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The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1904-1914. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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4
Y.—Turkish Affairs.
(a) Military.
1. An amended statement of the distribution of the 12th (Kirkuk) Nizam
Infantry Division, supplied by His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Musal,
is appended to this report. It should be substituted for the second part of the
* See last Summary, v —3, and Appendix to the statement * submitted by me last month,
same - There appears to be now a certain concen
tration of divisional strength at Kirkuk, similar to, but less marked than, that
at Baghdad.
2. A standing commission for the local purchase of supplies for the troops
was formed at Baghdad about the beginning of November. The President is
Colonel Rasim Bey, Chief of the 2nd Section of the Staff of the Army Corps.
The members, all civilians, are ’Abdul Qadir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
(Khadhairi), Muhammad
Ja’far (Chalabi), al-Hajj Pawud (a merchant), Mahmud (Chalabi), son of
. c , , c , r Mustafa Salim, and Shaul Shashu’ (a
Jewish merchant). The first-named
member is one of the Waifs new favourites.!
3. It is stated that the direct control of the Gendarmerie in the Baghdad
Army Corps district has been transferred from the head of the Gendarmerie
Department in the War Office at Constantinople to the Governor-General of
Baghdad.
4. A body of about 600 men mounted on mules arrived at Baghdad from
Kirkuk on the 23rd ft ovember. It is stated that these represent the 35th
Cavalry Regiment, one of those of which the conversion l into mounted
+ See Summary for June, v— 4 . infantay was recently ordered ; but, if
this is true, an explanation will have to
be sought of the means by which a single regiment has been raised to such a
phenomenal strength. I expect that the so-called 35th will be found to include
the bulk of the 36th Regiment, and I shall not be surprised if the 33rd and
34th Regiments have also been laid under contribution.
(b) Civil.
5. It is announced that the Turkish police will in future wear Qolpaqs
(sheepskin caps) and be equipped with American pistols and electric lanterns.
6. It is understood that an Istinaf or High Court has recently been
established at Basrah. Istinaf cases from Basrah were formerly heard in the
High Court at Baghdad.
7. It is expected that the Qadha of Kut-al-Amarah § in the Baghdad
§ See
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, Vol. II, page 736. P re S6ntly be made a Sanjaq,
with Badrah as one of its Qadhas.
Khurasan also will be raised to the status of a Mutasarrifliq having Khanaqin,
Mandali and Samarrah (already Qadhas) and Khalis (now a Nahiyah) as its
principal sub-divisions. In the Basrah Wilayat, it is stated, ’Ali-al-Gharbi and
Majar al-Kabir, at present Nahiyahs of the ’Amarah Qadha, will become
separate Qadhas. If the above changes mean a real improvement in the class
of the officers employed at the various places in question, they will be an
advantage; if not, they will be a useless expense.
8. The Baghdad newspaper “Raqib” has been suppressed: it ceased to
appear from the 20th of October. The reason alleged for its suspension was
that a charge of sodomy against the editor was pending in the courts; but it
is stated that this charge was brought at the instance of Nazim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, to
whom the paper had given trouble.
9. News has been received of the appointment of an Assistant Wali for
Baghdad in the person of one Lutfi Bey. This gentleman is said to be
a judge of the “Mixed Marine Commercial Court ” at Constantinople; but
I am not sure of the proper designation of the tribunal in question. Lutfi
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the distribution of the Oudh Bequest in Kerbala [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf]. The correspondence is principally between the Government of India (Foreign and Political Departments), the 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. , and the Foreign Office. There are many enclosures that include correspondence from the following:
- the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 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. (who also acts as the British Consul-General in Baghdad);
- Mirza Muhammad Hassan Mohsin, British Vice-Consul at Kerbala;
- several mujtahids (a person accepted as an authority on Islamic law) from Kerbala and Nejaf;
- J W Hose, Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces.
The Oudh Bequest was an annual payment made by the Government of India to the mujtahids of the holy shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf. This payment was the interest on a loan given to the East India Company in 1825 by the King of Awadh, who instructed that it be used to improve religious learning and help the poor of Shia communities in Iraq.
The papers within the volume cover the discussion over how the bequest was to be distributed. This system of distribution underwent several changes over the years, owing to complaints of unfairness by potential recipients and corruption as perceived by the British. Included within the volume are several petitions from mujtahids and representatives of the Indian residents of Kerbala and Nejef for a fairer distribution of the funds.
The volume includes extracts from the summaries of events 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. that were produced on a monthly basis by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Baghdad.
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- 1 volume (126 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 33r:37v, 40r:60v, 62r:66v, 69r:127v, back-i
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