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File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.' [60r] (128/536)
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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No. 117, dated the 4th—17th September 1910.
From—His Excellency the Wall of Baghdad,
To—~His Britannic Majesty^s Consul-General at Baghdad.
En reponse a votre lettre No. 146 du 15 septembre j’ai riionneur de yous
informer que les travanx de voiries entrepris partout dans ce Vilayet se fait
conformement aux rbglements Municipaux et sur I’avis de I’ingenieur on
arcliitecte attache a chaque Municipalite.
II m’est particulibrement penible d’etre dans I’obligation de vous faire
remar qner que^ le fait d’avoir envoye des representants de votre Consulat
General controler 1’expertise faite par une Mnnicipalite constitne nn acre
d’immixtion officielle dans nos affaires immobilieres, acte que je considbre
contraire a la loi du 13 sefer 1284.
Si vos ressortissants—qui sont directement justiciables (Art. 2 par. 3)
des tribunaux Ottomans—ont quelques reclamations a formuler, ou s’ils avaient
eyentuellement des dommages et interets a reclamer, ils doivent s’adresser
directement aux autorites judiciaires ou municipales, au meme titre et dans les
memes conditions que lessujets Ottomans.
C’est la une question de principe trbs important, ne tolerant aucune sorte
d’exception et sur lequel il ne m’est pas possible de transiger malgrd les
meilleurs sentiments dont je suis animes, envers votre Consulat General.
Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Consul General, les assurances de ma consider
ation distinguee.
No. 150, dated the 20th September 1910.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General at Baghdad,
To—His Excellency the Wali of Baghdad.
In conformity with an indication contained in Your Excellency’s letter
No. 117 of the 17th September 1910, the British Indian owner of the house at
Kadhimain will present a petition on the subject of the threatened demolition
of his property to the President of the Kadhimain municipality. A copy of his
petition is enclosed for Your Excellency’s information.
As Your Excellency declines to discuss the merits of the case with me
and even the question whether an order to execute repairs might not be
substituted for the order to demolish, I can do no more.
Your Excellency must not therefore blame me, if the matter reapears
later in another form.
Pray accept Your Excellency, the expression of my highest esteem and
consideration.
Petition, dated the 20th September 1910.
From— Sajjad Ali Khan,
To—The President of the Kadhimain Municipality.
I have received a verbal notice from the Kadhimain Municipality ordering
me to demolish an arch and upper storey belonging to my house there, on an
allegation that they are dangerous.
With reference to this notice I beg to point out that the building in ques
tion is not dangerous, as an impartial inspection will prove ; and that, at the
most, some surface plastering and pointing are required.
I therefore request that you will kindly arrange for the order of demolition
to be withdrawn, in which case I will proceed to make any repairs that may
appear desirable.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:262v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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