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'File No. II/8 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Turkish Arabia. Nov '07 --' [40v] (80/110)
The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1905-5 Oct 1909. 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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2
Resident was of opinion that the Mir had
fallen into had hands and had been robbed by
his servants, who had earned him a bad name
by not paying reasonable remuneration to
policemen aud others who had been placed at
bis disposal.
226. {Vide paragraph 195 of the Memo-
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Messrs., Lynch’s claim IJUo.) Un tne Util
sgainst the ottoman November 1908, His
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Britannic Majesty s
Ambassador at Constantinople reported to Bis
Majesty’s Government that he had notified to
the Turkish Minister of the Interior that
Messrs. Lynch had waived their claim for
damages on account of the attack on the
“ Blosse Lynch ” on the understanding that
the local authorities at Baghdad and Basra
would take steps to prevent the recurrence of
such incidents in future. Nakki Bey said that
the present Yali of Baghdad was an honest
and energetic official w r ho would not, like his
predecessor, foment the tribal trouble in which
the attack on the steamer originated. He added
that it was proposed to increase the local
forces at Baghdad to enable them to cope
w ith tribal disturbances.
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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from February 1905 to October 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... regarding external affairs relating to 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. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched from the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
Topics covered in the memoranda include:
- Baghdad railway
- Hedjaz railway
- relations with the Ruler of Najd, Ibn Sa'ud
- financial situation of the Turkish empire
- attack on Messrs Lynch and Co's steamer Blosse Lynch
- development of oil fields near Mosul
- navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia
- Yemen affairs
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-53; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/7
- Title
- 'File No. II/8 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Turkish Arabia. Nov '07 --'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:54v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence