Turkish Arabia Affairs

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This part of the volume consists of copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s 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 63 of 1853, dated 26 August 1853. The enclosure is dated 11 August 1843.

The papers relate to affairs in Bagdad [Baghdad] and 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. and include correspondence informing the 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. that the request of the Pascha [Pāshā] of Bagdad for ammunition and a manned steamer and the services of Commander Lynch could not be complied with.

The correspondents are the Secretary to the Government of India and the Chief 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. .

Extent and format

1 item (4 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 62

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 1a-4

Former external reference(s)

No. 63 of 1843

History of this record

Date(s)

26 Aug 1843 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Bagdad

People & organisations

Government of Bombay, Chief SecretaryPolitical Agent, Turkish Arabia

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