Persia and Bagdad Pachalic Affairs [‎74v] (10/38)

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures 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. , 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 7 of 1850, dated 15 February 1850.

The enclosed papers, dated 19 November to 13 December 1849, concern affairs in Persia [Iran] and the Ottoman Pachalic [Pashalik] or Bagdad [Baghdad]. They comprise correspondence between Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting 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. [corresponding approximately to present-day Iraq]; Lieutenant-Colonel William Fenwick Williams, British Survey Commissioner for the Turco-Persian Boundary Commission; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire [Bushehr]; Sir Stratford Canning, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople [Istanbul]; 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. ; and the Government of India in Fort William.

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

• A request by Lieutenant-Colonel Williams for the presence of East India Company cruizers at Bussorah [Basra] to support the work of the Boundary Commission
• Political affairs in Oudh [Awadh]
• The ongoing civil war in Khorasan, including an envoy sent from there to Tehran
• Relations between the Ottoman Government and the Mujtahids of Kerbellah 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 movements of Abdi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Abdul-Karim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ], the Governor of Bagdad
• Revenue collection in Hendieh [Hindiyah] District
• The death of the Muntifik [al-Muntafiq] Sheikh and the election of his brother as successor
• The encampment and activities of the Anizeh [‘Anizah] tribe
• Political affairs in Sulimanieh [Sulaymaniyah].

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