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File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.' [40r] (88/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1910-1912. 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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C onfid e a t i f,l«
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30. 594/B7,
( a w i f )
ritish Horidency end Consulate General,
V- f ;hdn<i »17th Jttl^ 1911 •
to
o \ir Kxoellenoy,
1 hnT« the honour to draw attention to the long
continued failure of the Turkish Corernoeat to meet soir.e
rliivh olaias for eompenaotion whioh were autmitted to Your
Easelleno^ in separate correaj^mdenoe ending with my deax^itoh
To. 106/4 of the 4th February 1911 and so. 1075/66 of the 2nd
December 1910.
The former set of olaine relate to wrongful
demolitions of houses and shops; end, though the demolitions
were carried out from six months to a year ago,not n farthing
of the compensation due, entiaatod by me nt f.f.5,400, ha® ^et
been Paid to *lje owners, ^h© moat important of the diofioentlod
preofisee still li® unrepaired and unoccupied,-*- a depreeeing
sight for persons \mder British protection and one calculated
to excite arrogance in the Turk®.
ill® other claim of old standing related to a loss
of suffered by 1 ^bdul 1 All,ice merchant,in consequence
of illegal interference with hie trad© by the local authorities
at Baghdad in July and Adgiist 1910* ’Abdul* All inform© me that
only a few days agd noisy demands for a reduction in the price
of bis ice war© mad® by a crowd ©t the gate of one of his
factories* on a X attribute this demonstration to the sieohievous
effects, wh ioh nothing has yet been done to remoTe, of the
unlawful
ills Excellency the r.ijht honourable
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.i-iT' • verard lowth er,/ # •. «v>, v#**©
His Britannic i^jesty’a AAbesasdcr,
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, relating to the encroachment on the British 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. in Iraq by the Vali of Baghdad for the purpose of road widening. Also discussed is interference by the Turkish authorities with the property of Messrs Lynch Brothers as well as the ice factories of British Indians.
The file also includes monthly summaries of events in Turkish Iraq compiled 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 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. and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General Baghdad, John Gordon Lorimer. These are generally arranged in the following sections: Musal [Mosul] wilayet; Baghdad wilayet; Basrah wilayet; Persian affairs; Najd affairs; British interests; foreign interests and cases other than Persia and British; commercial matters; general and miscellaneous.
Correspondents include: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Viceroy; Ambassador in Constantinople, Sir Gerard Lowther; British Vice-Consul, Karbala, M.H. Mosin; 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. and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Baghdad.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3846 (Mesopotamia:- Baghdad affairs; Miscellaneous) consists of one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 262; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/188
- Title
- File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:262v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence