Affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic and Persia [‎434v] (20/20)

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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 18 of 1853, dated 10 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 10 March 1853.

The enclosure consists of a letter from HM Consul at Bagdad [Baghdad] and 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. [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. in the Political Department, sending under flying seals (to the address of the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department) copies of two despatches regarding affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] and Persia [Iran].

The first despatch, from Rawlinson to HM Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople [Istanbul], Colonel Hugh Rose, encloses with comments a copy of a despatch from Rawlinson to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs concerning the effect of the recent change of Governor in Bagdad from Namik Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ] to Reshid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mehmed Reshid Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Gözlüklü], with the latter’s first act being to address conciliatory letters to various ‘Arab Chiefs’ promising them amnesty for past ‘offences’ and generous treatment for the future. Rawlinson states that all the great tribal chiefs have come to Bagdad to give homage to the Governor.

The second despatch encloses copies of two despatches from Rawlinson to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding:

• The mother of Prince Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Mulk Ārā Qājār] (brother of the Shah) expressing ‘the strongest desire’ that her son should spend a few years in England and receive an English education, and Rawlinson’s views on the possible advantages which might result from this if Abbas Mirza were to succeed to the Persian throne, for the consideration of the Secretary of State
• Military arrangements and movements taking place in Bagdad ‘of a very serious character’, threatening hostilities between the Governments of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] and Persia.

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1 item (9 folios)

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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 426. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of the enclosure.

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