File 3846/1910 'Mesopotamia: Baghdad affairs. Miscellaneous.' [‎69r] (146/536)

l n P?, s ? lble th at no further claims will arise; but the intentions of the
local authorities are unknown, and they are very changeable.
To
I have the honour to be.
Your Excellency’s most obedient humble Servant,
J. G. LORIMER, I.C.S.,
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
H. E. M.’s Consul-General,
Baghdad.
His Excellency the Right Hon’ble
Sie Gekaed Lowther, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador,
Constantinople.
I.
Estimate of compensation due to British subjects at Baghdad on account of wrongful demoli
tion or inequitable expropriation of inmoveable property at Baghdad.
Lette
of
eerie?
Description and owner
ship of property
(also ground of claim.
Estimatec
cost of
, reconstrac
' tion.
Estimatec
value of
land takei
[ Estimatec
incidental
i. losses.
1
Total.
Bemarks.
£. T.
£. T.
£. T.
£. T.
A.
Six shops and a bound
ary wall belonging to
Messrs. Stephen
Lynch& Co. (Wrong
ful demolition : no
compensation i s
tendered.)
- 26090
207-40
100
668-30
A detailed estimate is attached.
It was prepared by Mr. F. W.
Parry, Messrs. Lynch’s re
presentative at Baghdad, and
checked by Mr. J. C. Gaskin,
Commercial Assistant in the
British Political 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. ,
Baghdad. In Mr. Gaskin’s
opinion Mr. Parry has under
valued the land taken, but it
is not for this 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
put forward a claim larger
than tha, which has been
presented on behalf of the
firm.
B.
Main offices and Khan
(Warehouse) belong-
ing to Messrs.
Stephen Lynch & Co,
(Inequitable expro
priation : only £, T.
423£ is tendered.)
l,184 , 16
248-88
396
1,828 04
Do. Do. Do.
Plans for reconstruction are
attached.
C.
House belonging to
the estate of the late
N a w a b Iqbal-ud-
Daulah. (Wrongful
demolition : no com
pensation is ten
dered.)
34677
247-05
•••
693-82
A detailed estimate is attached
It was prepared by Mr. J. C.
Gaskin, who took measure
ments of the remains of the
demolished portion of the house
In my despatch N o. 776-42 of
the 5th September 1910, I
spoke of this house as “old and
possibly insecure ” but Mr.
Gaskin, who knew it well,
informs me that it was
capable of standing for some
years more. Eram Bey, the
Wali’s Political Secretary, was
himself living in it when it
was condemned. It was the
first house of a British subject
to be destroyed, and unprepared
as I was then for unscrupul
ous action on the part of the
local authorities, I did not take
the precaution of inspecting it
personally.