for your good health and a safe arrival unto your assured friends.
"(Sd.) Mathew Andrews.
„ John Lambton."
20. On the 18th March 1661 the Chief in Council at Surat
deputed two of their servants, Mr. Richard Bladwell and Mr. Ralph
Lamhton, to Mocha, with an investment of goods, with instructions,
after disposing of them, to dissolve the East, India Company's
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at that place, when Mr. Lambton was ordered to proceed on to Gom
broon and Bussorah and Mr. Bladwell to return to Surat from Mocha.
The following is an extract from the Commission issued on this occasion
to these gentlemen by the Chief in Council at Surat:—
" In June we make no doubt but you will be ready to dispeed the Seaflower by the
middle at the farthest, if not sooner. We desire it may be accomplished, and on
her Mr. Ralph Lambton and Henry Bromfield to voyage ; the cargo to be consigned to
Mr. Ralph Lambton for dispose, and the Chief of Bussorah, in case any be there at his
arrival, or he voyage thither for it. At Bussorah, we say Gombroon, 30 per cent,
profit, clear of all charges (freight reckoned in), can be obtained there. Mr. Lamb
ton—You have license to make sale of it there; if not, to proceed to Bussorah ; this
we desire your notice of; and because the freight of the prementioned Chelabye's
goods is agreed for Bussorah also, being no other ship going thither with that
commodity, will cause the rising in price, unless you can agree with his vakeel to sell
at Gombroon also. This we leave unto your discretion to conclude, desiring it may
be so acted that aftenvards there may be no pretences, nor trouble. Mr. Bladwell—
You are to return on the Gurusavoy, one of the King's junks, with what money of
the Company's, &c., you shall be possessed of, and hope Mr. Sainthill also : for if he
observes order, we desire you to give him the respect of Chief in the management of
our masters' affairs, but take great care you be not baffled by him, or over-ready by
fair words or promises to no purpose. This affair is weighty, you go about, being
the clearing of the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is our desire and order, and therefore so act that you
may have reputation with our Hon'ble employers, and commendation from them, who
are your assured friends."
21. From the above it would appear that, in the year 1661, the
East India Company had no Agent or Chief constantly residing at
Bussorah, but that one or more of their servants, belonging to the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Surat or at Gombroon in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, was, from time to
time, sent to Bussorah for the sale and purchase of investments, and
that they returned to their station on the completion of the service on
which they had been sent.
22. In January 1661 a Treaty of 67 articles was entered
into between Great Britain and Turkey to the effect of Appendix A.,
annexed to this Summary. This Treaty was concluded on the part of
the British Government by—
" Heneage, Earl of Winchelsea, Ambassador Extraordinary from His Majesty King
Charles II. to the Court of Mahomed, Sultan of Turkey. This Treaty, amongst other
stipulations, provided that all vessels sailing under the British flag should be permitted
to trade without molestation to all ports within the Turkish limits; that all British
subjects should freely and securely come and go by land through all the imperial limits
of the Turkish dominions; and at their own pleasure, safely and securely, traffic in all
parts of those dominions;"
and that all accusations, of whatever kind, made against Englishmen
residing in or passing* through Turkish territory should be investigated
J.
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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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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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