Affairs of the Bagdad Pachalic

Title:

Affairs of the Bagdad Pachalic

Date:

1848/1848

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1848, dated 11 November 1848.The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 18 September 1848. It consists of copies of two despatches from HM Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad] and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Palmerston), dated 18 September 1848, forwarded under flying seal to the Secretary to the Government of India.The despatches concern affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Pashalik] and Persia [Iran] following news of the death of the Shah of Persia [Mohammad Qajar], including a confidential agent of Assef-ed Dowlah [Allahyar Khan Asif al-Dawlah Qajar Davallu, also spelled Assef-ed Dawlah in this item] visiting Rawlinson and informing him of Assef-ed Dowlah's aspirations to be the new Shah of Persia.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-2, on folio 151. The number 2 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Kings and rulers--Succession
Shah of Persia

Geographic region:

Persia
Pashalik of Baghdad

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000f_ar
81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000f_en
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155

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