Bagdad Pachalic Affairs [‎457v] (16/18)

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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 15 of 1850, dated 16 March 1850.

The enclosed papers, dated between 15 and 17 January 1850, concern affairs in the Ottoman Pachalic [Pashalik] of Bagdad [Baghdad]. They comprise a despatch sent by 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. [Ottoman Iraq] to the Government of India, Foreign Department, enclosing copies of Kemball's letters to Sir Stratford Canning, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Government, Constantinople [Istanbul].

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

• The alleged financial malpractices of Nijib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mehmed Necib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , or Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā], former Ottoman Governor of Bagdad
• The perceived apathy and indolence of the current Governor, 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. , or ‘Abd al-Karīm Pāshā]
• Administration of the tribes in the Hindieh [Al-Hindiyah] district
• Required repairs for the Hindieh dike [dyke].

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