'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' [‎68r] (137/226)

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.
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230. On the 2nd June 1810 Mr. Rich, in reply to the above
orders, stated that from " motives connected with the good of the service"
he had resolved to continue for the present to reside at Bag-dad, and
that he had therefore directed Dr. Colquhoun, the Surgeon and Assistant
to the Resident at Bussorah, to receive charge of 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. from
Mr. Manesty. A few days, however, previous to Mr. Rich having issued
this order to Dr. Colquhoun, that gentleman had been sent by Mr.
Manesty to Bagdad in charge of despatches to the Resident at that
place. Dr. Colquhoun returned to Bussorah on the 12th June (1810),
and on the same day received charge of 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. from Mr.
Manesty. In reporting his having made over charge of 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. to Dr. Colquhoun, Mr. Manesty stated that it was his inten
tion to remain at Bussorah, on account of his private affair, until the
1st September following, on which date he would proceed to England
vid Constantinople, without, however, resigning the service. In reply,
Mr. Manesty was informed that Government
" could not permit hiin to proceed to England without his conforming to the estab
lished regulations and orders of the Hon'ble Court, which required a resignation
of the service in this country, to which however it would be recommended to the
Court that he might be allowed to return should he solicit it."
In reply, Mr. Manesty, on the 23rd September 1810—
"tendered his formal and decided resignation of the Hon'ble Company's service,"
having, as he stated, " determined to accept the offer of an annuity which had been
made to him by the Committee of Management of the Bombay Civil Fund."
In conformity with this resolution, Mr. Manesty stated that he
intended shortly to proceed to Bagdad, where after a short stay he would
proceed on to Constantinople, and finally to England. In reply, Mr.
Manesty was prohibited from proceeding further than Constantinople,
until he had furnished Government with certain documents, for which
Government had several times called, connected with his accounts, and
had satisfied all public demands against him.
231. In a letter dated the 29th July 1810 Dr. Colquhoun reported
that Selim Aga, 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. of Bussorah, who had received an intima
tion that he was about to be removed from that office by the Pacha, had
for some time past projected the design of revolutionizing the Pachalic,
w T ith the view of deposing the Pacha and raising himself to that dignity.
On endeavouring, however, to carry this design into execution, he was
surprised by the sudden hostile appearance at Bussorah on the 10th July
of a large body of Montifick Arabs, from whom he had expected co-oper
ation, who on the 14th of the same month entered and took possession
of the town without bloodshed. Selim Aga immediately fled, but sub
sequently the Montifick Arabs permitted him to retire with his family
and property to Bushire, where, he stated, he was desirous of spending
the remainder of his life. On the 31st of the same month (July 1810)
Ahmed Beg,* who has been appointed by the Pacha 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. of
Bussorah in succession to Selim Aga, arrived at and entered that town
without any opposition from the Montificks, and assumed charge of the
Government.
* Ahmed Beg was deposed by the Pacha of Bagdad on the 1st January following, and
was succeeded by Ibrahim Aga, who was appointed by the Pacha to succeed to the office of
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. .