'Transactions at Bussora & Bagdad vol 2'

Title:

'Transactions at Bussora & Bagdad vol 2'

Date:

1820/1821

Description:

Abstract: This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It is the second in a series of three items on Bussora [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] (the others are IOR/F/4/706/19082 and 19084). The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Bombay merchants; the Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford; the Advocate General of Bombay, Ollyett Woodhouse; the Advocate General of Bengal, Robert Spankie.The item consists of the following topics:The requests for compensation and consideration of the legality of the trade embargo imposed on British ships arriving in Bussora [Basra] (for a fuller account of the embargo, see IOR/F/4/706/19082)The death of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Claudius James Rich, on 5 October 1821 at Shirauz [Shiraz], of choleraThe possibility of moving the Residency from BussoraPolitical relations of the Ottoman Empire with RussiaThe Wallachian Uprising of 1821The Greek War of Independence, including a description of Smyrna [İzmir] by John Cartwright, Consul General of the Levant Company.This item includes a contents page, and the title page contains the following references: ‘Political No. 10, vol 2, P C 80, Draft 102, Season [18]23/4.’Physical description: The papers are arranged under headings of ‘Bombay Political Consultations’; these headings are in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Greece - History - War of Independence
Claudius James Rich

Geographic region:

Bussora
Smyrna

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100110383203.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100110383203.0x000002_en
IOR/F/4/706/19083
IOR/F/4/706/19083

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