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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;30r] (61/226)

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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' [‎30r] (61/226)

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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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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.
1751.
29
Residence.
Person's names and employments.
Time of their
arrival in India.
Bussorah
Brabazon Ellis, intended for Resi-
j dent ... ... ... 22nd Feb. 1749...
Nathaniel Pompet, but ordered to
move to 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. ... 9th Dec. 1746 ...
1 John Holmes, Assistant to the
j Resident... ... ..., 10th Jpne 1750...
, Danvers Graves ... 18th May 1719 ...
L Francis Wood, Secretary ... 17th Aug. 1743...
150
40
15
Ages.
Titles.
Junr. Merchant.
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. .
Fifth in Council
Senr. Merchant.
Factor.
71. In a despatch, dated the 6th April 1752, the Hon'ble the Court
of Directors communicated to the Bombay Government their approval
in the following instance of Mr. Ellis's proceedings while Resident at
Bushire:—
" Mr. Ellis, our Resident at Bussorah, has behaved extremely well in refusing a
loan of money to the Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. , and in representing to Solyman Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. the contin
ued obstructions, impositions, and affronts he met with on this occasion, in which
manner as to procure ample and satisfactory redress.
In a subsequent despatch, dated the 14th March 1753, the Hon'ble
Court made the following' further remark regarding Mr. Ellis :
In our letter of the 6th April last we took notice of the good conduct of Mr. Ellis
our Kesident at Bussorah: his behaviour since appears to be very satisfactory and'
therefore we recommend it to you to continue him in that station, or as you shall find
he deserves.
72. In the diary of the Gombroon factory An East India Company trading post. for the 1st June 1749
the Resident at
the followinar
allusion is made to a letter having been received from
Bussorah, dated
intelligence:—
the 20th April preceding.
containing
" Th at the contest between the kings, it was expected, would be shortly decided •
that Ibrahim Shaw was at Tabareez, and by his conduct seemed to follow the steps of
his uncle Nadir Shaw. Their Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was within two days of Bagdad : it was said one
Iryache Jladjee Mahomed, formerly grand vizier, was arrived there, with six thousand
soldiers, as Governor, which, if true, the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's affairs appear bad. It was reported if
he should not have agreeable news from Court, he will enter the place sword in hand • he
was confirmed one year longer Governor of Bussorah, which, it was hoped, would make
him think it his interest to leave off his daily impositions. That the Government
had again insisted upon a further loan, but that, agreeable to our orders, he (the Ilesi-
dent at Bussorah) had struck his flag, acquainting them of his intentions of leaving the
place, which occasioned their desisting. The Kia A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge. sending several of the principal
people to invite his stay, promising no further molestation, and he hoped affairs would
go on better, and was then on better terms than the Dutch. He had addressed the
Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. concerning the affairs."
73. On the 3rd November 1751 the Resident at Bussorah (Mr. Ellis)
addressed a letter to the Agent in Council, Gombroon, from which the
following is an extract:—
" My last respects informed your Worship in Council of the necessity I had been
under of representing to Solyman Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. the Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. 's violent measures and extra
ordinary behaviour towards me, to which the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's answers have been extremely
sahsfactory and obliging; and his reprimand to the Mussaleem During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. thereon so very
effectual that the business of this factory An East India Company trading post. has been since carried on without the least
hindrance or molestation."

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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
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