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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' [21r] (43/226)
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.
11
in the presence of the British Ambassador or Consul. It was further
agreed that all privileges and capitulations which in former times had
been granted by the Turks to the French, or any other Christian nation,
should also be conceded to the English; that no English Consul or
Eesident in the Turkish dominions should, under any circumstances, be
subject to imprisonment; and that no merchandize belonging to the
English should be subject to a higher rate of customs in the Turkish
dominions than 3 per cent.
23. In September 1765 a further Treaty to the effect of Appendix
B. was concluded between Great Britain and Turkey, confirming, with
several amendments, the above Treaty, and clearing up several ambiguous
expressions in the former Treaty, which were considered to require
explanation.
24. On the 22nd April 1663 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.
of the India Company addressed a despatch to the Chief in Council at Surat
expressing great dissatisfaction at the manner in which their mercantile
affairs had been conducted at their
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Gombroon, and in Persia
generally, and directing that the conduct of Mr. Pettit, then in charge
of their affairs in that quarter, should be enquired into. The following
is an extract from this despatch :—
" Concerning our Persia affairs, we have the less to say to you, being so dissatisfied
with the management of all our business there, yet we can hope for little good from
thence till you have changed the conduct of them, which we referred to your care and
settlement the former year upon due examinations of the several accusations and
charges against Mr. Pettit, from whom, since that time, we have received no despatches
or account of our concerns there any way pleasing to us, but long impertinent rela
tions, either foreign or very little relating to our business, while he is silent, or very
short of, to the most material things which nearly concern us."
25. The following is an extract from the reply returned by the
Chief in Council at Surat to the above communication from the Hon'ble
East India Company, dated the 4th April 1664:—
" We have considered of what you write concerning your
factory
An East India Company trading post.
of Persia, making
your two propositions you there insert into them, enordering Mr. Cradock to repair
io us by the next Bussorah ship that shall call there, and Mr. Fflower and Mr.
Swinglehurst to continue, but not to journey up to Ispahan ; and this course we have
at last thought the best for a year, two, or three, and not to draw them totally off, lest
it cause a dispute of that small pittance we now receive from them conditionally. These
remaining factors, now that the grar.deur is taken off, will be more moderated in their
expenses, which, if you shall approve of, rather than to leave the port void of any
English, be pleased to confirm by your next."
26. There are no records in existence belonging to this Govern
ment from the year 1664 to 1670. During the years 1671 and 1672
frequent correspondence took place between the Chief in Council at
Surat with the East India Company's
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Persia and with the
East India Company on the subject of the withholding, by the King of
Persia, of the payment of the share possessed by the Company in the
customs at Gombroon; and threats continued to be held out that even
tually coercive measures would be resorted to to enforce this claim.
It appears that at last the East India Company, despairing of ever
obtaining a satisfaction of this claim, appealed to the King ol England,
who addressed a conciliatory letter to the King of Persia on the subject.
This letter, however, did not procure the desired effect.
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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'
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