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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' [23v] (48/226)
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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1G PRECIS OF INFORMATION REGARDING CONNECTION OF E. I, COMTY.
40. The following is an extract from the Surat Diary for the 9th
December 1728: —
" Imported the Fame frigate and Fort St. George galley from Surat. By the Fame
we received letters from Bussorah and Gombroon, dated the 12th and Slst October. The
former advises in substance what the Resident had before wrote to Gombroon, copy of
which was sent us by the Fort St. George galley, and further that, in the month of
August last, the Government seized upon his linguist and put him in irons on pretence
that he had taken upon himself to act as trustee to a deceased Armenian's estate
without an order, as usual, from the Gauzy. Mr. French, thinking himself affronted in
the person of his servant, thought fit to resent it by retiring with the rest of the
English on board the Brittannia, where he had not been long before the Captain
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
sent him word that his servant was released, and desired he would come ashore
to receive him, but he insisted on his being delivered up aboard, which was accordingly
done, and the Captain
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
sent his second to invite him to his house. Mr. French
then went ashore, and the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
gave him assurances of all the favor and protection
he could desire, and a phirmaund, that in case any of our servants for the future
commit any crimes we shall have the liberty of punishing them ourselves, and when
any disputes shall arise about debts or contracts with the country people the Gauzy
shall examine the affair in presence of our Resident, and in case he (the Resident) shall
think the sentence not equitable it shall not bind till the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, upon a fair hearing,
confirms it: so this affair ended much to our advantage. He advises further that the
boats from Bagdad not being arrived at the date of his letter, he fears he shall not be
able to despatch the Brittannia before the 1st December, but hopes to obtain a very
considerable freight for her before that time, and that late advices from Aleppo say
that war is likely to break out in Europe, as the King of Spain had renewed his preten
sions to Gibraltar and Port Mahon, supported therein by the Enperors of France and
Russia, and that the Dutch seem inclinable to stand neuter."
41. In the Diary for the 21st November 1731 allusion is made
to a letter having been writen on that day by the Bombay Government
to the Chief and factors at Goombroon, and the substance of that com
munication is at the same time given. The following extract therefrom
relates to the Company's affairs at Bussorah :—
" The phirmaund obtained by Mr. French from the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Bussorah for the
English paying only 3 per cent, customs on all goods sold at that port will be highly
advantageous to private trade ; and as he has been at so large an expense in obtaining
it purely out of regard to the public good, we are willing to grant him all the relief we
can, and we direct them to order him to open a head on the Bussorah books of charges
in procuring a phirmaund in favor of the English trade, debiting it for the whole
amount of the expense, with the growing interest thereon ; and in that expense let be
included three thousand crus as a gratuity for Mr. French's trouble, and let him
credit the said account by account consulage for the consulage annually collected until
the prinicipal and interest is paid; by this means the debt contracted for procuring
the phirmaund becomes the Company's, and for their re-imbursement we direct an
additional duty of 1 per cent, be laid on all trade carried on by the English to the
Port of Bussorah, as well by the Company as private persons trading under their
protection, until the said sum in principal and interest thereon, according to the
custom of the place, is fully cleared, and no longer."
42. On the 30th August 1733 the Agent in Council at Gombroon
informed the Bombay Government that they had just received a letter
from the Resident at Bussorah containing the following intelligence :—
" The Grand Vizier had defeated Thomas Caun near Bagdad, and killed 50,000 men
on the spot; that the engagement lasted with great fury several hours, and that
the troops Thomas Caun left to blockade Bagdad were almost all cut off by a sally
made from the town by Ahmed
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, a small parly excepted, with their General,
Mahomed Caun Bullouch; and that the Vizier had sent a
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
with a deachment of
horse to pursue Thomas Caun as far as Ahmadoon, and there to stay until further
orders. About a month before this news came, they had, they say, received Thomas
Caun's answer to Mr. Holmes' remonstrance and the Agent's letter, couched in very
complaisant terms, in which he sent an order to the Shawbunder and supravisors to
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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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