Turkish Arabia Affairs [‎109r] (1/10)

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 109-113

The record is made up of 1 item (5 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1861. 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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Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 6 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1861. The enclosure is dated January 1861. Received 19 April 1861.

The enclosure consists of a letter from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 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. , forwarding a dispatch sent to HBM's Ambassador at Constantinople, giving a summary of affairs at Baghdad.

The letter includes a report from the British Agent at Bussorah [Basra] of the implications of the plunder of a Turkish [Ottoman] government vessel by a party of Arabs who were subjects of Persia [Iran].

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 109-113
Title: Turkish Arabia Affairs
Pages: 109r:113v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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