Turkish Arabia Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 638-647
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The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 11 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872. 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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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.
The Enclosures consist of Despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul-General, Baghdad, to the British Ambassador in Constantinople, concerning affairs 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. .
The Despatches cover: insurrection of Shammar Arabs at Nisibeen; tribal affairs; intelligence reaching the Consul-General from Nejd [Najd]; statistics of deaths from cholera; the mutual irritation of the Persian Government and the Ottoman authorities over various incidents in the area; and intelligence concerning Abdullah [Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] and Saood [Saud ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd].
The Enclosures are dated 11 September - 2 October 1871.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 638-647
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- Political No. 216 of 1871
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- 11 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Turkish Arabia Affairs
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